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1110175

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money has been raised through the apprenticeship levy in each month since its introduction.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	242225
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>Monthly receipts data for the Apprenticeship Levy is published by HM Revenue &amp; Customs in their Tax &amp; NIC Receipts publication which can be found online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmrc-tax-and-nics-receipts-for-the-uk" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmrc-tax-and-nics-receipts-for-the-uk</a></p><p> </p><p>A condensed version of the relevant table has been copied below:</p><p>HM Revenue and Customs receipts</p><table><tbody><tr><td>Year</td><td>Apprenticeship Levy</td></tr><tr><td>May-17</td><td>162</td></tr><tr><td>Jun-17</td><td>198</td></tr><tr><td>Jul-17</td><td>211</td></tr><tr><td>Aug-17</td><td>210</td></tr><tr><td>Sep-17</td><td>206</td></tr><tr><td>Oct-17</td><td>207</td></tr><tr><td>Nov17</td><td>208</td></tr><tr><td>Dec-17</td><td>176</td></tr><tr><td>Jan-18</td><td>252</td></tr><tr><td>Feb-18</td><td>218</td></tr><tr><td>Mar-18</td><td>223</td></tr><tr><td>Apr-18</td><td>278</td></tr><tr><td>May-18</td><td>228</td></tr><tr><td>Jun-18</td><td>212</td></tr><tr><td>Jul-18</td><td>220</td></tr><tr><td>Aug-18</td><td>228</td></tr><tr><td>Sep-18</td><td>213</td></tr><tr><td>Oct-18</td><td>218</td></tr><tr><td>Nov-18</td><td>219</td></tr><tr><td>Dec-18</td><td>213</td></tr><tr><td>Jan-19</td><td>233</td></tr><tr><td>Feb-19</td><td>227</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Amounts : £ million</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/04/2019 13:37:48 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1111109

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2019
	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, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Six-figure taxpayer-funded public sector exit payments to end published on 10 April 2019, (a) how many exit payments were made by each public sector employer and (b) what the value of those exit payments was by employer in the latest period for which for which data figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	243540
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>Data on the number of exit payments made by public sector employers is available publicly in their annual accounts and reports. The table attached consolidates this information and contains the number of exit payments made by public sector employers and the total amount of these exit payments.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 23/04/2019 15:24:37 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss attachment 1 file name Public sector exit payments WGA - Table for PQ.docx title Table for PQ response
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1109990

	registered interest
	date	05/04/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Sixth Form Education: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the adequacy of sixth-form funding.
	tabling member constituency	Knowsley
	tabling member printed	Mr George Howarth
	uin	241409
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers regularly engage with Secretaries of State on all aspects of public spending, including Further Education funding. In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of ministerial discussions are not normally disclosed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 15/04/2019 10:35:26 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

1109913

	registered interest
	date	05/04/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Loans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on levels of transparency of making public the loans made by UK Government and its EU partners to the Global South.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	241410
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>The main UK government agencies involved in lending to developing countries are: UK Export Finance (UKEF) and (historic loans only) the Department for International Development (DfID). Both publish details of the guarantees and loans they provide in their Annual Report and Accounts, which are published on their websites. Where UKEF provides financing for public borrowers or guarantors in developing countries, it is subject to OECD Sustainable Lending Principles.</p><p> </p><p>The UK strongly believes that transparency of loans is an important driver of debt sustainability. Given the complex international nature of sovereign debt, we continue to believe that internationally-agreed approaches are the most effective way to improve sovereign debt transparency and sustainability. We are working with our EU partners, and others, through the G20 to ensure the ongoing implementation of the G20’s agreed Operational Guidelines for Sustainable Financing for official creditors in 2017.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 10/04/2019 16:12:07 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1111257

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Period Poverty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions has he had with the Secretary of State for Education on extend the provision of free sanitary products to (a) primary schools, (b) homeless shelters and (c) foodbanks.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	243559
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>The government has listened to concerns from teachers, pupils, students and parents about how the costs of period products can impact on education.</p><p> </p><p>No-one should be held back from reaching their potential, which is why at Spring Statement the Chancellor announced a scheme to provide access to free sanitary products in secondary schools and colleges in England, and that this will be fully funded by the government.</p><p> </p><p>On 16 April, the Department for Education announced that this funding will be extended to cover primary schools.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 23/04/2019 12:46:18 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1110172

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	NHS: Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the number of NHS employees in Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency who face increased tax bills as a result of the changes to the tapering of the annual allowance combined with the introduction of the 2015 NHS pension scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	242197
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2019 answer text <p>HM Treasury sets the UK-wide tax rules for pensions, and does not set the rules for individual schemes. The Government keeps all aspects of the tax system under review through the annual Budget process.</p><p> </p><p>Health is a devolved matter for the Scottish Government. The Scottish Public Pensions Agency are responsible for the administration of the pensions for employees of the National Health Service schemes in Scotland. HM Treasury therefore does not hold relevant data about NHS employees in the Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 12/04/2019 13:13:31 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1109941

	registered interest
	date	05/04/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Regional Assistance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 3 April 2019 to Question 238660, how much of the Barnett figures in the referenced publications derived from regional aid spending in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) each region of England in each year since 2009.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	241453
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>The Barnett formula is applied to all changes in the budgets of UK Government departments rather than to specific areas of spending. It is not therefore possible to say how much funding the devolved administrations received in relation to departmental spending on regional aid in England.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Barnett consequentials do not arise from any spending in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland where there is no change to UK Government departmental spending.</p><p> </p><p>EU funding for regional aid expenditure also does not attract Barnett consequentials as there are separate arrangements for allocating these funds between departments and the devolved administrations.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 10/04/2019 12:50:19 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1109943

	registered interest
	date	05/04/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Regional Assistance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 3 April 2019 to Question 238660, how much regional aid spending in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) England was not subject to the Barnett formula for each year since 2009.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	241454
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2019 answer text <p>Pursuant to my answer of [10 April 2018] to Question 241453, the Barnett formula is applied to all changes in the budgets of UK Government departments rather than to specific areas of spending. It is not therefore possible to say how much funding the devolved administrations received in relation to departmental spending on regional aid in England.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Barnett consequentials do not arise from any spending in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland where there is no change to UK Government departmental spending.</p><p> </p><p> </p>EU funding for regional aid expenditure does not attract Barnett consequentials as there are separate arrangements for allocating these funds between departments and the devolved administrations. answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 12/04/2019 08:04:19 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1110772

	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, what forecast the Office of Budget responsibility has made for spending on tax-free childcare in each year since its introduction and until 2025.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	242848
	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 242849 242850 242852 question first answered 23/04/2019 07:04:43 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

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