Children: Day Care

(asked on 24th April 2018) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2018 to Question 135820, on Children: Day Care, how much was spent each month on (a) call centre support and (b) IT support for (i) tax-free childcare and (ii) 30 hours of free childcare.


Answered by
Elizabeth Truss Portrait
Elizabeth Truss
This question was answered on 27th April 2018

For question 137635, I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave to the Honourable Member for Newcastle upon Tyne North on 1 March 2018 (129635).

The table below provides the breakdown of the costs for administering the childcare service each month by call centre and IT support cost. This includes the costs of supporting both Tax-Free Childcare and 30 hours free childcare.

Month

Call Centre Costs[1] (£)

IT Support Costs (£)

Total Costs (£)

April 17

936,275

1,001,488

1,937,763

May 17

1,158,196

1,136,145

2,294,341

June 17

1,333,135

1,136,145

2,469,280

July 17

1,572,458

1,252,344

2,824,802

August 17

1,955,659

1,336,145

3,291,804

September 17

2,362,997

1,459,861

3,822,858

October 17

1,882,743

1,136,145

3,018,888

November 17

2,261,795

1,218,064

3,479,859

December 17

2,029,776

1,200,104

3,229,881

January 18

2,555,326

1,174,878

3,730,204

February 18

2,209,577

1,174,878

3,384,455

March 18

2,338,005

1,174,878

3,562,783

[1] This includes Childcare Service Operations (CSO) Paybill and covers other work such as administration and processing costs

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