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438589

registered interest
date	15/12/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Investment Trusts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Financial Conduct Authority will conclude its investigation into issues relating to the Connaught fund and allow those affected to submit claims to the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.
tabling member constituency	South Suffolk
tabling member printed	James Cartlidge
uin	20232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>This is a matter for the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which is operationally independent from Government.</p><br /><p>This question has been passed on to the FCA. They will reply directly to the Honourable Member by letter. A copy of the letter will be placed in the Library of the House.</p><br /> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 17/12/2015 14:18:52 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge

438593

registered interest
date	15/12/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Banks: Access
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds on the number of communities of 5,000 people or more in England where there is no bank branch within a radius of three miles.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Williams
uin	20209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>The Government does not hold the information requested.</p><br /><p>Banks and building societies need to balance customer interests, market competition, and other commercial factors when considering their strategy. Decisions on the opening and closing of individual branches are taken by the management of each bank on a commercial basis without intervention from Government.</p><br /><p>The Government welcomed the industry-wide Access to Banking protocol announced in March 2015. From the first of May this year, each participating bank has committed to carry out a number of steps if it is closing a branch, including the preparation of meaningful local impact assessments. There is a commitment to a review of the operation of the protocol after one year, and the Government looks forward to its conclusions.</p><br /><p>The availability of alternative locations for accessing basic banking services is also important. The ongoing negotiation between the banks and the Post Office to agree a standard set of services – to be made available to personal and small business banking customers at Post Office counters across the country – remains vital. The Government is clear that completion of these negotiations should be a priority.</p><br /> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 17/12/2015 16:33:26 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1498 label Biography information for Mr Mark Williams

437921

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Debts
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 address the level of UK household debt.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	19999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>Household debt as a proportion of income has fallen to 144 per cent in Q2 2015, from a peak of 168 per cent in Q1 2008. To avoid repeating the mistakes of the past we have created the independent Financial Policy Committee (FPC) within the Bank of England to ensure emerging risks and vulnerabilities across the financial system as a whole are identified, monitored and effectively addressed. The FPC recently re-affirmed its view that, given the actions it has taken, household indebtedness did not pose an imminent threat to financial stability.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 17/12/2015 14:10:57 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

437923

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Economic Growth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the effect of recent increases in household debt on economic growth.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	19818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>Household debt as a proportion of income has fallen to 144 per cent in Q2 2015, from a peak of 168 per cent in Q1 2008. To avoid repeating the mistakes of the past we have created the independent Financial Policy Committee (FPC) within the Bank of England to ensure emerging risks and vulnerabilities across the financial system as a whole are identified, monitored and effectively addressed. Alongside this, the UK was the fastest growing economy in the G7 in 2014.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 17/12/2015 14:08:59 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

437990

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Help to Buy Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will revise the eligibility criteria for first time buyers under the Help to Buy ISA scheme to £450,000 in areas outside London where the average house price is above £250,000.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	19880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>The government does not plan to revise the eligibility criteria for the Help to Buy: ISA scheme</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 17/12/2015 15:04:28 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

438009

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Insurance: Travel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the insurance industry on steps that can be taken to ensure that people with cancer can access low-cost travel insurance.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	20090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>Insurers take into account a range of different factors when considering risk and decisions concerning the pricing of insurance products are a commercial matter for individual insurers. The Government does not seek to intervene in these decisions.</p><br /><p>Information is available on the Cancer Research UK website for people seeking travel insurance who have been or are currently affected by cancer.</p><br /><p>The British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA) may be able to provide names of specialist brokers who can advise on the availability of appropriate travel insurance, and trawl the market for the best available deals.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 17/12/2015 15:03:41 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

438092

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Cybersecurity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of employees in his Department have (a) taken the CESG Certified Cyber-Security Training Course and (b) received other cyber-security training.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	19982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>One current HM Treasury employee has attended courses which are part of the CESG Certified Training (CCT) scheme, while three have attended other external training courses devoted entirely to Cyber Security. All HM Treasury’s employees periodically undertake online information assurance training which contains some cyber security related content, and are also provided with cyber security related guidance/advice on the Department’s intranet. All new employees have to attend induction training which contains some basic pointers on Cyber Security.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 17/12/2015 16:07:04 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

438193

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what change there has been in export performance in each of the English regions in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	19966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) publishes the Regional Trade Statistics series on its website which can be accessed via the following link: <a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/RTS/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/RTS/Pages/default.aspx</a></p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 17/12/2015 14:19:41 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

437345

registered interest
date	11/12/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Lloyds Banking Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Written Statement of 2 June 2015, HCWS10, on the trading plan for government shares in Lloyds Banking Group, whether he set a target for the (a) number of shares to be sold and (b) price per share for Lloyds Banking Group at the time of that Statement.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	19699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>In December 2014 the Chancellor launched a trading plan to sell the Government’s stake in Lloyds Banking Group, which has since been extended twice; in June and December 2015. The number of shares sold over the course of the trading plan is subject to an overall volume limit of up to but no more than 15% of the aggregate total trading volume in the LBG over the duration of the trading plan.</p><p>The final amount sold will depend on market conditions, among other factors. Shares will not be sold below the average price the previous government paid for them, which was 73.6p.</p><br /><p>As outlined to the House at the time of the trading plan’s launch, a statement with further details will be laid before Parliament when the plan concludes.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 19752 question first answered 17/12/2015 12:45:20 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

437346

registered interest
date	11/12/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Financial Ombudsman Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints were rejected by the Financial Ombudsman Service on grounds of jurisdiction in (a) 2013, (b) 2014 and (c) 2015 to date.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	19738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>The issues raised are a matter for the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) who are operationally independent from Government.</p><p>The questions have been passed on to the FOS. The FOS will reply directly to the Honorable Member by letter. A copy of the letter will be placed in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 19737 question first answered 17/12/2015 16:14:55 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley