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47162

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/04/2014
	date	07/04/2014
	date tabled	07/04/2014
	ddp created	07/04/2014 22:01:48
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 03:32:04
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	1
	identifier	195563
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	29/04/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which five companies were used most often to provide temporary workers for his Department in the last financial year; and how much in agency fees was paid to each of them.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
	tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 195563
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	195563
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Under this Government's transparency programme, contracts are published on Contracts Finder which is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder</a>.</p><p> </p><p>In addition all Departments publish details of transactions above £25,000. Data for HM Treasury can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/25000-spend" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/25000-spend</a></p><p> </p> question first answered 29/04/2014 12:00:00
	creator	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

47377

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/04/2014
	date	07/04/2014
	date tabled	07/04/2014
	ddp created	07/04/2014 22:10:07
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 03:36:06
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	1
	identifier	195585
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	29/04/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which 10 consultancy firms were paid the most by his Department in the last financial year; and how much each of those firms was paid.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
	tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 195585
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	195585
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Since January 2011, central government departments have been required to publish on Contracts Finder information on the contracts they award (<a href="http://www.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk/</a>).</p><p> </p><p>In addition, departments publish details of spend in excess of £25,000 at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/25000-spend" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/25000-spend</a> .</p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 29/04/2014 12:00:00
	creator	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

47166

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/04/2014
	date	07/04/2014
	date tabled	07/04/2014
	ddp created	07/04/2014 22:01:48
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 03:32:08
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	1
	identifier	195454
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	29/04/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect the introduction of seven-day bank account switching has had on the number of people changing bank account provider; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 195454
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	195454
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p><strong>The Current Account Switching Service launched in September of last year, and has had a very positive impact. Early signs are positive, with switching numbers in Q4 of 2013 up by 17 per cent compared to Q4 of the previous year. </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>The Financial Conduct Authority will carry out a review in September of this year into the effectiveness of the Current Account Switching Service. This will include an assessment of the effect the introduction of seven day account switching has had on the number of people changing bank account provider. </strong></p><p> </p> question first answered 29/04/2014 12:00:00
	creator	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

47906

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	28/04/2014
	date	09/04/2014
	date tabled	09/04/2014
	ddp created	09/04/2014 22:01:35
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 03:42:33
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	1
	identifier	196039
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	28/04/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department made of the annual level of fraud involving the existing one pound coin in order to inform the decision to introduce a new style coin.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 196039
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	196039
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p><strong>At Budget the government announced that it will introduce a new and highly secure £1 coin. </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>According to Royal Mint estimates counterfeiting of the £1 coin has been on an upwards trend for the past decade. The latest data shows an increase in the counterfeiting rate to 3.04%. This data is based on a survey undertaken in November 2013. Further information can be found at <a href="http://www.royalmint.com/discover/uk-coins/counterfeit-one-pound-coins" target="_blank">www.royalmint.com/discover/uk-coins/counterfeit-one-pound-coins</a></strong></p><p> </p> question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00
	creator	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

47908

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	28/04/2014
	date	09/04/2014
	date tabled	09/04/2014
	ddp created	09/04/2014 22:01:35
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 03:42:35
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	1
	identifier	196042
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	28/04/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what change there has been in the total amount of gift aid claimed by charities between 2008 and 2013.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 196042
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	196042
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p><strong>HMRC publishes data on repayments of Gift Aid to charities in Table 10.1 of its National Statistics at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/256802/table10-1.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/256802/table10-1.pdf</a></strong></p> question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00
	creator	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

47163

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/04/2014
	date	07/04/2014
	date tabled	07/04/2014
	ddp created	07/04/2014 22:01:48
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 03:32:05
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	1
	identifier	195598
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	28/04/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the average net change in household income, taking account of consequential changes to benefits and tax credits, for (a) single earner households (i) without children, (ii) with one child and (iii) with two or more children and (b) two-earner couple households (i) without children, (ii) with one child and (iii) with two or more children in receipt of universal credit or other tax credits or in-work benefits as a result of the increase in the personal allowance in (1) 2014-15, (2) 2015-16 and (3) 2016-17.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
	tabling member printed	Mr William Bain
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 195598
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	195598
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>This information is not available, as the requested breakdowns have not been collated in this way.</p><p> </p><p>The Government routinely publishes distributional analysis of the cumulative impact of all its measures – which includes any offsetting reductions to benefits as a result of changes to tax – in the “Impact on Households” document, the most recent of which accompanied Budget 2014.</p><p> </p> question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00
	creator	1610 label Biography information for Mr William Bain
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1610 label Biography information for Mr William Bain

48902

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	29/04/2014
	date	10/04/2014
	date tabled	10/04/2014
	ddp created	29/04/2014 12:00:11
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 03:59:57
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	1
	identifier	903723
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	29/04/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of fiscal policy on the number of young people claiming jobseeker's allowance for over 12 months since May 2010.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 903723
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	903723
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Long-term youth unemployment is falling, the number of young people who have been claiming Jobseeker's Allowance for over a year has fallen for 17 consecutive months.</p><p> </p><p>But no young person should be left behind in the recovery. We have delivered 1.7 million apprenticeships starts so far this Parliament. We will abolish employer National Insurance contributions for under 21s which will help to support jobs for almost 1.5 million young people in employment. And we are supporting up to 500,000 young people into education and employment through the Youth Contract.</p><p> </p> question first answered 29/04/2014 12:00:00
	creator	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

48901

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	29/04/2014
	date	10/04/2014
	date tabled	10/04/2014
	ddp created	29/04/2014 12:00:11
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 03:59:56
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	1
	identifier	903731
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	29/04/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the potential funds that will accrue to the public purse from the Europe for Citizens Programme.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Michael Connarty
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 903731
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	903731
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>No estimate has been made of potential funds that will accrue to the public purse from the Europe for Citizens Programme.</p> question first answered 29/04/2014 12:00:00
	creator	602 label Biography information for Michael Connarty
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	602 label Biography information for Michael Connarty

47164

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/04/2014
	date	07/04/2014
	date tabled	07/04/2014
	ddp created	07/04/2014 22:01:48
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 03:32:06
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	1
	identifier	195483
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	29/04/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in each (a) region and (b) constituent part of the UK were in receipt of (i) universal credit and (ii) other in-work tax credits or benefits at the beginning of the current financial year; and if he will estimate the likely numbers of such people in each of the following two financial years.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
	tabling member printed	Mr William Bain
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 195483
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	195483
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p><strong>The provisional award Child and Working Tax Credits statistics for December 2013, split by geography, are available at:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/266640/1312_Geog_sent.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/266640/1312_Geog_sent.xls</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2 breaks down Tax Credit claimants by Region and Table 4 by constituency. Those in receipt of WTC are presented within the ‘WTC and CTC' and ‘With no children' columns.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Figures for the current financial year are not yet available, but HMRC are due to publish the next provisional tax credits national statistics for April 2014 on 25 April. </strong></p><p><strong>Forecasts of tax credit claimant numbers are not available.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Official statistics on Universal Credit were published on 19 March and can be found at:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/293502/universal-credit-first-release-mar14.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/293502/universal-credit-first-release-mar14.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>DWP announced plans for the next stage of implementation on 5 December, and these were set out in a written ministerial statement (WMS). The WMS can be found here:</strong></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/universal-credit-progress" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/universal-credit-progress</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Statistics on numbers in receipt of other benefits are available here: </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2014</a></p><p> </p> question first answered 29/04/2014 12:00:00
	creator	1610 label Biography information for Mr William Bain
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1610 label Biography information for Mr William Bain

47496

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	28/04/2014
	date	08/04/2014
	date tabled	08/04/2014
	ddp created	08/04/2014 22:30:54
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 03:37:09
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	1
	identifier	195791
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	28/04/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what funds were provided in Barnett consequentials to the Northern Ireland Executive as a result of the flood relief funds granted in England and Wales.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	South Down
	tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 195791
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	195791
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p><strong>The table below sets out the extra funding allocated to the Northern Ireland Executive through the Barnett formula to reflect new funding provided to UK government departments for flood defence measures at Budget 2014.</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Northern Ireland</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Flood Maintenance (Resource)</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Flood Maintenance (Capital)</p></td><td><p>2.0</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00
	creator	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick