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1107763

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Regional Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total amount of regional aid not subject to the Barnett formula (a) was for each year since 2009 and (b) is projected to be in each year for which information is available for (i) Scotland, (ii) Wales, (iii) Northern Ireland and (iv) each region of England.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	238660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>A detailed breakdown of the block grant funding for each of the devolved administrations is available in the Block Grant Transparency publication which is available on line at:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/block-grant-transparency-december-2018</p><p> </p><p>This recently developed publication sets out how the block grants for the Scottish Government, Welsh Government and a Northern Ireland Executive have been calculated during the 2015 Spending Review period.</p><p> </p><p>Prior to the publication of the Block Grant Transparency document, the Annual Reports of the Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland Offices each contained data relating to the composition of the block grants.</p><p>No funding has been provided to English regions outside the scope of the Barnett Formula.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 03/04/2019 13:21:06 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1121724

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Environment Protection: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Spring Statement of 13 March 2019, HCWS1407, whether the additional funding for the environment applies to (a) England or (b) England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Ann Clwyd
uin	245664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>The government announced at Spring Statement an ambitious package of measures to support the environment, including mandating biodiversity net gain for development in England, supporting the Ascension Island Council in its decision to designate a new Marine Protected Area around Ascension Island, launching a comprehensive global review of the link between biodiversity and economic growth, to be led by Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta, and taking forward a Call for Evidence on biodiversity in the Overseas Territories. These measures will help to deliver on this government’s pledge to be the first generation to leave the environment in a better state than we found it. Any spend in England and Wales associated with these measures will be funded from existing budgets.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 29/04/2019 14:39:51 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	553 label Biography information for Ann Clwyd

1121729

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has plans to ensure equity in the high-income child benefit charge in relation to a (a) one-earner couple and (b) two-earner couple.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	245889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government introduced the High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) from January 2013 to ensure that support is targeted at those who need it most. It applies to anyone with an individual income over £50,000, who claims Child Benefit or whose partner claims it, regardless of the make-up of their household.</p><p> </p><p>If total household income was taken into account, information on the incomes of everyone in each of the eight million households receiving Child Benefit would need to be collected and would effectively introduce a new means test. The Government’s approach withdraws Child Benefit from those on high incomes, whilst having no impact on the majority of claimants.</p><p> </p><p>The charge increases gradually for taxpayers with incomes between £50,000 and £60,000. Families in which at least one taxpayer has an income over £60,000 can choose not to receive Child Benefit, which means they do not have to pay the charge.</p><p> </p><p>Parents who are entitled to Child Benefit should still complete the Child Benefit claim form as this will help them to qualify for National Insurance Credits and thereby protect their entitlement to the State Pension and other contributory benefits.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 29/04/2019 15:16:14 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1121737

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Embassies: China
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Foreign Secretary on the cost to the public purse of the proposed new embassy building in Beijing.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	245696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary is responsible for developing plans to re-build the embassy and residence in Beijing. These plans, including the estimated costs, are subject to standard HM Treasury spending controls and approval.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 25/04/2019 11:03:23 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

1121893

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	NHS: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of the Prime Minister of 3 April 2019, Official Report, column 1023, what discussions his officials have had with officials of the Department of Health and Social Care on the NHS pension scheme and the tapered annual allowance; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	245885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>As the Prime Minister said at PMQs on 3 April 2019, we are in discussion with the Department of Health and Social Care about concerns raised by doctors in the NHS pension scheme. It is not the Government’s practice to provide details of ongoing internal discussions. The Government keeps the impact of all public sector pay and pensions policies under constant review, taking account of total reward and fiscal considerations.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 29/04/2019 09:39:40 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1121424

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Universal Credit
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 cost to the public purse of the £1,000 work allowance increase announced in Budget 2018.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	244182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>The £1,000 increase to the Universal Credit (UC) work allowance, announced in Budget 2018, will increase the amount that 2.4 million households can earn before their UC begins to be withdrawn. This change will enable working parents and people with disabilities on Universal Credit to keep over £630 extra income each year. The Budget 2018 work allowance change increased government support for UC by £1.7bn per year by 2023-24. No assessment has been made of the cost of a further £1,000 increase in the work allowances over and above those which were increased in Budget 2018.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury’s distributional analysis, published alongside Budget 2018, shows the cumulative effect on household incomes of policies on welfare, tax, and public service spending measures. Because different measures often interact with each other, this cumulative assessment provides the best representation of the overall intended policy effect. This shows that since this Chancellor and Prime Minister took office, their decisions have benefited households throughout the income distribution, with the poorest households gaining the most as a percentage of net income.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 244183 244184 244185 question first answered 29/04/2019 12:48:55 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1121425

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Universal Credit
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 the distributional effect by decile of the work allowance increase announced in Budget 2018; and what proportional increase in the income of each income decile will be.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	244183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>The £1,000 increase to the Universal Credit (UC) work allowance, announced in Budget 2018, will increase the amount that 2.4 million households can earn before their UC begins to be withdrawn. This change will enable working parents and people with disabilities on Universal Credit to keep over £630 extra income each year. The Budget 2018 work allowance change increased government support for UC by £1.7bn per year by 2023-24. No assessment has been made of the cost of a further £1,000 increase in the work allowances over and above those which were increased in Budget 2018.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury’s distributional analysis, published alongside Budget 2018, shows the cumulative effect on household incomes of policies on welfare, tax, and public service spending measures. Because different measures often interact with each other, this cumulative assessment provides the best representation of the overall intended policy effect. This shows that since this Chancellor and Prime Minister took office, their decisions have benefited households throughout the income distribution, with the poorest households gaining the most as a percentage of net income.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 244182 244184 244185 question first answered 29/04/2019 12:48:55 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1121426

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the fiscal cost would be of a further £1,000 increase to the same work allowances which were increased in Budget 2018.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	244184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>The £1,000 increase to the Universal Credit (UC) work allowance, announced in Budget 2018, will increase the amount that 2.4 million households can earn before their UC begins to be withdrawn. This change will enable working parents and people with disabilities on Universal Credit to keep over £630 extra income each year. The Budget 2018 work allowance change increased government support for UC by £1.7bn per year by 2023-24. No assessment has been made of the cost of a further £1,000 increase in the work allowances over and above those which were increased in Budget 2018.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury’s distributional analysis, published alongside Budget 2018, shows the cumulative effect on household incomes of policies on welfare, tax, and public service spending measures. Because different measures often interact with each other, this cumulative assessment provides the best representation of the overall intended policy effect. This shows that since this Chancellor and Prime Minister took office, their decisions have benefited households throughout the income distribution, with the poorest households gaining the most as a percentage of net income.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 244182 244183 244185 question first answered 29/04/2019 12:48:55 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1121427

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Universal Credit
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 the distributional effect of a further £1,000 increase to the same work allowances which were increased in Budget 2018 on the percentage increase in the incomes of each decile.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	244185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>The £1,000 increase to the Universal Credit (UC) work allowance, announced in Budget 2018, will increase the amount that 2.4 million households can earn before their UC begins to be withdrawn. This change will enable working parents and people with disabilities on Universal Credit to keep over £630 extra income each year. The Budget 2018 work allowance change increased government support for UC by £1.7bn per year by 2023-24. No assessment has been made of the cost of a further £1,000 increase in the work allowances over and above those which were increased in Budget 2018.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury’s distributional analysis, published alongside Budget 2018, shows the cumulative effect on household incomes of policies on welfare, tax, and public service spending measures. Because different measures often interact with each other, this cumulative assessment provides the best representation of the overall intended policy effect. This shows that since this Chancellor and Prime Minister took office, their decisions have benefited households throughout the income distribution, with the poorest households gaining the most as a percentage of net income.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 244182 244183 244184 question first answered 29/04/2019 12:48:56 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1111109

registered interest
date	10/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Redundancy Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Six-figure taxpayer-funded public sector exit payments to end published on 10 April 2019, (a) how many exit payments were made by each public sector employer and (b) what the value of those exit payments was by employer in the latest period for which for which data figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	243540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>Data on the number of exit payments made by public sector employers is available publicly in their annual accounts and reports. The table attached consolidates this information and contains the number of exit payments made by public sector employers and the total amount of these exit payments.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 23/04/2019 15:24:37 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss attachment 1 file name Public sector exit payments WGA - Table for PQ.docx title Table for PQ response
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock