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865200

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Cryptocurrencies: Regulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with its international counterparts on developing regulations for crypto-currencies.
	tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
	tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
	uin	133067
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given on 1 March 2018 to PQ UIN 129437.</p> answering member constituency North West Leicestershire answering member printed Andrew Bridgen question first answered 20/03/2018 15:52:53 answering member 4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen
	tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

885140

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Infrastructure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What assessment his Department has made of the effect of its planned investment in infrastructure on the environment.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff North
	tabling member printed	Anna McMorrin
	uin	904791
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2018 answer text <p>This government is committed to being the first generation to leave the environment in a better state than we inherited, as set out in our 25 year Environment Plan.</p><p> </p><p>On infrastructure, we will spend over £1bn per year by 2020 through the Renewable Heat Incentive to support renewable and low-carbon heating.</p><p> </p><p>And, on transport, we are investing £1bn in supporting the take up of low emission vehicles and £48bn on rail infrastructure between 2019 and 2024 to take polluting cars and lorries off our roads.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 17/04/2018 15:45:09 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4632 label Biography information for Anna McMorrin

885142

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Productivity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on increasing productivity through the development and deployment of new technologies.
	tabling member constituency	South Basildon and East Thurrock
	tabling member printed	Stephen Metcalfe
	uin	904793
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2018 answer text <p>Treasury ministers regularly discuss the opportunities of new technologies with Cabinet colleagues.</p><p> </p><p>To boost research into and development of new technologies, we have increased support for in R&amp;D to the highest level in 30 years (probably ever) through raising investment and increasing the main rate of R&amp;D tax credits.</p><p> </p><p>At Budget, we committed over £75 million to support the development and deployment of Artificial Intelligence in the UK, which has immense potential to increase productivity.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 17/04/2018 15:42:53 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4092 label Biography information for Stephen Metcalfe

904645

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Care Workers: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what implications there are for his policy of the report Care workers, challenges of the tax and benefits system, published on 2 May 2018 by the Low Incomes Tax Reform Group; and whether his Department has made an assessment of potential risks of care workers being paid less than the minimum wage.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	144269
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p><strong></strong>The government keeps all tax and welfare policies under review. We continue to monitor closely the social care workforce and the experience of care workers, and have committed to publishing a joint health and workforce strategy that will define ways to further support our much-valued care workforce. We remain fully committed to strong enforcement of National Minimum and Living Wage (NMW) rates for all workers, including those in the social care sector, in accordance with the law.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 21/05/2018 12:25:16 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

971724

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2018 to Question 171310 on Brexit, what proportion of that funding has been allocated to (a) the devolved administrations and (b) local government.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	173525
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>A full breakdown of how the £1.5bn for 2018/19 was allocated can be found in my Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS540, laid on the 13th March (<a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/</a>). This includes £73.9 million for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland due to Barnett consequentials. This money will be paid out in Supplementary Estimates 18/19 later this financial year. Departments will be invited to bid for 2019/20 EU Exit preparation funding later in the year. Details of timings and process will be set out in due course.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury does not provide funding to local authorities directly. Local authorities receive funding through MHCLG or from departments when their policy imposes costs on the local authority.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 09/10/2018 14:35:52 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

924704

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Hospitals: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the minutes of the Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospital Trust’s Board Meeting which took place on 3 May 2018, what (a) checks and (b) approval processes his Department is undertaking on the preferred contractor of the new Midland Metropolitan hospital; which (i) Government departments and (ii) other stakeholders have been consulted on those checks and approval processes; and what the timetable is for the preferred contractor to be announced.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	154162
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2018 answer text <p>A preferred contractor to complete the build has yet to be secured.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury is engaging with DHSC and the IPA to ensure the hospital is completed as quickly as is possible. Any new arrangement will of course be subject to the approval of a business case which will include a value for money review.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 20/06/2018 13:45:22 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1001994

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Schools: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 1.60 of the Budget 2018 Red Book, whether the funding for state-funded schools to cover pension costs will be allocated from the £4.7bn extra DEL in the reserve for 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	188148
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Additional funds will be allocated to the Department for Education to meet the proportion of the expected £4.7 billion in additional pension costs that falls to them. The Department for Education are proposing to provide state-funded schools with funding to cover their additional pensions costs for the rest of this Spending Review period.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 12/11/2018 17:52:45 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

982746

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Workplace 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 19 April 2018 to Question 135229 on public sector: pensions, how many Departments responsible for public service schemes have taken forward any necessary regulatory changes.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	176335
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2018 answer text <p>All Departments responsible for public service schemes are in the process of identifying members who will receive a change in entitlement, undertaking public consultations where necessary and then bringing forward the necessary regulatory changes.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 12/10/2018 10:20:18 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

900066

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Child Tax Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of women who have chosen to terminate a pregnancy as a result of the two child restriction in tax credit.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	141837
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2018 answer text <p>An impact assessment of the policy was published and is available here:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/ia15-006e.pdf</p><p> </p><p>Providing support for a maximum of two children in tax credits and Universal Credit is about ensuring those who receive income related benefits face the same financial choices as those supporting themselves solely through work. The government recognises that some claimants are not able to make the same choices about the number of children in their family and has put exceptions in place in these circumstances.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/05/2018 10:07:57 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

882432

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: North West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff were employed by HMRC at the Tax Credit Office in Preston as at 28 March 2018; and how many of those staff his Department (a) estimates will be employed at that Tax Credit Office by 1 January 2019 and (b) planned to offer redundancy to, make redundant or offer jobs at other HMRC offices in Lancashire, Merseyside or Greater Manchester to.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
	uin	135494
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>Around 1900 staff were employed by HMRC in Preston as at 28 March 2018.</p><p> </p><p>At this stage HMRC has not agreed the Preston staffing position for January 2019. HMRC will keep staff updated as plans evolve.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 18/04/2018 12:59:54 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick