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1027535

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will meet with the Permanent Secretary of the Northern Ireland Executive to ensure that provision set out in the Budget 2018 for reduced rates for high street shops in Northern Ireland is distributed to those shops and not lost in the Barnett consequential.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	203327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>Business rates policy is a devolved matter. The UK Government is providing Barnett consequential funding for the changes announced at Budget.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 20/12/2018 15:20:02 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1027635

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Child Tax Credit: Carers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many kinship carers who applied for child tax credit were exempt from the two-child limit in 2017-18; and how many of those people were financially affected by the benefit cap in that period.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Melanie Onn
uin	203366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The number of Child Tax Credit claimants who received an exception from the policy to provide support for a maximum of two children on the basis of non-parental care was 270 on 2 April 2018. This information is published and can be found by following the URL:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-tax-credit-and-universal-credit-claimants-statistics-related-to-the-policy-to-provide-support-for-a-maximum-of-2-children-april-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-tax-credit-and-universal-credit-claimants-statistics-related-to-the-policy-to-provide-support-for-a-maximum-of-2-children-april-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>No claimants were excluded from financial support where supporting documentation was provided.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC does not hold data on how many of these kinship carers were financially affected by the benefit cap.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent benefit cap figures were published on 1 November 2018 and are available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-cap-number-of-households-capped-to-august-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-cap-number-of-households-capped-to-august-2018</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 07/01/2019 14:19:43 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4464 label Biography information for Melanie Onn

1027709

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Students: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount by which the deficit will increase in 2018 as a result of the ONS decision on the treatment of student loans in Government accounts.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	203421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) published estimates of potential impacts of the new treatment on the deficit in their October 2018 Economic and fiscal outlook, which is available here: https://obr.uk/box/accounting-for-student-loans/</p><p> </p><p>However, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has made it clear that there is a lot to decide before their methodology is finalised. The ONS currently aim to fully implement the new treatment for student loans in the public sector finances in September 2019.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 07/01/2019 14:23:44 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1027334

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
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, what proportion of the £4.2 billion he has made available for planning for the UK to leave the EU since 2016 has been (a) allocated to departments and agencies and (b) spent.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	202713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>HM Treasury has allocated over £4.2 billion of additional funding to departments and the Devolved Administrations for EU exit preparations so far. This breaks down as:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>£412m of additional funding over the spending review period for the Department for Exiting the European Union, Department for International Trade and the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office at Autumn Statement 2016.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>£286m of additional funding for 17/18 (a full breakdown of which can be found in Supplementary Estimates 17/18).</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>Over £1.5bn of additional funding for 18/19. A full breakdown of the allocations can be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS540, laid on the 13th 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> </p></li><li><p>Over £2bn of additional funding for 19/20. A full breakdown of the allocations can be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS1205, laid on the 18th December (<a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-12-18/HCWS1205/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-12-18/HCWS1205/</a>)</p><p> </p><p>Whilst HM Treasury has oversight of policies with spending implications, the spending framework means the Treasury will not monitor each individual cost incurred to prepare for EU Exit.</p><p> </p><p>To ensure those closest to the decisions have the authority to manage public money efficiently and effectively, departments are set delegated spending limits. This means that where spend is not novel, contentious or repercussive, departments have autonomy to incur expenditure without seeking formal HMT clearance.</p></li></ul> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 20/12/2018 14:58:57 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1027341

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Local Government Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of projected local government finance settlement spending for each of the next five years as (a) total expenditure and (b) a percentage of gross domestic product.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	202772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>Local government Core Spending Power is £45.1 billion in 2018-19, equivalent to 2.1% of forecast nominal Gross Domestic Product, as outlined in the OBR October 2018 Economic and Fiscal Outlook. The provisional Local Government Finance Settlement published on Thursday 13<sup>th</sup> December set out that Core Spending Power is forecast to increase to £46.4 billion in 2019-20, equivalent to 2.1% of forecast nominal Gross Domestic Product. Longer term funding decisions will be made at the Spending Review next year.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 21/12/2018 11:30:19 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1027345

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
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, how much each Department (a) bid and (b) has been allocated for planning for leaving the EU without a deal from the 2018-19 resource allocation.
tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
uin	202709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>At Autumn Budget 2017, the Chancellor set aside £1.5 billion for EU Exit preparations in both 2018/19 and 2019/20; this was subsequently increased by £0.5bn for 2019/20 in the 2018 Budget. A full breakdown of how this funding was allocated for 2018/19 can be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS540, laid on the 13th 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> </p><p>HM Treasury does not publish bids received from departments for public spending.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 20/12/2018 15:09:17 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

1027405

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Child Tax Credit: Carers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what processes are in place to compensate kinship carers that are unable to claim child tax credit for their birth child in the period between 1 April 2017 and 28 November 2018 as a result of the two child exemption.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Melanie Onn
uin	202882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The regulations to extend support for kinship carers and parents who adopt in Child Tax Credit (CTC) came into force on 28 November 2018. HMRC is already in contact with a number of families who may qualify for additional support and will be contacting all CTC claimants who have added a third or subsequent child to their award since 6 April 2017 to advise them of the policy change. Anyone who thinks they may have been affected by the policy change will be advised to get in touch with HMRC's specialist operational team. All individuals who qualify for the extension, will receive payment for their third or subsequent child from the date the child, or children, were added to their award.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 20/12/2018 15:12:58 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4464 label Biography information for Melanie Onn

1027412

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) training and (b) guidance has been provided to HMRC staff in relation to the variation in the two child limit exemption for kinship carers and adopters applying for child tax credit.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Melanie Onn
uin	202889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>HMRC fully recognises that the policy to provide support for a maximum of two children is a difficult and sensitive issue, and has set up procedures that are mindful of the sensitivities involved. HMRC has a specialist operational team to handle claims for exceptions relating to this policy. Dedicated guidance is in place for this team which is actively maintained to ensure it is kept up to date.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 20/12/2018 15:14:57 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4464 label Biography information for Melanie Onn

1024804

registered interest
date	13/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of public expenditure is spent on children’s services delivered by local government.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	202165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>As outlined in the Office for Budget Responsibility’s October 2018 Economic and Fiscal Outlook, total managed expenditure was £793.8bn in 2017/18 and will increase to £812.8bn in 2018/19.</p><p>Local authority spending on children’s services in 2017/18 was £9.4bn. Councils have access to over £200 billion to deliver local services, including children’s services, between 2015/16 and 2019/20 and local government core spending power will increase in real terms next year.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 200077 question first answered 17/12/2018 13:51:20 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1024810

registered interest
date	13/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Research: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2018 to Question 191916 on Research: Finance, how the Government plans to guarantee that funding after the end of the implementation period.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	202140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>In the event the UK leaves the EU without an overall withdrawal agreement, HMG will guarantee the payment of awards for UK organisations which successfully bid directly to EU programmes (including research and innovation programmes such as Horizon 2020), until the end of 2020, for the whole lifetime of projects agreed. This includes where a project continues beyond the end of 2020.</p><p> </p><p>As the Political Declaration states, the UK wishes to explore the option of association to EU research and innovation programmes post-2020, including Horizon Europe, Euratom R&amp;T, JET, ITER and Copernicus. The UK’s future participation in EU research and innovation programmes is subject to negotiations on the future UK-EU relationship. The Government will take a longer term look at spending through the Spending Review in 2019 to ensure it is in line with policy objectives. This includes replacements for EU programmes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 18/12/2018 12:38:46 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah