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1138438

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Infrastructure: Capital Investment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many capital infrastructure projects have been completed as part of the Government’s National Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	276213
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>Since 2010, over 4,900 public and private infrastructure projects have been successfully delivered.</p><p>In particular, since 2010, the government has earmarked 158 major projects as being of national significance and a priority, including 90 listed in the National Infrastructure Delivery Plan 2016-2021. IPA tracks and publishes the delivery progress of all 158 projects, publishing a National Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline document each year. As reported in the current edition of the Pipeline, published in November 2018, the vast majority are being delivered, with 98% completed or on track to deliver.</p><p>In 2018 alone, over 400 infrastructure projects were completed and moved into operation across a number of sectors. In the North West, for example, these included major investments such as the Walney Extension wind farm capable of powering over 600,000 homes; 2km of new flood defences to protect thousands of homes in Rossall on the coast of Lancashire; and the UK’s first Proton Beam Therapy centre at Christie Hospital in Manchester.</p><p>But it is not just major projects such as these which are having a real impact on people’s lives. We are also delivering hundreds of smaller projects across the UK.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 16/07/2019 11:48:28 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1054657

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Infrastructure: Capital Investment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has any plans to establish a UK Infrastructure Bank.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	216137
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>As announced at the Budget 2018, the government is reviewing how it supports infrastructure finance to ensure good projects continue to be able to raise the finance they need.</p><p> </p><p>The government already has a range of existing tools to support infrastructure investment, including the £40bn UK Guarantees Scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 07/02/2019 12:35:48 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1046328

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Infrastructure: Capital Investment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that infrastructure investors may be withholding investment in the UK due to concerns about the current regulatory climate.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL13035
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The UK has established strong, independent economic regulators that protect the interests of consumers and encourage high levels of investment.</p><p> </p><p>The economic regulators – Ofgem, Ofwat, Ofcom, and the Civil Aviation Authority – ensure that regulated companies deliver good value for money, and that investors get a fair return on their investment.</p><p> </p><p>This system continues to deliver strong levels of investment. For instance, in the water sector, over the next price control period companies have proposed investing £50 billion from 2020-2025, a 13% increase from the previous control period. In 2017, the inward stock of FDI in the UK was the highest in Europe and the third highest in the world.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 04/02/2019 14:19:08 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

771286

	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	Infrastructure: Capital Investment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total expenditure per resident on publicly funded infrastructure projects in (1) London, (2) the North West, (3) the East of England, (4) Yorkshire and the Humber, (5) the South East, (6) the South West, (7) the East Midlands, (8) the West Midlands, and (9) the North East, in financial year 2015–16.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL2087
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>Public expenditure on infrastructure in the English regions for 2015-16 can be found on page 75 of HM Treasury’s 2016 ‘Country and Regional Analysis’, as part of a wider dataset breaking down public spending in the UK. The figures provided in that document are:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>East</p></td><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>Total England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total:</p></td><td><p>418</p></td><td><p>702</p></td><td><p>489</p></td><td><p>352</p></td><td><p>445</p></td><td><p>468</p></td><td><p>1,079</p></td><td><p>488</p></td><td><p>428</p></td><td><p>582</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>An explanation of the difficulties in determining spend at a regional level can be found on page 8. For example, the robustness of allocation methods varies according to the availability of data and simplifying assumptions are made in order to reduce the reporting burdens for government bodies.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 30/10/2017 16:57:32 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

632772

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2016
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Infrastructure: Capital Investment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the total allocation of infrastructure investment in each of the regional growth deals to each region in England, and what is the estimated population of each region.
	tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
	uin	HL3170
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2016 answer text <p>The government has made over £7 billion of Local Growth funding available to Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) across England to create the infrastructure they need and invest in their other priorities to unlock growth. Opportunities to boost productivity are best identified by those with detailed local knowledge, and this funding is spent by LEPs in line with regional priorities.</p><p>The award of Growth Deal investment in each Local Enterprise Partnerships region has been published on the gov.uk website and is available in pdf form <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/growth-deals-gain-momentum-firing-up-local-economies" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/growth-deals-gain-momentum-firing-up-local-economies</a>&gt;. Estimated regional populations provided by the Office for National Statistics are below.</p><p> </p><p>Estimated Regional Population</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Name</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Estimated Population mid-2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>2,624,621</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>7,173,835</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>5,390,576</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>4,677,038</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>5,751,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East</p></td><td><p>6,076,451</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>8,673,713</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>8,947,913</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>5,471,180</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Office for National Statistics: 2015 mid-year population estimates published in June 2016</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 16/11/2016 17:23:38 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

454772

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Infrastructure: Capital Investment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of national infrastructure investment has been allocated to projects in (a) Stoke-on-Trent local authority, (b) Cheshire East local authority, (c) the West Midlands region, (d) the South East region and (e) London in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	tabling member printed	Tristram Hunt
	uin	28203
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>The information requested can be obtained from “National Infrastructure Pipeline”, published in July 2015 and is available here:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-infrastructure-pipeline-july-2015</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 28196 28202 question first answered 02/03/2016 16:49:43 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4111 label Biography information for Tristram Hunt

454771

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Infrastructure: Capital Investment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much infrastructure investment was allocated to projects in (a) Stoke-on-Trent local authority, (b) Cheshire East local authority, (c) the West Midlands region, (d) the South East region and (e) London.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	tabling member printed	Tristram Hunt
	uin	28202
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>The information requested can be obtained from “National Infrastructure Pipeline”, published in July 2015 and is available here:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-infrastructure-pipeline-july-2015</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 28196 28203 question first answered 02/03/2016 16:49:43 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4111 label Biography information for Tristram Hunt

454770

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Infrastructure: Capital Investment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much and what proportion of National Infrastructure Pipeline spending has been allocated to projects in (a) Stoke-on-Trent local authority, (b) Cheshire East local authority, (c) the West Midlands region, (d) the South East region and (e) London.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	tabling member printed	Tristram Hunt
	uin	28196
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>The information requested can be obtained from “National Infrastructure Pipeline”, published in July 2015 and is available here:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-infrastructure-pipeline-july-2015</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 28202 28203 question first answered 02/03/2016 16:49:43 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4111 label Biography information for Tristram Hunt

432582

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Infrastructure: Capital Investment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the current level of spending on infrastructure in the UK, compared to the rest of the G7.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL3991
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2015 answer text <p>The National Infrastructure Pipeline outlines over £410 billion of planned investment to the end of the decade and beyond; this includes both public and private investment.</p><br /><p>At the Spending Review, it was announced that the Government will exceed its commitment to invest £100 billion in infrastructure by 2020-21. It will now make a public investment of £120 billion. (This includes social infrastructure).</p><br /><p>HM Government does not hold figures on infrastructure spending in other G7 countries, and methodological discrepancies prevent reliable comparison of infrastructure spending.</p><br /> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 10/12/2015 16:59:35 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

390690

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Infrastructure: Capital Investment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to improve the UK's attractiveness to private investment in infrastructure; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	7616
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2015 answer text <p>The government has sought to make private investment in infrastructure more attractive through a number of initiatives.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The government established the UK Guarantees Scheme (UKGS) in 2012 to help infrastructure projects access capital market finance by enabling them to issue government-backed bonds. A total of £1.7bn has been guaranteed to date, supporting 7 projects with a combined capital value of approximately £4bn.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Platforms such as the Insurers’ Infrastructure Investment Forum and the Pensions Infrastructure Platform have been set up to maximise institutional investment in infrastructure. In 2013, a group of six insurers agreed to aim to invest £25bn in UK infrastructure over 5 years – with over £5bn already invested they are on track to meet this goal.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The government’s efforts to attract private investment in infrastructure were recognised in Nabarro LLP’s Infrastructure Index, which assessed the UK as number one in the world for attracting investment in infrastructure.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK’s National Infrastructure Plan is underpinned by a pipeline of projects worth £411 billion to 2020 and beyond. 64% of these projects are funded solely by the private sector. Further information can be found in the government’s updated national infrastructure pipeline, which was published this month.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 23/07/2015 14:55:06 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching