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1064678

registered interest
date	21/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Asset Protection Agency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the (a) focused assets covered under the Asset Protection Agency and (b) focused assets underwritten by the Asset Protection Agency that were transferred to West Register between 2009 and 2012.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Martin Whitfield
uin	224359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>The Asset Protection Agency (APA) was set up in 2009 to manage the Asset Protection Scheme (APS), with the objective of maintaining financial stability and protecting taxpayers’ interests by helping participating banks manage their exposure to high-risk assets.</p><p> </p><p>The 2009-10 APA Annual Reports and Accounts state that the APS initially provided protection on £282bn worth of assets on the consolidated balance sheet of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc. The detail of these assets is commercially sensitive. The Annual Report can be found here: <a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130129110533/http:/www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/apa.htm" target="_blank">https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130129110533/http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/apa.htm</a></p><p> </p><p>To develop a more streamlined and better focused monitoring process for these assets, in 2011 and 2012 the APA stopped reviewing certain low risk assets and instead focused on a number of larger, high risk assets, known as the “Focus List”. Further information on the make-up of the Focus List can be found at <a href="http://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2012-0368/DEP2012-0368.pdf" target="_blank">http://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2012-0368/DEP2012-0368.pdf</a> and at <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/229293/0120.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/229293/0120.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Further detail on the assets underwritten by the APA, including the assets that were transferred to West Register, an RBS subsidiary, between 2009 and 2012, is commercially sensitive information in relation to RBS’ customers.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 26/02/2019 15:44:57 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4626 label Biography information for Martin Whitfield

1064713

registered interest
date	21/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many suppliers have been excluded from bidding for contracts as a result of not complying with the criteria set out in the guidance entitled, Procurement policy note 03/14: promoting tax compliance, in each year since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	224367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>The information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 26/02/2019 15:01:21 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1064759

registered interest
date	21/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Homelessness: Finance
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 classify as a priority in the next Spending Review, funding to reduce rough sleeping and homelessness.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	224477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>The government is committed to tackling homelessness and rough sleeping. We have provided £1.2bn of funding to address homelessness. In August, we announced a £100m Rough Sleeping Strategy to begin progress to meet the commitment to halve rough sleeping by 2022, and eliminate it by 2027.</p><p> </p><p>All long-term decisions on public spending will be taken at the Spending Review this year, when the Chancellor will set out his approach for the future.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 26/02/2019 12:02:16 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1064317

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Productivity: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Office for National Statistics publication, Labour productivity, UK: July to September 2018, published on 9 January 2019 whether the next Spending Review will allocate funding to tackle the effect of poor health outcomes in the North of England on that region’s levels of productivity.
tabling member constituency	Knowsley
tabling member printed	Mr George Howarth
uin	223775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>The ONS published the latest estimates of sub-national productivity on 6 February 2019. The data shows that productivity has increased in all the regions in the North of England during 2017 and since 2010.</p><p> </p><p>All regions in the North of England have seen faster nominal productivity growth than London and the South of England since 2010.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS is the government’s number one spending priority and that is why we have committed to a historic settlement that provides a cash increase of £33.9bn a year by 2023-24. This takes the NHS budget from £114.6bn in 2018-19 to £148.5bn in 2023-24.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan sets the vision for the NHS over the coming years including what action the NHS plans to take on health inequalities. NHS England has committed to ensuring a higher share of funding goes towards geographies with high health inequalities. This funding is estimated to be worth over £1 billion by 2023/24.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 27/02/2019 14:54:55 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

1064353

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of staff employed by his Department are apprentices.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	223827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The proportion of staff HM Treasury employed as apprentices as of 31st January 2019 was 1.7%. We expect an additional 15 new apprentices to start this financial year, meaning 2.5% of our staff will be new apprentices over the period 1 April 2018 – 31 March 2019. This is an increase on last year, which can be viewed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-apprenticeship-data-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-apprenticeship-data-2017-to-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 25/02/2019 16:25:59 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

1064359

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how he plans to use the next Spending Review to reduce economic inequalities between the north and south of England.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Jenny Chapman
uin	223833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>Since 2010, over 60% of jobs have been created outside of London and the South East, and all regions of the North of England have seen faster nominal productivity growth over that time period than London and the South East. The Government is continuing to support the Northern Powerhouse, for example, the £2.5bn Transforming Cities Fund as well as Devolution deals for Manchester, Liverpool and North of Tyne. We will continue to support this growth through the Spending Review later this year and other policies such as a refreshed Northern Powerhouse Strategy.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 27/02/2019 14:33:19 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	3972 label Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington

1064360

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Health: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the next Spending Review will include plans to review the level of investment in health research received by northern institutions.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Jenny Chapman
uin	223834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>The Spending Review will consider all public investments in the round.</p>Research funding, including Medical Research Council funding, is allocated following nation-wide competitive and academic peer review processes, where scientific excellence is the core assessment criteria.<p> </p><p>Since 2016, Government has committed an additional £7bn for R&amp;D by 2021-22 – the largest increase for 40 years, which supports the government target of increasing economy-wide R&amp;D investment to 2.4% of GDP by 2027. To support innovation-led growth across the whole of the UK, Autumn Budget 2018 backed local initiatives to nurture R&amp;D strengths by doubling the Strength in Places Fund to £235m.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 27/02/2019 08:28:25 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	3972 label Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington

1064410

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Agriculture: Inheritance Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claims qualified for Inheritance Tax exemption on agricultural property in 2018; what the location was of claim; and what the average income was of the recipients.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	223935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>Claims qualified for Inheritance Tax exemption on agricultural property relief (APR) and business property relief (BPR) in 2018/19 are currently unavailable.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 223941 question first answered 25/02/2019 17:40:15 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1064412

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Inheritance Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of (a) the number of beneficiaries of the main residence nil rate band of Inheritance Tax exemption in 2018, (b) where those beneficiaries are located and (c) what is the average income of those beneficiaries was.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	223937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer that I gave on <ins class="ministerial">6 March</ins> <del class="ministerial">26 February</del> 2018 to the Hon. Member for Leeds West for the number of beneficiaries of the main residence nil rate band.</p><p> </p><p>Estimates of the location and average income of beneficiaries of the main residence nil rate band in 2018 are not readily available and could only be provided at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 25/02/2019 17:20:11 question first ministerially corrected 19/03/2019 13:21:59 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride previous answer version 104359 answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1064415

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Patents: Corporation Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claims were been made for Patent Box corporation tax relief, what the average amount was of those claims; and which companies made those claims.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	223940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The latest National Statistics on usage of the Patent Box were published on 27 September 2018 and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/742811/Patent_Box_Statistics_2015-16_and_2016-17_partial.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/742811/Patent_Box_Statistics_2015-16_and_2016-17_partial.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 25/02/2019 17:27:45 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd