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173364

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total amount of non-fiscal spending in each year from 2009-10 to 2014-15 is (a) in real terms and (b) as a proportion of total government spending.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	220622
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text “Non-fiscal spend” is not a formal term in the UK National Accounting framework. It is sometimes used to refer to items of public expenditure, which although included in departmental budgets, are either not classified as spending in the National Accounts or use a different source.<p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander grouped question UIN 220647 220808 question first answered 21/01/2015 17:22:14 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

173366

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's non-fiscal spend was in real terms in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13, (e) 2013-14 and (f) 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	220647
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text “Non-fiscal spend” is not a formal term in the UK National Accounting framework. It is sometimes used to refer to items of public expenditure, which although included in departmental budgets, are either not classified as spending in the National Accounts or use a different source.<p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander grouped question UIN 220622 220808 question first answered 21/01/2015 17:22:14 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

173829

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how his Department defines non-fiscal spend.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	220808
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text “Non-fiscal spend” is not a formal term in the UK National Accounting framework. It is sometimes used to refer to items of public expenditure, which although included in departmental budgets, are either not classified as spending in the National Accounts or use a different source.<p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander grouped question UIN 220622 220647 question first answered 21/01/2015 17:22:14 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

223536

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Land
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will update his Department's guidance on Managing Public Money, published in July 2013, to include consideration of social, economic and environmental value when government departments dispose of land assets.
	tabling member constituency	Cheadle
	tabling member printed	Mark Hunter
	uin	225332
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>When considering project options, Managing Public Money requires departments to follow the appraisal techniques in the Green book (Appraisal and Evaluation in Central Government). The Green Book describes how the economic, financial, social and environmental assessments of a policy, programme or project should be combined.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 05/03/2015 16:56:54 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
	tabling member	1598 label Biography information for Mark Hunter

156179

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	NHS: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received which make a case for more funding to be allocated to the NHS in the autumn statement.
	tabling member constituency	Copeland
	tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
	uin	215080
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>We receive many representatives across policy areas for the Autumn Statement.</p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 21/11/2014 12:59:47 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
	tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

171781

	registered interest
	date	02/01/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Solar Power: North Africa
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide funding for the import of concentrated solar power from North Africa.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
	uin	219617
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2015 answer text <p>Under Electricity Market Reform, the Government’s Contract for Difference (CfD) scheme is the primary mechanism to support large scale electricity generation in the UK. Concentrated Solar Power is not currently an eligible technology for support from UK CfDs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Under this scheme projects outside the UK are not currently eligible. The Government has been considering the benefits of supporting projects outside of the UK and published a paper in August 2014 setting out indicative areas of work that would need to be addressed to open the UK CfD scheme to eligible non-UK projects. This paper can be found here:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cfds-for-non-uk-renewable-electricity-projects" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cfds-for-non-uk-renewable-electricity-projects</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 09/01/2015 14:58:16 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
	tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

155742

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Local Government Finance: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received from the Welsh Assembly Government on local government departmental expenditure limits and their effects on the Welsh block grant.
	tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
	uin	214582
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>Treasury ministers meet with their counterparts in the Welsh Government from time to time to discuss matters of mutual interest, including Welsh Government funding allocations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 21/11/2014 13:23:15 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
	tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

228500

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Electronic Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he will provide additional funding to enable Government Digital Service (GDS) to work with local government on digital services; to which bodies that will be allocated; and whether he expects GDS to grow in size.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	228497
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>This work will be undertaken from within existing budgets at the Cabinet Office. The Government will engage as the sector draws up plans to help take advantage of the opportunities the new digital age presents – protecting frontline services whilst delivering efficiencies. If the sector is able to deliver these proposals, they could contribute towards our goal, as announced at Autumn Statement 14, of a further £10bn efficiency savings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 25/03/2015 15:58:20 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

228502

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Arts Council England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the real terms change in Grant in Aid for the Arts Council (England) will be from 2014-15 to 2015-16 using the Office for Budget Responsibility forecast for the GDP deflator; and when the Arts Council (England) was informed of that change.
	tabling member constituency	Rhondda
	tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
	uin	228507
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>This question can be answered using publically available information at the following links;</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Letter from the Finance Director for the Department of Culture Media and Sport to the CEO of Arts Council England on 26 March 2014.</p><p> </p><p><strong><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/310064/ACE_Revised_Allocation_Letter_2013_14_-_2015_16.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/310064/ACE_Revised_Allocation_Letter_2013_14_-_2015_16.pdf</a></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>GDP deflators at market prices, and money GDP.</p><p> </p><p><strong><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gdp-deflators-at-market-prices-and-money-gdp-march-2015-budget-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gdp-deflators-at-market-prices-and-money-gdp-march-2015-budget-2015</a></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 26/03/2015 10:17:19 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
	tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

175217

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Trident
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the benefits to the public purse of the cancellation of the replacement for the Trident successor programme.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	221744
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2015 answer text <p>This Government is committed to maintain a credible and effective continuous at-sea deterrent. The Government will take a final decision to replace the existing Vanguard class submarines subject to the Main Gate decision point, expected in 2016. As with all Government investment decisions, HM Treasury will scrutinise the Value for Money case carefully. The Trident Alternatives Review, published in July 2013, sets out the expected costs of a like-for-like replacement as well as those for alternative delivery systems and postures.</p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 30/01/2015 14:39:08 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn