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1133660

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Peatlands: Environment Protection
	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 June 2019 to Question 259082 on Peat Bogs: Environment Protection, when the 2019 Spending Review will take place
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	uin	267300
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>As the Chancellor announced at Spring Statement, if a deal with the EU is agreed, the 2019 Spending Review will conclude alongside an Autumn Budget.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 25/06/2019 10:07:34 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

1133668

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2019 to Question 261211 on Immigration: EU Nationals, for what reason the information requested is not recorded in a data set that that can be interrogated through the automated checks for the EU Settlement Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	267306
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text HMRC and the Home Office have worked closely together to ensure that information provided for the automatic residence checks is sufficient to provide a response for the majority of applications. After taking account of the other information sources available to the Home Office, tax credit records have not been included as they would only be relevant to a small number of applicants. Individuals that received tax credits during a period of residence that is not validated automatically will still be able to provide documents directly to the Home Office as evidence of their residence.<p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 25/06/2019 15:58:42 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1133887

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Social Services: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of social care funding for people living with dementia.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	267751
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government monitors outcomes from social care closely. The quality of care continues to increase, with 81% of care homes and 86.5% of domiciliary care agencies rated good or outstanding by the CQC as of December 2018. And, over the last three years the Government has given councils access to up to around £10bn dedicated additional funding for adult social care.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 25/06/2019 10:08:20 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1134023

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Dementia: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he will take to ensure that dementia care is adequately funded in the next Spending Review.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	268511
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2019 answer text The Spending Review represents an opportunity to consider public spending priorities in the round, and the Treasury will be working closely with departments on funding issues, and with a renewed focus on delivering outcomes. answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 28/06/2019 07:35:58 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1134024

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Dementia: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on funding for dementia care.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	268512
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of ministerial discussions are not normally disclosed.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 01/07/2019 12:51:38 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1134155

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Pharmacy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to identify and deliver efficiencies in the pharmacy sector.
	tabling member constituency	Islwyn
	tabling member printed	Chris Evans
	uin	268463
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department of Health &amp; Social Care, with NHS England and NHS Improvement, is currently in the process of working with the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) to determine the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework settlement for 2019/20. These are confidential negotiations and as such I am unable to provide any detail on these discussions at this time. The Government is committed however to working with the PSNC to deliver a fair settlement for the NHS services community pharmacies provide; one which will enable the Government to deliver our longer-term ambition of fully integrated primary medical and community services, whilst also allowing us to realise opportunities to increase value for money.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 28/06/2019 10:33:20 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

1134157

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Homelessness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to include funding for homelessness services in his forthcoming spending review.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	268574
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to addressing the issue of homelessness. We have allocated over £1.2 billion in homelessness funding to 2020. This includes £100 million for the Rough Sleeping Strategy, to help achieve the Government’s objective of reducing rough sleeping by half by 2022 and eliminating it by 2027. Decisions on funding for future years are to be decided at the Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 27/06/2019 11:23:26 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1134159

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	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, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a lower earnings threshold exemption for exit payments in the public sector.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	268435
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2019 answer text <p>The government has previously consulted and legislated on the policy for a cap of £95,000 on exit payments in the public sector. The consultation published on 10 April 2019 seeks views on the draft regulations to implement this policy.</p><p>An equalities impact assessment was conducted and published in the 2016 consultation ahead of the primary legislation. Following the current consultation, a further equalities assessment will be conducted on the final version of the legislation.</p><p>The government is aware of concerns about the impact of the cap on long serving workers and workers that cannot be categorised as amongst the best paid. The government was clear during the passage of the primary legislation that the cap will have no impact on the large majority of public sector workers. The proposed cap, amounting to six times the maximum statutory redundancy entitlement, will still offer a significant level of compensation and support to employees who must support their families, find new employment or as a bridge until retirement age. We accept that there will be some circumstances where it is necessary or desirable to relax the cap. The waiver is in place for use in exceptional situations, including where imposing the cap would cause genuine hardship.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 268436 question first answered 28/06/2019 09:31:13 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1134165

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	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, what steps he is taking to ensure that proposals to cap exit payments in the public sector does not have a disproportionate effect on (a) women and (b) older people.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	268436
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2019 answer text <p>The government has previously consulted and legislated on the policy for a cap of £95,000 on exit payments in the public sector. The consultation published on 10 April 2019 seeks views on the draft regulations to implement this policy.</p><p>An equalities impact assessment was conducted and published in the 2016 consultation ahead of the primary legislation. Following the current consultation, a further equalities assessment will be conducted on the final version of the legislation.</p><p>The government is aware of concerns about the impact of the cap on long serving workers and workers that cannot be categorised as amongst the best paid. The government was clear during the passage of the primary legislation that the cap will have no impact on the large majority of public sector workers. The proposed cap, amounting to six times the maximum statutory redundancy entitlement, will still offer a significant level of compensation and support to employees who must support their families, find new employment or as a bridge until retirement age. We accept that there will be some circumstances where it is necessary or desirable to relax the cap. The waiver is in place for use in exceptional situations, including where imposing the cap would cause genuine hardship.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 268435 question first answered 28/06/2019 09:31:13 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1134227

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Departmental Coordination: Carbon Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure cross-departmental spending decisions support the transition to a net zero economy.
	tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
	tabling member printed	Antoinette Sandbach
	uin	268606
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2019 answer text <p>Environmental objectives are always fully considered as part of Treasury spending and policy decisions, including at the next Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury has accepted the recommendation from the Committee on Climate change to conduct a review into the costs of decarbonisation. The Review will consider how to achieve this transition in a way that works for households, businesses and public finances, as well as the implications for UK competitiveness.</p><p> </p><p>The next Spending Review will build on experience and lessons learnt from previous events and aim to ensure that policy issues are considered across departmental boundaries.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 28/06/2019 07:40:33 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4506 label Biography information for Antoinette Sandbach