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1110206

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has deprioritised any Statutory Instruments in relation to the UK leaving the EU; and if he will publish the criteria his Department uses to deprioritise those Instruments.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	242121
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>To date HM Treasury and HMRC have laid 54 and 48 EU Exit Statutory Instruments (SIs), and both departments are confident of delivering essential legislation in time for Exit day. Our objective has always been to have a functioning statute book in place by Exit day and to ensure that the most critical secondary legislation was made by this point.</p><p> </p><p>Across the two departments, a small number of SIs will come into force after Exit day; this was planned due to the fact that these SIs make minor technical amendments to earlier EU Exit legislation and were therefore not required to be in place by Exit day.</p><p> </p><p>The laying of EU Exit SIs allows Parliament to fulfil its essential scrutiny role. The exact nature of this scrutiny, and the steps required before an SI completes its passage, is dependent on the type of SI.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/04/2019 15:27:09 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

1092630

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Ministerial Policy Advisers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many alleged breaches of the Special Advisers’ Code of Conduct by his Department's Special Advisers have been investigated by the Minister responsible for the appointment in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	235368
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2019 answer text The department holds no central record of such allegations.<p> </p>The conduct of all civil servants, including special advisers, is taken very seriously.<p> </p>Special advisers act in accordance with the Special Adviser Code of Conduct, which includes clear guidance on appropriate conduct in public life.<p> </p>The Code can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/specialadvisers-code-of-conduct answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 29/03/2019 12:56:03 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1064353

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of staff employed by his Department are apprentices.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	uin	223827
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The proportion of staff HM Treasury employed as apprentices as of 31st January 2019 was 1.7%. We expect an additional 15 new apprentices to start this financial year, meaning 2.5% of our staff will be new apprentices over the period 1 April 2018 – 31 March 2019. This is an increase on last year, which can be viewed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-apprenticeship-data-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-apprenticeship-data-2017-to-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 25/02/2019 16:25:59 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

1123164

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	247546
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>HM Treasury has allocated over £4.2 billion of additional funding to departments and the Devolved Administrations for EU exit preparations so far. This breaks down as:</p><ul><li><p>£412m of additional funding over the spending review period for the Department for Exiting the European Union, Department for International Trade and the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office at Autumn Statement 2016.</p></li><li><p>£286m of additional funding for 17/18 (a full breakdown of which can be found in Supplementary Estimates 17/18). (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf</a>)</p></li><li><p>Over £1.5bn of additional funding for 18/19. A full breakdown of the allocations can be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS540, laid on the 13th March 2018. (<a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/</a>)</p></li><li><p>Over £2bn of additional funding for 19/20. A full breakdown of the allocations can be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS1205, laid on the 18th December 2018. (<a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-12-18/HCWS1205/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-12-18/HCWS1205/</a>)</p><p>This funding is to cover all exit scenarios, and is in addition to departmental efforts to reprioritise from business as usual toward preparations for the UK’s departure from the EU.</p><p>Work on no-deal exit preparations cannot be readily separated from other EU exit work. The Department is preparing for all eventualities and the resources available to support preparations are kept under constant review.</p></li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 02/05/2019 11:37:53 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1126123

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff of his Department who were transferred or seconded to work (a) in other Departments and (b) on other departmental briefs on preparations for the UK to leave the EU have since returned to his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	253453
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>HM Treasury does not hold information centrally on Loans/Secondments that have returned that have worked on other departmental briefs on preparations for the UK to leave the EU.</p><p> </p><p>We estimate that to search and locate any information held would exceed the appropriate limit, therefore can only be answered at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>EU Exit is an all-of-government operation. The Department for Exiting the European Union is responsible for overseeing negotiations to leave the EU and establishing the future relationship between the UK and EU. The Department for International trade works to secure UK and global prosperity by promoting and financing international trade and investment, and championing free trade.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Departments continually review workforce plans, reprioritise and assess changing needs, which includes identification and cessation of non-priority work where appropriate. We have accelerated our plans, and at the same time, the Civil Service as a whole is working to ensure that EU Exit Implementation is carried out to high quality without impacting public service delivery across the whole of government.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/05/2019 10:27:35 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1089493

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Coinage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the commemorative 50 pence coin issued to mark the UK's departure from the EU has been minted.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	233006
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>Currently, no commemorative coins to mark the UK’s departure from the <del class="ministerial">UK</del> <ins class="ministerial">EU </ins>have been minted. However, as is standard procedure at The Royal Mint, a small number of trial coins have been produced. The production of trial coins does not incur any cost to the taxpayer.<ins class="ministerial"> The commemorative 50 pence coin to mark the UK leaving the European Union will be made available following our departure.</ins></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/03/2019 17:00:04 question first ministerially corrected 27/03/2019 11:27:19 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 109098 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1087039

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Accountancy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many chartered accountants his Department currently employs.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	231410
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>HM Treasury employs 60 chartered accountants.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 19/03/2019 11:28:54 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1064316

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Productivity: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Office for National Statistics publication, Labour productivity, UK: July to September 2018, published on 9 January 2019, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the lower and falling productivity defined by nominal GVA per unit of labour 2016-17 in the north of England.
	tabling member constituency	Knowsley
	tabling member printed	Mr George Howarth
	uin	223774
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2019 answer text <p>The ONS published the latest estimates of sub-national productivity on February 6<sup>th</sup> 2019. The data shows that productivity has increased in all the regions of the North of England during 2017 and since 2010.</p><p> </p><p>All regions of North of England have seen faster nominal productivity growth than London and the South East since 2010.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is investing in the North. As such, we are committed to publishing a refreshed Northern Powerhouse Strategy this year, building on the success of the existing strategy in bringing together local stakeholders to address key barriers to productivity in the region.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 01/03/2019 09:15:44 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

1104899

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Productivity: Yorkshire and the Humber
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to improve productivity in Yorkshire and the Humber.
	tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
	tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
	uin	236297
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>People across Yorkshire and the Humber are benefiting from investment that this Government is making to support productivity. There are now 225,000 more people in employment in Yorkshire and the Humber than in 2010 and close to 69,000 more businesses.</p><p> </p><p>For example, at Spring Statement we announced the first allocation of the competitive element of the Transforming Cities Fund. This included over £6.4 million in funding for the Sheffield City Region and the West Yorkshire Combined Authority. In addition, the Government has allocated more than £1.3bn from the Local Growth Fund to support economic activity across Yorkshire and the Humber. We are also continuing to back the Northern Powerhouse. At Budget 2018, we committed to a refresh of our ambitious Northern Powerhouse strategy for this year and we also announced up to £37m development funding to support Northern Powerhouse rail, which will connect cities across the North with faster, more frequent services, boosting regional productivity.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 01/04/2019 14:43:51 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1109349

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Business: Investment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to increase business investment in the UK after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
	tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
	uin	240505
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government continues to work towards leaving the EU with a deal, which will allow us to honour the referendum, while also protecting jobs and our economy. The government is committed to providing the right economic environment for businesses to invest and grow.</p><p> </p><p>Businesses will also benefit from recently announced tax measures such as the introduction of a new allowance for the construction costs of new qualifying non-residential structures and buildings, which will provide billions of pounds of additional relief for UK businesses. The Government has also increased the Annual Investment Allowance from £200,000 to £1 million for two years, significantly increasing the amount of relief businesses receive on qualifying investment in the first year.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, our modern Industrial Strategy sets out a clear plan for how we can boost productivity throughout the UK, including increased public investment in infrastructure and R&amp;D. At Budget 2018 we increased the size of the National Productivity Investment Fund to £37 billion and since 2010 there has been £600 billion of capital investment including in roads, rail, digital and skills.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 12/04/2019 16:39:13 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis