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1667654

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Suicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to increase funding for suicide prevention in the 2023 Autumn Statement.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>Government is committed to mental health support and suicide prevention. In September, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) published the new <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/suicide-prevention-strategy-for-england-2023-to-2028" target="_blank">Suicide prevention strategy for England</a> and launched the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/suicide-prevention-grant-fund-2023-to-2025" target="_blank">Suicide Prevention Grant Fund</a> which makes available £10 million from 2023 to 2025 to support suicide prevention. It is the responsibility of local integrated care boards (ICBs) to plan services to meet the needs of their communities, including deciding how much funding they provide for mental health services.</p><p> </p><p>It would not be appropriate to comment on the content of the 2023 Autumn Statement at this time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 598 question first answered 13/11/2023 11:14:24 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1639823

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date his Department plans to introduce the new method of calculating cash equivalent transfer value for pension benefits.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	186516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2023 answer text <p>The government published the outcome of the public service pensions consultation on the methodology used to set the Superannuation Contributions Adjusted for Past Experience discount rate (SCAPE) on 30 March 2023. As a result, the previous guidance on setting the discount rates for calculating cash equivalent transfer values (CETV) payable by public service pensions schemes was suspended.</p><p> </p><p>Subsequently, on 27 April 2023 HM Treasury published new guidance for setting discount rates for calculating transfer values. It is now necessary for the Government Actuary’s Department (GAD) to calculate new actuarial factors to be used in the calculation of transfer values. GAD expects to provide these factors to administrators of public service pension schemes, by early summer. Schemes will then be able to carry out the calculations for transfer values.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/basis-for-setting-the-discount-rates-for-calculating-cash-equivalent-transfer-values-payable-by-public-service-pension-schemes/basis-for-setting-the-discount-rates-for-calculating-cash-equivalent-transfer-values-payable-by-public-service-pension-schemes</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 05/06/2023 11:03:39 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1609909

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to prevent employers from taking Apprenticeship Levy contributions from agency workers' pay.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	180042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>Some agencies may show the fees they receive from end clients for supplying a worker, and the deductions made from these fees, on the workers’ payslips. As this appears alongside a worker’s usual Income Tax and employee NICs deductions, it can incorrectly give the impression that the agency’s costs have been deducted from the worker’s wages as well as their own tax and employee NICs.</p><p> </p><p>In April 2020, the government introduced Key Information Documents for agency workers to set out details about their engagements, including rates of pay. This allows workers to see how deductions and fees are made through the labour supply chain and how this affects their gross pay and net pay, as well as details of holiday pay and other benefits.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 24/04/2023 12:53:06 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1585759

registered interest
date	09/02/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	David Buttress
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many meetings he has had with the cost of living business tsar, David Buttress, since his appointment; what was discussed at those meetings; and if he will publish the minutes of those meetings.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	143823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2023 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>In accordance with our principles of transparency and accountability, details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel" target="_blank">HMT ministers' meetings, hospitality, gifts and overseas travel - GOV.UK</a>. It is not standard practice for minutes of ministerial meetings to be disclosed.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 21/02/2023 08:27:27 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1471132

registered interest
date	16/06/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Petrol: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has completed an impact assessment on the fall in the value of sterling against the US dollar on the price of petrol since June 2012.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	19655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2022 answer text <p>HM Treasury has not conducted an impact assessment on the impact of changes in the value of sterling on petrol prices.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 19656 19657 question first answered 22/06/2022 13:58:21 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1471133

registered interest
date	16/06/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Petrol: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has completed an impact assessment on the fall in the value of sterling against the US dollar on the price of petrol since June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	19656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2022 answer text <p>HM Treasury has not conducted an impact assessment on the impact of changes in the value of sterling on petrol prices.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 19655 19657 question first answered 22/06/2022 13:58:21 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1471134

registered interest
date	16/06/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Petrol: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has completed an impact assessment on the fall in the value of sterling against the US dollar on the price of petrol since 16 June 2021.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	19657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2022 answer text <p>HM Treasury has not conducted an impact assessment on the impact of changes in the value of sterling on petrol prices.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 19655 19656 question first answered 22/06/2022 13:58:21 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1422914

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Bank Services: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to ensure that people who do not possess a smart mobile phone capable of identity verification are not discriminated against when online banking.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	125388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>Regulatory technical standards, known as Strong Customer Authentication (SCA), have been introduced across retail banking and payment services. These rules aim to ensure that the person requesting access to their account, or trying to make a payment, is either the account holder or someone to whom they have given consent. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is responsible for supervising and enforcing the SCA technical standards. The FCA has a duty to regularly review these technical standards, and also has the power to amend them, subject to Treasury approval.</p><p> </p><p>FCA guidance expects firms to develop SCA solutions that work for all types of customer, encouraging firms to consider their impact on different groups as part of the design process, particularly those with protected characteristics. The FCA guidance also recognises that not all customers will have mobile phones or reliable mobile signal, and that payment service providers must therefore provide a viable means to authenticate customers in these situations. For example, this could include the creation of a one-time password through a piece of equipment called a token generator, or by providing a one-time password via a landline.</p><p> </p><p>The FCA’s guidance (specifically paragraph 20.22) can be found online at the following location:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/finalised-guidance/fca-approach-payment-services-electronic-money-2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/finalised-guidance/fca-approach-payment-services-electronic-money-2017.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Further information about the introduction of SCA can be found on the FCA’s website:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.fca.org.uk/consumers/strong-customer-authentication" target="_blank">https://www.fca.org.uk/consumers/strong-customer-authentication</a></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 28/02/2022 15:08:07 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1420512

registered interest
date	07/02/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Chocolate and Sparkling Wines: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has done an assessment on the impact the 5.4 per cent rise in inflation crisis on the price of (a) chocolates, (b), flowers, (c) champagne and (d) sparkling wines.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	119729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>The Treasury has made no such assessment. The independent Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes data on prices for items in the inflation basket each month. The latest data can be found here:</p><p>https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/bulletins/consumerpriceinflation/previousReleases</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 10/02/2022 14:13:10 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1349409

registered interest
date	22/07/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Bank Cards: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the continued use of payment card interchange fees in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	38368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) was established in 2015 with statutory objectives to promote competition, innovation and the interests of service users in payment systems, including card payment systems, with powers of supervision and enforcement in support of these objectives.</p><p> </p><p>With regards to interchange fees, the Government has legislated to ensure that these fees remain capped for UK domestic card transactions, where both the card issuer and acquirer are located in the UK, through the Interchange Fee (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 made under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018. The levels of UK interchange fee caps are at the same levels as before the end of the Transition Period.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 06/09/2021 12:49:05 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney