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1451936

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Public Sector Debt
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, on what occasions she or her predecessors met with Treasury ministers or officials between 1 January 2017 and 16 March 2022 to discuss (a) cy-près schemes or (b) charitable contributions to reduce the national debt.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	141158
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2022 answer text <p>There have been no Ministerial-level meetings (either Minister-Minister or Minister-Officials) between the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) and Her Majesty’s Treasury (HMT) between 1 January 2017 and 16 March 2022 to discuss (a) cy-près schemes or (b) charitable contributions to reduce the national debt.</p><p> </p><p>The AGO does not hold official records of any meetings at official level between AGO and HMT between the 1<sup>st</sup> of January 2017 and the 16<sup>th</sup> of March 2022.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 141159 141160 question first answered 21/03/2022 09:47:33 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1451937

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Public Sector Debt
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, on what occasions the Solicitor General or his predecessors met with Treasury ministers or officials between 1 January 2017 and 16 March 2022 to discuss (a) cy- près schemes or (b) charitable contributions to reduce the national debt.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	141159
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2022 answer text <p>There have been no Ministerial-level meetings (either Minister-Minister or Minister-Officials) between the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) and Her Majesty’s Treasury (HMT) between 1 January 2017 and 16 March 2022 to discuss (a) cy-près schemes or (b) charitable contributions to reduce the national debt.</p><p> </p><p>The AGO does not hold official records of any meetings at official level between AGO and HMT between the 1<sup>st</sup> of January 2017 and the 16<sup>th</sup> of March 2022.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 141158 141160 question first answered 21/03/2022 09:47:33 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1451938

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Public Sector Debt
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, on what occasions officials in her Department met with Treasury ministers or officials between 1 January 2017 and 16 March 2022 to discuss (a) cy- près schemes or (b) charitable contributions to reduce the national debt.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	141160
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2022 answer text <p>There have been no Ministerial-level meetings (either Minister-Minister or Minister-Officials) between the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) and Her Majesty’s Treasury (HMT) between 1 January 2017 and 16 March 2022 to discuss (a) cy-près schemes or (b) charitable contributions to reduce the national debt.</p><p> </p><p>The AGO does not hold official records of any meetings at official level between AGO and HMT between the 1<sup>st</sup> of January 2017 and the 16<sup>th</sup> of March 2022.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 141158 141159 question first answered 21/03/2022 09:47:33 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

533032

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2016
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Public Sector Debt
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to encourage Gulf States to accept Syrian asylum seekers.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL996
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text We recognise and welcome the substantial and continued contribution made by Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states to the humanitarian aid response for Syria and the large numbers of Syrians already in the Gulf. The Gulf states are now home to almost one million Syrians, and Gulf states have pledged more than $3 billion in humanitarian assistance. Kuwait co-hosted the London Donor Conference in February 2016 where Gulf states pledged $739 million. answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 13/07/2016 15:15:45 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

385765

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Sector Debt
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the national debt, from which individuals or organisations has the money been borrowed; and to whom or to which organisations is the debt owed.
	tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
	tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
	uin	4358
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>The majority of government borrowing is financed through the issuance of UK government bonds known as ‘gilts’ by the Debt Management Office (DMO) and as such, the majority of the government’s debt is held in gilts.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury does not hold detailed information on the holders of gilts. Information on sectoral holdings of gilts is published on a quarterly basis by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 01/07/2015 14:11:45 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

385766

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Sector Debt
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the gross value of sterling issued through the Government's quantitative easing initiation is included in calculations of the national debt.
	tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
	tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
	uin	4359
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>The gross value of the Bank of England’s quantitative easing, the Asset Purchase Facility (APF), is included in the calculation of Public Sector Net Debt as a liability on the Bank’s balance sheet.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This inclusion of the APF is shown as part of Table 8D of the Public Sector Finances release jointly published by the independent Office for National Statistics and HM Treasury.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 01/07/2015 14:13:43 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

385767

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Sector Debt
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what basis the national debt is calculated.
	tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
	tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
	uin	4360
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>The monthly Public Sector Finances bulletin is published jointly by the independent Office for National Statistics and HM Treasury. The Public Sector Finances statistical release provides detail on how debt is calculated in Table 8A for Central Government and subsequent tables for the wider Public Sector as a whole.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 02/07/2015 15:31:21 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

453662

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Public Sector Debt
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether public sector net debt is forecast to fall in the next financial year.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	27604
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) produce the forecast for public sector net debt. Based on the OBR’s November 2015 ‘Economic and fiscal outlook’, public sector net debt is expected to fall as a share of GDP in every year of the forecast period.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 25/02/2016 15:23:19 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

456940

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Public Sector Debt
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress he is making on his plans to begin to reduce public sector net debt as a share of gross domestic product in 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	29376
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>The latest Office for Budget Responsibility forecast published in November 2015 shows that the government is on track to reduce public sector net debt as a share of GDP in 2016-17. The government remains committed to continuing the job of returning the public finances to a more sustainable position. In a low inflationary environment, taking account for economic shocks, the most reliable way to bring debt down as a share of GDP is to run a surplus and maintain it in normal times.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 07/03/2016 15:35:14 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1131609

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Sector Debt
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the public sector net debt was in May 2017; and what estimate he has made of level of that debt by May 2022.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	263742
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>In May 2017 public sector net debt was 85% of GDP.</p><p>Forecasts for the level of debt are produced by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility. The OBR forecast debt levels at the end of March in each year, and do not provide an estimate of the debt level for each month.</p><p>Debt has begun its first sustained fall in a generation, three years before required by the fiscal rules. At Spring Statement 2019 the OBR forecast the level of public sector net debt in March 2022 will have fallen to 74.9% of GDP.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 17/06/2019 13:38:17 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell