Asked by: Maria Eagle (Labour - Liverpool Garston)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that families with one working parent that were previously in receipt of childcare vouchers do not face financial hardship as a result of the removal of their entitlement under the new tax-free childcare scheme.
Answered by Elizabeth Truss
I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave on 22 December 2017 to the Honourable Member for Tottenham (PQ119871) and to the answer I gave on 25 January 2017 to the Honourable Member for Hull North (123405).Asked by: Maria Eagle (Labour - Liverpool Garston)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the financial effect on families that were in receipt of childcare vouchers but were not entitled to tax-free childcare.
Answered by Elizabeth Truss
I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave on 22 December 2017 to the Honourable Member for Tottenham (PQ119871) and to the answer I gave on 25 January 2017 to the Honourable Member for Hull North (123405).Asked by: Maria Eagle (Labour - Liverpool Garston)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor the Exchequer, how many people were in receipt of tax-free childcare in Garston and Halewood constituency in the most recent period for which data is available..
Answered by Elizabeth Truss
I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave on 22 December 2017 to the Honourable Member for Tottenham (PQ119871) and to the answer I gave on 25 January 2017 to the Honourable Member for Hull North (123405).Asked by: Maria Eagle (Labour - Liverpool Garston)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor the Exchequer, how many claimants of childcare vouchers there were in Garston and Halewood constituency in each year since April 2010.
Answered by Elizabeth Truss
I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave on 22 December 2017 to the Honourable Member for Tottenham (PQ119871) and to the answer I gave on 25 January 2017 to the Honourable Member for Hull North (123405).Asked by: Maria Eagle (Labour - Liverpool Garston)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of previous claimants of childcare vouchers in Garston and Halewood constituency have had their entitlement removed under the new-tax free childcare scheme.
Answered by Elizabeth Truss
I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave on 22 December 2017 to the Honourable Member for Tottenham (PQ119871) and to the answer I gave on 25 January 2017 to the Honourable Member for Hull North (123405).Asked by: Maria Eagle (Labour - Liverpool Garston)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department have had with the (i) Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs and (ii) Department of Transport related to the liability of tractors to pay tolls on the Mersey Gateway Bridge; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Elizabeth Truss
HMT Ministers and officials meet with Defra and DfT counterparts regularly to discuss important matters relating to their departments. The administration, operation and collection of tolls and penalty charge notices on the Mersey Gateway Bridge, including for tractors, are a matter for Halton Borough Council and the Merseylink consortium to decide.
Asked by: Maria Eagle (Labour - Liverpool Garston)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will answer the hon. Member for Garston and Halewood's letter to him of 18 October 2017 about tolls on the Mersey Gateway Bridge.
Answered by Elizabeth Truss
I replied to the hon. Member on 15 November 2017. A copy of my reply has been resent.