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1058969

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Radio Frequencies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the total commercial value of licensed but undeployed radio spectrum designated for 4G services in (a) Wales and (b) the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	219546
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>Spectrum for 4G mobile services is licensed by Ofcom and paid for by Mobile Network Operators on a national basis, and decisions on deploying 4G services remain a commercial matter for Mobile Network Operators.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 19/02/2019 12:50:48 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1109212

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Brexit: Ceredigion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money the Government has allocated to no deal preparations in Ceredigion constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	240077
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>The UK Government is making additional funding available so that departments and the devolved administrations can prepare effectively for EU Exit. More than £4.2 billion has been provided since 2016, including over £2 billion for core Brexit activity in 2019-20 for deal and no deal preparations.</p><p> </p><p>The 2019-20 allocations were announced in a Written Ministerial Statement on 18 December 2018. The devolved administrations received their full share of additional funding in devolved areas through the Barnett Formula, with the Welsh Government allocated £31.1m. This follows Barnett-based allocations to the Welsh Government of £3.7m in 2017-18 and £21.4m in 2018-19.</p><p> </p><p>It is for departments and devolved administrations to decide where to allocate EU Exit funding across reserved and devolved responsibilities respectively.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 08/04/2019 14:27:22 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1121971

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Village Halls: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Barnett Formula will be applied to calculate the share of the recently announced village hall grant funding.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	245947
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>This grant scheme launched on 5 April 2019, and will be available to village halls in England. The Barnett Formula will be applied to funding in the normal way.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 29/04/2019 09:49:11 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1130118

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Stronger Towns Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Barnett Formula will be applied to calculate the share of the Stronger Towns Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	260719
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government will seek to ensure that towns in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland can benefit from this funding and we will announce further details in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Barnett Formula will be applied in the normal way to departmental DEL totals at the 2019 Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 10/06/2019 12:33:41 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

947511

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Teachers: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Written Statement of 24 July 2018 on Schools Update, HCWS911, whether the Welsh Government is planned to receive any additional funding for the pay rise for teachers announced in that Written Statement.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	168172
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The situation regarding teachers’ pay in Wales presents a unique set of circumstances, in which setting teacher pay rates is currently a reserved matter whilst meeting the costs of the award is devolved. This means that a UK Government decision to increase teacher pay has cost implications for the Welsh Government.</p><p> </p><p>I can therefore confirm that, as a result of this inconsistency in the way teacher pay awards are currently set in Wales, the Welsh Government will receive additional funding of £8.7m in 2018/19 and £14.8m in 2019/20, in line with the principles set out in the Statement of Funding Policy.</p><p> </p><p>Setting teacher pay will be fully devolved to Wales from September 2018 onwards, to pay for the 2019-20 academic year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 13/09/2018 16:22:16 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

969029

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Childcare Vouchers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether an assessment has been made of the potential effect on family incomes of the closure to new entrants of the childcare voucher scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	171382
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave on 25 June 2018 to the Honourable Member for Newcastle upon Tyne North (155282).</p><p> </p><p>We estimate that around 60,000 parents with qualifying childcare costs are eligible for TFC in Wales.</p><p> </p><p>To date about 4,000 applications have been received from Welsh parents for TFC and about 2,750 currently have a live account.</p><p> </p><p>A marketing campaign was launched on 10 September 2018, to increase awareness and take-up of Tax-Free Childcare.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 171388 question first answered 13/09/2018 15:19:31 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

969060

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2018
	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 households in each Welsh constituency are eligible for tax-free childcare; how many such households have (a) applied and (b) been accepted on to that scheme since its introduction; and how many such households have received tax-free childcare in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	171388
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave on 25 June 2018 to the Honourable Member for Newcastle upon Tyne North (155282).</p><p> </p><p>We estimate that around 60,000 parents with qualifying childcare costs are eligible for TFC in Wales.</p><p> </p><p>To date about 4,000 applications have been received from Welsh parents for TFC and about 2,750 currently have a live account.</p><p> </p><p>A marketing campaign was launched on 10 September 2018, to increase awareness and take-up of Tax-Free Childcare.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 171382 question first answered 13/09/2018 15:19:31 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

972458

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Teachers: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the contribution of the Prime Minister on 12 September 2018 during Prime Minister's Questions, when he plans to bring forward proposals on the funding for the increase in teachers' pay in Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	174143
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Rt Hon Member to my response to written question 168172 on the 13 September 2018, which sets out the situation regarding funding for the teacher pay award in Wales.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 09/10/2018 14:37:05 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake