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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

795310

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Working Tax Credit: Lewisham Deptford
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been paid in working tax credits to people in Lewisham Deptford constituency in each year since 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	115731
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>Information on the amounts paid in Working Tax Credit to people in the Lewisham Deptford constituency in each year since 2013 can only be provided at disproportionate cost. Statistics on personal tax credits, including those entitled to Working Tax Credit, is produced at constituency level and published in Table 3 here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/622524/Child_and_Working_Tax_Credits_statistics_finalised_annual_awards_-_geographical_analysis_2015_to_2016.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/622524/Child_and_Working_Tax_Credits_statistics_finalised_annual_awards_-_geographical_analysis_2015_to_2016.pdf</a></p><p>This includes information on tax credit entitlements.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 05/12/2017 14:34:44 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

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

783154

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Working Tax Credit: Denton and Reddish
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been paid through working tax credits to people in the Denton and Reddish constituency in each year from 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	111398
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>Information on the amounts paid through working tax credits to people in the Denton and Reddish constituency in each year from 2013 can only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 13/11/2017 13:59:40 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

789968

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Working Tax Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2017 to Question 111398, on Working Tax Credit: Denton and Reddish, if he will make it his policy to collect information on working tax credits at a constituency level.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	113308
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Information on personal tax credits, including those entitled to working tax credits, is produced at constituency level and published in Table 3 here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/622524/Child_and_Working_Tax_Credits_statistics_finalised_annual_awards_-_geographical_analysis_2015_to_2016.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/622524/Child_and_Working_Tax_Credits_statistics_finalised_annual_awards_-_geographical_analysis_2015_to_2016.pdf</a></p><p>This includes information on tax credit entitlements.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 20/11/2017 11:42:51 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

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

793075

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Winter Fuel Payment: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making winter fuel allowance taxable at the marginal rate paid by the recipient of that allowance.
	tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
	tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
	uin	114860
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>There will be no change to the universal nature of the Winter Fuel Payment for the length of this Parliament and there are no plans to tax Winter Fuel Payments.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 29/11/2017 12:27:46 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

788656

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Vale of Clwyd
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in the Vale of Clwyd received (a) working tax credits and (b) child tax credits in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	112551
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>The table below contains estimates of the number of claimants of working tax credits and child tax credits in the Vale of Clwyd.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Thousands</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>WTC only Claimants</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>CTC only Claimants</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>CTC &amp; WTC Claimants</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17*</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>3.1</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>3.1</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>3.2</p></td><td><p>2.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Note:</em></p><p><em>The figures above show claimants of WTC or CTC exclusively and claimants of both WTC and CTC.</em></p><p><em>* These figures are provisional and are subject to change once awards have been finalised. Finalisation usually takes 4-9 months to assess the impact of a claimant/s change in circumstance on an award.</em></p><p>This information is from Table 3 of HMRCs Child and Working Tax Credits Statistics: Finalised Annual Awards Geographical Analyses and Table 4 of HMRCs Child and Working Tax Credits Statistics: Provisional Award Geographical Analyses, which can be found at the following links:</p><p>(2012-13)</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/634469/main_geographical__1213-final_.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/634469/main_geographical__1213-final_.pdf</a></p><p>(2013-14)</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/634398/main_geographical__1314-final_.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/634398/main_geographical__1314-final_.pdf</a></p><p>(2014-15)</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/634389/main_geographical_1415-final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/634389/main_geographical_1415-final.pdf</a></p><p>(2015-16)</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/622524/Child_and_Working_Tax_Credits_statistics_finalised_annual_awards_-_geographical_analysis_2015_to_2016.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/622524/Child_and_Working_Tax_Credits_statistics_finalised_annual_awards_-_geographical_analysis_2015_to_2016.pdf</a></p><p>(2016-17)</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/613427/cwtc-geog-Apr17.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/613427/cwtc-geog-Apr17.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 21/11/2017 15:22:08 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

782066

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Underpayments
	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 amount of tax credit underpayments in each year since 2003.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
	uin	110822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The number and total value of tax credits underpayments are available in the publication “Child and Working Tax Credits Statistics, Finalised Annual Awards Supplement on Payments in 2015-16”. The statistics are available on gov.uk at the following location:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/617181/Child_and_Working_Tax_Credits_statistics_finalised_annual_awards__supplement_on_payments_-_2015_to_2016.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/617181/Child_and_Working_Tax_Credits_statistics_finalised_annual_awards__supplement_on_payments_-_2015_to_2016.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The table on page 8 provides information on the amount of tax credit underpayments in each year since 2003-04, up until the latest available year of 2015-16.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 07/11/2017 15:38:15 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

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

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

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

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

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

784776

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Universities
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many meetings he has had with (a) the University Alliance, (b) the Russell Group, (c) Universities UK and (d) MillionPlus in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	111461
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery. Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel</a></p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 13/11/2017 13:53:54 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

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

795648

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What discussions he has had with Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the potential effect of the roll-out of universal credit on levels of household income?
	tabling member constituency	Peterborough
	tabling member printed	Fiona Onasanya
	uin	902584
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon member to my oral answer of earlier today to the hon member for Midlothian (Danielle Rowley).</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 28/11/2017 14:35:39 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4629 label Biography information for Fiona Onasanya

794597

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Unionlearn
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Autumn Budget 2017, paragraph 4.23, how much financial support will be provided to Unionlearn in the next two years.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	uin	115570
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>As announced in the Autumn Budget, the government will provide £8.5 million over the next two years to support Unionlearn. This additional funding will bring the total government investment in Unionlearn to £12 million per year for the next two years.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 28/11/2017 12:03:16 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

795535

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Unemployment: Wolverhampton North East
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the reasons why the level of unemployment in Wolverhampton North East constituency is more than twice the national average; and what steps his Department is taking to lower the rate of unemployment in Wolverhampton North East constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	115956
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>The unemployment rate in Wolverhampton North East is less than half it was in 2010. At 7.1%, it is down from 12.1% a year ago and 16.4% in 2010. There are 5,100 more people in work in Wolverhampton North East than in 2010.</p><p> </p><p>Jobcentre staff are doing an effective job helping people into work and 90% of Jobseekers end their claim within a year. We are proud of this record but not complacent. That is why we are currently introducing targeted support for young people, people with disabilities and the long-term unemployed.</p><p> </p><p>Reforming the welfare system is key to helping people into work. Under the last Labour Government, some benefit claimants lost £1 for every £1 they earned meaning it didn’t pay to work and people were left trapped on benefits. Under the new system, people benefit from every extra hour worked, so work really pays and people have the opportunity to become more financially secure and develop skills to access greater opportunities.</p><p> </p><p>Only by securing a strong economy can we create the jobs people need to be financially secure. That’s why we’ve kept public spending under control while acting to boost productivity over the long-term by increasing the National Productivity Investment Fund by £8 billion. As part of locally specific support for the West Midlands, we are providing up to £4.7m for a trial in the region to help boost the prospects of disadvantaged individuals getting jobs and progress the careers of those on low incomes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 30/11/2017 16:48:16 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

797896

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Unemployment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps his Department is taking to reduce unemployment in constituencies with high levels of unemployment.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	116803
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>In 2010 we inherited the UK’s largest deficit since the second world war at 9.9% of GDP. We set out a clear framework to restore confidence in the economy and reduce the deficit which has fallen by three quarters. At just 4.3% our unemployment rate is at its lowest in over 40 years and down from 8.0% in 2010. The economy is now operating with near record high employment and more than 70% of the increase to employment since 2010 has been outside of London.</p><p> </p><p>The government is proud of this record but not complacent. That is why we have introduced new targeted employment support to help young people, people with disabilities and the long-term unemployed this year. We are also committed to building strong city regions led by elected mayors. Devolution deals have given a number of areas greater involvement in the provision of localised and targeted employment support.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 05/12/2017 14:29:43 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

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