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1696660

registered interest
date	18/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total cost to the public purse was of legal (a) support and (b) representation to Ministers in his Department in relation to their official conduct in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	19109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2024 answer text <p>Such information is not centrally recorded or collated in the form requested.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 25/03/2024 13:45:21 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1695134

registered interest
date	11/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Domestic Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the destinations were of domestic overnight visits undertaken by Ministers within their Department in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	18001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government publishes on GOV.UK details of the cost of overseas Ministerial travel, including costs of travel, and on other costs (visas, accommodation, meals).</p><p>But as has been the case under successive administrations, the Government does not publish granular detail on Ministers’ travel at home or abroad.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 18/03/2024 15:57:17 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1694478

registered interest
date	07/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Domestic Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many domestic overnight visits Ministers within their Department have taken in each of the last three financial years; and what the cost to the public purse was of those visits.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	17621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government publishes on GOV.UK details of the cost of overseas Ministerial travel, including costs of travel, and on other costs (visas, accommodation, meals).</p><p>However, as has been the case under successive administrations, the Government does not publish granular detail on Ministers’ travel at home or abroad.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 13/03/2024 10:34:05 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1693886

registered interest
date	05/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Fraud and Maladministration
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 amount of money lost to fraud and error by his Department in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	17205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) publish annual statistical estimates of the size of the tax gap and money lost to fraud and error.</p><p> </p><p>The latest estimates of the tax gap were published in <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/measuring-tax-gaps" target="_blank">Measuring tax gaps 2023 edition: tax gap estimates for 2021 to 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The latest error and fraud estimates for the Corporation Tax Research and Development relief schemes and for Child Benefit were published in <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-annual-report-and-accounts-2022-to-2023" target="_blank">HMRC annual report and accounts: 2022 to 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The latest published Tax Credits Error and Fraud statistics were published in <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fchild-and-working-tax-credits-error-and-fraud-statistics-2021-to-2022&amp;data=05%7C02%7Csteve.robinson1%40hmrc.gov.uk%7Ca13ad89a775b488aab7a08dc3dd10a32%7Cac52f73cfd1a4a9a8e7a4a248f3139e1%7C0%7C0%7C638453215241472132%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=n%2BdbVuMfHd%2BC8n3CRw8tuUirqtqdS%2F2nG%2FmqHETOU%2Bs%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Child and Working Tax Credits error and fraud statistics 2021 to 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 12/03/2024 09:50:23 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1693482

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: WhatsApp
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance his Department issues on the use of WhatsApp.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	16892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>The Department follows the Cabinet Office policy on non-corporate communication channels for Government business <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/non-corporate-communication-channels-for-government-business" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/non-corporate-communication-channels-for-government-business</a></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 11/03/2024 09:24:33 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1693002

registered interest
date	01/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Publishing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what reports and guidance their Department has produced in the last three financial years; and how much was spent on their (a) printing and (b) distribution.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	16485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>The requested information is not centrally held, and complying with this request would incur a disproportionate cost to the department. Reports and guidance that the Treasury has published can be found on gov.uk</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 11/03/2024 16:51:38 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1692806

registered interest
date	29/02/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding his Department has (a) budgeted for and (b) spent on advertising in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	16376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>HM Treasury publishes data on spend over £25,000 as part of the transparency agenda, which can be found on gov.uk: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/25000-spend" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/25000-spend</a></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 07/03/2024 14:06:53 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1692375

registered interest
date	28/02/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Magazine Press
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding their Department (a) allocated for (b) spent on magazine subscriptions in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	16191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>HMT’s expenditure on these areas is published as part of the departments on-going support of the transparency reporting programme. These can be viewed using the links below .</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/gpc-spend" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/gpc-spend</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/25000-spend" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/25000-spend</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder</a></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 06/03/2024 15:08:31 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1691995

registered interest
date	27/02/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Press
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what subscriptions to (a) newspapers, (b) magazines and (c) online journals his Department has paid for in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	15961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2024 answer text <p>HMT’s expenditure on these areas is published as part of the departments on-going support of the transparency reporting programme. These can be viewed using the links below.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/gpc-spend" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/gpc-spend</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/25000-spend" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/25000-spend</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder</a></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 05/03/2024 10:14:44 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1691665

registered interest
date	26/02/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of digital roles within his Department were vacant as of 26 February 2024.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	15701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>As part of the 2022 to 2025 roadmap for digital and data, all departments made a commitment to reduce their digital and data vacancies to under 10% of total Government Digital and Data headcount by 2025</p><p>This is to drive modernisation and digitisation in Government, improving public services for the British people and saving taxpayer money</p><p>Overall good progress has been made, with total vacancies now at 15%</p><p>The Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework, defining the scope of the digital and data profession, outlines capability standards for roles and skills in the profession. It enables professionals, line managers and hiring managers to have a common understanding of roles and provides a strong foundation for recruitment</p><p>In our latest assessment in October 2023, we had 11 vacancies which is 13% of Digital roles in HM Treasury.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 04/03/2024 12:18:35 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds