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348332

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2015
	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, if he will take steps to increase compensation to Equitable Life pensioners beyond the level previously agreed.
	tabling member constituency	Southport
	tabling member printed	John Pugh
	uin	1017
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to change the funding available to the Equitable Life Payment Scheme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To date the Scheme has paid out over £1 billion to around 900,000 policyholders.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 11/06/2015 15:59:58 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	1454 label Biography information for John Pugh

346870

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Income Tax: Tax Allowances
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse will be by 2020 of increasing the personal allowance to £12,500 per annum; and from which area of expenditure that cost will be met.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	104
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2015 answer text <p>The cost of raising the income tax personal allowance may be approximated using the “Direct effects of illustrative tax changes” table as published at the following address:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/direct-effects-of-illustrative-tax-changes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/direct-effects-of-illustrative-tax-changes</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table shows the cost of a £100 increase and a 10% increase in the personal allowance. This can be used to scale the proportionate cost to raise the personal allowance to a level where indexation would take it to £12,500 by 2020-21.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 05/06/2015 13:38:43 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

348382

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Kids Company: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the children's charity Kids Company about the provision of long-term Government funding to that charity.
	tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
	tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
	uin	1065
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/minister_hospitality.htm" target="_blank">http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/minister_hospitality.htm</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 08/06/2015 15:20:09 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

348383

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Pensions: Advisory Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people and what proportion of those eligible to take advantage of the pensions flexibilities have received (a) face-to-face and (b) telephone advice through Pension Wise.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	1071
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>The government committed to providing free, impartial guidance through Pension Wise, to help people make informed and confident decisions about how they use their defined contribution pension savings in retirement. It is available online, via the telephone and face to face.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As of 6 April – the date on which the new pension flexibilities commenced – Pension Wise had handled more than 3,600 calls since the opening of the contact centre in late March. Nearly 1400 people had booked a telephone guidance appointment with the Pensions Advisory Service, while nearly 380 people had booked a face to face appointment with Citizens Advice. Citizens Advice does not provide Pension Wise guidance over the phone.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on Pension Wise service usage since 6 April will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Pension Wise recommends that users take their time to prepare and gather relevant information before their guidance session, if they have not already done so by the time of booking their appointment; this can normally take around 2 weeks. The government estimates that, on average, face to face appointments take place within 9 days of booking.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 3251 question first answered 02/07/2015 16:40:27 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

348385

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Pensions: Fraud
	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 number of people who have been victims of fraud and mis-selling related to the new pensions flexibilities.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	1072
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon member to my answer given on 11 June to PQ 2227.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>More widely, the Government will be launching a consultation this month to strengthen people’s rights to access their pensions flexibly. The consultation will look at ways of making the process for transferring pensions from one scheme to another quicker and smoother and removing any unjustifiable barriers to doing so.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 1073 question first answered 02/07/2015 16:34:54 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

348386

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Pensions: Fraud
	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 monitor the prevalence of fraud related to the new pensions freedoms.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	1073
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon member to my answer given on 11 June to PQ 2227.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>More widely, the Government will be launching a consultation this month to strengthen people’s rights to access their pensions flexibly. The consultation will look at ways of making the process for transferring pensions from one scheme to another quicker and smoother and removing any unjustifiable barriers to doing so.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 1072 question first answered 02/07/2015 16:34:54 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

348387

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to conduct research into the use of savers make of money withdrawn under the new pensions freedoms.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	1074
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>Due to the reforms announced at Budget 2014, individuals now have complete freedom to access and spend their defined contribution pension savings as they see fit.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All tax policy is kept under continuous review by the Government.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 08/06/2015 16:08:39 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

346853

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Roads: Capital Investment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans his Department has to review the spending commitments in the Road Investment Strategy 2015-20.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	12
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2015 answer text <p>The Road Investment Strategy, published at the time of the 2014 Autumn Statement, set out ambitious plans for improvements to the national road network between 2015 and 2020. The road network is a critical national infrastructure asset that is vital for successful economic growth, supporting jobs and productivity. This is why this Government made a clear commitment in its manifesto to invest £15 billion in roads, and the Prime Minister has made clear that the Government will implement its manifesto in full.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 01/06/2015 16:43:33 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

348635

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Families
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Prime Minister's press release of 18 August 2014, what steps he is taking to assess the impact of his Department's policies on the family.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
	tabling member printed	Mr David Burrowes
	uin	1203
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The Family Test was announced by the Prime Minister in August 2014 and introduced in October 2014 through the publication of guidance for officials - The Family Test - Guidance for Government Departments available at gov.uk.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The objective of the Test is to introduce a family perspective to the policy making process, specifically to make the potential impacts on family functioning and relationships explicit.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Treasury has been working with the DWP to embed the Test in the policymaking process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 09/06/2015 14:05:00 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	1518 label Biography information for Mr David Burrowes

348537

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Landlords: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the total annual contribution in taxes arising from residential landlords which are unincorporated.
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
	uin	1209
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government has made no such assessment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 1211 question first answered 09/06/2015 14:06:55 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope