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1020395

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which Departments will be in receipt of the additional £2 billion he announced for EU exit planning; how much each such Department will receive.
tabling member constituency	Berwick-upon-Tweed
tabling member printed	Anne-Marie Trevelyan
uin	199465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The Treasury is discussing EU Exit preparations for 2019/20 with departments and allocations will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 10/12/2018 11:44:46 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan

1019818

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
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, whether he has made an estimate of the revenue that will accrue to the public purse from an age-related levy to pay for social care; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	198890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The revenue raised by any new tax or levy would depend on the way it is designed, including how the tax base is defined, how the tax is structured, and the rate or rates of taxation applied to the base. It would also depend on the economic circumstances at the time the tax or levy is introduced.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/12/2018 10:42:43 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1019417

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	LGBT+ People
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 organisations and groups supporting LGBTQ+ rights in England since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	198218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The UK is recognized as a world leader on LGBT rights. Sexual orientation is one of the nine characteristics protected under the Equality Act 2010, for which the Government Equalities Office (GEO) within DfID is the Government’s lead department. A wide range of government departments have spending in support of LGBT rights. For instance, in 2015, GEO ran a £2.0 million pilot fund to test approaches to effectively tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic (HBT) bullying in schools. Following the evaluation of the pilot, the Government is now providing £4.0 million worth of funds from 2016 to 2020 to tackle HBT bullying in schools. However, the information requested on broader funding allocations is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 10/12/2018 14:43:22 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1019468

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
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 between 1 September and 30 November 2018.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	198247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 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. The Chancellor also met with the Government Chief Scientific Adviser and leaders of the National Academies on 26 November.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 06/12/2018 16:20:06 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1019485

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 26 November 2018 to Question 194204 on Brexit and with reference to paragraph 4.111 of the Office for Budget Responsibility's Economic and Fiscal Outlook published in October 2018, what proportion of the £400 million underspend relates to the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	198347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>On 13 March 2018, the Treasury confirmed allocations of c.£1.6bn to departments. A full breakdown of the allocation can be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS540, laid on 13 March <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/</a>.</p><p>The Economic and Fiscal Outlook is produced by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). As part of their fiscal forecast they take a judgement on how much departments will underspend on aggregate DEL spending. Further information on how the OBR reach their judgement is available at <a href="https://obr.uk/forecasts-in-depth/tax-by-tax-spend-by-spend/departmental-expenditure-limits/" target="_blank">https://obr.uk/forecasts-in-depth/tax-by-tax-spend-by-spend/departmental-expenditure-limits/</a>.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 06/12/2018 14:22:12 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

1017200

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Child Benefit: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 54 of the Political Declaration setting out the framework for the future relationship between the European Union and the United Kingdom, how many EU nationals (a) currently living in the UK and (b) expected to be living in the UK over the next 15 years qualify for child benefit support; and what estimate he has made of the cost of that provision.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	197370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>For 2015-2016, the most recent year for which data is available, 572,000 non-UK EU nationals were in receipt of Child Benefit and total entitlement for these non-UK EU nationals was £879 million.</p><p> </p><p>The number of non-UK EU nationals expected to be living in the UK over the next 15 years that qualify for Child Benefit could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Information relating to the number and cost of non-UK EU nationals claiming for children who are and are not resident in the UK can only be made available at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 197375 question first answered 04/12/2018 15:29:51 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1017205

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Child Benefit: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many non-UK EU nationals living in the UK that are in receipt of child benefit have children that (a) are and (b) are not resident in the UK; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of those claims.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	197375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>For 2015-2016, the most recent year for which data is available, 572,000 non-UK EU nationals were in receipt of Child Benefit and total entitlement for these non-UK EU nationals was £879 million.</p><p> </p><p>The number of non-UK EU nationals expected to be living in the UK over the next 15 years that qualify for Child Benefit could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Information relating to the number and cost of non-UK EU nationals claiming for children who are and are not resident in the UK can only be made available at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 197370 question first answered 04/12/2018 15:29:51 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1016285

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	UK Shared Prosperity Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made in developing the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF); and what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the publication of the planned public consultation on the UKSPF.
tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
tabling member printed	Steve Double
uin	196796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2018 answer text <p>As set out by the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government in July, the government will establish a UK Shared Prosperity Fund once the UK has left the European Union and EU Structural Funds. The Fund will tackle inequalities between communities by raising productivity, especially in those parts of our country whose economies are furthest behind.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 07/12/2018 14:20:47 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double

1016397

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 5.27 of Budget 2018, how much of the £160 million allocated in 2019-20 for counter-terrorism policing will be spent on counter-terrorism in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
tabling member printed	Lesley Laird
uin	196907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>Counter-terrorism policing in Scotland is funded by the Scottish Government. The Scottish Government will receive Barnett consequentials on the increase to counter terrorism policing in England and Wales in the usual way. We do not provide regional breakdowns of counter-terrorism funding for national security reasons.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 03/12/2018 13:32:04 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4660 label Biography information for Lesley Laird

1015509

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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, what recent assessment has he made on the effect of the tax-free childcare scheme on levels of employer engagement.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	196283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>Tax-Free Childcare provides an opportunity for all employers to engage with working parents about their childcare arrangements, regardless of whether or not they offer childcare vouchers. HMRC are working with employers so that they understand the government childcare support which is available.</p><p>Employers across the UK can pay directly into parents’ Tax-Free Childcare accounts. A factsheet entitled “Tax-Free Childcare: What Employers Need to Know” sets out details of how to do this and can be found at the following link:</p><p>https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/communications-toolkit</p><p>Tax-Free Childcare is designed to be fairer and better targeted than the legacy system, childcare vouchers. We estimate that Tax-Free Childcare will provide support to nearly 1 million more families compared to the number using childcare vouchers.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 03/12/2018 13:36:17 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali