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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

795310

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Working Tax Credit: Lewisham Deptford
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been paid in working tax credits to people in Lewisham Deptford constituency in each year since 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	115731
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>Information on the amounts paid in Working Tax Credit to people in the Lewisham Deptford constituency in each year since 2013 can only be provided at disproportionate cost. Statistics on personal tax credits, including those entitled to Working Tax Credit, is produced at constituency level and published in Table 3 here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/622524/Child_and_Working_Tax_Credits_statistics_finalised_annual_awards_-_geographical_analysis_2015_to_2016.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/622524/Child_and_Working_Tax_Credits_statistics_finalised_annual_awards_-_geographical_analysis_2015_to_2016.pdf</a></p><p>This includes information on tax credit entitlements.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 05/12/2017 14:34:44 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

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

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

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