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61656

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many parliamentary questions tabled to his Department in the last parliamentary Session did not receive a substantive answer by the time of the 2014 prorogation; and when each such question was first tabled.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
	tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
	uin	200445
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p>Two parliamentary questions tabled to the Department for Education, PQs 198493 (tabled on 13/5/2014) and 198434 (tabled on 12/5/2014), did not receive substantive answers by the time of prorogation. The questions had reply on dates during prorogation, and therefore could not be answered due to the House's rules regarding notice periods.</p><p> </p><p>As a courtesy, both Members have been sent copies of the answers that they would have received had the Department been permitted to give the answers in the usual way.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 19/06/2014 16:15:37 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

773911

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Working Tax Credit: Glasgow East
	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 people in Glasgow East constituency who are eligible for but do not claim working tax credit payments.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	David Linden
	uin	108655
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2017 answer text <p>The information for Glasgow East is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC published Child Benefit, Child Tax Credit (CTC) and Working Tax Credit (WTC) take up rates 2014 to 2015 on 14<sup>th</sup> December 2016. This publication is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-benefit-child-tax-credit-ctc-and-working-tax-credit-wtc-take-up-rates-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-benefit-child-tax-credit-ctc-and-working-tax-credit-wtc-take-up-rates-2014-to-2015</a></p><p> </p><p>Table 9 (page 21) provides information on the CTC take up by region, but not parliamentary constituency. This table includes estimates of the number of entitled non-recipients, and are given as central estimates with upper and lower bounds. There is no equivalent table for WTC.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 108656 question first answered 27/10/2017 11:52:26 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

748328

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Working Age Benefits: Wolverhampton
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) Wolverhampton and (b) Wolverhampton North East constituency qualified for (i) working tax credits and (ii) child tax credits in each financial year from 2009-10.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	2806
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The number of families in receipt of child and working tax credit in (a) Wolverhampton and (b) Wolverhampton North East constituency is published by HMRC and is available on the GOV website</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-tax-credits-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-tax-credits-statistics</a><strong>. </strong>The results have been reproduced in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="7"><p>Families in receipt of tax credits from 2009-10 to 2015-16 (in 000’s)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Working tax credit</p></td><td colspan="7"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wolverhampton</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td><td><p>2.6</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wolverhampton North East constituency</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Child tax credit</p></td><td colspan="7"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wolverhampton</p></td><td><p>18.5</p></td><td><p>18.6</p></td><td><p>17.0</p></td><td><p>12.7</p></td><td><p>12.7</p></td><td><p>12.9</p></td><td><p>13.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wolverhampton North East constituency</p></td><td><p>6.8</p></td><td><p>7.2</p></td><td><p>6.5</p></td><td><p>4.8</p></td><td><p>4.8</p></td><td><p>4.8</p></td><td><p>4.9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 10/07/2017 14:52:32 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

765715

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in Northern Ireland have moved from a single tax credit claim to a joint tax credit claim in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast South
	tabling member printed	Emma Little Pengelly
	uin	105806
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 16/10/2017 12:38:55 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4611 label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly

765851

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Divorced People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the equitable distribution of child benefits and tax credits between divorced parents.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	105992
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>For both Child Benefit and Child Tax Credit (CTC), the law provides for one person – the person mainly responsible for the child – to receive the payments.</p><p> </p><p>Where parents separate, it is possible for them to jointly agree for Child Benefit to be paid to one parent and CTC to the other, or for one of them to claim both payments and then pay an agreed proportion to the other parent.</p><p> </p><p>Where parents cannot agree who should receive Child Benefit and CTC and make rival claims, the decision about who is entitled to such support is taken by HM Revenue &amp; Customs who consider all the facts in relation to each parent’s circumstances, based on the information provided by both parents. Entitlement will be awarded to the parent who appears to bear the greater responsibility of care.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 16/10/2017 14:55:40 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

776043

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credit claimants have more than (a) £6,000 and (b) £16,000 in capital.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	108999
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not held.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 26/10/2017 13:19:26 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

765712

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average time taken is to process joint claims for tax credit from the day of application to the day of payment in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast South
	tabling member printed	Emma Little Pengelly
	uin	105801
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The average time taken to process joint tax claims, from the first point of receipt to the first day of payment, in the last 12 months was 30.31 days. The data is inclusive of both UK and International Claims.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC have a public target of processing claims and changes for tax credits and Child Benefit customers within an average of 22 days for UK customers and 92 days for International customers. Both targets are currently being achieved.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 16/10/2017 15:00:05 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4611 label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly

755576

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the merits of requiring HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to send an automatic acknowledgement to tax credit claimants who submit their renewals online; and if he will make it HMRC policy to not suspend tax credit claims until HMRC have evidence that claimants have received and then failed to respond to their communications.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	7488
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) use SMS to provide acknowledgment of receipt for all tax credit renewals where there is a valid mobile phone number held. In addition, this year HMRC offered e-mail acknowledgments to all customers submitting their renewal online through the digital service.</p><p>Only after making significant efforts to obtain a reply from the customer would HMRC seek to stop tax credit payments.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 12/09/2017 13:39:34 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

756935

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been spent from the public purse in compensation to recipients of tax credits for errors caused by HM Revenue and Customs in the last seven years in (a) the UK and (b) Wansbeck constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
	tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
	uin	7860
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will consider offering redress payments for a variety of reasons, including: poor complaint handling, costs incurred, worry and distress and actual financial loss. Redress payments made under HMRC’s complaints policy are ex-gratia and they are not intended in any way to equate to compensation or damages awarded by the courts. HMRC are unable to break down the data to show redress payments made specifically in relation to error.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/09/2017 14:54:56 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

756936

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been lost from the public purse as a result of HM Revenue and Customs errors in respect of tax credits in (a) the UK and (b) Wansbeck constituency in the last seven years.
	tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
	tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
	uin	7859
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The Child and Working Tax Credits Annual Error &amp; Fraud statistics measure the value of error and fraud at the end of the tax credits year. They do not include any errors that are corrected before the end of the year. The statistics are published every June.</p><ol><li><p>An estimated £80 million has been paid out in tax credits payments as a result of HMRC errors favouring the claimant between 2010/11 and 2015-16. Figures for 2016/17 are not available yet.</p></li><li><p>Figures for Wansbeck constituency are not available as error statistics are estimated based on a sampling exercise for the UK. There is not the level of detail available to break this down by constituency.</p><p> </p></li></ol><p>The figure above has been calculated using the figure in table 5 from the previous six publications. The latest error &amp; fraud statistics are published at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-annual-error-and-fraud-statistics-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-annual-error-and-fraud-statistics-2015-to-2016</a></p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/09/2017 14:57:02 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

759679

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Universities: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of whether there will be any gap in funding for UK universities during the transition from EU structural and investment funds to the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
	tabling member constituency	North East Fife
	tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
	uin	10202
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government made a manifesto commitment to use the EU structural and investment fund money returning to the UK after the UK leaves the EU to create a UK Shared Prosperity Fund.</p><p> </p><p>In October 2016 the Chancellor confirmed that HMT would guarantee funding for all multi-year ESIF projects signed ahead of the point at which the UK leaves the EU. Funding will be honoured provided that the relevant government department considers the project to provide good value for money and be in line with domestic strategic priorities.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 20/09/2017 09:07:44 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

771372

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Universities: EU Grants and Loans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department plans to make of the contribution of European Structural and Investment Funds to UK universities; and if he will takes steps to ensure that there will not be a funding gap for universities.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton West
	tabling member printed	Chris Green
	uin	108069
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>The government has guaranteed funding for all European Structural and Investment Fund projects signed before we leave the EU – provided they are value for money and in line with domestic priorities.</p><p> </p><p>These guarantees are designed to ensure projects are not disrupted, communities do not miss out and gives British organisations, and potential investors, the certainty and stability they need to continue to bid for funding and help us make a success of Brexit.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 24/10/2017 11:00:03 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

64306

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of extending entitlement to free early education to all claimants of universal credit once universal credit has been fully rolled out.
	tabling member constituency	Rhondda
	tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
	uin	202676
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>Government-funded early education for three- and four-year-olds is already a universal entitlement, so there would be no cost of extending the entitlement. Universal Credit will be fully rolled out in the next Parliament, and spending decisions for that period have not been taken. This means it is, therefore not possible to estimate the potential cost on early learning for two-year-olds.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 03/07/2014 16:23:17 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

769638

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations his Department has received from other EU member states on the financial cost of the UK leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	107424
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>Treasury ministers and officials engage regularly with their counterparts in other EU Member States to discuss a wide range of issues, including the UK’s withdrawal from the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to undertake the necessary work to prepare for every eventuality.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 17/10/2017 13:58:29 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

747499

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the UK economy of the UK leaving the EU's Common Commercial Policy and Common External Tariff without a customs agreement between the UK and the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
	tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
	uin	2365
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The government has undertaken a significant amount of work to assess the economic impact of leaving the EU. This is part of our continued programme of rigorous and extensive analytical work on a range of scenarios on a sector by sector basis.</p><p> </p><p>We want to conclude a deep and special partnership with the European Union. This includes pursuing a new customs agreement that allows for the freest possible trade in goods and services between the UK and EU member states.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/07/2017 14:02:33 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

747501

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect on the UK economy of a customs agreement with the EU that includes participation in the Common External Tariff and Common Commercial Policy.
	tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
	tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
	uin	2364
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The government has undertaken a significant amount of work to assess the economic impact of leaving the EU. This is part of our continued programme of rigorous and extensive analytical work on a range of scenarios on a sector by sector basis.</p><p>We want to conclude a deep and special partnership with the European Union. This includes pursuing a new customs agreement that allows for the freest possible trade in goods and services between the UK and EU member states.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/07/2017 14:03:33 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

64701

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Truancy: Fines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many parents and guardians of children within the state school system were fined as a result of unauthorised absence by their children in 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	203180
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education collects and publishes annual data on the number of penalty notices (fines) issued to parents, which includes any issued to guardians, for offences relating to Section 444(1) of the Education Act 1996. The number of penalty notices issued in the academic year 2012/13 was 52,370. This information is published online:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/parental-responsibility-measures-academic-year-2012-to-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/parental-responsibility-measures-academic-year-2012-to-2013</a></p><p>The Department does not collect data regarding fines issued by the courts on this matter.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 07/07/2014 10:13:35 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

773914

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Scientific Advisers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that its activities are informed by proactive and independent scientific advice; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	108644
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2017 answer text <p>HM Treasury’s Chief Scientific Adviser works closely with the Government Office for Science and its wider network of scientific advisers. In addition, the Second Permanent Secretary is a member of the Prime Minister’s Council for Science and Technology. The department also engages regularly with academics, Research Councils and the National Academies to ensure that policy is informed by independent and expert scientific advice.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 27/10/2017 11:59:42 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

755608

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times retrospective permission for spending has been (a) requested and (b) granted by his Department in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	7232
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>In the vast majority of cases the necessary approvals are sought in advance. Though retrospective approvals do sometimes occur, a central record is not kept of the numbers. It would therefore require disproportionate resources to fully gather the required information‎.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/09/2017 15:19:18 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

748711

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral Answer of 2 November 2016, Official Report, column 879, what steps his Department has taken to use 2011 census classifications, including on Gypsies and Travellers, to audit racial disparities in public service outcomes.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	3091
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member for Stretford and Urmston to the answer given by the Right Honourable member for Ashford in response to PQ3079.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 13/07/2017 11:56:26 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

746335

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many new EU directives relating to his Department's responsibilities are in negotiation in the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	John Redwood
	uin	1642
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>Until exit negotiations are concluded, the UK remains a full member of the European Union and all the rights and obligations of EU membership remain in force. During this period the Government will continue to negotiate, implement and apply EU legislation.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury is responsible for measures relating to the Economic and Financial Affairs Council. This includes economic policy, taxation issues, financial markets and capital movements, the EU budget, economic relations with countries outside the EU, and coordination of EU positions for international meetings such as the G20, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank.</p><p> </p><p>The Department provides Explanatory Memoranda to Parliament on any proposals defined by the terms of reference of the parliamentary EU scrutiny committees, which can be found online.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 04/07/2017 14:23:17 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

760049

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Devolution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the dates were of the most recent meetings between Ministers from his Department and their counterparts in the devolved administrations; and what the dates are of the next planned meetings.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
	uin	10406
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>HM Treasury ministers have discussions with representatives from the devolved administrations on a regular basis on matters of importance to the economies of Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the UK.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 09/10/2017 15:35:30 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

760630

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Chief Scientific Advisers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to appoint a Chief Scientific Adviser.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	105178
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>HM Treasury is committed to ensuring that we access the very best scientific expertise. The Director for the Enterprise and Growth Unit, who is responsible for public science funding, acts as HM Treasury’s Chief Scientific Adviser, working closely with the Government Office for Science and the wider network of scientific advisers. In addition, the Second Permanent Secretary is a member of the Prime Minister’s Council for Science and Technology.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 105128 question first answered 09/10/2017 15:41:19 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

760635

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Chief Scientific Advisers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department will appoint a Chief Science Adviser.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	105128
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>HM Treasury is committed to ensuring that we access the very best scientific expertise. The Director for the Enterprise and Growth Unit, who is responsible for public science funding, acts as HM Treasury’s Chief Scientific Adviser, working closely with the Government Office for Science and the wider network of scientific advisers. In addition, the Second Permanent Secretary is a member of the Prime Minister’s Council for Science and Technology.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 105178 question first answered 09/10/2017 15:41:19 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

66037

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what professional development courses are made available to staff of his Department; and what the cost to the public purse is of each such course.
	tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
	tabling member printed	John Woodcock
	uin	204341
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education's staff use the Civil Service Learning Portal to access development courses. The Portal currently offers 298 face-to-face courses, 217 <br>e-learning programmes and 6,000 learning resources.</p><p> </p><p>E-learning courses and learning resources are free to access. Costs for face-to-face courses are dependent on where the course takes place and the number of delegates.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 14/07/2014 16:53:57 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney