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1156372

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, by what date his Department plans to implement proposals of the Mineworkers' Pensions Scheme on the long-term protection of pension bonuses for members of that Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
	tabling member printed	Nick Smith
	uin	5421
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <p>A decision on the changes has been taken and we will communicate this to interested parties shortly.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 30/10/2019 10:20:31 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1143490

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	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 hours of childcare recipients of tax free childcare apply for by the proportion of applicants that apply for those hours.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast South
	tabling member printed	Emma Little Pengelly
	uin	285421
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text This information is not available since hours of childcare used is not collected as part of the Tax-free Childcare application process. answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 09/09/2019 09:51:27 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4611 label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly

1147154

	registered interest
	date	30/09/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Chief Scientific Advisers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many meetings he had with his Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser from 1 June to 31 August 2019.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	292145
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>HM Treasury is committed to ensuring that we access the very best scientific expertise. The Director for the Enterprise and Growth Unit, who is responsible for public science funding, acts as HM Treasury’s Chief Scientific Adviser and meets with the Chancellor of the Exchequer regularly.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 07/10/2019 14:13:35 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1142891

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	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 parents are eligible for tax free childcare in England.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast South
	tabling member printed	Emma Little Pengelly
	uin	284418
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The number of families eligible for Tax-free childcare who have qualifying childcare costs in 2019/20 in England, Scotland and Wales can be found in the table below.</p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Country</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Eligible Families with Qualifying Childcare (000’s)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,120</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>110</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>70</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 284307 285425 question first answered 09/09/2019 09:21:20 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4611 label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly

1143494

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	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 parents are eligible for tax free childcare in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast South
	tabling member printed	Emma Little Pengelly
	uin	285425
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The number of families eligible for Tax-free childcare who have qualifying childcare costs in 2019/20 in England, Scotland and Wales can be found in the table below.</p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Country</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Eligible Families with Qualifying Childcare (000’s)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,120</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>110</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>70</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 284307 284418 question first answered 09/09/2019 09:21:20 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4611 label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly

1142892

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	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 parents are eligible for tax free childcare in Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast South
	tabling member printed	Emma Little Pengelly
	uin	284307
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The number of families eligible for Tax-free childcare who have qualifying childcare costs in 2019/20 in England, Scotland and Wales can be found in the table below.</p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Country</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Eligible Families with Qualifying Childcare (000’s)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,120</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>110</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>70</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 284418 285425 question first answered 09/09/2019 09:21:20 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4611 label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly

1168365

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Dividend Tax Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credit overpayments were made in each of the last 12 months; and what the average repayment was.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	222
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2020 answer text <p>Overpayments are a feature of the annualized tax credits system. Figures for the value of overpayments relating to 2019-20 tax credits awards will not be known until all awards have been finalised in January 2021. <br></p><p>The most recent estimate of overpayments relates to the 2017-18 award year and can be found in the following publication.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-statistics-finalised-annual-awards-supplement-on-payments-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-statistics-finalised-annual-awards-supplement-on-payments-2017-to-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>In this year, 1.45 million tax credits awards had an overpayment at the point of finalisation. The total value of overpayments was £1.55 billion.</p><p>Estimates of the average value of repayments in each of the last 12 months are not readily available. Tax credits repayments are repaid through a number of routes, including through the Universal Credit (UC) system. Information on the monthly value of all these repayments could only be collected at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>For the year 2017/18, HMRC received repayments of £1.29bn. These repayments were made on overpayments from all previous award years. On top of this, £188m of tax credits overpayments transferred to DWP as customers migrated to UC.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 07/01/2020 10:33:42 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1151880

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much Financial Transactions Capital funding Northern Ireland Government Departments have (a) requested and (b) received since the inception of that scheme in 2012-13.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast East
	tabling member printed	Gavin Robinson
	uin	4378
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The Treasury sets the Northern Ireland administration’s overall Financial Transaction Capital budget through the normal operation of the Barnett formula.</p><p> </p><p>The annual Financial Transaction Capital budgets of the Northern Ireland administration and total Financial Transaction Capital returned to HM Treasury by the Northern Ireland administration for the period 2012-13 to 2020-21 is set out in the table:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>(£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Financial Transaction Capital budgets</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Financial Transaction Capital returned to HMT</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>11.8</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>46.8</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>62.8</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>129.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>59.2</p></td><td><p>34.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>166.9</p></td><td><p>109.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>182.2</p></td><td><p>171.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>192.4</p></td><td><p>n/a*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>192.8</p></td><td><p>n/a*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1043.9</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>315.8</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Underspend data is not available until the end of each financial year.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Financial transaction funding is ring-fenced for loans or equity investments to the private sector.</p><p> </p><p>The use of these Financial Transaction Capital budgets is a matter for the Northern Ireland administration. This includes the allocation of Financial Transaction Capital budgets to Northern Ireland departments, the drawdown of these allocations, approvals processes, and details of projects that have been funded.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 4379 4380 4381 4382 question first answered 28/10/2019 16:30:01 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4360 label Biography information for Gavin Robinson

1151885

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much Financial Transactions Capital funding Northern Ireland Government Departments have returned to his Department in each year since 2012-13.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast East
	tabling member printed	Gavin Robinson
	uin	4382
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The Treasury sets the Northern Ireland administration’s overall Financial Transaction Capital budget through the normal operation of the Barnett formula.</p><p> </p><p>The annual Financial Transaction Capital budgets of the Northern Ireland administration and total Financial Transaction Capital returned to HM Treasury by the Northern Ireland administration for the period 2012-13 to 2020-21 is set out in the table:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>(£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Financial Transaction Capital budgets</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Financial Transaction Capital returned to HMT</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>11.8</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>46.8</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>62.8</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>129.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>59.2</p></td><td><p>34.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>166.9</p></td><td><p>109.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>182.2</p></td><td><p>171.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>192.4</p></td><td><p>n/a*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>192.8</p></td><td><p>n/a*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1043.9</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>315.8</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Underspend data is not available until the end of each financial year.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Financial transaction funding is ring-fenced for loans or equity investments to the private sector.</p><p> </p><p>The use of these Financial Transaction Capital budgets is a matter for the Northern Ireland administration. This includes the allocation of Financial Transaction Capital budgets to Northern Ireland departments, the drawdown of these allocations, approvals processes, and details of projects that have been funded.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 4378 4379 4380 4381 question first answered 28/10/2019 16:30:01 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4360 label Biography information for Gavin Robinson

1151884

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much Financial Transactions Capital funding each Northern Ireland Government Department has drawn down in each year since 2012-13.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast East
	tabling member printed	Gavin Robinson
	uin	4381
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The Treasury sets the Northern Ireland administration’s overall Financial Transaction Capital budget through the normal operation of the Barnett formula.</p><p> </p><p>The annual Financial Transaction Capital budgets of the Northern Ireland administration and total Financial Transaction Capital returned to HM Treasury by the Northern Ireland administration for the period 2012-13 to 2020-21 is set out in the table:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>(£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Financial Transaction Capital budgets</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Financial Transaction Capital returned to HMT</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>11.8</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>46.8</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>62.8</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>129.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>59.2</p></td><td><p>34.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>166.9</p></td><td><p>109.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>182.2</p></td><td><p>171.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>192.4</p></td><td><p>n/a*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>192.8</p></td><td><p>n/a*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1043.9</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>315.8</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Underspend data is not available until the end of each financial year.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Financial transaction funding is ring-fenced for loans or equity investments to the private sector.</p><p> </p><p>The use of these Financial Transaction Capital budgets is a matter for the Northern Ireland administration. This includes the allocation of Financial Transaction Capital budgets to Northern Ireland departments, the drawdown of these allocations, approvals processes, and details of projects that have been funded.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 4378 4379 4380 4382 question first answered 28/10/2019 16:30:01 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4360 label Biography information for Gavin Robinson

1151882

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much Financial Transactions Capital funding has been allocated to Northern Ireland Government Departments in each year since the inception of that scheme in 2012-13.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast East
	tabling member printed	Gavin Robinson
	uin	4379
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The Treasury sets the Northern Ireland administration’s overall Financial Transaction Capital budget through the normal operation of the Barnett formula.</p><p> </p><p>The annual Financial Transaction Capital budgets of the Northern Ireland administration and total Financial Transaction Capital returned to HM Treasury by the Northern Ireland administration for the period 2012-13 to 2020-21 is set out in the table:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>(£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Financial Transaction Capital budgets</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Financial Transaction Capital returned to HMT</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>11.8</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>46.8</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>62.8</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>129.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>59.2</p></td><td><p>34.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>166.9</p></td><td><p>109.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>182.2</p></td><td><p>171.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>192.4</p></td><td><p>n/a*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>192.8</p></td><td><p>n/a*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1043.9</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>315.8</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Underspend data is not available until the end of each financial year.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Financial transaction funding is ring-fenced for loans or equity investments to the private sector.</p><p> </p><p>The use of these Financial Transaction Capital budgets is a matter for the Northern Ireland administration. This includes the allocation of Financial Transaction Capital budgets to Northern Ireland departments, the drawdown of these allocations, approvals processes, and details of projects that have been funded.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 4378 4380 4381 4382 question first answered 28/10/2019 16:30:01 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4360 label Biography information for Gavin Robinson

1151883

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much Financial Transactions Capital funding has been allocated to each Northern Ireland Government Department in each year since 2012-13.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast East
	tabling member printed	Gavin Robinson
	uin	4380
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The Treasury sets the Northern Ireland administration’s overall Financial Transaction Capital budget through the normal operation of the Barnett formula.</p><p> </p><p>The annual Financial Transaction Capital budgets of the Northern Ireland administration and total Financial Transaction Capital returned to HM Treasury by the Northern Ireland administration for the period 2012-13 to 2020-21 is set out in the table:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>(£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Financial Transaction Capital budgets</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Financial Transaction Capital returned to HMT</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>11.8</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>46.8</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>62.8</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>129.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>59.2</p></td><td><p>34.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>166.9</p></td><td><p>109.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>182.2</p></td><td><p>171.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>192.4</p></td><td><p>n/a*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>192.8</p></td><td><p>n/a*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1043.9</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>315.8</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Underspend data is not available until the end of each financial year.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Financial transaction funding is ring-fenced for loans or equity investments to the private sector.</p><p> </p><p>The use of these Financial Transaction Capital budgets is a matter for the Northern Ireland administration. This includes the allocation of Financial Transaction Capital budgets to Northern Ireland departments, the drawdown of these allocations, approvals processes, and details of projects that have been funded.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 4378 4379 4381 4382 question first answered 28/10/2019 16:30:01 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4360 label Biography information for Gavin Robinson

1176420

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2020
	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 much funding the Government has allocated under the tax-free childcare scheme in Northern Ireland since its creation.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
	uin	13065
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>Tax-Free Childcare is accessible UK-wide. It provides the same level of support to parents - 20% of childcare costs up to a cap of £2000 per child per year - regardless of the region in which they live. Therefore, the spending in Northern Ireland is not pre-allocated and will depend on the uptake of the service in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 12/02/2020 16:01:46 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1167142

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Competition and Markets Authority
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding was allocated to the Competition and Markets Authority; and how many staff were employed in that organisation in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	uin	7165
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>The annual average number of staff employed by the CMA in each of the last five years is listed in their annual reports as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>14-15</p></td><td><p>15-16</p></td><td><p>16-17</p></td><td><p>17-18</p></td><td><p>18-19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>594</p></td><td><p>661</p></td><td><p>589</p></td><td><p>628</p></td><td><p>747</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Budget allocated to the CMA, as published at Main Estimates in each of the last five years is below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>14-15</p></td><td><p>15-16</p></td><td><p>16-17</p></td><td><p>17-18</p></td><td><p>18-19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total (£,000)</p></td><td><p>70,361</p></td><td><p>74,254</p></td><td><p>147,126</p></td><td><p>77,226</p></td><td><p>119,726</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 04/11/2019 10:20:32 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1151944

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2019
	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 much has been (a) budgeted for and (b) spent on tax-free childcare since the inception of that programme.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	4407
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>Outturn and forecast spending on Tax-Free Childcare is available in table 4.17 of the Office for Budget Responsibility’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>).</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 28/10/2019 16:21:18 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1147740

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department budgeted to support (a) other Government departments and (b) the Government’s arms-length agencies in preparation for the UK leaving the EU without a deal in each financial year since 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	293645
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The government has provided: over £4.2bn of additional funding from 2016 to the present financial year (2019-20) for departments and devolved administrations to prepare for all EU exit scenarios (a breakdown of these allocations can be found in Table E.6 (page 77) of HM Treasury’s 2018 Annual Statement on European Finances); a further £2bn for the 2020-21 financial year, announced at Spending Round 2019.</p><p> </p><p>For no-deal preparations specifically the Chancellor also: made £2.1bn available on 1 August 2019 for this financial year (2019-20); confirmed the HMG Guarantee on 30 September 2019, which would apply if the UK leaves the EU without a deal and should the EU cease to fund UK organisations after EU exit. This guarantee relates to UK organisations in receipt of certain EU programme funding. The total amount expected to be covered by the guarantee would be £4.3bn for this financial year.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 07/10/2019 12:53:18 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1148138

	registered interest
	date	03/10/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Minimum Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will increase the minimum wage to £10.50 in the next Budget.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington South
	tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
	uin	294237
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>Both the National Living Wage and the National Minimum Wage rates for younger workers and apprentices saw above inflation increases in April. The National Living Wage is currently on target to reach 60 per cent of median hourly earnings in 2020, subject to sustained economic growth. The independent Low Pay Commission will recommend next year’s rates to us later this month, and we will announce the rates at the next Budget.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor has also announced his intention to increase the National Living Wage to two-thirds of median hourly earnings within five years. He will confirm this at the next Budget.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 07/10/2019 14:19:20 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid

1151075

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will increase the £66 million funding for early years education announced in the Spending Round 2019 by 10 per cent by 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington South
	tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
	uin	2943
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>At Spending Round 2019 the government announced an additional £66m to increase the hourly rate paid to early years providers through the government’s free hours offers. The Department for Education will share further details of funding for 2020-21 in due course.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 29/10/2019 14:59:32 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid

1142890

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	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, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the level at which the earnings threshold cap has been set for the eligibility for tax-free childcare.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast South
	tabling member printed	Emma Little Pengelly
	uin	284304
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given by my predecessor on 30 April 2019 under UIN’s 245642, 245643, 245644 and 246449.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 09/09/2019 09:41:22 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4611 label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly

1173223

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2020
	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, if he will make it his policy to allocate £8 billion to the social care system; whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on forthcoming plans to tackle dementia care costs; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	7612
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>We have committed to urgently seek a cross-party consensus to bring forward proposals and legislation for long-term reform of social care.</p><p>We have been clear that putting social care on a sustainable footing is one of the biggest challenges we face as a society, and as such I continue to have regular discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and other Ministerial colleagues on this important issue.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 03/02/2020 15:29:08 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1143791

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the expenditure of Government receipts from the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme surpluses disaggregated by area of expenditure in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017 and (d) 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
	tabling member printed	Nick Smith
	uin	285250
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Receipts from the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme come into the Consolidated Fund and are then spent on the provision of public services. We therefore cannot track specific receipts to expenditure.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 09/09/2019 11:33:06 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1144350

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Local Housing Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will reinstate local housing allowance rates to the 30th percentile.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	286109
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text The Government took the difficult decision to freeze LHA rates for 4 years from 2016-17 as part of efforts to bring welfare spending under control.<p> </p><p>The Government recognises that the impact of the freeze will differ across the country, and has recycled 50% of the savings from the LHA freeze to increase LHA rates in areas where rental growth has been strongest.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, as part of the 2019 Spending Round, the Chancellor announced an additional £40m in funding for Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) in 2020-21 to help Local Authorities protect the most vulnerable claimants.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 09/09/2019 09:25:57 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1147104

	registered interest
	date	30/09/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Child Benefit: Adoption
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review the child benefit rules to include support to all parents of adopted children.
	tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
	tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
	uin	292330
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>Child Benefit provides support to all parents of adopted children where those parents are responsible for the adopted children. A person is treated as being responsible for a child, whether that child is adopted or not adopted, where:</p><ul><li><p>the child living is with them;</p></li></ul><ul><li>they are contributing to the cost of providing for the child at a weekly rate not less than the weekly rate of Child Benefit payable in respect of that child for that week.</li></ul> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 07/10/2019 14:15:23 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1140832

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Double Taxation: Treaties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on average how long the Government takes to negotiate double taxation treaties.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	280375
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government would expect a full negotiation of a double taxation agreement to take between one and two years. However, there are so many variables involved in the process and Government does not keep records of the average length of negotiations.</p><p> </p><p>Negotiations are usually split into “rounds”, with one country visiting the other for a week to discuss the negotiated text. A negotiation may have just one round where the positions of both countries are largely aligned, but where there are particularly complex issues involved it might require several rounds.</p><p> </p><p>The time between rounds will also vary, depending on such factors as the resources and availability of negotiators in both countries as well as the political environment, which can occasionally reset a country’s negotiating position.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 25/07/2019 15:27:07 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1144725

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Commonwealth Games 2022: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2019 to Question 272191 on Public Expenditure: Scotland, what comparability percentage will be applied to the Government’s contribution to the 2022 Commonwealth Games budget; and what his timescale is for the publication of the revised Statement of Funding Policy.
	tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
	tabling member printed	Gavin Newlands
	uin	286800
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The UK government contribution to the 2022 Commonwealth Games budget is subject to the Barnett formula, which HM Treasury will apply in the normal way.</p><p> </p><p>As with previous Commonwealth Games, a comparability factor of 100% will be applied for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>This will be reflected in the next edition of the Statement of Funding Policy, which is due to be published at the Spending Review in 2020.</p><p> </p><p>At Spending Round 2019, HM Treasury published a Statement of Funding Policy addendum with updated comparability factors to reflect the creation of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the reclassification of Network Rail spending from AME to DEL since Spending Review 2015.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 09/09/2019 09:29:07 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4420 label Biography information for Gavin Newlands