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828909

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/01/2018
	date	23/01/2018
	date tabled	23/01/2018
	ddp created	23/01/2018 21:40:59
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	ddp modified	23/01/2018 21:55:16 30/01/2018 14:47:01
	hansard heading	Treasury: Drinking Water
	house id	1
	identifier	124520
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	30/01/2018 14:15:50
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money his Department has spent on bottled water in each year since 2010.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 124520
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	124520
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text The department’s accounting system does not separately identify bottled water spend. This spend falls under the refreshments category and such spending is spread across several account codes.<p> </p>
	creator	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron
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850300

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	28/02/2018
	date	26/02/2018
	date tabled	26/02/2018
	ddp created	26/02/2018 22:58:21
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	ddp modified	26/02/2018 23:18:16 06/03/2018 15:33:02
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	identifier	129868
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	06/03/2018 15:02:03
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the letter of 20 November 2017 from the hon. Member for Rhondda on constituent Mr Neil Davies.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Rhondda
	tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 129868
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	129868
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Unfortunately the Treasury did not receive the honourable member’s letter of 20 November. However, his further letter dated 12 February was received and I subsequently responded on the Chancellors behalf.</p>
	creator	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

825810

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/01/2018
	date	19/01/2018
	date tabled	19/01/2018
	ddp created	19/01/2018 16:34:52
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	ddp modified	19/01/2018 16:39:22 29/01/2018 12:09:38
	hansard heading	Cash Dispensing: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	identifier	123877
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	29/01/2018 11:37:37
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of LINK’s proposed reduction of the interchange fee on (a) consumers and (b) small businesses.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	North Dorset
	tabling member printed	Simon Hoare
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 123877
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	123877
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Government recognises that widespread free access to cash remains extremely important to the day-to-day lives of many consumers and businesses in the UK. Government has been engaging and will continue to engage with industry, including LINK, to ensure that this access is maintained.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has not made any formal assessment of the potential effect of LINK’s proposals to change the interchange fee rate on consumers, small businesses, the North Dorset constituency or other rural communities. However, the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR), which Government set up as an independent regulator in 2015 with a statutory objective to ensure that the UK’s payment systems work in the interests of their users, is monitoring developments within ATM provision, and is conducting ongoing work on the impact that changes may have. The PSR has recently published a summary of their work to date, which can be found at https://www.psr.org.uk/psr-focus/the-UK-ATM-network.</p><p> </p><p>The PSR has committed to using its powers to act should any of the firms it regulates behave in a way that conflicts with its statutory objectives.</p><p> </p><p>LINK has assured us and the PSR that industry is committed to maintaining an extensive network of free-to-use cash machines, and to ensuring that the present geographical spread of ATMs is maintained. LINK intends to bolster its Financial Inclusion Programme, which ensures the provision of ATMs in areas of deprivation, where demand would not otherwise make one viable, and has also committed to protecting all free-to-use ATMs which are a kilometre or more from the next nearest free-to-use ATM.</p>
	creator	4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare

825811

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/01/2018
	date	19/01/2018
	date tabled	19/01/2018
	ddp created	19/01/2018 16:34:54
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	ddp modified	19/01/2018 16:39:24 29/01/2018 12:09:37
	hansard heading	Cash Dispensing: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	identifier	123878
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	29/01/2018 11:37:37
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the number of ATMs that will be withdrawn as a result of a 20 per cent reduction in the LINK interchange fee.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	North Dorset
	tabling member printed	Simon Hoare
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 123878
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	123878
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Government recognises that widespread free access to cash remains extremely important to the day-to-day lives of many consumers and businesses in the UK. Government has been engaging and will continue to engage with industry, including LINK, to ensure that this access is maintained.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has not made any formal assessment of the potential effect of LINK’s proposals to change the interchange fee rate on consumers, small businesses, the North Dorset constituency or other rural communities. However, the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR), which Government set up as an independent regulator in 2015 with a statutory objective to ensure that the UK’s payment systems work in the interests of their users, is monitoring developments within ATM provision, and is conducting ongoing work on the impact that changes may have. The PSR has recently published a summary of their work to date, which can be found at https://www.psr.org.uk/psr-focus/the-UK-ATM-network.</p><p> </p><p>The PSR has committed to using its powers to act should any of the firms it regulates behave in a way that conflicts with its statutory objectives.</p><p> </p><p>LINK has assured us and the PSR that industry is committed to maintaining an extensive network of free-to-use cash machines, and to ensuring that the present geographical spread of ATMs is maintained. LINK intends to bolster its Financial Inclusion Programme, which ensures the provision of ATMs in areas of deprivation, where demand would not otherwise make one viable, and has also committed to protecting all free-to-use ATMs which are a kilometre or more from the next nearest free-to-use ATM.</p>
	creator	4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare

825813

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/01/2018
	date	19/01/2018
	date tabled	19/01/2018
	ddp created	19/01/2018 16:34:57
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	ddp modified	22/01/2018 16:26:07 29/01/2018 12:09:01
	hansard heading	Cash Dispensing: Rural Areas
	house id	1
	identifier	123880
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	29/01/2018 11:37:37
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of ATM closures resulting from LINK’s proposed reduction in the interchange fee on (a) North Dorset constituency and (b) other rural communities.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	North Dorset
	tabling member printed	Simon Hoare
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 123880
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	123880
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Government recognises that widespread free access to cash remains extremely important to the day-to-day lives of many consumers and businesses in the UK. Government has been engaging and will continue to engage with industry, including LINK, to ensure that this access is maintained.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has not made any formal assessment of the potential effect of LINK’s proposals to change the interchange fee rate on consumers, small businesses, the North Dorset constituency or other rural communities. However, the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR), which Government set up as an independent regulator in 2015 with a statutory objective to ensure that the UK’s payment systems work in the interests of their users, is monitoring developments within ATM provision, and is conducting ongoing work on the impact that changes may have. The PSR has recently published a summary of their work to date, which can be found at https://www.psr.org.uk/psr-focus/the-UK-ATM-network.</p><p> </p><p>The PSR has committed to using its powers to act should any of the firms it regulates behave in a way that conflicts with its statutory objectives.</p><p> </p><p>LINK has assured us and the PSR that industry is committed to maintaining an extensive network of free-to-use cash machines, and to ensuring that the present geographical spread of ATMs is maintained. LINK intends to bolster its Financial Inclusion Programme, which ensures the provision of ATMs in areas of deprivation, where demand would not otherwise make one viable, and has also committed to protecting all free-to-use ATMs which are a kilometre or more from the next nearest free-to-use ATM.</p>
	creator	4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare

825814

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/01/2018
	date	19/01/2018
	date tabled	19/01/2018
	ddp created	19/01/2018 16:34:59
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	ddp modified	19/01/2018 16:39:29 29/01/2018 12:09:04
	hansard heading	Cash Dispensing
	house id	1
	identifier	123881
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	29/01/2018 11:37:37
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with LINK on (a) the proposed reduction in the interchange fee and (b) the Financial Inclusion Programme.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	North Dorset
	tabling member printed	Simon Hoare
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 123881
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	123881
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Government recognises that widespread free access to cash remains extremely important to the day-to-day lives of many consumers and businesses in the UK. Government has been engaging and will continue to engage with industry, including LINK, to ensure that this access is maintained.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has not made any formal assessment of the potential effect of LINK’s proposals to change the interchange fee rate on consumers, small businesses, the North Dorset constituency or other rural communities. However, the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR), which Government set up as an independent regulator in 2015 with a statutory objective to ensure that the UK’s payment systems work in the interests of their users, is monitoring developments within ATM provision, and is conducting ongoing work on the impact that changes may have. The PSR has recently published a summary of their work to date, which can be found at https://www.psr.org.uk/psr-focus/the-UK-ATM-network.</p><p> </p><p>The PSR has committed to using its powers to act should any of the firms it regulates behave in a way that conflicts with its statutory objectives.</p><p> </p><p>LINK has assured us and the PSR that industry is committed to maintaining an extensive network of free-to-use cash machines, and to ensuring that the present geographical spread of ATMs is maintained. LINK intends to bolster its Financial Inclusion Programme, which ensures the provision of ATMs in areas of deprivation, where demand would not otherwise make one viable, and has also committed to protecting all free-to-use ATMs which are a kilometre or more from the next nearest free-to-use ATM.</p>
	creator	4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare

846957

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	26/02/2018
	date	22/02/2018
	date tabled	22/02/2018
	ddp created	22/02/2018 19:49:33
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	ddp modified	22/02/2018 19:59:40 02/03/2018 13:45:03
	hansard heading	Bank Notes
	house id	1
	identifier	129131
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	02/03/2018 13:13:55
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many bank notes were (a) printed and (b) in circulation each year between 2010 and 2017.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	North Dorset
	tabling member printed	Simon Hoare
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 129131
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	129131
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>This information is available on the Bank of England website at: <a href="https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/statistics/banknote" target="_blank">https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/statistics/banknote</a></p><p>Summary tables have been reproduced below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Number of banknotes produced (m)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>1369</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>1290</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>994</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>1310</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>952</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>843</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>674</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>912</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Number of banknotes in circulation (£m)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2576.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2667.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2833.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2993.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>3070.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>3238.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>3420.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>3662.9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p>
	creator	4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare

847720

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	27/02/2018
	date	23/02/2018
	date tabled	23/02/2018
	ddp created	23/02/2018 16:01:38
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	ddp modified	23/02/2018 16:05:35 02/03/2018 13:51:02
	hansard heading	Cash Dispensing: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	identifier	129396
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	02/03/2018 13:19:31
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the use of ATMs remains free of charge.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	North Dorset
	tabling member printed	Simon Hoare
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 129396
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	129396
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Government recognises that widespread free access to cash via ATMs remains extremely important in the day-to-day lives of many consumers and businesses in the UK, and will continue to work with industry to ensure that it is maintained.</p><p> </p><p>The Government established the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) in 2015 with a statutory objective to ensure that the UK’s payment systems work in the interests of their users.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this, the PSR is monitoring developments within ATM provision, and recently set out three requirements of LINK, the scheme behind the UK’s ATM network: that LINK must maintain the current geographical spread of ATMs; that any changes made to interchange fees must be incremental to allow LINK to monitor the impact and take action if the impact is not as expected; and for a greater focus on LINK’s Financial Inclusion Programme, which ensures the provision of ATMs in certain areas where demand would not otherwise make one viable, to continue to fill gaps in the network. The PSR has committed to using its powers to act should any of the firms it regulates behave in a way that conflicts with its statutory objectives.</p><p> </p><p>The PSR has recently published a summary of their work to date, which can be found at <a href="https://www.psr.org.uk/psr-focus/the-UK-ATM-network" target="_blank">https://www.psr.org.uk/psr-focus/the-UK-ATM-network</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Following the publication of these three criteria, LINK committed to maintaining an extensive network of free-to-use cash machines, ensuring that the present geographical spread of ATMs is maintained, and bolstering its Financial Inclusion Programme. LINK will also protect all free-to-use ATMs which are a kilometre or more from the next nearest free-to-use ATM, and ensure that any community that loses ATM access because of a branch closure has a free ATM provided.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, LINK will undertake an annual review of the impact of the interchange fee reduction as it is phased in over the next four years. In addition, LINK will set up publicly available monitoring on its website of every area of the country showing free ATM availability, and highlight any areas where free ATM availability is lost.</p>
	creator	4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare

832901

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	31/01/2018
	date	29/01/2018
	date tabled	29/01/2018
	ddp created	29/01/2018 22:01:18
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	ddp modified	29/01/2018 22:06:21 06/02/2018 17:16:05
	hansard heading	Offshore Industry: Taxation
	house id	1
	identifier	125217
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	06/02/2018 16:43:40
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential economic benefits arising from the proposals on transferable tax history in the oil and gas sector set out in Autumn Budget 2017.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Ross Thomson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 125217
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	125217
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>At the Autumn Budget, the government announced it would introduce a Transferable Tax History for oil &amp; gas companies. This will give investors in UK oil and gas fields certainty that they will be able to get tax relief for decommissioning assets. This should encourage new investment in older oil and gas fields, keeping them producing for longer and supporting employment.</p><p> </p><p>The main industry body, Oil and Gas UK, in response to the Budget announcement have said that a Transferable Tax History would be <em>‘a vital step that can bring in new investment to increase recovery from existing fields and fund fresh investment which is key to generating activity for our hard-pressed supply chain. It will also help extend the lives of many mature fields and postpone decommissioning.’</em></p><p> </p><p>This builds on the £2.3bn of fiscal support the government has already provided to the UK oil and gas industry, including a package of tax cuts across Budget 2015 and 2016, £40m of funding for seismic surveys to support exploration, and the introduction of a new Investment Allowance. As a result, the UK now has one of the most competitive tax regimes in the world for oil and gas, further supporting investment and jobs.</p>
	creator	4599 label Biography information for Ross Thomson
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4599 label Biography information for Ross Thomson

821477

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/01/2018
	date	12/01/2018
	date tabled	12/01/2018
	ddp created	12/01/2018 15:16:38
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	ddp modified	12/01/2018 15:25:36 22/01/2018 16:21:02
	hansard heading	Productivity
	house id	1
	identifier	122395
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	22/01/2018 15:50:55
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of low productivity growth since 2010.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 122395
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	122395
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Productivity growth has slowed globally since the financial crisis. The Government is closely monitoring the effects of this on the UK economy to guide policy. Since 2010 we have invested over half a trillion pounds in capital investment, cut taxes to support business investment and reformed technical education. The Autumn Budget sets out the next steps the government is taking to improve productivity. We are extending the National Productivity Investment Fund, increasing support for R&amp;D to its highest level in 30 years by 2021/22, transforming lifelong learning and responding to the Patient Capital Review that we commissioned.</p><p> </p>
	creator	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd