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849972

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Royal Bank of Scotland: Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to respond to the findings of the Financial Conduct Authority report on RBS treatment of small businesses recently published by the Treasury Select Committee.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	129540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The investigation into the Royal Bank of Scotland’s (RBS) treatment of small and medium-sized enterprise customers transferred to its Global Restructuring Group is a matter for the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which is operationally independent of Government.</p><p> </p><p>It would not be appropriate for the Government to comment further while the FCA’s investigation is ongoing.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 01/03/2018 17:22:22 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

847829

registered interest
date	23/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Information Sharing
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 February 2018 to Question 126877, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that information shared by HMRC with organisations outside the UK is not subsequently shared with third parties.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	129505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is subject to a strict duty of confidentiality and will only disclose information where there is lawful authority to do so.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC carefully considers what is permitted by law before it shares information, and has a range of safeguards to ensure information is handled appropriately when it is shared with other Departments or organisations, whether in the UK or overseas. Where appropriate, these include, but are not limited to, ensuring that onward disclosure of information is only allowed with HMRC’s consent and putting in place agreements or Memoranda of Understanding containing provisions detailing how the information must be accessed, stored, used and protected by the receiving Department or organisation.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 05/03/2018 16:34:47 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

838020

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Royal Bank of Scotland: Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral contribution of the hon. Member for Sefton Central of 6 February 2018, Official Report column 1388, Point of Order whether there are discrepancies between the summary and the full contents of the section 166 report on RBS's treatment of small business customers; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	127049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its final summary of the independent review of the Royal Bank of Scotland’s (RBS) treatment of small and medium-sized enterprise customers transferred to its Global Restructuring Group (GRG). The review is a matter for the FCA, which is operationally independent of Government.</p><p> </p><p>The FCA announced it is investigating the matters arising from the review and focusing on whether there is any basis for it to take further action. It would not be appropriate for the Government to comment further whilst this process is ongoing.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 12/02/2018 15:20:18 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

833939

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Bank Services: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral contribution of The Minister for Higher Education of 30 January 2018, on Keep Me Posted campaign, if he will make an estimate of the number of people unable to access online bank services.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	125697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member to the answer that I gave on 17 January to PQ UIN 121701.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 02/02/2018 08:58:15 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

830266

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2018 to Question 123416, when he plans to respond to the Financial Conduct Authority's consultation on widening the remit of the Financial Ombudsman Service.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	124927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>It is important that small businesses have access to the appropriate forum to address their concerns with the financial services that they have received. The Government therefore welcomes the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consultation on the remit of the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS). The FCA are operationally independent of the Government. The remit of the FOS is therefore a matter for the FCA.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 29/01/2018 11:26:58 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

825804

registered interest
date	19/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Carillion: Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Economic Secretary to the Treasury of 18 January 2018, Official Report, column 1128, what the timetable is for Lloyds Bank to maintain its support for SMEs affected by the liquidation of Carillion.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	123871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government is aware that the largest UK SME lending banks have set out their plans to help SMEs exposed to the liquidation of Carillion. While the support offered is a commercial decision for each bank to take, the Government will continue to engage with the banking industry on how best to support these small businesses.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 24/01/2018 17:35:10 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

825808

registered interest
date	19/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Economic Secretary to the Treasury of 19 January 2018, Official Report, column 1126, what steps he plans to take to change the culture to enable wrongdoing to be exposed and dealt with.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	123875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>It is important that small businesses have access to the appropriate forum to address their concerns with the financial services that they have received, including where they believe wrongdoing has occurred. The Government welcomes the publication of the Financial Conduct Authority’s paper on small businesses as customers of financial services firms, and is carefully considering its findings.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 24/01/2018 12:51:41 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

825607

registered interest
date	18/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
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 the timetable is for the completion of the Financial Conduct Authority inquiry on RBS; and whether that report will be published.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	123735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a final summary of the independent review of Royal Bank of Scotland’s treatment of small and medium-sized enterprise customers transferred to its Global Restructuring Group. The FCA announced it is investigating the matters arising from the review and focussing on whether there is any basis for it to take further action.</p><p> </p><p>The review is solely a matter for the FCA, which is operationally independent of Government. It would not be appropriate for the Government to comment further whilst this process is ongoing.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 23/01/2018 17:18:57 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

818870

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral contribution by the hon. Member for Cardiff South and Penarth on 8 January 2018, how many of the 5,000 new customs officials have been recruited.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	121634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>Additional staffing required by HMRC following exit from the European Union will depend on the final outcome of the negotiations. HMRC are looking at all resourcing options including redeployment of existing staff and use of existing reserve lists to fill additional posts before recruiting externally.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 11/01/2018 13:49:33 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

810350

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Royal Bank of Scotland: Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor the Exchequer, pursuant to the Prime Minister's oral contribution of 20 December 2017, who will examine the mistreatment of smaller businesses by RBS.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	120816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a detailed summary of the independent report into Royal Bank of Scotland’s treatment of small and medium-sized enterprise customers transferred to its Global Restructuring Group (GRG). The FCA announced it is investigating the matters arising from its review of GRG and focussing on whether there is any basis for it to take further action. It would not be appropriate for the Government to comment further whilst this process is ongoing.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 11/01/2018 14:39:15 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson