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1270934

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Project Bank Accounts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Government Departments have used Project Bank Accounts since March 2016; how many projects in each Government Department have used Project Bank Accounts since March 2016; and if he will publish a list of all Government clients using Project Bank Accounts since March 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
	tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
	uin	128982
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2020 answer text <p>Data on the use and value of Project Bank Accounts is held by departments, not centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 128981 question first answered 17/12/2020 17:29:18 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1270933

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Project Bank Accounts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what data his Department holds on the total value of Government projects paid through Project Bank Accounts for each year from 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
	tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
	uin	128981
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2020 answer text <p>Data on the use and value of Project Bank Accounts is held by departments, not centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 128982 question first answered 17/12/2020 17:29:18 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1311033

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Project Bank Accounts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what data his Department holds on the total value of Government works using a Project Bank Account.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
	tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
	uin	185364
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>This Department does not hold specific information on the use of Project Bank Accounts. However, as the PBA policy lead we do engage with departments and their ALBs about their PBA usage, including indicative spend.</p><p>Whilst the use of PBAs was being established we collected data on the value of government contracts making use of PBAs. During that period (2011-2015) over £10 billion was spent on a wide range of construction projects using PBAs.</p><p>PBAs are the preferred option by government when it is cost effective and efficient, and departments have made a commitment to use PBAs unless there are compelling reasons not to. This has been restated in the Construction Playbook (December 2020), which sets out key policies and guidance for government departments and their arms length bodies on how public works projects and programmes are assessed, procured and delivered. PBAs are just one way the government supports fair payment as part of the Government's Prompt Payment Code.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 185363 185365 question first answered 26/04/2021 16:32:34 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1296910

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Billing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the amount Government departments owe in late payments to small businesses since the start of the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
	tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
	uin	161763
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2021 answer text <p>Government does not maintain a central estimate of late payments owed to small businesses.</p><p>Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic the Government has issued a number of procurement policy notes with the goal of supporting cash flow to suppliers by accelerating payment. These have included a range of approaches such as forward ordering, payment in advance/prepayment, interim payments and payment on order (not receipt).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 10/03/2021 17:38:25 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1311032

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Project Bank Accounts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information he holds on the use of Project Bank Accounts by (a) Government departments, (b) Government agencies and (c) non-departmental bodies.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
	tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
	uin	185363
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>This Department does not hold specific information on the use of Project Bank Accounts. However, as the PBA policy lead we do engage with departments and their ALBs about their PBA usage, including indicative spend.</p><p>Whilst the use of PBAs was being established we collected data on the value of government contracts making use of PBAs. During that period (2011-2015) over £10 billion was spent on a wide range of construction projects using PBAs.</p><p>PBAs are the preferred option by government when it is cost effective and efficient, and departments have made a commitment to use PBAs unless there are compelling reasons not to. This has been restated in the Construction Playbook (December 2020), which sets out key policies and guidance for government departments and their arms length bodies on how public works projects and programmes are assessed, procured and delivered. PBAs are just one way the government supports fair payment as part of the Government's Prompt Payment Code.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 185364 185365 question first answered 26/04/2021 16:32:34 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1314446

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Project Bank Accounts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on how many (a) Government departments and (b) agencies and non-departmental bodies have regularly refused to use Project Bank Accounts in the last three years; and what the reasons were for not using such accounts.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
	tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
	uin	1066
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2021 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-04-21/185363" target="_blank">PQ185363</a> on 26 April 2021.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 18/05/2021 07:59:25 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1311035

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Project Bank Accounts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to increase the use of Project Bank Accounts by (a) Government departments, (b) Government agencies and (c) non-departmental bodies.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
	tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
	uin	185365
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>This Department does not hold specific information on the use of Project Bank Accounts. However, as the PBA policy lead we do engage with departments and their ALBs about their PBA usage, including indicative spend.</p><p>Whilst the use of PBAs was being established we collected data on the value of government contracts making use of PBAs. During that period (2011-2015) over £10 billion was spent on a wide range of construction projects using PBAs.</p><p>PBAs are the preferred option by government when it is cost effective and efficient, and departments have made a commitment to use PBAs unless there are compelling reasons not to. This has been restated in the Construction Playbook (December 2020), which sets out key policies and guidance for government departments and their arms length bodies on how public works projects and programmes are assessed, procured and delivered. PBAs are just one way the government supports fair payment as part of the Government's Prompt Payment Code.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 185363 185364 question first answered 26/04/2021 16:32:34 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1314058

	registered interest
	date	12/05/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Project Bank Accounts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, where a Department, agency or a non-departmental body has a compelling reason not to use a Project Bank Account what procedure is in place to record that reason and its justification; and who has the authority to sanction that reason.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
	tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
	uin	735
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2021 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-04-21/185363" target="_blank">PQ185363</a> on 26 April 2021.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 241 question first answered 17/05/2021 15:40:31 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1313437

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Project Bank Accounts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the lack of data on the use of Project Bank Accounts (PBAs) by Government construction procurers, what steps his Department plans to take to monitor the implementation of its policy that PBAs must be used unless there are compelling reasons not to use them.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
	tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
	uin	241
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2021 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-04-21/185363" target="_blank">PQ185363</a> on 26 April 2021.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 735 question first answered 17/05/2021 15:40:31 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1204332

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were estimated to be paid employees according to HMRC's PAYE and RTI data in (a) England, (b) the North West, (c) Oldham local authority and (d) Oldham East and Saddleworth constituency in each month from April 2019 to May 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
	tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
	uin	59772
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The table below sets out the quarterly numbers for paid employees in England and the North West, from April 2019 to March 2020, from HMRC PAYE RTI data.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>April 2019 - June 2019</p></td><td><p>July 2019 - September 2019</p></td><td><p>October 2019 - December 2019</p></td><td><p>January 2020 - March 2020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>25,578,000</p></td><td><p>25,873,000</p></td><td><p>25,800,000</p></td><td><p>25,737,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>3,272,000</p></td><td><p>3,306,000</p></td><td><p>3,305,000</p></td><td><p>3,291,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Paid Employees in England and the North West</p><p><em>Figures rounded to the nearest thousand</em></p><p> </p><p>It is not possible for HMRC to provide answers to the other aspects of this question due to the time taken to calculate these figures.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/06/2020 07:03:58 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams