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1365965

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date	03/11/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Childcare Vouchers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing the use of unused childcare vouchers issued during the covid-19 outbreak for school trips and other activities that take place during school hours.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	69041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2021 answer text <p>To protect and safeguard children, Childcare Vouchers may only be used for regulated supervised childcare activities (e.g. wraparound childcare). Childcare Vouchers cannot be used to cover the costs of activities during school hours as they fall outside of the definition of childcare.</p><p> </p><p>We are aware that some parents have excess vouchers as a result of the pandemic, and it may be possible to use these for other forms of childcare. Some childcare providers do accept them, for example, towards the cost of holiday clubs and a range of after-school activities.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, parents may consider temporarily reducing their contributions to the Childcare Voucher scheme, to avoid creating an excess. They may also seek to get a refund from their employer or voucher provider. Whether the refund to parents is possible depends on the contract between the voucher provider, employee and employer.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 08/11/2021 14:07:53 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1351653

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Childcare Vouchers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of making unused tax-free childcare vouchers transferable to other families in need of childcare support.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	41102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>Childcare Vouchers are now closed to new entrants and the Government has no plans to reopen or reform them. They have been replaced with Tax-Free Childcare (TFC). TFC is fairer as it makes access to childcare support available to more working families, including the self-employed and those working for employers who don’t offer vouchers. Lone parent households also receive the same support as those with more than one parent, unlike Childcare Vouchers where support is allocated per working parent.</p><p> </p><p>TFC does not operate via vouchers, instead parents set up an online childcare account for their child. For every £8 parents pay into this account, the government pays in £2, up to £2000 per year. Parents can then use the money in their account to pay for approved childcare from a registered provider.</p><p> </p><p>Parents with unspent Childcare Vouchers can seek to get a refund from their employer or voucher provider. Whether the refund is possible depends on the contract between the voucher provider, employee and employer.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 06/09/2021 08:07:11 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1304317

registered interest
date	19/03/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Childcare Vouchers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of total parental contributions to childcare vouchers in the 2020-21 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	172074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2021 answer text <p>The government does not hold data for parental contributions made towards childcare vouchers. We obtain estimates of numbers of recipients and value of vouchers from data supplied voluntarily by voucher providers to HMRC. These estimates for 2020/21 will be available in Autumn 2021.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 24/03/2021 09:29:21 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1142794

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Childcare Vouchers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment has been made of the effect of the closure of Childcare Vouchers to new entrants on working families; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of re-opening that scheme.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Emma Little Pengelly
uin	284435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text Tax-Free Childcare (TFC) was rolled out throughout 2017 and 2018 to replace childcare vouchers. TFC is better targeted than childcare vouchers, as it broadens access to childcare to all families who meet the eligibility criteria, whether they are an employee or self-employed and regardless of who their employer is. It is also fairer, because support is paid per child rather than per parent, so lone parent households get the same support as those with more than one parent.<p> </p><p>The Government has no plans to re-open the childcare vouchers scheme in the future.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 09/09/2019 09:34:36 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4611 label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly