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1006098

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Private Finance Initiative
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's definition is of privately financed in relation to infrastructure projects.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
	uin	190874
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>Private finance is a way to deliver infrastructure projects in which the private sector invests equity and/or lends in order to facilitate the development, delivery, and/or operation of a project, asset or entity with the expectation of earning a return on the investment.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 19/11/2018 13:38:37 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

1006884

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Railways
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what level of capital funding he plans to allocate for the delivery of improvements to rail access related to the expansion of Heathrow Airport.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
	uin	191406
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s position in relation to funding Surface Access at airports is set out in the 2013 Aviation Policy Framework and reiterated in the Airports National Policy Statement which was designated in June 2018. Where a scheme is not solely required to deliver airport capacity and has a wider range of beneficiaries, the Government, along with relevant stakeholders, will consider the need for a public funding contribution alongside an appropriate contribution from the airport on a case by case basis. The Government is supporting Heathrow Surface Access schemes subject to the development of a satisfactory business case and the agreement of acceptable terms with the Heathrow aviation industry.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 19/11/2018 13:29:30 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

931564

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what impact assessment his Department has conducted on the effect of the 2019 Loan Charge on (a) the economy and (b) public services.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
	uin	157728
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>The charge on disguised remuneration loans is targeted at artificial avoidance schemes where earnings were paid in the form of loans, which are never intended to be repaid, made by a third party, which is often based offshore (“disguised remuneration” schemes).</p><p> </p><p>It is unfair to ordinary taxpayers to let anybody benefit from contrived tax avoidance of this sort, and that is why this Government has taken action to ensure that everybody pays the taxes they owe.</p><p> </p><p>The charge on DR loans is specifically targeted at these avoidance schemes and is not expected to have any significant impacts on the economy or public services.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that the charge on DR loans will have a significant impact on some people who have used DR schemes. HMRC wants to help people put things right. It is actively encouraging anybody who is worried about being able to pay what they owe to get in touch with them as soon as possible. HMRC will consider all personal circumstances to agree a manageable and sustainable payment plan wherever possible.</p><p> </p><p>Further information on the impacts of the policy can be found in the ‘Disguised remuneration: further update’ policy paper published on 22 November 2017: www.gov.uk/government/publications/disguised-remuneration-further-update/disguised-remuneration-further-update.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 157729 question first answered 02/07/2018 16:14:52 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

931565

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the 2019 Loan Charge on the (a) mental health and (b) livelihoods of people affected by that Charge.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
	uin	157729
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>The charge on disguised remuneration loans is targeted at artificial avoidance schemes where earnings were paid in the form of loans, which are never intended to be repaid, made by a third party, which is often based offshore (“disguised remuneration” schemes).</p><p> </p><p>It is unfair to ordinary taxpayers to let anybody benefit from contrived tax avoidance of this sort, and that is why this Government has taken action to ensure that everybody pays the taxes they owe.</p><p> </p><p>The charge on DR loans is specifically targeted at these avoidance schemes and is not expected to have any significant impacts on the economy or public services.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that the charge on DR loans will have a significant impact on some people who have used DR schemes. HMRC wants to help people put things right. It is actively encouraging anybody who is worried about being able to pay what they owe to get in touch with them as soon as possible. HMRC will consider all personal circumstances to agree a manageable and sustainable payment plan wherever possible.</p><p> </p><p>Further information on the impacts of the policy can be found in the ‘Disguised remuneration: further update’ policy paper published on 22 November 2017: www.gov.uk/government/publications/disguised-remuneration-further-update/disguised-remuneration-further-update.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 157728 question first answered 02/07/2018 16:14:52 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

911132

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Closures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the (a) names, (b) postcodes and (c) year of closure of the HMRC offices that have closed in each year between 2010 and 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
	tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
	uin	147812
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answer given to the Member for Wrexham on 16 May 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 04/06/2018 15:01:05 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

886252

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Income Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much income tax was paid by constituency in each year between 2010 and 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
	tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
	uin	136447
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>Table 3.15 of HMRC’s personal income statistics provides estimates of the number of taxpayers, total income tax liabilities and median income tax liabilities for each constituency. Individual links to published tables covering tax years 2009‑10 to 2015‑16 are provided below. The figures are based on the Survey of Personal Incomes, for which 2015-16 is the latest available year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2015-16</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/694523/NS_Table_3_15_1516.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/694523/NS_Table_3_15_1516.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>2014-15</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/610808/NS_Table_3_15_1415.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/610808/NS_Table_3_15_1415.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>2013-14</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/510901/Table_3_15_14.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/510901/Table_3_15_14.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>2012-13</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/406897/Table_3_15_13.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/406897/Table_3_15_13.xls</a></p><p> </p><p>2011-12</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/284864/table3-15-12.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/284864/table3-15-12.xls</a></p><p> </p><p>2010-11</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/259586/table3-15.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/259586/table3-15.xls</a></p><p> </p><p>2009-10</p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120605033131/http:/www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/income_distribution/table-3-15-mar2012.xls" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120605033131/http://www.hmrc.gov.uk//stats/income_distribution/table-3-15-mar2012.xls</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The links to the individual tables are published as part of the Personal Income Statistics collection:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-and-tax-by-parliamentary-constituency-2010-to-2011" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-and-tax-by-parliamentary-constituency-2010-to-2011</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Further information on the Survey of Personal Incomes can be found on HMRC’s website at the following address: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-incomes-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-incomes-statistics</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 136448 136449 question first answered 23/04/2018 15:52:32 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

886253

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Taxpayers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many taxpayers there were in each constituency in each year between 2010 and 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
	tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
	uin	136448
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>Table 3.15 of HMRC’s personal income statistics provides estimates of the number of taxpayers, total income tax liabilities and median income tax liabilities for each constituency. Individual links to published tables covering tax years 2009‑10 to 2015‑16 are provided below. The figures are based on the Survey of Personal Incomes, for which 2015-16 is the latest available year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2015-16</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/694523/NS_Table_3_15_1516.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/694523/NS_Table_3_15_1516.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>2014-15</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/610808/NS_Table_3_15_1415.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/610808/NS_Table_3_15_1415.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>2013-14</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/510901/Table_3_15_14.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/510901/Table_3_15_14.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>2012-13</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/406897/Table_3_15_13.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/406897/Table_3_15_13.xls</a></p><p> </p><p>2011-12</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/284864/table3-15-12.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/284864/table3-15-12.xls</a></p><p> </p><p>2010-11</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/259586/table3-15.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/259586/table3-15.xls</a></p><p> </p><p>2009-10</p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120605033131/http:/www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/income_distribution/table-3-15-mar2012.xls" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120605033131/http://www.hmrc.gov.uk//stats/income_distribution/table-3-15-mar2012.xls</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The links to the individual tables are published as part of the Personal Income Statistics collection:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-and-tax-by-parliamentary-constituency-2010-to-2011" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-and-tax-by-parliamentary-constituency-2010-to-2011</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Further information on the Survey of Personal Incomes can be found on HMRC’s website at the following address: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-incomes-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-incomes-statistics</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 136447 136449 question first answered 23/04/2018 15:52:32 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

886254

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Income Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the median amount of income tax paid in each constituency was in each year from 2010 to 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
	tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
	uin	136449
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>Table 3.15 of HMRC’s personal income statistics provides estimates of the number of taxpayers, total income tax liabilities and median income tax liabilities for each constituency. Individual links to published tables covering tax years 2009‑10 to 2015‑16 are provided below. The figures are based on the Survey of Personal Incomes, for which 2015-16 is the latest available year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2015-16</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/694523/NS_Table_3_15_1516.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/694523/NS_Table_3_15_1516.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>2014-15</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/610808/NS_Table_3_15_1415.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/610808/NS_Table_3_15_1415.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>2013-14</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/510901/Table_3_15_14.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/510901/Table_3_15_14.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>2012-13</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/406897/Table_3_15_13.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/406897/Table_3_15_13.xls</a></p><p> </p><p>2011-12</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/284864/table3-15-12.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/284864/table3-15-12.xls</a></p><p> </p><p>2010-11</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/259586/table3-15.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/259586/table3-15.xls</a></p><p> </p><p>2009-10</p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120605033131/http:/www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/income_distribution/table-3-15-mar2012.xls" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120605033131/http://www.hmrc.gov.uk//stats/income_distribution/table-3-15-mar2012.xls</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The links to the individual tables are published as part of the Personal Income Statistics collection:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-and-tax-by-parliamentary-constituency-2010-to-2011" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-and-tax-by-parliamentary-constituency-2010-to-2011</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Further information on the Survey of Personal Incomes can be found on HMRC’s website at the following address: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-incomes-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-incomes-statistics</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 136447 136448 question first answered 23/04/2018 15:52:32 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

169388

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effect on women of the measures in budgets and spending reviews since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	218247
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>Considering gender and other aspects of equality is an integral part of HM Treasury’s approach to policy work and is conducted on an ongoing basis, including during spending reviews and budgets. This approach reflects the government’s commitment to fairness as well as to our legal obligations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has taken concrete actions to improve the position of women in the economy. 58 per cent of the 3.4 million individuals lifted out of income tax as a result of this Government’s policies are women. The Government is also providing help with childcare costs, including introducing tax-free childcare. However, as many policies impact on households containing both women and men it is often difficult to isolate the policy effects on women without making arbitrary assumptions about how incomes are shared within households.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 15/12/2014 17:00:15 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1000267

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Bank Notes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Governor of the Bank of England on the person who will be represented on the new £50 note.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	187380
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Bank of England is responsible for the design, production, issue and distribution of bank notes. On 2 November 2018, the Governor of the Bank of England announced that the design of the new £50 note will celebrate the UK’s contribution to science. Members of the public have until 14 December to nominate a historical character who has contributed to science and influenced UK society to feature on the note.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 12/11/2018 17:50:24 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

892182

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Permanent Secretaries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many days his Department's Permanent Secretary spent working in HM Treasury at 1 Horse Guards Road in each month since 1 January 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	138507
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>The information requested constitutes personal data and is exempt from disclosure under section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act. It is not the practice of HM Treasury to disclose such information.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 138508 question first answered 01/05/2018 14:42:37 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

892183

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Permanent Secretaries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many days his Department's Second Permanent Secretary spent working in HM Treasury at 1 Horse Guards Road in each month since 1 January 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	138508
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>The information requested constitutes personal data and is exempt from disclosure under section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act. It is not the practice of HM Treasury to disclose such information.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 138507 question first answered 01/05/2018 14:42:37 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

906284

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Cost of Living: Families
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to support families with the cost of living.
	tabling member constituency	Banbury
	tabling member printed	Victoria Prentis
	uin	905455
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>The government is committed to helping families both earn more and keep more of what they earn. On 1<sup>st</sup> April 2018, the National Living Wage (NLW) increased by 4.4% to £7.83. This represents an annual pay rise of over £2,000 for a full-time worker since the NLW was introduced in April 2016. The Personal Allowance and Higher Rate Threshold also increased in line with CPI, to £11,850 and £46,350 respectively. These changes to income tax will help 31 million people and mean a typical basic rate taxpayer will pay £1,075 less income tax in 2018-19 then in 2010-11.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 21/05/2018 12:22:07 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis

997615

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Sanitary Products: VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the effect on period poverty of the recommendation on exempting feminine hygiene contained in the report Break the Barriers: Girls' experience of menstruation in the UK, published by Plan UK in January 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	185672
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government agrees that Value Added Tax should not be levied on women’s sanitary products.</p><p> </p><p>That is why we apply the minimum permissible VAT rate of 5 per cent to women’s sanitary products and have committed in legislation to introducing a zero rate of Value Added Tax for these supplies as soon as it is legally possible. However, at present, such a measure would constitute a breach of European Union legislation.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 07/11/2018 15:58:46 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

986441

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Insurance Premium Tax: Public Sector
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of Insurance Premium Tax on public sector organisations.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	178517
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government regularly keeps all taxes under review. This includes Insurance Premium Tax.</p><p> </p><p>Insurance Premium Tax is a tax paid by insurers on all general insurance premiums. It is therefore up to them whether to pass on this cost to consumers, including public sector organisations.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 22/10/2018 16:24:57 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

968191

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department holds information on the socio-economic background of people appointed to senior positions in his Department in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	170826
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>In line with Cabinet Office policy for all government departments to collect and report on Socio-economic background data by 2020, the Treasury are currently preparing to update processes and technology to allow collection and reporting of this data.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 14/09/2018 13:09:02 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

882295

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Corporation Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue accrued to the public purse through corporation tax in (a) 2016-17 and (b) 2017-18.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	135445
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>Corporation Tax liability and receipts information is published in the Corporation Tax National Statistics on www.gov.uk. The latest year for Corporation Tax (CT) liabilities is 2015-16, and for CT receipts is 2016-17.</p><p> </p><p>Corporation Tax liabilities information for 2016-17 will be published in September 2018. The first estimate of CT receipts in 2017-18 will be published on 24th April 2018 in the monthly HMRC tax &amp; NIC receipts publication available on www.gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 18/04/2018 14:00:40 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

971555

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Infrastructure: Chelmsford
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to invest in infrastructure in the Chelmsford area.
	tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Ford
	uin	906800
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>Infrastructure investment is at the heart of our strategy to drive productivity growth across the country:</p><ul><li><p>Through the £1.4 billion that will be invested as part of the Greater Anglia Franchise, a new fleet of over 1000 vehicles will be delivered by September 2020.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>The South-East LEP has secured £590 million from the Local Growth Fund for schemes to boost growth and help deliver new housing.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>£100-250 million will be invested to widen the A12 to provide extra capacity between Chelmsford and Colchester.</p></li></ul> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/09/2018 14:59:50 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford

872639

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Galileo System
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what contribution the UK has made to the European Union's Global Satellite Navigation System to date.
	tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Ford
	uin	134453
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>The UK contributes to the EU budget as a whole, not the individual programmes.</p><p>Details of the UK’s contribution to the EU budget can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/european-union-finances-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/european-union-finances-2017</a></p><p>Details of the EU’s spending on programmes can be found here: <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/budget/figures/interactive/index_en.cfm" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/budget/figures/interactive/index_en.cfm</a></p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 29/03/2018 12:04:46 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford

872649

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Copernicus Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what contribution the UK has made to the Copernicus Programme to date.
	tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Ford
	uin	134463
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>The UK contributes to the EU budget as a whole, not the individual programmes.</p><p>Details of the UK’s contribution to the EU budget can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/european-union-finances-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/european-union-finances-2017</a></p><p>Details of the EU’s spending on programmes can be found here: <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/budget/figures/interactive/index_en.cfm" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/budget/figures/interactive/index_en.cfm</a></p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 29/03/2018 12:03:14 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford

1003871

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Crown Lands and Estates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2018 to Question 186180 on Crown Lands and Estates, which topics regarding property held in escheat were discussed.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	189559
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>Escheat was discussed at a high level and particularly in relation to landfill sites.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 15/11/2018 17:04:13 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

999158

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Crown Lands and Estates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Crown Estate on responsibility for (a) land and (b) property held in escheat; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	186180
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>I met the Crown Estate early this year and escheat land was one of several topics discussed.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 05/11/2018 14:54:48 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

178836

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to review the level of compensation paid to Equitable Life policy holders; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	223969
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p>The Government accepted all the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s findings of government maladministration and established the Equitable Life Payment Scheme. Taking into account of the state of the public finances, to be fair to both policyholders and tax payers, the Government allocated £1.5 billion to fund payments to around one million Equitable Life policyholders. At 31 January 2015 payments surpassing £1 billion have been issued to 896,367 policyholders.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is focussed on making the remaining payments to eligible policyholders and has no plans to increase the levels of funding available to the Scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 26/02/2015 16:59:40 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

178833

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received on Equitable Life compensation packages; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	224013
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>The Treasury continues to talk to many interested parties on this important issue.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 25/02/2015 16:52:53 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

155427

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many buildings his Department sold in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	214225
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>The Treasury has not sold any buildings in any of these years.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 21/11/2014 12:55:11 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

989462

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Government Controlled Companies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department (a) holds a list of Government controlled companies which only produce financial reports as small companies and (b) monitors the risk to the taxpayer of undisclosed contingent liabilities in Government controlled companies.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	180828
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>Government controlled companies, including small companies, must comply with the applicable requirements in the Companies Act 2006 and follow the financial reporting principles of the HM Treasury Financial Reporting Manual (except for public corporations that are not trading funds). This includes the provision of the additional disclosures required by the Manual where these go beyond the Companies Act. The Manual applies EU adopted international financial reporting standards (IFRS) as adapted or interpreted for the public sector. Sections within the Companies Act 2006 define the qualifying criteria for small companies’ regime. The disclosure exemptions permitted under the small companies’ regime do not generally apply to government owned companies unless specific approval has been sought by the Relevant Authority. All entities that follow the Manual, must follow its guidance on the disclosure of contingent liabilities.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 26/10/2018 11:12:29 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

987818

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Government Controlled Companies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2018 on Question 171482 on Public Sector: Accounting, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals on (a) auditing the accounts of Government-controlled companies that are not audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General, (b) monitoring the accounting framework which those accounts are audited against and (c) the overall scrutiny of public spending.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	179278
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to legislate in these areas.</p><p> </p><p>a) As outlined in the Dear Accounting Officer letter of 17 January 2008 it is the expectation of HMT that the Comptroller and Auditor General is appointed the auditor for Government-controlled Companies. If they do not appoint the C&amp;AG as auditor, departments will need to be able to account for their reasons for preferring another auditor.</p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20080727043654/http:/www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/media/8/1/dao0108.pdf" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20080727043654/http:/www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/media/8/1/dao0108.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>b) The accounts of non-profit making companies included within the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Audit of non-profit making companies) Order 2009 (SI 2009/476) and as amended by subsequent Orders must be examined and certified by the Comptroller and Audit General. Companies must comply with applicable requirements in the Companies Act 2006 and follow the financial reporting principles of the HM Treasury Financial Reporting Manual (except for public corporations that are not trading funds). Companies that have charitable status should comply with applicable charities legislation and where relevant, the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) Accounting for Charities, issued by the Charity Commission. The HM Treasury Financial Reporting Manual is updated on a yearly basis in December by HM Treasury and the Companies Act 2006 is updated on an on-going basis by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>c) Public spending is scrutinised through the Committee system and further examined by the scrutiny of Parliament as a whole. In addition the routine publication of Annual Reports and Accounts as well as numerous other transparency publications facilitate scrutiny by the public and the media. The published Annual Reports and Accounts must comply with applicable requirements in the Companies Act 2006 and follow the financial reporting principles of the HM Treasury Financial Reporting Manual (except for public corporations that are not trading funds). HM Treasury are currently undertaking a review of the Annual Reports and Accounts including looking at the recommendations set out in the ‘Accounting for democracy: making sure Parliament, the people and ministers know how and why public money is spent’ report written by the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 23/10/2018 12:51:53 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

987819

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Government Controlled Companies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2018 to Question 171483 on Public Sector: Accounting, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals on the parliamentary scrutiny of the accounts of Government-controlled companies that are not required to lay their accounts before Parliament.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	179279
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>Government controlled companies must comply with the applicable requirements in the Companies Act 2006 and follow the financial reporting principles of the HM Treasury Financial Reporting Manual (except for public corporations that are not trading funds). Government has no plans to further legislate in this area.</p><p>The sponsor department of each government controlled company, in the first instance, will exercise oversight of relevant companies, through the monitoring of these companies. The sponsor department will either consolidate the entity in full or incorporate it as investments within their own group consolidated accounts which are subject to audit by the C&amp;AG and laid before Parliament. Company Accounts are also accessible in the usual way from Companies House.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 23/10/2018 12:45:39 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

987820

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Government Controlled Companies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2018 to Question 171486 on Government Controlled Companies, whether his Department has granted approval to IMS Ltd (a) for its exemption from the full disclosures required under the 2006 Companies Act and (b) not to disclose publicly its contingent liabilities prior to its 2017 accounts being signed off.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	179280
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>HM Treasury does not hold any information relating to an exemption from the Companies Act 2006 for IMS Ltd. IMS Ltd is a commercial company and its published accounts identify provisions made for liabilities.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 23/10/2018 12:47:26 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

987779

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Social Media
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on promoted content on (a) Twitter, (b) Facebook and (c) Instagram in each month since June 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	179277
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>The Treasury has not made any payments to Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury has not spent any money through the government media buying agency Carat since June 2017.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 18/10/2018 16:00:47 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

969227

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Government Controlled Companies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in which companies the Government has a more than 50 per cent ownership stake; whether he (a) receives a copy of the audited accounts of Government-owned companies in each financial year and (b) keeps a record of the (i) auditors of such companies and (ii) reporting frameworks that those companies use to produce their accounts where they differ from the public sector IFRS standard; and which Government-owned companies lay their accounts before Parliament and share a copy with the Comptroller and Auditor General.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	171482
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>The accounts of non-profit making companies included within the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Audit of non-profit making companies) Order 2009 (SI 2009/476) and as amended by subsequent Orders must be examined and certified by the Comptroller and Audit General. The C&amp;AG must then send a copy of the accounts and the report to the relevant departmental Secretary of State, usually this is the SoS of the sponsor department, or any other minister of the Crown who must then lay them before Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>Companies must also comply with applicable requirements in the Companies Act 2006 and follow the financial reporting principles of the HM Treasury Financial Reporting Manual (except for public corporations that are not trading funds). Companies that have charitable status should comply with applicable charities legislation and where relevant, the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) Accounting for Charities, issued by the Charity Commission.</p><p> </p><p>The Whole of Government accounts consolidates organisations that have been classified to the public sector by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) which may include government owned companies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 14/09/2018 10:09:17 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

969228

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Accountancy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many companies in each Government Department of which the Government owns more than 50 per cent do not lay their accounts before Parliament.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	171483
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>Details of those companies of which there is no requirement to lay their accounts before Parliament is maintained by individual sponsor departments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 14/09/2018 10:05:06 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

969229

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	International Military Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the (a) assets and (b) liabilities of International Military Services Ltd are exempt from consolidation in the whole of Government accounts.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	171484
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>The Whole of Government accounts consolidates organisations that have been classified as public sector by the Office of National Statistics (ONS).</p><p>The classification guidance can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/methodology/classificationsandstandards/economicstatisticsclassifications/introductiontoeconomicstatisticsclassifications" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/methodology/classificationsandstandards/economicstatisticsclassifications/introductiontoeconomicstatisticsclassifications</a></p><p> </p><p>The assets and liabilities of International Military Services Ltd have been consolidated into the Whole of Government accounts in the form of a prepayment and payables, which feeds through from the accounts of Ministry of Defence.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/727618/CCS207_CCS0318104056-1_MOD_ARA_2017-18_-_Web_PDF.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/727618/CCS207_CCS0318104056-1_MOD_ARA_2017-18_-_Web_PDF.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Disclosure can be found in ‘Note 12 Trade receivables and other assets’ page 186, and ‘Note 14 Trade payables and other liabilities’ page 188.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 14/09/2018 11:27:58 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

969231

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Government Controlled Companies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the number of Government controlled companies that report as small companies under the Generally Accepted Accounting Practice.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	171486
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>Government controlled companies must comply with the applicable requirements in the Companies Act 2006 and follow the financial reporting principles of the HM Treasury Financial Reporting Manual (except for public corporations that are not trading funds). This includes the provision of the additional disclosures required by the Manual where these go beyond the Companies Act. The Manual applies EU adopted international financial reporting standards (IFRS) as adapted or interpreted for the public sector.</p><p> </p><p>Government controlled companies that have charitable status should comply with the applicable charities legislation and where relevant, the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) Accounting for Charities, issued by the Charity Commission.</p><p> </p><p>Sections within the Companies Act 2006 define the qualifying criteria for small companies’ regime. The disclosure exemptions permitted under the small companies’ regime do not generally apply to government owned companies unless specific approval has been sought by the relevant authority.</p><p> </p><p>Departments, in the first instance, will exercise oversight of such companies, through the monitoring of these companies and consolidation within their annual report and accounts or recognition as investments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 14/09/2018 10:20:22 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

969232

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Government Controlled Companies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on Government controlled companies being exempt from laying their accounts before Parliament.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	171487
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>Laying of annual reports and accounts before Parliament is a fundamental part of the accountability process and any requirement to lay the accounts of government controlled companies is set out in relevant legislation. The accounts of non-profit making companies included within the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Audit of non-profit making companies) Order 2009 (SI 2009/476) and as amended by subsequent Orders must be examined and certified by the Comptroller and Audit General. The C&amp;AG must then send a copy of the accounts and the report to the relevant departmental Secretary of State, usually this is the SoS of the sponsor department, or any other minister of the Crown who must then lay them before Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>Government controlled companies are also subject to the Companies Act 2006 and must submit their accounts to Companies House.</p><p> </p><p>The sponsor department of each government controlled company will either consolidate the entity in full or incorporated as investments within their own group consolidated accounts which are subject to audit by the C&amp;AG and laid before Parliament.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 14/09/2018 10:23:01 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

969233

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Government Controlled Companies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the Government controlled companies in each Department that do not have their assets and liabilities consolidated into the Whole of Government Accounts.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	171488
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>Every year the Whole of Government Accounts publishes the following annexes:</p><p> </p><p>Annex 1: List of entities consolidated in WGA</p><p>Annex 2: Entities that are not consolidated in WGA</p><p>Annex 3: Minor entities excluded from the consolidation</p><p> </p><p>The latest annexes can be found using the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/whole-of-government-accounts-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/whole-of-government-accounts-2016-to-2017</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 14/09/2018 11:29:04 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

919173

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department plans to issue its response to the Treasury Committee's report on Childcare, HC757, published on 25 March 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	151232
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>The Treasury issued its response to the Treasury Committee’s report on Childcare on the 24<sup>th</sup> May.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 13/06/2018 15:21:59 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

867093

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Non-domestic Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to extend business rates relief to early years providers before the next re-evaluation of rates in 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	133211
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>Early years providers may be eligible for existing business rates reliefs, including Small Business Rate Relief and Charitable Rate Relief. They will benefit from reductions to business rates of over £10 billion.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps all taxes, including reliefs, under review.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 26/03/2018 13:33:26 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

857714

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Bank Services: Travellers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to encourage the banking sector to improve financial inclusion for Gypsies and Travellers.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	131615
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that individuals, regardless of their background or income, have access to useful and affordable financial products and services. The Equality Act 2010 protects all individuals, including Gypsies and Travellers, against racial and other forms of discrimination.</p><p> </p><p>The Payment Accounts Regulations 2015 require the nine largest personal current account providers in the UK to offer fee-free basic bank accounts to customers who do not have a bank account or who are ineligible for a bank’s standard current account. The regulations also state that when a customer applies for an account, firms must not discriminate by reason of the customer’s place of residence, and that the conditions applicable to holding a basic bank account must not be discriminatory.</p><p> </p><p>In order to open a basic bank account, firms will need to verify their customers’ identities, which generally includes verifying their addresses. While the way in which firms choose to do this is not stipulated in law or by the regulator, firms are assisted in making such policies through industry produced guidance notes. For the financial institutions, these are the Joint Money Laundering Steering Group (JMLSG) guidance notes.</p><p> </p><p>The JMLSG guidance notes acknowledge that if Travellers are not able to produce standard identification evidence, and if verification of address is necessary, a check with the local authority, which has to register travellers’ sites, may sometimes be helpful.</p><p> </p><p>More widely, the Government has also committed to establish a Financial Inclusion Policy Forum, which will provide leadership and ensure collaboration across government and with the sector in tackling financial exclusion.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 16/03/2018 11:26:18 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

857858

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the total cost cap on payday lending to high-cost credit products.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	131758
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to protecting consumers from unfair lending practises. To this end, the government has given the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) strong powers, including the power to cap the cost of credit, and it will do so if it thinks it is necessary to protect consumers.</p><p> </p><p>The FCA is conducting a review of the high-cost credit market, and will publish a substantive update in May. The government will continue to work closely with the FCA to ensure that all customers are treated fairly.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 16/03/2018 11:23:25 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

857859

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Personal Income
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page two of Walking on Thin Ice: the cost of financial insecurity, published by Citizens Advice on 22 February 2018, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of that report's findings on the proportion of adults (a) who had at least one monthly drop in their income and (b) with unpredictable incomes who have gone without food or other essentials.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	131759
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government is aware that making ends meet is sometimes challenging, which is why we are proactively putting in place measures to help the most vulnerable.</p><p> </p><p>The lowest earners have seen a 7% real-terms increase to their wages since 2015, thanks to policies such as the National Living Wage (NLW). Full time NLW workers will receive another £600 pay rise next month.</p><p> </p><p>The Government-commissioned Money Advice Service’s Financial Capability Strategy specifically focuses on measures to encourage saving. To help this work, we are creating a help to save scheme – giving families on low incomes up to a £600 Government bonus to build a rainy day fund.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 16/03/2018 11:24:56 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

386598

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	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 details of the new Tax-Free Childcare scheme his Department has sent to all Ofsted-registered childcare providers.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	4884
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p>HMRC and HMT have actively engaged with childcare providers and industry representatives since the scheme was first announced and continue to do so as it moves towards implementation. HMRC has also established an implementation advisory forum to support the delivery of Tax-Free Childcare, on which the childcare sector is well represented, and is working closely with regulators</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, draft guidance on the scheme was published for comment in October 2014 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/draft-legislation-tax-free-childcare-draft-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/draft-legislation-tax-free-childcare-draft-guidance</a> . Further information will be issued well ahead of the launch of the scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 07/07/2015 12:27:56 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

999727

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many applications for a tax-free childcare account have been started but not completed.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	uin	187121
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available. Extensive analysis would be required to identify robust data on the number of childcare service applications that were started but subsequently not completed which would incur a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 06/11/2018 15:23:48 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

997851

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax-free childcare accounts have (a) been created and (b) had at least one payment made from that account to date.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	uin	185722
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>To date more than 391,000 parents have opened a Tax–Free Childcare account and over 109,000 parents have used their account to make a payment to a childcare provider.</p><p> </p><p>Around 313,000 of the parents who have opened a Tax-Free Childcare account applied at the same time as for 30 hours free childcare. 30 hours free childcare saves parents using the full 30 hours up to £5,000 per child per year.</p><p> </p><p>Tax-Free Childcare account usage is substantially higher amongst parents who get Tax-Free Childcare only, compared to parents who have both a Tax-Free Childcare and 30 hours free childcare account.</p><p> </p><p>8,265 Tax-Free Childcare accounts have been closed since the scheme launched in April 2017.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 185723 question first answered 05/11/2018 16:34:52 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

997852

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many parents have closed a tax-free childcare account since that policy was introduced.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	uin	185723
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>To date more than 391,000 parents have opened a Tax–Free Childcare account and over 109,000 parents have used their account to make a payment to a childcare provider.</p><p> </p><p>Around 313,000 of the parents who have opened a Tax-Free Childcare account applied at the same time as for 30 hours free childcare. 30 hours free childcare saves parents using the full 30 hours up to £5,000 per child per year.</p><p> </p><p>Tax-Free Childcare account usage is substantially higher amongst parents who get Tax-Free Childcare only, compared to parents who have both a Tax-Free Childcare and 30 hours free childcare account.</p><p> </p><p>8,265 Tax-Free Childcare accounts have been closed since the scheme launched in April 2017.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 185722 question first answered 05/11/2018 16:34:52 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

993760

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made for the number of children with disabilities that are in receipt of tax-free childcare.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	uin	182877
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>There are currently 2,290 live Tax-Free Childcare accounts for disabled children.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 26/10/2018 11:08:54 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

937615

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Childcare Vouchers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is his Department's policy to close the childcare vouchers scheme to new applicants on 4 October 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	uin	162115
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable member to my statement made on 29 March 2018 <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statements/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;member=4097" target="_blank">www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statements/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;member=4097</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 12/07/2018 09:09:27 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

931192

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	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 have joined a childcare voucher scheme in each of the last six months.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	uin	157228
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2018 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does not hold this information. Childcare vouchers provided by employers are normally exempt from tax and National Insurance contributions. 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 question first answered 28/06/2018 11:31:54 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

909319

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	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 24 April 2018 to Question 137634 on Children: Day Care, what funding his Department had allocated for (a) Call Centre Costs and (b) IT Support Costs in advance of financial year 2017-18.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	uin	146946
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>Parents apply for Tax-Free Childcare and 30 hours free childcare through a single online application - the childcare service. The forecast costs for running the childcare service for 2017-18 were £28.7million for the call centre and operational support and £16.1million for IT support.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 04/06/2018 12:50:05 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

909215

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Childcare Vouchers: Data Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance his Department has issued to childcare voucher providers on changes to data-handling as a result of the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	uin	146317
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government and the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) recognise the challenges facing organisations across the UK in their preparations for the General Data Protection Regulation. The ICO is leading on providing guidance and support to UK organisations and has published a number of resources on the Commissioner's website (ico.org.uk) to help all organisations prepare.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 24/05/2018 11:15:32 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin