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1537496

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Royal Mint: Non-fungible Tokens
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what quantity of Non Fungible Tokens for Britain designed by the Royal Mint his Department plans to purchase; and how much funding from the public money has been allocated for financial years (a) 2022-23 and (b) 2023-24 to pay for those purchases.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	74594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government announced in April 2022 that the Royal Mint intended to create and issue a non-fungible token. The Royal Mint operates as a commercial business, and a non-fungible token would be a collectable digital artwork marketed to consumers as an extension of its existing collectables range. No public funding has been allocated to purchase this product. An update on this work will be provided in due course.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 03/11/2022 15:17:32 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1537497

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Central Bank Digital Currencies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money from the public purse his Department has spent on (a) staff activity, (b) IT costs, (c) external consultants and (d) stakeholder engagement, related to the proposed creation of a Central Bank Digital Currency, from the start of financial year 2021-22 up to the end of October 2022.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	74595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>The UK, like many other countries globally, is actively exploring the potential role of CBDCs. HM Treasury is exploring a CBDC as part of its wider ongoing work on FinTech and the future of payments.</p><p> </p><p>The government and the Bank of England have not yet made a decision on whether to introduce a CBDC in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>On 9 November 2021, the government published a written statement setting out its future timelines for this work, including an upcoming joint consultation from HM Treasury and the Bank of England setting out their assessment of the case for a UK CBDC.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 03/11/2022 14:02:00 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1537200

registered interest
date	28/10/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Office of Tax Simplification: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much public money was spent by his Department on (a) internal staff costs, (b) external consultancy and (c) stakeholder engagement relating to the review of the effectiveness of the Office of Tax Simplification on 28 November 2021.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	73807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>Finance Act 2016 requires HM Treasury to review and publish a report every five years on the effectiveness of the Office of Tax Simplification. The first review was published on 28 November 2021 and was conducted in line with Cabinet Office guidance on reviewing Arm’s Length Bodies, as set out in the Public Bodies Review Programme.</p><p> </p><p>A wide range of external stakeholders were consulted throughout the review, but no external consultancy services were used. The Government does not hold information regarding the internal staffing costs of conducting the review.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 02/11/2022 16:35:05 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1537201

registered interest
date	28/10/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	UK Shared Business Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much public money has been spent by HMRC on (a) internal staff costs and (b) external consultancy relating to delivery of the Government Shared Services cluster programme for which HMRC has lead responsibility from the outset of the programme to end of October 2022.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	73808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text The Government Shared Services HMRC Led Cluster Programme gained approval to a Strategic Outline Case in Sept 2021. From Sept 2021 to October 2022, HMRC has spent £1.76 million on internal staff costs and £2.02 million on external consultancy costs. answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 02/11/2022 17:32:11 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1536792

registered interest
date	27/10/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Health and Social Care Levy and National Insurance Contributions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2022 to Question 134097 on Health and Social Care Levy and National Insurance Contributions, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to HMRC of (a) the introduction of the Health and Social Care Levy from April 2023, (b) the transitional increase to the main and additional rates of National Insurance contributions in 2022-23, (c) the reversal of that transitional increase and (d) the cancellation of the Levy arising from (i) changes to HMRC’s IT systems and (ii) extra staff to support customers and ensure compliance with the new system.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	72953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the response given on 31 October 2022 to Question 72470 and 72471.</p><p> </p><p>The costs of introducing the transitional increases to National Insurance rates from the start of the 2022-23 tax year were included in the same project that was delivering the Health and Social Care Levy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 01/11/2022 15:59:45 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1536793

registered interest
date	27/10/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the costs incurred by HMRC in relation to preparations for the introduction of the Coronavirus Job Retention Bonus scheme, in the period from the announcement of the scheme on 8 July 2020 to the announcement that the scheme would not proceed on 5 November 2020; and whether these costs have been treated for accounting purposes as a constructive loss.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	72954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2022 answer text <p>The expenditure incurred by HMRC in the development of the Coronavirus Job Retention Bonus Scheme were around £500,000.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of these costs related to the normal policy development process. The costs were not disclosed as a constructive loss in the HMRC Annual Report and Accounts for 2020 to 2021, in line with HM Treasury guidance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 01/11/2022 17:44:26 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1535369

registered interest
date	24/10/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Infrastructure: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the statement of losses and special payments in his Department’s annual report for 2021-22, what organisation was the original recipient of the £6 million infrastructure loan written off by his Department; what infrastructure project was that loan intended to fund; and in which financial year was the loan paid.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	69562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>As part of the UK Guarantees Scheme, HM Treasury (HMT) provided a £48m guarantee in August 2014 for bonds issued by the Speyside Biomass Combined Heat and Power project in Moray, Scotland. In October 2020, Speyside Renewable Energy Partnership entered administration and HMT provided a working capital loan to the administrators.</p><p> </p><p>The asset was sold in March 2022 and the debt guarantee was released with the guaranteed debt fully repaid in March 2022. However, as part of the administration process, the working capital loan was not fully repaid and £6 million was written off as reported in the Annual Reports and Accounts.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 27/10/2022 15:46:39 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1507149

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions the provision of mandatory training for staff in (a) his Department, and (b) HM Revenue and Customs regarding their obligations under the Equality Act 2010 has been cited by his Department as a defence against Section 109 proceedings since the commencement of that Act.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	51534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 28/09/2022 15:18:17 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1504990

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the figures supplied by his Department for the Cabinet Office’s weekly publication of civil service headquarters occupancy data, what estimate of the daily capacity of the 1 Horse Guards Road office was used to calculate the percentage of employees working in that building since February 2022.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	47406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2022 answer text <p>The current capacity estimate for HMT’s occupancy at 1 Horse Guards Road is 996.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 14/09/2022 09:34:24 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1505013

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs and Treasury: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many payments were fraudulently charged to the budgets of (a) his Department and (b) HM Revenue and Customs using electronic purchasing cards in the financial years (i) 2019-20, (ii) 2020-21 and (iii) 2021-22; and what was the total value of fraudulent payments (A) made and (B) recovered in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	47425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2022 answer text We have identified no fraudulent payments made by HM Treasury or HM Revenue and Customs using electronic purchasing cards in the financial years (i) 2019-20, (ii) 2020-21 or (iii) 2021-22. answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 14/09/2022 09:32:32 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry