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42734

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the empty property business rates for the vacant properties recorded on the e-PIMS database owned by (a) his Department and (b) any executive agencies or non-departmental public bodies of his Department in the current financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
	tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
	uin	191806
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2014 answer text <p>Since May 2010 the Department for Education has reduced the size of its estate from 30 properties, at a cost of circa £51 million per annum, to 11 properties costing circa £34 million per annum. This is a saving of circa £17 million per annum. The Department is planning to further reduce the size of the estate to 6 properties. This will achieve further annual savings to the Department of circa £2.5 million. The Department also plans to vacate Sanctuary Buildings at lease expiry in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education, including the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass), has the following vacant properties recorded on the e-PIMS property database.</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Number of properties</p></td><td><p>Business Rates 13-14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Education</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>£79,010.25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>£9,222.00</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Department for Education properties are legacy Training and Enterprise Council (TEC) properties which became the Department's responsibility following the closure of the TEC in the early 2000s. The Department had successfully sub-let a number of facilities, although over the last three years some of the sub-tenants have operated lease break options and the properties are again vacant.</p><p> </p><p>These properties are advertised on the Government Property Unit's e-PIMS property database for use by other Government Departments and we are also marketing these facilities to the private sector, via letting agents, to secure new sub-tenants in order to mitigate costs, including business rates. The Department has offered all vacant properties listed above to the Government business incubator initiative and for free schools.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 19/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

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

759633

	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	Mining: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the additional benefits that have been awarded under surplus sharing arrangements to members of the (a) the Mineworkers Pension Scheme and (b) British Coal Staff Superannuation since 1994.
	tabling member constituency	Derby North
	tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
	uin	10310
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2017 answer text <p>Until 2015, surpluses for each scheme were shared equally between scheme members and the Government as Guarantor. That arrangement continues for the MPS but new arrangements were agreed in 2015 for the BCSSS. How the members’ share of the surplus is used is a matter for the Trustees</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 15/09/2017 13:56:15 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

759632

	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	Mining: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has received from the Mineworkers Pension Scheme and the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme since 1994.
	tabling member constituency	Derby North
	tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
	uin	10313
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government has received £3,356.3m from the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme and £3,119m from the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme since 1994.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 20/09/2017 09:01:42 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

760040

	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	Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the average pension payment from the Mineworkers Pension Scheme has been in the last 12 months; and how many such payments amount to less than (a) £10, (b) £20 and (c) £50 per week.
	tabling member constituency	Derby North
	tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
	uin	10332
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme is administered by the Scheme’s Trustees. Therefore, the Department does not hold this information. Requests such as this should be directed to the Scheme’s Trustees.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 09/10/2017 15:46:49 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

760044

	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	Telecommunications: Non-domestic Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what Barnet consequentials arise from the Telecommunications Infrastructure (Relief from Non-domestic Rates) Bill for (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
	uin	10393
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Barnett consequentials for the years covered by the 2015 Spending Review arising from the Telecommunications Infrastructure (Relief from Non-domestic Rates) Bill are set out below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£ million</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scottish Government</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Welsh Government</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland Executive</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 09/10/2017 13:13:44 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

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

732503

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	European Investment Bank
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure that Scotland remains eligible for, and retains access to, European Investment Bank funding after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	1041
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>The future relationship between the UK and the EIB is something that will be determined as part of the negotiations on the UK’s exit from the EU and the Government will not be giving a running commentary on these negotiations.</p><p> </p><p>The EIB publishes details of all their projects on their website. Financing details of all projects, including those in Scotland, for each of the past 10 years can be found in the link below</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.eib.org/projects/loan/list/?region=1&amp;country=GB" target="_blank">http://www.eib.org/projects/loan/list/?region=1&amp;country=GB</a></p><p> </p><p>As part of the ongoing work on the UKs exit from the EU, HMT has been assessing the contribution EIB finance makes to the UK economy. In his Mansion House speech on 20 June, the Chancellor said that; “The European Investment Bank, and its offshoot, the European Investment Fund, have been an important source of funding for infrastructure investment and for growth businesses.”</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 29/06/2017 07:35:38 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

760048

	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	Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 24 July 2017 to Question HL1074, if he will publish figures for the estimated differential between public and private sector pay when employer pension contributions are excluded.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	10430
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Analysis conducted by HM Treasury shows that on average, when including employer pension contributions, there is a public sector pay premium of about 10%, and excluding employer pension contributions, public and private sector pay is, on average, now around the same level.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 09/10/2017 15:33:15 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

760204

	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	Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding the Government has (a) given and (b) undertaken to provide to car manufacturers in each region of the UK in each of the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	105038
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>There are numerous public funds that go towards supporting the automotive sector, including research and development, regional growth funds, local growth funds and skills funding. We do not collect data on overall spending by region.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 09/10/2017 15:45:34 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

760639

	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	Public Sector: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to end the public sector pay cap for (a) firefighters, (b) police, (c) teachers, (d) nurses and (e) doctors.
	tabling member constituency	Jarrow
	tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
	uin	105071
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>I set out the Government’s position on public sector pay in the House of Commons on 12 September 2017. A copy of this statement is available at: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2017-09-12/HCWS127" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2017-09-12/HCWS127</a>.</p><p> </p><p>There is a process by which independent pay review bodies make recommendations on the pay award for police, teachers, nurses and doctors. These recommendations will be made public, and the government will respond to them in the usual way. It would be wrong to pre-empt this established process.</p><p> </p><p>For firefighters, Central Government has no role in setting their pay negotiation process, which is a matter for the National Joint Council for Local Authority Fire and Rescue Services.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 09/10/2017 15:51:16 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn

760634

	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	Migrant Workers
	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 effect on employers of increasing the immigration skills charge levied on migrant workers.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	105096
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The Migration Advisory Committee consulted with employers on implementing the charge in 2015; the published report is available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/migration-advisory-committee-mac-review-tier-2-migration" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/migration-advisory-committee-mac-review-tier-2-migration</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 09/10/2017 15:44:49 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

732530

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Per Capita Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total public spending per person has been in (a) England, (b) the North West and (c) Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency in the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	1051
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>Public spending per person for the last three years is available for the North West, England and Northern Ireland. This information was published in 2016 in the HM Treasury ‘Country and Regional Analysis’ release. This information is only produced for outturn years, plans information is not produced in this format.</p><p> </p><p>Information on total public sector spending in Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency is not centrally available. The Department for Communities and Local Government collect information on local authority current and capital expenditure, however this forms only part of total public expenditure.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 1054 1055 1056 question first answered 04/07/2017 14:17:34 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

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

760638

	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	Public Sector: Pay
	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 cost to the Exchequer of removing the public sector pay cap.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	105134
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>I set out the Government’s position on public sector pay in the House of Commons on 12 September 2017. A copy of this statement is available at: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2017-09-12/HCWS127" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2017-09-12/HCWS127</a>.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 09/10/2017 13:08:03 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

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

732544

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Per Capita Costs: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total public spending per person in Northern Ireland has been in the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	1054
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>Public spending per person for the last three years is available for the North West, England and Northern Ireland. This information was published in 2016 in the HM Treasury ‘Country and Regional Analysis’ release. This information is only produced for outturn years, plans information is not produced in this format.</p><p> </p><p>Information on total public sector spending in Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency is not centrally available. The Department for Communities and Local Government collect information on local authority current and capital expenditure, however this forms only part of total public expenditure.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 1051 1055 1056 question first answered 04/07/2017 14:17:34 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

732546

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Per Capita Costs: Northern Ireland
	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 total public spending per person in Northern Ireland in the next three years.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	1055
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>Public spending per person for the last three years is available for the North West, England and Northern Ireland. This information was published in 2016 in the HM Treasury ‘Country and Regional Analysis’ release. This information is only produced for outturn years, plans information is not produced in this format.</p><p> </p><p>Information on total public sector spending in Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency is not centrally available. The Department for Communities and Local Government collect information on local authority current and capital expenditure, however this forms only part of total public expenditure.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 1051 1054 1056 question first answered 04/07/2017 14:17:34 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

765177

	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	Public Sector: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will remove the pay cap for public sector workers in (a) Hull West and Hessle and (b) England.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
	tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
	uin	105540
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>I set out the Government’s position on public sector pay in the House of Commons on 12 September 2017. A copy of this statement is available at: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2017-09-12/HCWS127" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2017-09-12/HCWS127</a>.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 16/10/2017 14:30:07 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

765178

	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	Nurseries: Registration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families have been affected by administrative errors in registering nurseries in the last six months.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
	uin	105541
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>This response relates to the experience of nurseries and other regulated childcare providers who have sought to sign up to receive Tax-Free Childcare payments. As of 9 October, over 50,000 childcare providers (49% of all regulated providers) had successfully signed-up for Tax-Free Childcare.</p><p>Childcare providers sign-up with the childcare service to receive Tax-Free Childcare payments. The majority of childcare providers have been able to sign-up with no issues, and since launch, 84% of childcare providers have reported that they were “very satisfied” or “satisfied” with the childcare provider sign up process.</p><p>A small number of parents and providers have experienced technical difficulties using this service. There are currently 160 providers with an issue, 0.3% of the total that have signed up to date. We are working to fix these as soon as possible and in many cases can do so in a matter of days.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 105542 105543 question first answered 16/10/2017 14:54:21 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

765179

	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	Nurseries: Registration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many nurseries have not been properly registered by HM Revenue and Customs due to administrative error.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
	uin	105542
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>This response relates to the experience of nurseries and other regulated childcare providers who have sought to sign up to receive Tax-Free Childcare payments. As of 9 October, over 50,000 childcare providers (49% of all regulated providers) had successfully signed-up for Tax-Free Childcare.</p><p>Childcare providers sign-up with the childcare service to receive Tax-Free Childcare payments. The majority of childcare providers have been able to sign-up with no issues, and since launch, 84% of childcare providers have reported that they were “very satisfied” or “satisfied” with the childcare provider sign up process.</p><p>A small number of parents and providers have experienced technical difficulties using this service. There are currently 160 providers with an issue, 0.3% of the total that have signed up to date. We are working to fix these as soon as possible and in many cases can do so in a matter of days.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 105541 105543 question first answered 16/10/2017 14:54:21 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

765180

	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	Nurseries: Registration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints HM Revenue and Customs has received regarding the registration of nurseries in the last six months.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
	uin	105543
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>This response relates to the experience of nurseries and other regulated childcare providers who have sought to sign up to receive Tax-Free Childcare payments. As of 9 October, over 50,000 childcare providers (49% of all regulated providers) had successfully signed-up for Tax-Free Childcare.</p><p>Childcare providers sign-up with the childcare service to receive Tax-Free Childcare payments. The majority of childcare providers have been able to sign-up with no issues, and since launch, 84% of childcare providers have reported that they were “very satisfied” or “satisfied” with the childcare provider sign up process.</p><p>A small number of parents and providers have experienced technical difficulties using this service. There are currently 160 providers with an issue, 0.3% of the total that have signed up to date. We are working to fix these as soon as possible and in many cases can do so in a matter of days.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 105541 105542 question first answered 16/10/2017 14:54:21 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

765182

	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	College of Policing: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the College of Policing has received from the apprenticeship levy for police training to date.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	105562
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>Given the issues associated with taxpayer confidentiality, we are unable to provide the amount each institution has received in Levy funds. Skills policy is devolved and the devolved administrations will receive a population share of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s March 2016 forecast of revenue from the levy. In 2017-18, the Welsh Government will receive £128 million.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 16/10/2017 12:53:41 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

732535

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Per Capita Costs
	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 total public spending per person in (a) England, (b) the North West and (c) Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency in the next three years.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	1056
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>Public spending per person for the last three years is available for the North West, England and Northern Ireland. This information was published in 2016 in the HM Treasury ‘Country and Regional Analysis’ release. This information is only produced for outturn years, plans information is not produced in this format.</p><p> </p><p>Information on total public sector spending in Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency is not centrally available. The Department for Communities and Local Government collect information on local authority current and capital expenditure, however this forms only part of total public expenditure.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 1051 1054 1055 question first answered 04/07/2017 14:17:34 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

765185

	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	Pension Rights: Cohabitation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2017 to Question 652450, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the judgment of the Supreme Court of 8 February 2017 in the matter of an application by Denise Brewster for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland) [2017] UKSC8; and whether schemes will be required to revisit past cases where a survivor's pension was refused because no nomination had been made.
	tabling member constituency	Islwyn
	tabling member printed	Chris Evans
	uin	105675
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>HM Treasury officials wrote out to public sector pension schemes in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland on 6 April 2017. The letter made clear that cases like that of Ms Brewster should be dealt with in line with the UK Supreme Court’s decision. Cases previously refused solely because of a lack of nomination form should be reconsidered and schemes should pay survivor benefits from the date of the member’s death in eligible cases, regardless of when a claim is made.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 16/10/2017 14:09:36 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

765187

	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	Children: Day Care
	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 performance of National Savings and Investments and Atos since those companies started delivering tax-free childcare in April 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	105683
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>As detailed in response to a Parliamentary Question (7777) on 11 September, the performance indicators agreed with National Savings and Investments for the delivery of Tax-Free childcare cover a range of areas including customer experience, payment processing, and sign-up.</p><p> </p><p>The performance of Atos, as a delivery partner of National Savings &amp; Investments is managed by a commercial agreement between National Savings &amp; Investments and Atos.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 106404 question first answered 16/10/2017 13:38:27 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

765702

	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	Childcare Vouchers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will postpone the deadline for closing childcare vouchers in April 2018 in the event that the Childcare Service IT system is not yet fully operational.
	tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
	tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
	uin	105726
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The forecast cost of developing the childcare service for Tax-Free Childcare is within the agreed budget for the Tax-Free Childcare programme, which is £357m through to 2021/22.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 105727 question first answered 16/10/2017 14:01:32 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

765701

	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	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the (a) system and (b) running costs of tax-free childcare; and whether that estimate exceeds the original budget for such childcare.
	tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
	tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
	uin	105727
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The forecast cost of developing the childcare service for Tax-Free Childcare is within the agreed budget for the Tax-Free Childcare programme, which is £357m through to 2021/22.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 105726 question first answered 16/10/2017 14:01:32 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

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

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

765716

	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	Childcare Vouchers: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people are in receipt of childcare vouchers in Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast South
	tabling member printed	Emma Little Pengelly
	uin	105844
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does not hold this information. Childcare vouchers provided by employers are normally exempt from tax, therefore, employers are not required to report details to HMRC unless they provide more than the exempt amount to their employees.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 106406 106407 106408 question first answered 16/10/2017 12:56:53 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4611 label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly

765976

	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	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how the Government is promoting the uptake of the tax-free childcare scheme to workers and parents in (a) the UK and (b) East Renfrewshire.
	tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
	tabling member printed	Paul Masterton
	uin	105869
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>In March, the government launched the Childcare Choices website which brings together information about all the different help with childcare offered by the government – including Tax-Free Childcare. Since then, the Childcare Choices website has had more than one million unique users, and more than 700,000 people have completed the site’s Childcare Calculator to find out which government support best suits their circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC and DfE have worked together on a communications and engagement programme, including national, regional and social media, and communications through industry stakeholders. Parents who have signed up for ‘Keep Me Updated’ email updates on the new schemes are also being notified by direct email when they become eligible. HMRC officials have also attended promotional events across the UK with childcare providers, local authorities, parent groups and other childcare industry stakeholders.</p><p> </p><p>DfE and HMT ministers have undertaken visits to nurseries to promote Tax-Free Childcare, including one in East Renfrewshire where they spoke to them about their experiences of the scheme.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 16/10/2017 15:42:37 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4625 label Biography information for Paul Masterton

765882

	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	Child Tax Credit: Refugees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many child tax credit applications by reunited refugee families have been approved through fast track procedures.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	105979
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs do not hold the requested data.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/10/2017 11:21:06 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

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

766006

	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	Disadvantaged: EU Grants and Loans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the Government will guarantee a six year funding period for the Shared Prosperity Fund to provide disadvantaged communities with funding equivalent in real-terms to that currently provided by means of the European Social Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea East
	tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
	uin	106033
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 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. The manifesto commitment pledged to consult widely ahead of an announcement on the design or scope of the 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 16/10/2017 14:07:37 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

732541

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what spending commitments the Government has made since 8 June 2017; and what the cost to the public purse of those commitments is.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	1062
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>Ministers and departments make public statements on government spending on an ongoing basis. The Government will set out overall changes to departmental allocations, reflecting such statements where appropriate, at the Budget, in line with the normal process.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 04/07/2017 14:11:35 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

765737

	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	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2017 to Question 7777, what performance indicators he has agreed with National Savings and Investments for the delivery of tax-free childcare.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	106404
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>As detailed in response to a Parliamentary Question (7777) on 11 September, the performance indicators agreed with National Savings and Investments for the delivery of Tax-Free childcare cover a range of areas including customer experience, payment processing, and sign-up.</p><p> </p><p>The performance of Atos, as a delivery partner of National Savings &amp; Investments is managed by a commercial agreement between National Savings &amp; Investments and Atos.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 105683 question first answered 16/10/2017 13:38:27 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

765708

	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	Childcare Vouchers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people are in receipt of childcare vouchers in England.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast South
	tabling member printed	Emma Little Pengelly
	uin	106406
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does not hold this information. Childcare vouchers provided by employers are normally exempt from tax, therefore, employers are not required to report details to HMRC unless they provide more than the exempt amount to their employees.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 105844 106407 106408 question first answered 16/10/2017 12:56:53 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4611 label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly

765709

	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	Childcare Vouchers: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people are in receipt of childcare vouchers in Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast South
	tabling member printed	Emma Little Pengelly
	uin	106407
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does not hold this information. Childcare vouchers provided by employers are normally exempt from tax, therefore, employers are not required to report details to HMRC unless they provide more than the exempt amount to their employees.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 105844 106406 106408 question first answered 16/10/2017 12:56:53 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4611 label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly

765710

	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	Childcare Vouchers: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people are in receipt of childcare vouchers in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast South
	tabling member printed	Emma Little Pengelly
	uin	106408
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does not hold this information. Childcare vouchers provided by employers are normally exempt from tax, therefore, employers are not required to report details to HMRC unless they provide more than the exempt amount to their employees.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 105844 106406 106407 question first answered 16/10/2017 12:56:53 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4611 label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly

767405

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Free Schools: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many sites approved for purchase for free schools by the Education Skills Funding Agency have been refused funding by his Department; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Eltham
	tabling member printed	Clive Efford
	uin	106496
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2017 answer text <p>HM Treasury reviews a number of business cases relating to free school site acquisitions. A record of instances where we have not been able to approve part or all of a business case could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 12/10/2017 10:21:47 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	165 label Biography information for Clive Efford

767695

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	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 performance and effectiveness of (a) National Savings and Investments and (b) Atos in respect of tax-free childcare since that policy was launched in April 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
	tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
	uin	106592
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer that I gave on 16 October to the Hon Member for Arfon to PQ 105683.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 17/10/2017 14:04:35 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

767412

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Nurses: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to provide additional ring-fenced funding from the public purse for pay rises over one per cent for nurses.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	uin	106684
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2017 answer text <p>As announced in September, for 2018/19, we will no longer have an across-the-board policy of 1% average basic pay awards. Before we make final decisions on pay awards, we will seek the views of the independent Pay Review Bodies including the NHSPRB which sets the pay award for nurses and other Agenda for Change staff. The Pay Review Bodies will consider evidence on how we ensure we attract and retain the very best people within our public services.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 12/10/2017 10:22:57 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

768002

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many children have tax-free childcare accounts set up in their name.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	uin	106916
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>As of 11 October there were live Tax-Free Childcare accounts for over 155,000 children.</p><p>The vast majority of parents are able to use their accounts to pay their childcare providers without any issues. Where a parent is unable to make a payment due to a technical issue, the helpline can make a payment to their childcare provider on the parent’s behalf. Since the start of September the childcare service have made 201 such payments, which is under 1% of the total payments made since the launch of the scheme.</p><p>The forecast expenditure on Tax-Free Childcare was published by the Office for Budget Responsibility in March 2017 at <a href="http://cdn.budgetresponsibility.org.uk/March2017EFO-231.pdf" target="_blank">http://cdn.budgetresponsibility.org.uk/March2017EFO-231.pdf</a></p><p>Analysis of average parental income would exceed the cost limit for answering a Parliamentary Question.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 106921 106926 106927 question first answered 16/10/2017 15:04:58 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

768053

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many parents cannot currently access the money in their tax-free childcare account.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	uin	106921
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>As of 11 October there were live Tax-Free Childcare accounts for over 155,000 children.</p><p>The vast majority of parents are able to use their accounts to pay their childcare providers without any issues. Where a parent is unable to make a payment due to a technical issue, the helpline can make a payment to their childcare provider on the parent’s behalf. Since the start of September the childcare service have made 201 such payments, which is under 1% of the total payments made since the launch of the scheme.</p><p>The forecast expenditure on Tax-Free Childcare was published by the Office for Budget Responsibility in March 2017 at <a href="http://cdn.budgetresponsibility.org.uk/March2017EFO-231.pdf" target="_blank">http://cdn.budgetresponsibility.org.uk/March2017EFO-231.pdf</a></p><p>Analysis of average parental income would exceed the cost limit for answering a Parliamentary Question.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 106916 106926 106927 question first answered 16/10/2017 15:04:58 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

767997

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of tax-free childcare in 2017-18.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	uin	106926
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>As of 11 October there were live Tax-Free Childcare accounts for over 155,000 children.</p><p>The vast majority of parents are able to use their accounts to pay their childcare providers without any issues. Where a parent is unable to make a payment due to a technical issue, the helpline can make a payment to their childcare provider on the parent’s behalf. Since the start of September the childcare service have made 201 such payments, which is under 1% of the total payments made since the launch of the scheme.</p><p>The forecast expenditure on Tax-Free Childcare was published by the Office for Budget Responsibility in March 2017 at <a href="http://cdn.budgetresponsibility.org.uk/March2017EFO-231.pdf" target="_blank">http://cdn.budgetresponsibility.org.uk/March2017EFO-231.pdf</a></p><p>Analysis of average parental income would exceed the cost limit for answering a Parliamentary Question.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 106916 106921 106927 question first answered 16/10/2017 15:04:58 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

767998

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the average income of (a) two parent and (b) one parent families who use tax-free childcare.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	uin	106927
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>As of 11 October there were live Tax-Free Childcare accounts for over 155,000 children.</p><p>The vast majority of parents are able to use their accounts to pay their childcare providers without any issues. Where a parent is unable to make a payment due to a technical issue, the helpline can make a payment to their childcare provider on the parent’s behalf. Since the start of September the childcare service have made 201 such payments, which is under 1% of the total payments made since the launch of the scheme.</p><p>The forecast expenditure on Tax-Free Childcare was published by the Office for Budget Responsibility in March 2017 at <a href="http://cdn.budgetresponsibility.org.uk/March2017EFO-231.pdf" target="_blank">http://cdn.budgetresponsibility.org.uk/March2017EFO-231.pdf</a></p><p>Analysis of average parental income would exceed the cost limit for answering a Parliamentary Question.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 106916 106921 106926 question first answered 16/10/2017 15:04:58 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

768869

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of supply chain jobs in the UK supported by (a) High Speed 2, (b) Heathrow expansion, (c) Hinkley Point nuclear power station and (d) Crossrail 2.
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	uin	107242
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The contracts announced in July for Phase One of High Speed 2 will support 16,000 jobs in Britain and will create opportunities for thousands of SMEs. In total, construction of the full HS2 route to the north-west and Yorkshire will create up to 25,000 jobs and 2,000 apprenticeships. Another 3,000 people will operate HS2 and it is estimated that growth around new HS2 stations will create another 100,000 jobs.</p><p> </p><p>With regard to Heathrow airport, the final report of the Airports Commission stated that “expansion could generate 59-77,000 additional direct, indirect and induced jobs.”</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury has made no recent estimate of the number of supply chain jobs in the UK supported by Hinkley Point C nuclear power station or the Crossrail 2 proposal. Such estimates are often undertaken by schemes’ promoters.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 18/10/2017 15:43:03 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

768870

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2017
	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 estimate he has made of the level of the public sector net debt by June 2022.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	107265
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The current official forecasts produced by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility extend up to the financial year 2021-22. They forecast that public sector net debt (PSND) at the end of 2021-22 will be 79.8% of GDP, or £1.9tn.</p><p> </p><p>The Autumn Budget will include PSND forecasts for the financial year 2022-23.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 16/10/2017 14:05:19 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

769631

	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	Carers: Child Tax Credit
	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 potential number of kinship carers who will be unable to claim child tax credit for their own baby because of the restriction of child tax credit to two children in a household in each of the next three years.
	tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
	tabling member printed	Melanie Onn
	uin	107327
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>The government is committed to making the welfare system fair for those who pay for it as well as those who benefit from it. Families on benefits should have to make the same financial decisions as families supporting themselves solely through work. However, in recognition that some claimants are not able to make choices about the number of children in their family, the government has provided exemptions for certain groups, including in cases of kinship care. The total costs of the exceptions for third and subsequent children are set out in the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/597335/PU2055_Spring_Budget_2017_web_2.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/597335/PU2055_Spring_Budget_2017_web_2.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 107374 question first answered 17/10/2017 13:59:33 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4464 label Biography information for Melanie Onn