Asked by: Karin Smyth (Labour - Bristol South)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Government plans to lay legislative proposals before the House to change the tax credit sequencing rules applied to non-parental carers.
Answered by Elizabeth Truss
HM Treasury continues to work closely with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to bring these regulations into force as soon as possible. On 25 July, HMRC and DWP consulted with the Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) on draft regulations to bring this change into force. The minutes of that meeting have been published online and can be found at:
The government intends to lay these regulations before parliament as soon as possible.
Asked by: Karin Smyth (Labour - Bristol South)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the number of individuals who have an outstanding Tax Credit overpayment debt.
Answered by Elizabeth Truss
The information is only available at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Karin Smyth (Labour - Bristol South)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have debt from tax credit over-payments which is not being recovered by HMRC.
Answered by Elizabeth Truss
The information is only available at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Karin Smyth (Labour - Bristol South)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the total amount of outstanding Tax Credit overpayments which remain unrecovered by HMRC, for the most recent year for which figures are available.
Answered by Elizabeth Truss
The total amount of tax credits debt owed to HMRC by March 2017 was £4.3 billion. This excludes debt being recovered through ongoing personal tax credits award. This figure can be found on page 25 of the HM Revenue and Customs Annual Report and Accounts 2016-17, which can be found at the following link:
The above figure for the amount of outstanding overpayments is also shown on page 191 of the above under Impairment (Provision).
Asked by: Karin Smyth (Labour - Bristol South)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in (a) Bristol South constituency and (b) England have re-applied for child benefit for a young person following that person's dropping out of an apprenticeship.
Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)
The information is not available.
Asked by: Karin Smyth (Labour - Bristol South)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in (a) Bristol South constituency and (b) England have had child benefit stopped for a young person because that person took up an apprenticeship.
Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)
The information is not available.