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1675722

registered interest
date	05/12/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Schools: Concrete
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what Barnett consequentials arise for (1) Scotland, (2) Northern Ireland, and (3) Wales, as a result of additional financial support for schools to deal with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>Education is a devolved matter. The devolved administrations have received funding for schools through the Barnett formula at the last Spending Review and subsequent fiscal events.</p><p> </p><p>The Barnett formula will continue to apply in the usual way to any changes in UK Government departmental budgets at future fiscal events.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to working collaboratively with our devolved administration counterparts on this issue.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 19/12/2023 16:56:04 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1665950

registered interest
date	18/10/2023
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what are the Barnett consequentials, or share of funding for Northern Ireland, of the additional capital funding for transport projects announced at the Conservative Party Conference.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL10671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>For the Network North transport projects, the Barnett formula will apply when departmental budgets change, not when new or additional funding is announced, as set out in the published Statement of Funding Policy document<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>. All decisions on funding beyond the Spending Review 2021 period will be taken at the next spending review.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1137609/Statement_of_Funding_Policy_update_Feb_2023.pdf" target="_blank">Statement_of_Funding_Policy_update_Feb_2023.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 26/10/2023 08:25:20 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1665596

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Carbon Tax: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what are the implications of the EU's carbon tax for businesses in Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL10644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>The EU introduced a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) on 1<sup>st</sup> October 2023. It is currently in its initial reporting phase which means that EU importers of CBAM goods will have to report on the volume of their imports and the emissions embedded in those products, but without paying any charge at this stage. The UK Government is following developments on the EU CBAM closely and engaging with the Commission to discuss technical detail.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 25/10/2023 09:56:56 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1662257

registered interest
date	20/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how much capital budget was allocated to (1) Northern Ireland, (2) Scotland, and (3) Wales, for each of the past five years including the 2023–24 financial year.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL10388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2023 answer text Please see the table below for a breakdown of devolved administration capital budgets (plans) over the past 5 years.<p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Total Capital DEL budget (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2019-20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2020-21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2021-22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2022-23</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2023-24</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Welsh Government</strong></p></td><td><p>2,226</p></td><td><p>3,151</p></td><td><p>3,165</p></td><td><p>2,889</p></td><td><p>3,147</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Scottish Government</strong></p></td><td><p>4,432</p></td><td><p>5,449</p></td><td><p>5,562</p></td><td><p>6,412</p></td><td><p>5,950</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Northern Ireland Executive</strong></p></td><td><p>1,576</p></td><td><p>1,807</p></td><td><p>1,942</p></td><td><p>2,114</p></td><td><p>2,116</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p>A breakdown of devolved administration funding dating back to 2016-17, including capital funding, can also be found in the block grant transparency publication. The publication is regularly updated and the most recent update was published in July 2023. answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 05/10/2023 15:19:26 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1662197

registered interest
date	19/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Teachers: Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what are the Barnett consequentials for devolved regions of the 6.5 per cent pay rise agreed for teachers in England.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL10332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government has accepted the School Teachers’ Review Body’s pay recommendations for the 2023/24 teacher pay award in England in full. We are reprioritising from within the Department for Education’s existing budget to deliver the additional funding to schools in England for the costs of the pay award over 3.5%.</p><p> </p><p>The devolved administrations receive funding through the Barnett formula when UK Government departmental DEL budgets change. As there is no change to the Department for Education’s DEL budget associated with this announcement, there are no associated Barnett consequentials. Barnett consequentials would already have resulted from the Department for Educations’s initial budget settlement at Spending Review 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The devolved administrations are well funded to deliver all their devolved responsibilities. Overall, the devolved administrations’ funding is at least 20% more per person than equivalent UK Government spending in other parts of the UK. Spending Review 2021 also set the largest annual block grants, in real terms, of any spending review settlement since the devolution Acts. This provided £41 billion per year for the Scottish Government, £18 billion per year for the Welsh Government and £15 billion per year for the Northern Ireland Executive.</p><p> </p><p>A full breakdown of changes to devolved administrations’ block grants, including Barnett consequentials, is set out in the published Block Grant Transparency document.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 03/10/2023 14:40:28 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1661534

registered interest
date	18/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Trader Support Service
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what progress has been made on replacing the Trader Support Service as envisaged under the Windsor Framework.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL10289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2023 answer text The Government is committed to providing long-term support to traders moving goods under the Windsor Framework and will ensure traders can continue to use the free-to-use Trader Support Service, regardless of whether goods are moved into Northern Ireland via the green lane or the red lane. For this reason, the Government announced on 29 September that the current TSS contract has been extended until December 2024. answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 03/10/2023 10:23:00 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1661535

registered interest
date	18/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Import Duties: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made towards creating a new tariff reimbursement scheme as set out in the Windsor Framework.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL10290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2023 answer text <p>The Duty Reimbursement Scheme was launched on 30 June 2023. Further information about the scheme can be found on GOV.UK([1]).</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fapply-to-claim-a-repayment-or-remission-of-import-duty-on-at-risk-goods-brought-into-northern-ireland&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cjill.coyne%40hmrc.gov.uk%7C38ac241ad81743f6eb6408dbba7deaba%7Cac52f73cfd1a4a9a8e7a4a248f3139e1%7C0%7C0%7C638308822219483088%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=uIPspPWmw4kaRzio%2BEHrr%2FGm6ZgbRCJeP6CzTFsGMBQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Apply to claim a repayment or remission of import duty on ‘at risk’ goods brought into Northern Ireland - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 02/10/2023 14:44:31 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1661536

registered interest
date	18/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 3 April (HL6655), whether they will provide an update on when operational guidance will be issued on the trusted trader scheme.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL10291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2023 answer text <p>Guidance on the new UK Internal Market Scheme (UKIMS) was published on GOV.UK([1]) on 9 June 2023. UKIMS replaced the UK Trader Scheme on 30 September 2023; traders are now able to register for and use the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fapply-for-authorisation-for-the-uk-internal-market-scheme-if-you-bring-goods-into-northern-ireland&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cjill.coyne%40hmrc.gov.uk%7C38ac241ad81743f6eb6408dbba7deaba%7Cac52f73cfd1a4a9a8e7a4a248f3139e1%7C0%7C0%7C638308822219483088%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=jcVgMVtmk74zXqKfmDNw%2Fo4%2BedZKPNmzQh2ZV8CZKRk%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/apply-for-authorisation-for-the-uk-internal-market-scheme-if-you-bring-goods-into-northern-ireland</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 02/10/2023 14:44:11 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1659969

registered interest
date	12/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what (1) customs requirements, and (2) other requirements, are placed upon firms from Great Britain exporting goods directly to the EU.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL10079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2023 answer text <p><strong>Goods exported directly from Great Britain (GB) to the European Union (EU), including goods exported to Ireland, are subject to customs formalities. This means goods must be presented and declared to customs, they must not be exported without the permission of HMRC and a message must be sent after their departure to confirm the goods have left GB. Information on the export process, including special rules and requirements for licences or certificates, can be found on GOV.UK</strong><strong><strong>[1]</strong></strong><strong>. </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>The customs authorities of EU member states are responsible for the management of their import procedures.</strong></p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/export-goods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/export-goods</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 26/09/2023 15:09:53 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1659869

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what are the (1) current, and (2) future, levels of the capital budget allocated to each of the devolved nations.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL10060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2023 answer text <p>The 2021 Spending Review set the largest annual block grants, in real terms, of any spending review settlement since the devolution Acts. Those settlements are still growing in real terms over the three-year spending review period, despite inflation being higher than expected.</p><p> </p><p>The Spending Review 2021 settlement provided £41 billion per year for the Scottish Government (£6 billion of which is capital funding), £18 billion per year for the Welsh Government (£3 billion capital) and £15 billion per year for the Northern Ireland Executive (£2 billion capital).</p><p> </p><p>On top of record spending review settlements, the devolved administrations are receiving an additional £4 billion over the next two years through the operation of the Barnett formula (largely from Autumn Statement 2022 and Spring Budget 2023): £1.8 billion for the Scottish Government, £1.4 billion for the Welsh Government and £0.8 billion for the Northern Ireland Executive. £1.8 billion of this has been allocated to their capital budgets (£0.8 billion for the Scottish Government, £0.7 billion for the Welsh Government and £0.3 billion for the Northern Ireland Executive). The devolved administration’s budgets are not set beyond the current spending review period.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 22/09/2023 13:34:28 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme