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	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Sector Debt
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the public sector net debt was in May 2017; and what estimate he has made of level of that debt by May 2022.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	263742
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>In May 2017 public sector net debt was 85% of GDP.</p><p>Forecasts for the level of debt are produced by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility. The OBR forecast debt levels at the end of March in each year, and do not provide an estimate of the debt level for each month.</p><p>Debt has begun its first sustained fall in a generation, three years before required by the fiscal rules. At Spring Statement 2019 the OBR forecast the level of public sector net debt in March 2022 will have fallen to 74.9% of GDP.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 17/06/2019 13:38:17 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1028543

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2018
	answering body	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 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Written Statement of 18 December 2018 on Public Spending, HCWS1205, what the value was of each Department's bid for funding.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	203796
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>As part of preparing for the UK’s departure from the EU, the Treasury has allocated £2bn of funding for departments in 2019-20. Details of the figures allocated to individual department were announced in the Written Statement on 18<sup>th</sup> December 2018 (HCWS1205). As ever, the Treasury continually engages with departments on spending pressures. These allocations are reflective of departmental need in various EU Exit scenarios.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury does not publish bids received from departments for public spending.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 07/01/2019 14:28:25 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1088533

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Joint European Torus: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for how long he plans to fund the JET nuclear fusion reactor.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	232014
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>At the 2019 Spring Statement, government reiterated its existing commitment to paying the UK’s share of the ongoing costs for the JET nuclear fusion facility until the end of 2020, should the EU extend the operational contract. The Chancellor also went further, by confirming that if the EU do not extend the contract beyond 29 March, the UK Government will provide JET with the resource it needs to continue operations in 19/20, until a new arrangement can be reached with the EU, giving the world-leading experts at the facility the certainty they need to continue their ground-breaking research.</p><p> </p><p>As with all budgets, subsequent years beyond 19/20 will be considered at the Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 18/03/2019 11:20:28 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1127847

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Redundancy Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason he has included employees of Magnox Ltd in the consultation on the redundancy compensation cap for public sector workers.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	256909
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>The scope of the cap is guided by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) independent classification of public sector bodies. The ONS determines whether a body falls within the public sector by reference to objective criteria based upon governance, funding, ownership and function. Magnox Ltd is classified as a public sector body by the ONS classification guide.</p><p> </p><p>We are undertaking staged implementation of the cap, with the first stage capturing: the UK Civil Service, non-departmental public bodies, executive agencies, non-ministerial departments, the National Health Service, academy schools, local government, and police forces. The cap on exit payments will then be extended to the rest of the public sector including Magnox Ltd, as guided by ONS classification, in due course.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 04/06/2019 06:48:05 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1121927

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons his Department set the cap at an earnings threshold of £100,000 for eligibility to tax-free childcare.
	tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
	uin	245644
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>Tax-Free Childcare is limited to families where parents earn under £100,000 per year. The £100,000 per parent cap on Tax-Free Childcare ensures that support is targeted at the working families who require the most support in order to return to work or work more.</p><p> </p><p>The £100,000 limit was announced at Autumn Statement 2015 and legislated for in 2016 because it is simple for parents to understand their eligibility, and because it aligns to an existing boundary in the tax system. The government published its final impact assessment of the introduction of Tax-Free Childcare, including the setting of an upper income limit at £100,000 per parent, in March 2017 (<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/652939/Tax-free_childcare_Impact_Assessment-March_2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/652939/Tax-free_childcare_Impact_Assessment-March_2017.pdf</a>).</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 245642 245643 246449 question first answered 30/04/2019 11:13:42 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

1124304

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Health: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how he plans to use the Spending Review to invest in public health.
	tabling member constituency	Tynemouth
	tabling member printed	Sir Alan Campbell
	uin	249887
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2019 answer text <p>The forthcoming Spending Review is an opportunity for the Government to make decisions on public spending in the round. As part of that, the Treasury will work closely with other departments to assess public health priorities.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 07/05/2019 15:05:16 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	529 label Biography information for Sir Alan Campbell

1064359

	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	Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how he plans to use the next Spending Review to reduce economic inequalities between the north and south of England.
	tabling member constituency	Darlington
	tabling member printed	Jenny Chapman
	uin	223833
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>Since 2010, over 60% of jobs have been created outside of London and the South East, and all regions of the North of England have seen faster nominal productivity growth over that time period than London and the South East. The Government is continuing to support the Northern Powerhouse, for example, the £2.5bn Transforming Cities Fund as well as Devolution deals for Manchester, Liverpool and North of Tyne. We will continue to support this growth through the Spending Review later this year and other policies such as a refreshed Northern Powerhouse Strategy.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 27/02/2019 14:33:19 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	3972 label Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington

1006113

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many 30 hours free childcare codes have been issued manually as a result of faults in the childcare account system.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
	tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
	uin	190786
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text The vast majority of parents apply for and use their childcare account without problems, including getting their 30 hours eligibility code. Where parents have experienced technical issues, HMRC has arrangements in place to ensure that they do not miss out as a result. Manual codes are issued via a standard exception process that enables parents to access a 30 hours place when they are eligible if they cannot get a digital code within the required timeline. The number of manual codes issued has been decreasing since September 2017 as the system has become embedded.<p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>To 31 October 2018, HMRC has received 4,560 complaints from parents who have experienced technical issues with the childcare service.<p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>To 31 October 2018, HMRC has issued 35,370 codes manually to parents.<p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>To 31 October 2018, HMRC has paid out £200,000 in redress to parents for expenses such as telephone calls to the helpline.<p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 190787 question first answered 20/11/2018 08:57:34 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

1110773

	registered interest
	date	09/04/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of families estimated to be eligible for tax-free childcare have received such childcare in each year since its introduction.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	242849
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>The forecasts for spending on Tax-Free Childcare can be found in table 4.17 of the OBR’s Economic &amp; Fiscal Outlook (<a href="https://cdn.obr.uk/March-2019_EFO_Web-Accessible.pdf" target="_blank">https://cdn.obr.uk/March-2019_EFO_Web-Accessible.pdf</a>) and are contained in table 1 below, along with forecasts of the number of families and the proportion of eligible families using Tax-Free Childcare.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Outturn</strong></p></td><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Forecast</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020/21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021/22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022/23</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2023/24</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TFC Spending</strong></p></td><td><p>£32m</p></td><td><p>£0.1bn</p></td><td><p>£0.3bn</p></td><td><p>£0.4bn</p></td><td><p>£0.6bn</p></td><td><p>£0.8bn</p></td><td><p>£1.0bn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number of Families Using TFC (at year end)</strong></p></td><td><p>47,000</p></td><td><p>0.1m</p></td><td><p>0.3m</p></td><td><p>0.4m</p></td><td><p>0.5m</p></td><td><p>0.6m</p></td><td><p>0.8m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Proportion of Eligible Families Using TFC</strong></p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td><td><p>24%</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td><td><p>41%</p></td><td><p>49%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Details on Tax-Free Childcare usage up to December 2018 can be found in the official statistics publication (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tax-free-childcare-statistics-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tax-free-childcare-statistics-december-2018</a>).</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The statistics show that 90,800 families used Tax-Free Childcare in December 2018. This represents around 5.8 per cent of eligible families.</p><p> </p><p>The statistics also show that 256,900 families had an open Tax-Free Childcare account in December 2018, and that 35 per cent of these had been used during the month.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 242848 242850 242852 question first answered 23/04/2019 07:04:44 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1138438

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Infrastructure: Capital Investment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many capital infrastructure projects have been completed as part of the Government’s National Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	276213
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>Since 2010, over 4,900 public and private infrastructure projects have been successfully delivered.</p><p>In particular, since 2010, the government has earmarked 158 major projects as being of national significance and a priority, including 90 listed in the National Infrastructure Delivery Plan 2016-2021. IPA tracks and publishes the delivery progress of all 158 projects, publishing a National Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline document each year. As reported in the current edition of the Pipeline, published in November 2018, the vast majority are being delivered, with 98% completed or on track to deliver.</p><p>In 2018 alone, over 400 infrastructure projects were completed and moved into operation across a number of sectors. In the North West, for example, these included major investments such as the Walney Extension wind farm capable of powering over 600,000 homes; 2km of new flood defences to protect thousands of homes in Rossall on the coast of Lancashire; and the UK’s first Proton Beam Therapy centre at Christie Hospital in Manchester.</p><p>But it is not just major projects such as these which are having a real impact on people’s lives. We are also delivering hundreds of smaller projects across the UK.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 16/07/2019 11:48:28 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd