Asked by: Emma Little Pengelly (Democratic Unionist Party - Belfast South)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many parents are eligible for tax free childcare in England.
Answered by Rishi Sunak - Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, and Minister for the Union
The number of families eligible for Tax-free childcare who have qualifying childcare costs in 2019/20 in England, Scotland and Wales can be found in the table below.
Country | Number of Eligible Families with Qualifying Childcare (000’s) |
England | 1,120 |
Scotland | 110 |
Wales | 70 |
Asked by: Emma Little Pengelly (Democratic Unionist Party - Belfast South)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many parents are eligible for tax free childcare in Wales.
Answered by Rishi Sunak - Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, and Minister for the Union
The number of families eligible for Tax-free childcare who have qualifying childcare costs in 2019/20 in England, Scotland and Wales can be found in the table below.
Country | Number of Eligible Families with Qualifying Childcare (000’s) |
England | 1,120 |
Scotland | 110 |
Wales | 70 |
Asked by: Emma Little Pengelly (Democratic Unionist Party - Belfast South)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of eligible parents take up tax free childcare.
Answered by Rishi Sunak - Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, and Minister for the Union
The latest Tax-Free Childcare Official Statistics show that 141,000 families used a Tax-Free Childcare account to pay a childcare provider in June 2019. This is around 11% of the estimated number of eligible families.Asked by: Emma Little Pengelly (Democratic Unionist Party - Belfast South)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer on 3 September 2018 to Question 133821, what recent discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland executive on developing a 30 hours free childcare policy in Northern Ireland.
Answered by Rishi Sunak - Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, and Minister for the Union
Early education is a devolved matter for a restored Northern Ireland Executive. HMT ministers and officials have had no recent discussions with the Northern Ireland Executive on developing a new childcare offer in Northern Ireland. HMT continues to be willing to provide advice to the Northern Ireland parties and the Northern Ireland Civil Service based on our experience of developing and administering childcare policies in England.
Asked by: Emma Little Pengelly (Democratic Unionist Party - Belfast South)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the average benefit per applicant for tax-free childcare.
Answered by Elizabeth Truss
The average benefit per family for Tax-Free Childcare is estimated at £1,100 per year.
The value of the income tax and National Insurance reliefs for childcare vouchers in 2017-18 is estimated to be £770m. For Employer Supported Childcare, an estimated £220 million is foregone in relief for employers National Insurance contributions - which is not spent on helping parents with the cost of childcare.
The forecast expenditure on Tax-Free Childcare was published by the Office for Budget Responsibility in March 2018 at http://cdn.obr.uk/EFO-MaRch_2018.pdf
Asked by: Emma Little Pengelly (Democratic Unionist Party - Belfast South)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the childcare voucher scheme in 2017-18.
Answered by Elizabeth Truss
The average benefit per family for Tax-Free Childcare is estimated at £1,100 per year.
The value of the income tax and National Insurance reliefs for childcare vouchers in 2017-18 is estimated to be £770m. For Employer Supported Childcare, an estimated £220 million is foregone in relief for employers National Insurance contributions - which is not spent on helping parents with the cost of childcare.
The forecast expenditure on Tax-Free Childcare was published by the Office for Budget Responsibility in March 2018 at http://cdn.obr.uk/EFO-MaRch_2018.pdf
Asked by: Emma Little Pengelly (Democratic Unionist Party - Belfast South)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of tax-free childcare to those families currently registered for it.
Answered by Elizabeth Truss
The average benefit per family for Tax-Free Childcare is estimated at £1,100 per year.
The value of the income tax and National Insurance reliefs for childcare vouchers in 2017-18 is estimated to be £770m. For Employer Supported Childcare, an estimated £220 million is foregone in relief for employers National Insurance contributions - which is not spent on helping parents with the cost of childcare.
The forecast expenditure on Tax-Free Childcare was published by the Office for Budget Responsibility in March 2018 at http://cdn.obr.uk/EFO-MaRch_2018.pdf
Asked by: Emma Little Pengelly (Democratic Unionist Party - Belfast South)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average payment is from tax-free childcare accounts to families where parents are higher rate tax payers since those accounts were established.
Answered by Elizabeth Truss
The data to answer questions 155901 and 155902 is not readily available and could only be provided at a disproportionate cost.
The rollout of Tax-Free Childcare began in April 2017 to a small number of parents. Only a limited number of accounts have been open more than one year so accurate and robust data on the annual value of top-up paid to parents will not be available until early 2019, one year after full rollout of TFC.
For question 155904 I refer the honourable member to the answer I gave on 4 December 2017 to the honourable member for Batley and Spen (116593).
Asked by: Emma Little Pengelly (Democratic Unionist Party - Belfast South)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average payment is from tax-free childcare accounts to families where parents are basic rate tax payers since those accounts were established.
Answered by Elizabeth Truss
The data to answer questions 155901 and 155902 is not readily available and could only be provided at a disproportionate cost.
The rollout of Tax-Free Childcare began in April 2017 to a small number of parents. Only a limited number of accounts have been open more than one year so accurate and robust data on the annual value of top-up paid to parents will not be available until early 2019, one year after full rollout of TFC.
For question 155904 I refer the honourable member to the answer I gave on 4 December 2017 to the honourable member for Batley and Spen (116593).
Asked by: Emma Little Pengelly (Democratic Unionist Party - Belfast South)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of tax-free childcare accounts have received the maximum top-up of £2,000 since those accounts were established.
Answered by Elizabeth Truss
The data to answer questions 155901 and 155902 is not readily available and could only be provided at a disproportionate cost.
The rollout of Tax-Free Childcare began in April 2017 to a small number of parents. Only a limited number of accounts have been open more than one year so accurate and robust data on the annual value of top-up paid to parents will not be available until early 2019, one year after full rollout of TFC.
For question 155904 I refer the honourable member to the answer I gave on 4 December 2017 to the honourable member for Batley and Spen (116593).