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384561

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Bradwell Power Station
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department have had on the future of the Magnox site at Bradwell in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	3405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/minister_hospitality.htm" target="_blank">http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/minister_hospitality.htm</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 25/06/2015 14:37:23 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

384579

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Bilderberg Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the briefing packs received by John Kerr, Rona Fairhead, Ed Balls and himself at this year's Bilderberg Conference.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Mr Michael Meacher
uin	3370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>The First Secretary of State and Chancellor of the Exchequer attended the 2015 Bilderberg conference in a private capacity.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 25/06/2015 14:39:21 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	454 label Biography information for Mr Michael Meacher

384600

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Banks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that banks maintain a network of local branches.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Gavin Newlands
uin	3380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>Decisions on the opening and closing of individual bank branches are taken by the management of each bank on a commercial basis without intervention from Government.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to increasing competition to deliver innovation and good financial products and services for all bank customers, and part of the Government’s long term economic plan is to ensure that banks serve all sections of society.</p><p> </p><p>The Government welcomed the industry-wide Access to Banking protocol announced in March 2015. From the first of May this year, a bank must carry out a number of steps if it is closing a branch. The steps include establishing the impact of a branch closure before it takes place; finding suitable alternative provision; and putting satisfactory alternative measures in place before a branch is closed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 25/06/2015 14:42:59 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4420 label Biography information for Gavin Newlands

384637

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with the Financial Conduct Authority on the assessment of the resilience of financial IT systems as part of critical national infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	3607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>Responsibility for information technology infrastructure in the UK financial sector is primarily for the firms themselves. However, the Financial Authorities have a role to play in supervising, coordinating and driving change to improve the operational resilience of the sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) jointly launched, in October 2014, a review of firms’ critical infrastructure and technology resilience. The review focuses on the most significant UK retail deposit-taking organisations and is expected to conclude later this summer. The results will not be published but the FCA and PRA will provide feedback to the firms individually on their findings and any follow-up actions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The risk of a bank experiencing severe and prolonged technical problems affecting its core infrastructure is included as an example of technical failure in the 2015 edition of the National Risk Register of Civil Emergencies published by the Cabinet Office and available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-risk-register-for-civil-emergencies-2015-edition" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-risk-register-for-civil-emergencies-2015-edition</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 3608 3609 question first answered 25/06/2015 16:23:16 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

384638

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Royal Bank of Scotland: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons the weaknesses that led to problems with IT systems in RBS in June 2015 were not identified as risks in the National Infrastructure Plan, published in 2013; and what discussions he has had with the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure on those problems.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	3608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>Responsibility for information technology infrastructure in the UK financial sector is primarily for the firms themselves. However, the Financial Authorities have a role to play in supervising, coordinating and driving change to improve the operational resilience of the sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) jointly launched, in October 2014, a review of firms’ critical infrastructure and technology resilience. The review focuses on the most significant UK retail deposit-taking organisations and is expected to conclude later this summer. The results will not be published but the FCA and PRA will provide feedback to the firms individually on their findings and any follow-up actions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The risk of a bank experiencing severe and prolonged technical problems affecting its core infrastructure is included as an example of technical failure in the 2015 edition of the National Risk Register of Civil Emergencies published by the Cabinet Office and available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-risk-register-for-civil-emergencies-2015-edition" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-risk-register-for-civil-emergencies-2015-edition</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 3607 3609 question first answered 25/06/2015 16:23:17 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

384639

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) fiscal and (b) other incentives are in place for financial services companies to update their IT systems as part of improving the resilience of critical national infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	3609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>Responsibility for information technology infrastructure in the UK financial sector is primarily for the firms themselves. However, the Financial Authorities have a role to play in supervising, coordinating and driving change to improve the operational resilience of the sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) jointly launched, in October 2014, a review of firms’ critical infrastructure and technology resilience. The review focuses on the most significant UK retail deposit-taking organisations and is expected to conclude later this summer. The results will not be published but the FCA and PRA will provide feedback to the firms individually on their findings and any follow-up actions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The risk of a bank experiencing severe and prolonged technical problems affecting its core infrastructure is included as an example of technical failure in the 2015 edition of the National Risk Register of Civil Emergencies published by the Cabinet Office and available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-risk-register-for-civil-emergencies-2015-edition" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-risk-register-for-civil-emergencies-2015-edition</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 3607 3608 question first answered 25/06/2015 16:23:16 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

384641

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Royal Bank of Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2015 to Question 900337, from which bodies he has commissioned advice on the sale of Royal Bank of Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	3514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>In announcing the sale of the Government’s shareholding in Royal Bank of Scotland, the Chancellor is acting on independent advice from the Governor of the Bank of England and a report from Rothschild investment bank that it is in the public interest for the Government to begin now to sell its stake. The report by Rothschild, and the corresponding advice from the Governor, are both available online at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 3587 question first answered 25/06/2015 14:51:44 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

384642

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Royal Bank of Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what impact assessment he conducted of (a) the reprivatisation of RBS and (b) any other policy options for the future of RBS before the commissioning of the Rothschild Review into the UK Investment in Royal Bank of Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	3499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government has been consistent and clear that its objective in respect of RBS ownership is to return the bank to the private sector in full.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This policy is supported by recent advice from the Governor of the Bank of England that “it is in the public interest for the Government to begin now to return RBS to the private sector”, and that “there could be considerable net costs to taxpayers of further delaying the start of a sale”. The findings of the recently published Rothschild report into the Government’s shareholding in RBS concur with this assessment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 25/06/2015 14:44:54 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

384644

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Royal Bank of Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2015 to Question 900337, what estimate has been made (a) by the Governor of the Bank of England and (b) from Rothschild of the effect on the public purse of the sale of the Government's stake in the Royal Bank of Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	3587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>In announcing the sale of the Government’s shareholding in Royal Bank of Scotland, the Chancellor is acting on independent advice from the Governor of the Bank of England and a report from Rothschild investment bank that it is in the public interest for the Government to begin now to sell its stake. The report by Rothschild, and the corresponding advice from the Governor, are both available online at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 3514 question first answered 25/06/2015 14:51:44 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

383781

registered interest
date	18/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Institute for Fiscal Studies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department made any payments to the Institute of Fiscal Studies in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire South
tabling member printed	Ms Mhairi Black
uin	3119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>I can confirm that during the last five financial years from 2010-11 to 2014-15 that the department has not made any payments to the Institute of Fiscal Studies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 25/06/2015 14:41:21 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4421 label Biography information for Mhairi Black