Results 1-20 of 975 for child tax credit

Family Migration Rules — [Albert Owen in the Chair] (19 June 2013)

Kate Green: ...off benefits if there were two adults in the household are being forced to remain on benefits because a second earner will not be coming to support the family—which may be a family with children. The hon. Member for Brent Central alluded to the fact that in some cases parents are forced to rely on benefits because they cannot share the responsibility for care of children with the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (19 June 2013) See 2 other results from this debate

David Cameron: I am proud that we have protected the poorest in our country by increasing the child tax credit, but the most important thing we can do to tackle poverty is to get more people into work. There are now more people in work in our country than at any time in our history. In the hon. Gentleman’s own area, in the west midlands, the number of people employed is up 66,000 since the election....

Written Answers — Treasury: Welfare Tax Credits (19 June 2013) See 1 other result from this answer

Liam Byrne: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much is spent annually on (a) working tax credits and (b) child tax credits in each region of the UK.

Written Answers — Treasury: Welfare Tax Credits (19 June 2013)

Sajid Javid: Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is building on its strategic approach to tackle tax credit error and fraud by improving the way it identifies claimants who have failed to notify changes. It includes using real time information on earnings to tackle income risks and, as part of the autumn statement, to introduce checks on child care claims and confirmation that a child is still in...

Public Bill Committee: Finance Bill: Clause 215 - Statutory residence test (18 June 2013)

David Gauke: ...Opposition Members, for which I am grateful, it is worth reminding the Committee that we currently have a test based on case law. That in itself creates a great deal of confusion and uncertainty. Tax professionals have been calling for a statutory residence test for some years. There have been attempts to deliver such a test in the past, but they have not succeeded. It is therefore...

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Universal Credit (18 June 2013)

Esther McVey: The Government wants to encourage people to work and where possible to increase their hours and recognise that those working the longest hours are likely to face the greatest child care costs. The Government will spend an additional £200 million on child care support through universal credit, which is equivalent to providing support for 85% of child care costs for families qualifying for...

Nato: Pensions Bill (17 June 2013)

Eilidh Whiteford: ...Government hope that a lower state pension will encourage a greater reliance on occupational pensions. Although there is protection in the Bill to allow those who take time out to look after young children or frail elderly relatives to get credit for the single-tier pension, there is no equivalent protection for full-time parents and carers in private pensions. As the value of the state...

Public Bill Committee: Finance Bill: Clause 91 - Charge to tax (13 June 2013)

Sheila Gilmore: What concerns me is that we are regularly told about the necessity for this and that to be cut. For example, tax credits, on which many low-income families rely on considerably, have been extensively reduced in the past few years. The Child Poverty Action Group has published its assessment of what is happening with child poverty, and it shows just how big the cuts in the tax credit system...

Written Answers — Treasury: Welfare Tax Credits (13 June 2013)

Sajid Javid: In 2011-12 HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) received 24,001 tax credit appeals, and in 2012-13 received 23,745 appeals. Figures for appeal waiting times, hearings and conclusions are provided by HM Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS). HMCTS split tax credits into working tax credits and child tax credits and their figures are: Working tax credit appeals       Weeks ...

Opposition Day — [2nd Allotted Day] — Protecting Children Online (12 June 2013)

Geraint Davies: Google, Facebook and Twitter are the new gateways for abuse and pornography—Google historically so. Google has donated £1 million, but it is important that such enormous companies pay their tax and take their responsibilities. I was interested to hear the comments of my hon. Friend the Member for Darlington (Jenny Chapman) about the appalling death of one of her constituents and...

Children and Families Bill: New Clause 10 — Childcare costs scheme: preparatory expenditure (11 June 2013) See 1 other result from this debate

Sharon Hodgson: ...are still valid. The Government have got themselves into a complete shambles. With every passing week, it becomes more and more apparent that Ministers do not have a credible plan to tackle the child care crisis they have created. Under this Government, parents are facing a triple whammy: costs are rising faster than wages and even general inflation, with the average cost having risen by...

Written Answers — Treasury: Revenue and Customs (10 June 2013)

David Gauke: ...and customs functions at the border by virtue of sections 1 and 7 of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009. In addition, under powers contained in sections 14, 15, 16, 18 and 19 of the Tax Credits Act 2002 and regulation 7 of the Child Benefit and Guardian's Allowance (Administration) Regulations 2003, an officer of HM Revenue and Customs may require any person or person's...

Housing — Motion to Take Note (6 June 2013)

Lord Palmer of Childs Hill: ...how we can ensure that this boost to mortgages does not mean a big rise to existing properties without any security if there is a downturn in the housing market. I turn to what is called a bedroom tax, which seems to be what we have to call it nowadays, although it is the extra bedroom in people’s properties. While there are understandable concerns from tenants—which I have...

Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Council Tax Benefit (3 June 2013)

Pamela Nash: The changes to council tax benefit and the subsequent cuts have come in at the same time as the freezing of child benefit and working tax credit, the linking of benefits to CPI rather than RPI and, of course, the introduction of the bedroom tax. How can the Government justify this multiple attack on low-income working families on the same day as bringing in a tax cut for millionaires?

Written Answers — Treasury: Welfare Tax Credits (3 June 2013)

David Gauke: The following table gives the number of households containing children, and only one adult earning above the personal allowance, who are and are not in receipt of working or child tax credits. This includes households with both single and couple parents.   2013-14 (personal allowance = £9,440) 2014-15 (personal allowance = £10,000) Not in receipt of tax credits...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Poverty (22 May 2013)

Lord Freud: ...believe it unwise to assume the figures forecast by the Institute for Fiscal Studies will reflect the full picture of what will happen in 2020. The coalition Government remain committed to ending child poverty and the Child Poverty Act 2010. They also understand that poverty is about more than income alone and that is why we need to focus on the root causes The Government are taking action...

Written Answers — Treasury: Social Security Benefits: East Renfrewshire (21 May 2013) See 1 other result from this answer

Jim Murphy: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in East Renfrewshire constituency were in receipt of (a) child benefit, (b) working families tax credits, (c) incapacity benefit, (d) disability living allowance and (e) income support in May (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012 and (iv) 2013.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Benefits (21 May 2013) See 1 other result from this answer

Lord Willis of Knaresborough: To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether parents of 16 to 18 year-olds on the new traineeships programme will be entitled to claim child benefit and child tax credit in line with parents of those attending full-time non-advanced further education in school sixth forms and further education colleges.

Mesothelioma Bill [HL] — Second Reading (20 May 2013)

Lord Howarth of Newport: ...grudging and obstructive in the past, but it has established the Employers' Liability Tracing Office and is willing to go along with this scheme. It is, however, a scheme that needs improvement. Credit should certainly be given to the previous Government for the preliminary work that they did. The Minister was rightly generous to my noble friend Lord McKenzie, who published the...

Written Answers — Treasury: Poverty: Children (20 May 2013)

Sajid Javid: The Institute for Fiscal Studies' projections are based on a narrow measure of child poverty. The focus on this measure has resulted in policies that use benefits and tax credits to change income at the margin; it does not capture the full impact of government spending on low to middle income households, including the value of education and health services which have a real positive impact on...