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1660183

	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	Dental Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral contribution by the Minister for Primary Care and Public Health of 11 July 2023 during Health and Social Care oral questions, column 172, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the delivery of the NHS Dental Plan.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	199138
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring people can access the health services they need.</p><p> </p><p>In September 2022, Government announced ‘Our plan for patients’ which sets out how we will increase access to NHS dental care in England, whilst making the NHS dental contract more attractive to dental practices to support the delivery. These changes have now been implemented.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor and Secretary of State for Health and Social Care have regular discussions on a range of health and social care services.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 19/09/2023 09:46:48 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1656466

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Land: Public Sector
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up Communities and Local Government on allowing public land to be sold for below market value when purchased for projects aimed to benefit the local community.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	196317
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The Treasury is committed to generating maximum benefits from the sale of public land, whether in terms of cash receipts, or by putting land to better use for the public. The Green Book makes clear that policy appraisal should consider costs and benefits to the whole of UK society, not just the public sector or the institution involved.<em> </em></p><p> </p><p>Cabinet Office, Treasury and DLUHC officials have regular discussions on public land sales.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 11/09/2023 13:38:43 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1652814

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Excise Duties: Electronic Cigarettes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the deterrent effect of the excise duty on vaping products.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	193977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government has no current plans to apply an excise duty to non-tobacco nicotine or vaping products.</p><p> </p><p>Tax matters are kept under constant review, with any announcements made at fiscal events.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 18/07/2023 14:32:41 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1625109

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2023
	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, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that allocated funding is disbursed in a timely way.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	183467
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2023 answer text <p>HM Treasury works closely with departments to ensure that allocated funding is distributed in a timely and efficient way.</p><p> </p><p>Departments are given freedom to exercise commercial judgement within appropriate delegated authority arrangements. Project and programme spending outside of departments' Delegated Authority Limits is scrutinised by HM Treasury to ensure it reflects the government's priorities and meets the criteria for the use of public funds: regularity, propriety, value for money and feasibility.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury reviews Delegated Authority Limits on an annual basis to ensure scrutiny is focused and proportionate. HM Treasury has taken forward various initiatives to strengthen approval and decision-making processes across government, including updating the Treasury Approval Process in 2022 to support faster and higher quality spending approvals.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 09/05/2023 10:57:41 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1625726

	registered interest
	date	03/05/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Local Government Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions has he had with the Levelling Up Secretary of State on his Department's access to local authority registers to investigate (a) current and (b) historic unpaid revenue.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	183744
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2023 answer text <p>In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of internal discussions are not normally disclosed. The Chancellor and his officials are in regular contact with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and his officials on matters pertaining to local government finance.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 09/05/2023 14:24:56 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1612396

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Childcare
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of good quality childcare on levels of economic productivity.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	181686
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2023 answer text <p>Investing in high quality childcare can support economic growth and productivity, through its impact on parental participation in the labour market and children’s future success in education and in the labour market.</p><p>At Spring Budget 2023, the government announced that it will expand the free childcare hours offer so that eligible working parents in England will be able to access 30 hours of free childcare per week for 38 weeks of the year. HM Treasury does not prepare formal forecasts for the UK economy, including assessments of the impact of the Budget, which are the responsibility of the independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). As a result of this policy, the OBR estimated around 60,000 to enter employment by 2027-28, as well as increase the hours worked by mothers already in work. The OBR judged this policy to have the largest impact on potential output in this Budget. Further details can be found in the OBR’s latest Economic and Fiscal Outlook published in March 2023: <a href="https://obr.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-march-2023/" target="_blank">https://obr.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-march-2023/</a></p><p>The government also announced a substantial uplift to the hourly rate paid to providers to deliver the existing free hours offers, providing £204 million in 2023-24, paid from September 2023, and £288 million in 2024-25. This will help providers manage cost pressures, develop the necessary capacity to deliver the new free hours offers, and raise the quality of provision. According to the <a href="https://ifs.org.uk/sites/default/files/output_url_files/R99.pdf" target="_blank">IFS</a>, attending high quality early years settings has a positive impact on children’s future success in education and in the labour market, with higher lifetime earnings.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 26/04/2023 09:15:55 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1606020

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to increase the number of social houses built, in addition to the Affordable Homes Programme.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	170664
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>The government is committed to delivering social and affordable housing and is investing £11.5 billion in the Affordable Homes Programme from 2021 to 2026. This is the largest investment in affordable housing in a decade and includes investment in supported housing, social and affordable rent and shared ownership. In addition to support local authorities to deliver council housing, in March 2021 the government announced a package of reforms to give councils more freedom in how they can spend the money they receive from Right to Buy sales on replacement homes; and at Spring Budget 2023 we announced a discounted Public Works Loan Board borrowing rate for Housing Revenue Accounts.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 170665 question first answered 28/03/2023 14:12:36 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1606022

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Affordable Housing: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he is taking to support the building of more affordable housing.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	170665
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>The government is committed to delivering social and affordable housing and is investing £11.5 billion in the Affordable Homes Programme from 2021 to 2026. This is the largest investment in affordable housing in a decade and includes investment in supported housing, social and affordable rent and shared ownership. In addition to support local authorities to deliver council housing, in March 2021 the government announced a package of reforms to give councils more freedom in how they can spend the money they receive from Right to Buy sales on replacement homes; and at Spring Budget 2023 we announced a discounted Public Works Loan Board borrowing rate for Housing Revenue Accounts.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 170664 question first answered 28/03/2023 14:12:36 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1604102

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Business and Property Development: Capital Investment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential benefits of direct government investment in (a) multi-purpose development sites and (b) businesses.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	165326
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2023 answer text <p>The Treasury has not made a general assessment on the potential benefits of direct government investment in “multi-purpose development sites” but is committed to spreading opportunity and making the UK the best place in a world to start and grow a business.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside providing generous tax incentives for investment and pushing forward with regulatory reform to support the UK’s high growth sectors, Spring Budget announced targeted measures to drive sustainable growth everywhere across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>This includes measures to deliver change for all parts of the UK through the creation of investment zones to attract new private sector investment, support high-quality regeneration with the rollout of new Levelling Up Partnerships and further devolution to empower local leadership and decision-making.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 22/03/2023 17:09:21 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1583231

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of public sector pay restraint on the economy.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	138319
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>Pay for most frontline workforces – including nurses, teachers, armed forces and police officers – is set through an independent Pay Review Body (PRBs) process. The PRBs consider a range of evidence when forming their recommendations, including the need to recruit, retain and motivate suitably able and qualified people; the financial circumstances of government; the government’s policies for improving public services; and the government’s inflation target. They consider the whole remuneration package of those working in the public sector when forming their recommendations, including the substantially more generous pensions available, on average, for public sector workers.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the PRB process, HM Treasury publishes economic evidence to PRBs. HM Treasury published its economic evidence to PRBs for the 2023/24 pay round in January. This set out the economic, labour market and fiscal context within which we ask the independent PRBs to consider their recommendations for 2023-24 pay awards. Please see the evidence HMT has published.</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1127720/Economic_Evidence_January_2023_-_final_version_PUBLISHED.pdf" target="_blank">Economic_Evidence_January_2023_-_final_version_PUBLISHED.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a></p><p>More generally, the OBR will include any impact of government policy on the economy in their economic forecasts.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 09/02/2023 15:07:00 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell