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751159

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Patrol Craft
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the state of the UK economy and of whether it is growing or shrinking; and in the light of that assessment, whether they intend to continue with Brexit.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2017 answer text <p>The fundamentals of the economy remain strong. The UK was the second fastest growing major advanced economy last year and since the start of 2010 the UK has grown by more than Germany and nearly twice as fast as France. The deficit has been cut by three quarters from its pre-crisis peak and the employment rate is the highest on record.</p><p> </p><p>The independent Office for Budget Responsibility provide the government with economic and fiscal forecasts for the UK economy twice a year. In their most recent forecast in March of this year, they forecast that growth would be 2.0% in 2017, 1.6% in 2018 and 1.7% in 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The public wants the Government to provide certainty and stability and get on with the immediate job of securing a new partnership with the EU which guarantees our long term prosperity.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 21/07/2017 13:10:11 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

751187

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Digital Technology: Sales
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 20 February (HL5112), whether they intend to update the table on housing sales and stamp duty land tax to include data for 2016–17.
tabling member printed	Lord Macpherson of Earl's Court
uin	HL784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>Statistics on residential property transactions and Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) receipts, based on financial year, are published annually in HMRC's 'Annual Stamp Tax Statistics' publication, on gov.uk. Statistics for 2016-17 are due to be published in September 2017.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 25/07/2017 10:04:18 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4586 label Biography information for Lord Macpherson of Earl's Court

751208

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Minimum Wage: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of employers in Wales who were successfully prosecuted for paying less than the minimum wage in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	4482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is determined that everyone who is entitled to the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and National Living Wage (NLW) receives it. Anyone who feels they have been underpaid NMW or NLW should contact the Acas helpline on 0300 123 1100. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) review all complaints that are referred to them.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC does not record statistics on complaints or investigations by reference to countries of the United Kingdom, Government regions, constituencies or counties. Since 1999, when NMW enforcement began, HMRC has identified over 25,500 employers with total NMW arrears of almost £79 million. Last year (2016/17) HMRC identified over 1,100 employers with total NMW arrears of over £10.9 million.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC cannot comment on the affairs of individual taxpayers, as it has a duty to maintain taxpayer confidentiality. However, the Department for Business for Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) run a naming scheme for employers who are found to have underpaid NMW. You can find more information at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/enforcing-national-minimum-wage-law" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/enforcing-national-minimum-wage-law</a></p><p> </p><p>I refer the honourable member to the answer provided on 18<sup>th</sup> July 2016, at UIN 42723, for information on prosecution results.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 4274 question first answered 19/07/2017 15:03:56 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

751209

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Banks: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many bank branches have closed by parliamentary constituency in each year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	4500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The Treasury does not collect data relating to bank branch closures.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions on the opening and closing of individual bank branches are taken by the management team of each bank on a commercial basis without intervention from Government. While banks and building societies need to balance customer interests, market competition, and other commercial factors when considering their strategy, the Government is pleased to see that the industry is committing to further improvements to protect those affected by branch closures. For this reason, the Government welcomed the industry-wide Access to Banking Protocol and Professor Russel Griggs’ independent ‘one year on’ review, published last November.</p><p> </p><p>Building on Professor Griggs’ review, the new Access to Banking Standard came into effect on 1 May. The Standard commits banks to ensure customers are better informed about branch closures and the reasons for them closing, along with the options they have locally to continue to access banking services, including specialist assistance for customers who need more help.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 4499 4501 question first answered 17/07/2017 11:04:30 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

751210

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list all of his Department's premises in the UK by region and nation which have over 10 personnel.
tabling member constituency	Dundee East
tabling member printed	Stewart Hosie
uin	4481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>HM Treasury has over 10 personnel located at two locations in the UK, they are:</p><p> </p><p>1 Horse Guards Road</p><p>London</p><p>SW1A 2HQ</p><p> </p><p>Rosebery Court</p><p>St Andrews Business Park</p><p>Norwich</p><p>NR7 OHS</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 19/07/2017 14:50:38 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1514 label Biography information for Stewart Hosie

751211

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Financial Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the Government will introduce a requirement on the Financial Conduct Authority to set out a reasonable duty of care for financial services providers to exercise towards their customers.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	4474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The government recognises that there are different views on the merits of introducing a duty of care for financial services providers. The government welcomes the Financial Conduct Authority’s commitment to publish a discussion paper to explore the issue of duty of care, as part of the planned review of their Handbook described in their Mission document published in April.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 20/07/2017 14:13:04 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

751212

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Banks: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many bank and building society branches have closed in (a) Vale of Clwyd constituency, (b) Denbighshire and (c) Conwy county in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	4499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The Treasury does not collect data relating to bank branch closures.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions on the opening and closing of individual bank branches are taken by the management team of each bank on a commercial basis without intervention from Government. While banks and building societies need to balance customer interests, market competition, and other commercial factors when considering their strategy, the Government is pleased to see that the industry is committing to further improvements to protect those affected by branch closures. For this reason, the Government welcomed the industry-wide Access to Banking Protocol and Professor Russel Griggs’ independent ‘one year on’ review, published last November.</p><p> </p><p>Building on Professor Griggs’ review, the new Access to Banking Standard came into effect on 1 May. The Standard commits banks to ensure customers are better informed about branch closures and the reasons for them closing, along with the options they have locally to continue to access banking services, including specialist assistance for customers who need more help.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 4500 4501 question first answered 17/07/2017 11:04:30 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

751213

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has commissioned research into the effect of wage stagnation on household incomes throughout the UK.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	4472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimate that total pay increased by 1.8% on the year in the three months to May. In their Spring Budget Forecast, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) also expected wages to increase in each year of their forecast.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is taking action to support incomes. This includes increasing the National Living Wage, raising the personal allowance and freezing fuel duty.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 20/07/2017 14:30:48 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

751214

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Electronic Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assistance will be provided to businesses transitioning to Making Tax Digital.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	4473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>Information on the Making Tax Digital (MTD) rollout was given in my written statement to the House on 13 July which is available here.</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statements/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;use-dates=True&amp;answered-from=2017-07-13&amp;answered-to=2017-07-13&amp;dept=14&amp;uin=HCWS47" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statements/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;use-dates=True&amp;answered-from=2017-07-13&amp;answered-to=2017-07-13&amp;dept=14&amp;uin=HCWS47</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Businesses who require help to transition to MTD will be able to access the full range of support that HMRC provides to its customers to help them engage digitally.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 20/07/2017 14:05:00 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

751215

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have applied for an eligibility childcare code for 30 hours free childcare via the gov.uk website; how many of those applications have been successful; how many of those applications have not been completed due to technical issues; and what the average amount of time was between completing that application and receiving an eligibility code.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	4504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>As of 12<sup>th</sup> of July, over 150,000 people had applied for an eligibility code for 30 hours free childcare and over 120,000 had been successful.</p><p> </p><p>The system is designed so that most eligible parents will receive an eligibility decision and 30 hours code within 30 seconds. In some cases additional checks are needed to determine whether a parent is eligible and, where appropriate, a code will be issued following those checks.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to provide a definitive number of applications not completed due to technical issues as the service allows parents to part complete their application, save it and return to it later. A dedicated helpline is in place to support parents who encounter technical difficulties or delays in receiving their code.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 17/07/2017 16:46:37 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin