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1672615

registered interest
date	23/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Islamophobia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Autumn Statement 2023 on 22 November 2023, Official Report, column 326, what funding he provides to tackle Islamophobia in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	3468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to the right of individuals to freely practise their religion. That is why in June 2023, building on the work of the Places of Worship Protective Security Funding Scheme, the Security Minister pledged £24.5 million of funding in 2023-24 to protect mosques and Muslim faith schools through the Protective Security for Mosques Scheme, providing security measures like CCTV and intruder alarms. In light of the crisis in Israel and Gaza, the Home Secretary announced in October that the Government will grant an additional £3 million to the Community Security Trust to support Jewish communities in the UK. At the Autumn Statement, the Chancellor announced that this would be extended to 2024-25. The Home Office has also increased available funding for the Protective Security for Mosques Scheme by 20%</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also taking strides to combat ethnic discrimination and hate crime. Through the Online Safety Act 2023, we are compelling social media companies to tackle discriminatory content posted on their platforms. The also Government provides £300,000 in annual grant funding to the National Online Hate Crime Hub, which provides expert advice to police investigating hate crimes.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott grouped question UIN 3469 3470 3471 question first answered 28/11/2023 16:57:37 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1672616

registered interest
date	23/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Racial Discrimination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Autumn Statement 2023 on 22 November 2023, Official Report, column 326, what funding he provides to tackle anti-black racism in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	3469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to the right of individuals to freely practise their religion. That is why in June 2023, building on the work of the Places of Worship Protective Security Funding Scheme, the Security Minister pledged £24.5 million of funding in 2023-24 to protect mosques and Muslim faith schools through the Protective Security for Mosques Scheme, providing security measures like CCTV and intruder alarms. In light of the crisis in Israel and Gaza, the Home Secretary announced in October that the Government will grant an additional £3 million to the Community Security Trust to support Jewish communities in the UK. At the Autumn Statement, the Chancellor announced that this would be extended to 2024-25. The Home Office has also increased available funding for the Protective Security for Mosques Scheme by 20%</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also taking strides to combat ethnic discrimination and hate crime. Through the Online Safety Act 2023, we are compelling social media companies to tackle discriminatory content posted on their platforms. The also Government provides £300,000 in annual grant funding to the National Online Hate Crime Hub, which provides expert advice to police investigating hate crimes.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott grouped question UIN 3468 3470 3471 question first answered 28/11/2023 16:57:38 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1672617

registered interest
date	23/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Travellers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Autumn Statement 2023 on 22 November 2023, Official Report, column 326, what funding he provides to tackle racism against Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	3470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to the right of individuals to freely practise their religion. That is why in June 2023, building on the work of the Places of Worship Protective Security Funding Scheme, the Security Minister pledged £24.5 million of funding in 2023-24 to protect mosques and Muslim faith schools through the Protective Security for Mosques Scheme, providing security measures like CCTV and intruder alarms. In light of the crisis in Israel and Gaza, the Home Secretary announced in October that the Government will grant an additional £3 million to the Community Security Trust to support Jewish communities in the UK. At the Autumn Statement, the Chancellor announced that this would be extended to 2024-25. The Home Office has also increased available funding for the Protective Security for Mosques Scheme by 20%</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also taking strides to combat ethnic discrimination and hate crime. Through the Online Safety Act 2023, we are compelling social media companies to tackle discriminatory content posted on their platforms. The also Government provides £300,000 in annual grant funding to the National Online Hate Crime Hub, which provides expert advice to police investigating hate crimes.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott grouped question UIN 3468 3469 3471 question first answered 28/11/2023 16:57:38 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1672618

registered interest
date	23/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Racial Discrimination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Autumn Statement 2023 on 22 November 2023, Official Report, column 326, what funding he provides to tackle racism against ethnic minority communities in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	3471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to the right of individuals to freely practise their religion. That is why in June 2023, building on the work of the Places of Worship Protective Security Funding Scheme, the Security Minister pledged £24.5 million of funding in 2023-24 to protect mosques and Muslim faith schools through the Protective Security for Mosques Scheme, providing security measures like CCTV and intruder alarms. In light of the crisis in Israel and Gaza, the Home Secretary announced in October that the Government will grant an additional £3 million to the Community Security Trust to support Jewish communities in the UK. At the Autumn Statement, the Chancellor announced that this would be extended to 2024-25. The Home Office has also increased available funding for the Protective Security for Mosques Scheme by 20%</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also taking strides to combat ethnic discrimination and hate crime. Through the Online Safety Act 2023, we are compelling social media companies to tackle discriminatory content posted on their platforms. The also Government provides £300,000 in annual grant funding to the National Online Hate Crime Hub, which provides expert advice to police investigating hate crimes.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott grouped question UIN 3468 3469 3470 question first answered 28/11/2023 16:57:38 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1672650

registered interest
date	23/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Employment and Support Allowance: Cost of Living Payments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will expand the eligibility criteria for the £300 cost of living payments to include households in receipt of contribution-based or new style Employment Support Allowance.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
uin	3419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2023 answer text <p>Disability cost of living payments are a matter for DWP.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott grouped question UIN 3420 question first answered 30/11/2023 16:54:13 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1672653

registered interest
date	23/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cost of Living Payments: Disability
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 potential merits of providing an additional Disability Cost of Living Payment of £150 to people in receipt non means-tested benefits.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
uin	3420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2023 answer text <p>Disability cost of living payments are a matter for DWP.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott grouped question UIN 3419 question first answered 30/11/2023 16:54:13 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1672710

registered interest
date	23/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Income Tax: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the impact of freezing the personal allowance on the average amount of income tax paid in 2023-24.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	3515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2023 answer text The Government is committed to keeping taxes low to support working people to keep more of what they earn. However, the Government must also ensure the UK’s economic stability and provide confidence in the commitment to fiscal discipline. The Chancellor has made clear that the UK’s public finances must be on a sustainable path into the medium term.<p> </p><p>Because of above inflation increases to thresholds since 2010, an average worker on £35,400 in 2023-24 will pay over £1,000 less in personal taxes than they otherwise would have done if thresholds had risen by inflation since 2010.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 30/11/2023 13:20:02 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1672713

registered interest
date	23/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what definition his Department uses of (a) relative and (b) absolute poverty.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	3517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2023 answer text <p>In line with government standards, HM Treasury commonly refers to the Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP) definitions of poverty as outlined in the Household Below Average Income (HBAI) publications.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 30/11/2023 15:58:00 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1672715

registered interest
date	23/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Food Banks: Grants
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 potential merits of providing direct grants to food banks.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	3518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2023 answer text <p>Foodbanks are independent, charitable organisations and the Government does not have any role in their operation.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 30/11/2023 15:54:29 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1672717

registered interest
date	23/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Barnett consequentials are for Northern Ireland following the announcements for additional funding for (a) housing associations through the Affordable Homes Guarantee Scheme and (b) the third round of the Local Authority Housing Fund in the Autumn Statement 2023.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	3558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2023 answer text <p>As a result of announcements made at Autumn Statement 2023, the Northern Ireland Executive will receive £185 million through the Barnett formula over 2023-24 and 2024-25.</p><p> </p><p>The Barnett formula determines changes to overall devolved administration block grants and Barnett-based funding is not ringfenced in line with specific programmes.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 30/11/2023 16:00:29 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry