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1256943

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Investment: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps his Department is taking to increase investment in the North of England as part of the Government’s levelling up agenda.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	909625
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>To level up opportunity across the UK, including in the North of England, at the recent Spending Review, the Chancellor made record increases to capital investment.</p><p>This included multi-year funding settlements for programmes to drive growth in the North of England, from broadband to intra-city transport settlements.</p><p>The North will also benefit from the £4bn Levelling Up Fund, to invest in local infrastructure and economic recovery, and a new UK-wide infrastructure bank headquartered in the North.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 01/12/2020 16:46:45 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1275229

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Business: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department plans to provide guidance to local authorities on the eligibility criteria for discretionary funding, announced on 6 January 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	135943
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2021 answer text <p>On 5 January we announced that local authorities in England would receive an additional £500 million of funding for the Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG) to support their local businesses. This builds on the £1.1 billion of ARG funding which they have already received to support their local economies and help businesses impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. The guidance for the ARG was published in December 2020 – this guidance covers the additional £500m top up to the ARG as well as the initial allocation. We encourage local authorities to use this funding to make payments to businesses in need as quickly as possible.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 14/01/2021 11:26:40 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1258757

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Levelling Up Fund and UK Shared Prosperity Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what role mayoral combined authorities will have in the (a) bidding process, (b) allocation of funding, and (c) delivery of projects, for the (i) Levelling Up Fund and (ii) UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	126038
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2020 answer text <p>All local areas will be eligible for funding from the Levelling Up Fund. This is about empowering local areas to identify and bring forward genuine local priorities. We will provide further details on the bidding process and allocation of funding in a prospectus in the New Year.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Shared Prosperity Fund will target places most in need and people who face labour market barriers. We will provide further details on the bidding process and allocation of funding in a UK-wide investment framework in the spring. To help local areas prepare over 21/22 for introduction of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, we are providing additional UK funding to support our communities to pilot programmes and new approaches. We will provide detail on allocations for 21/22 in a prospectus in the New Year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 10/12/2020 13:27:35 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1285230

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Infrastructure: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the level of funding allocated to the North of England from the National Infrastructure Strategy on the economy.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	151718
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2021 answer text <p>The National Infrastructure Strategy set out the government’s plan to transform the UK’s infrastructure to help level up the country and put the UK on the path to net zero emissions by 2050.</p><p> </p><p>The Strategy announced record levels of public investment in strategic roads, digital infrastructure and flood defences, alongside measures to encourage and increase private investment, such as the creation of a new infrastructure bank for the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Strategy includes different kinds of funding commitment, from individual projects like HS2, to overarching programmes, such as £5bn for the rollout of gigabit capable broadband. A number of programmes will be administered by delivery agencies like the Environment Agency and Highways England who will allocate funding to individual projects.</p><p> </p><p>The Infrastructure and Projects Authority will publish the next iteration of its annual National Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline in 2021, as stated in the NIS, and this will list future planned investments and procurements across infrastructure and construction.</p><p> </p><p>The National Infrastructure Strategy also included a timeline of upcoming Government publications which indicated where future action can be expected.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 22/02/2021 09:55:15 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1257159

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Regional Planning and Development
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what funding has been awarded to each (a) nation and (b) region as part of the Government’s levelling up agenda during the 2019 Parliament.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	123598
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2020 answer text <p>This Government is committed to levelling up opportunity across all regions and nations of the United Kingdom, including by spreading funding across the UK. For example, as confirmed at the recent Spending Review, the government is investing to drive growth and regenerate places through the new Levelling Up Fund worth £4 billion for England, delivering a Shared Rural Network to extend 4G mobile coverage to 95% of the UK, and increasing the total Barnett Block Grant by £2.4bn for the Scottish Government, £1.3bn for the Welsh Government and £0.9bn for the Northern Irish Executive.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 07/12/2020 14:19:31 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1300016

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Towns Fund and UK Community Renewal Fund
	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 ministerial colleagues in the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the (a) Towns Fund and (b) UK Community Renewal Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	163698
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2021 answer text <p>MHCLG oversees the Towns Fund and the UK Community Renewal Fund. Treasury Ministers have a broad range of discussions with Ministerial colleagues about all significant Government investment programmes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 10/03/2021 12:18:11 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1273893

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Regional Planning and Development
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what definition his Department has of the term levelling up; what metrics his Department uses to measure levelling up; and whether those metrics include targets.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	133855
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text The government is levelling up opportunity across the UK. HM Treasury is committed to levelling up the economy, by ensuring strong employment and increasing productivity across the regions and nations of the UK.<p>The Spending Review established a set of provisional priority outcomes and metrics across all departments and policy areas which have been published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/spending-review-2020-documents" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/spending-review-2020-documents</a>.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 11/01/2021 15:31:53 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1271239

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Bus Services: Yorkshire and the Humber
	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 economic benefit the coach travel industry brings to the Yorkshire economy.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	130082
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text Throughout this crisis, the Government’s priority has been to protect people’s jobs and livelihoods. As part of this, the Government has supported over 94,000 businesses in Yorkshire and the Humber with over £3.6 billion worth of loans through the Bounce Bank Loan Scheme and the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme.<p> </p><p>As measures to control the virus have changed, government support has evolved and will continue to observe and address the impact the pandemic is having on the different regions and sectors.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 11/01/2021 14:36:42 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1288891

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Regional Planning and Development: North of England
	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 including a budget for the north of England as part of the levelling up policy.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	157119
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>The government is committed to levelling up opportunity across the UK, and we will deliver this pledge by boosting jobs, wages and prospects for all communities so that everybody gets the same access to opportunities in life. To ensure that government investment flows to the places most in need, including in the North of England, the Government is changing the way it delivers for local areas to ensure national policy-making is sensitive to the needs of places. This includes setting up a new infrastructure bank headquartered in the North, through refreshing the Green Book and the Places for Growth programme which will relocate 22,000 civil service roles out of London and the South East by 2030.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 01/03/2021 12:20:03 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1271238

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Bus Services: Yorkshire and the Humber
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much financial support has been granted to coach tour operators in (a) Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council, (b) the Sheffield City Region and (c) Yorkshire and the Humber since the start of the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	130081
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises the challenging times facing the coach sector as a result of Covid-19. Throughout this crisis, the government has sought to protect people’s jobs and livelihoods, and support businesses and public services across the UK. This has included support for business through access to finance schemes (CBILS, CLBILS, Future Fund, BBLS), with over £65bn dispersed through these schemes. These measures have been designed to ensure that firms of any size receive the help they need to get through this difficult time.</p><p> </p><p>The sectoral breakdowns of these loans published by the Government shows the transport sector as a whole has received over 2,200 CBILS loans worth £500m and over 67,000 BBLS loans worth £1.7bn.</p><p> </p><p>The Government have been publishing the number of applications approved and the volume of lending under the schemes which show continued support for over a million businesses. We will continue to consider what further details could be published, balancing the need for transparency while also considering the confidential and commercial nature of this data for firms and lenders.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury also worked with other Departments to support key journeys, such as home to school and over the Christmas travel window, where coaches can play an important role</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 11/01/2021 14:29:44 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis