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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

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

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

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

1167350

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2019
	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, what (a) practical, (b) financial and (c) other support Northern Ireland Government Departments have provided to applicants in preparing their applications, designs, cost planning, option appraisals, business cases and green book appraisals for Financial Transactions Capital funding.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast East
	tabling member printed	Gavin Robinson
	uin	7687
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 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 allocation and use of Financial Transactions Capital is a devolved function and a matter for the Northern Ireland administration. This includes determining Northern Ireland departmental budget profiles and providing support for applicants for Financial Transactions Capital funding.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 7688 question first answered 04/11/2019 10:27:40 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4360 label Biography information for Gavin Robinson

1173227

	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	Children: Day Care
	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 effect of the introduction of Tax Free Childcare on trends in the level of parents returning to work.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
	uin	7655
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>Tax-Free Childcare is available to all parents that earn above the equivalent of 16 hours per week at minimum wage and below £100k. It is therefore available to working parents regardless of where they work and includes the self-employed, making it fairer and more accessible than the offer it replaces – childcare vouchers. It is also paid per child rather than per parent, so lone parents can access the same support as couples, and parents get more support as their childcare costs rise.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has committed to carry out a post-implementation review, two years after the implementation of Tax-Free Childcare to evaluate the impact of the scheme, including on the labour market.</p><p> </p><p>Details on Tax-Free Childcare usage up to September 2019 can be found in the official statistics publication. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tax-free-childcare-statistics-september-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tax-free-childcare-statistics-september-2019</a></p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 03/02/2020 13:06:20 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1174378

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Voluntary Work: Young People
	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 potential merits of relaxing the ring-fenced budgets for the National Citizen Service for Supplementary Estimates 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	9735
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2020 answer text <p>As part of Spending Review settlements, some spending is subject to specific policy ring-fences. If so, departments may not move money across the ring-fence, except as specified in the Spending Review settlement. The budgets for the National Citizen Service are subject to such a policy ring-fence. Her Majesty’s Treasury keeps all such ring-fences under review.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 06/02/2020 13:13:06 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1172044

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Capital Investment: Northern Ireland
	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 the (a) Welsh Government and (b) Scottish Government on the £1 billion of new resource and capital spending announced for Northern Ireland on 15 January 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	5509
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>I and my officials engage on a regular basis with the Scottish and Welsh Governments on their funding settlements. The New Decade, New Approach financial agreement recognises the unique circumstances faced in Northern Ireland. The Scottish and Welsh Governments will both benefit from Barnett consequentials as a result of the decisions that Chancellor will take on devolved matters in England at the Budget and Comprehensive Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 5510 question first answered 23/01/2020 08:54:48 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1176776

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Gatwick Express Railway Line
	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 the Secretary of State for Transport on reducing the price of off-peak Gatwick Express tickets between Brighton and London to the cost of a Southern ticket during the upgrade work to Gatwick airport railway station when Southern off-peak services from London Victoria will not run direct to or from Brighton; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	13442
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>Network Rail is upgrading Gatwick Airport station to improve passenger experience and provide more reliable journeys for the 20 million passengers who travel to the airport by train every year. The industry is developing a passenger handling plan for the duration of the Gatwick Airport station improvement works. In addition to this, the government has taken action, alongside Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), to extend the Super Off-Peak and Kids for £2 Southern fare products to be eligible on Gatwick Express services from Brighton.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 11/02/2020 17:33:14 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas