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	registered interest
	date	04/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Railways: Fares
	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 cost to the Exchequer of increasing regulated rail fares by RPI in 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
	tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
	uin	213271
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>On 7 September the Government announced the government would extend the freeze on rail fares so that no regulated rail fares will increase by more than inflation.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor also announced that for 2015, train companies will no longer have the flexibility to increase some fares by 2% above the cap.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the press release these measures will cost £100m by 2015/16.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 19/11/2014 13:48:44 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
	tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

142111

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how adjustments to the Scottish block grant will be calculated following implementation of the Scottish rate of income tax.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	Margaret Curran
	uin	213722
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government has agreed a block grant adjustment mechanism through the operation of the Barnett formula with the Scottish Government in relation to the Scottish rate of income tax.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>During two or three transitional years, the deduction will reflect the tax generated by a Scottish rate of 10p. Following this transitional period, the first year deduction will again reflect the tax generated by a Scottish rate of 10p, and then in subsequent years this deduction will be indexed against growth in the UK non-savings non-dividend income tax base.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Scottish Government’s overall funding will therefore be partly determined by the relative growth in the Scottish and UK non-savings non-dividend income tax base.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 16/12/2014 17:51:13 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
	tabling member	3982 label Biography information for Margaret Curran

147445

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will give further financial assistance to the Northern Ireland Executive to fund public sector pensions, health and education.
	tabling member constituency	South Antrim
	tabling member printed	Dr William McCrea
	uin	214159
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Executive, like the devolved administrations in Scotland and Wales, is expected to meet the costs of public sector pensions and spending on health and education from within its existing budgets.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 19/11/2014 13:52:44 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
	tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

155420

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Network Rail
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what impact the reclassification of Network Rail as a government body has had on (a) the financial position of the Government and (b) the financial position of Network Rail; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South
	tabling member printed	Mr Tom Harris
	uin	214213
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>The impact of the reclassification on the government’s financial position is set out in the OBR’s Economic and Fiscal Outlook as at March 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 21/11/2014 12:58:26 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
	tabling member	1418 label Biography information for Mr Tom Harris

155421

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Network Rail
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any proportion of Network Rail's debt has been allocated to the Scottish Government as a result of the reclassification of Network Rail as a government body on 1 September 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South
	tabling member printed	Mr Tom Harris
	uin	214214
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>Public Sector Net Debt (PSND) is not currently geographically split and so only overall Public Sector Net Debt (PSND) has increased.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 20/11/2014 17:01:13 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
	tabling member	1418 label Biography information for Mr Tom Harris

155741

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	answering body	HM 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 Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effect of reductions in local government departmental expenditure limits on the block grants for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
	uin	214583
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>The impacts on budget allocations to the devolved administrations following changes in UK Government departmental allocations are set out at Spending Reviews and subsequent Budgets and Autumn Statements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 21/11/2014 13:27:18 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
	tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

155742

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Local Government Finance: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received from the Welsh Assembly Government on local government departmental expenditure limits and their effects on the Welsh block grant.
	tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
	uin	214582
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>Treasury ministers meet with their counterparts in the Welsh Government from time to time to discuss matters of mutual interest, including Welsh Government funding allocations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 21/11/2014 13:23:15 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
	tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

155744

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he intends to answer Question 213271, tabled on 4 November 2014; and what the reason was for the time taken in replying.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
	tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
	uin	214787
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>I have done so.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 20/11/2014 17:29:43 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
	tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

156169

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Corporation Tax: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on the devolution of corporation tax in 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Lagan Valley
	tabling member printed	Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson
	uin	215036
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>In 2013 the UK Government and Northern Ireland Executive signed an economic pact taking forward a constructive and positive programme of work examining the potential for devolving Corporation Tax powers to the Northern Ireland Assembly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 21/11/2014 12:57:24 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
	tabling member	650 label Biography information for Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson

156178

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2014
	answering body	HM 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	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the reason is for the difference in the number of projects and programmes listed in the infrastructure pipeline data published by his Department in 2013 and 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	215093
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>The government’s commitment to supporting infrastructure investment and delivery is a key element of its long-term economic plan. The infrastructure pipeline, now published twice a year, is a forward-looking bottom up assessment of planned infrastructure investment across the public and private sectors. It enhances visibility and certainty for investors and the supply chain and allows government to work more effectively to ensure that the UK’s infrastructure needs are met.</p><p> </p><p>The value of the infrastructure pipeline increased to £383bn at the 2014 summer refresh from £375bn in December 2013.</p><p> </p><p>The infrastructure pipeline published in December 2013 included a number of individual energy projects being considered by developers. However, as set out in the National Infrastructure Plan 2013 and in the pipeline itself, the number of potential projects being considered by developers exceeds expected demand. It is a sign of a competitive market when developers are considering more schemes than will be required, allowing only the most competitive schemes to come forward into development. Weighted assumptions were applied to the overall energy investment figures in the 2013 pipeline to reflect this.</p><p> </p><p>At the summer refresh, to provide as much clarity as possible for industry and investors, it was decided only to name energy projects where a final investment decision or other firm commitment had been made to a project as opposed to the previous approach which was largely based on those projects that had applied for connections. The remainder of the money which is anticipated to be spent in generation was then included in a balancing line. This reflects the fact that the government makes no judgment on the outcome of the competitive process between developers. This change in presentational structure did not affect the underlying modelling assumptions regarding the amount of anticipated investment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The flood section of the pipeline in the December 2013 publication contained a large number of very small projects. At the summer refresh, the smaller schemes were grouped in to the Regional Flood and Coastal Committee programmes, with only the larger schemes being listed out individually. Further details on the full programme of works is available via the Environment Agency website. As with the changes to the energy section of the pipeline, this is for ease of reference and does not reflect any change to the overall level of planned floods investment.</p><p> </p><p>An update of the pipeline will be published alongside the National Infrastructure Plan this December</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 21/11/2014 13:19:43 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis