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1719293

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	UK Infrastructure Bank: Constellia Public
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Minister without Portfolio's article of 12 May 2024 in The Sunday Telegraph, when the UK Infrastructure Bank is expected to cancel its contract with Constellia Public Ltd, procurement reference CO313; and whether a notice period will be required under the provisions of that contract.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	26991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The UK Infrastructure Bank is an operationally independent arms-length body. Civil Service EDI expenditure guidance does not extend to organisations outside the Civil Service or ALBs not employing Civil Servants.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 23/05/2024 16:44:59 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1684042

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2024 to Question 8948 on Treasury: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution and with reference to the Answer of 19 December 2022 to Question 107065 on Treasury: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution, for what reason he did not provide the figures requested.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	10772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2024 answer text <p>I would note that procurement cards were introduced by the last Labour Government, who welcomed their use, saying they are a ‘good example of Government learning from the private sector’.</p><p> </p><p>Procurement cards assist with the reduction in procurement bureaucracy, boost efficiency, support the Government’s prompt payment initiative for Small and Medium businesses, and help maintain cash flow to suppliers.</p><p> </p><p>They are used as defined by the departmental procurement acquisition model, agreed by procurement and finance colleagues. Controls are in place that limit purchase types and values in line with individual departmental controls.</p><p> </p><p>Procurement cards are held by officials, not Ministers or Special Advisers.</p><p> </p><p>HMT incurred the following number of expenditure and total costs or those are included in the table below for the periods in question related to question 8948.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Number of Transactions</p></td><td><p>Total Spend</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022 (Jan - Dec)</p></td><td><p>1021</p></td><td><p>£119,166</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023 (Jan - Sep)</p></td><td><p>929</p></td><td><p>£103,841</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>I note that the 2009 figures from the last Labour government are comparable with a total figure of £111,423.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 29/01/2024 14:55:21 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1683371

registered interest
date	18/01/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2024 to Question 8709 on Treasury: Electronic purchasing card solution, what the latest figure available is for the number of government procurement cards held by people to make purchases against his Department’s budget.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	10430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2024 answer text <p>HMT currently has 65 electronic government procurement cards in use as at 22/01/24.</p><p> </p><p>I would note that procurement cards were introduced by the last Labour Government, who welcomed their use, saying they are a ‘good example of Government learning from the private sector’.</p><p>I would like to note that the levels of expenditure for 2022 as a comparable full calendar year totalled £119k which was on par with 2009’s total expenditure of £111k.</p><p>Procurement cards assist with the reduction in procurement bureaucracy, boost efficiency, support the Government’s prompt payment initiative for Small and Medium businesses, and help maintain cash flow to suppliers.</p><p> </p><p>They are used as defined by the departmental procurement acquisition model, agreed by procurement and finance colleagues. Controls are in place that limit purchase types and values in line with individual departmental controls.</p><p> </p><p>Procurement cards are held by officials, not Ministers or Special Advisers.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 29/01/2024 14:53:03 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1681096

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many purchases with a value of less than £500 were made against his Department’s budget using a Government procurement card (a) in calendar year 2022 and (b) from 1 January to 30 September 2023; and what was the total cost of those purchases.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	8948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2024 answer text <p>Purchases over £500 are subject to Government transparency reporting.</p><p> </p><p>Procurement cards assist with the reduction in procurement bureaucracy, boost efficiency, support the Government’s prompt payment initiative for Small and Medium businesses, and help maintain cash flow to suppliers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 19/01/2024 11:38:15 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1680822

registered interest
date	09/01/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Electronic purchasing card solution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many government procurement cards were held by people to make purchases against his Department’s budget as of (a) 31 December 2022, (b) 31 March 2023 and (c) 31 December 2023.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	8709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2024 answer text <p>HMT is unable to provide this information for the periods in question as this is a constantly changing figure.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 17/01/2024 17:37:39 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1671768

registered interest
date	21/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Eat Out To Help Out Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the focus groups conducted by Hanbury Strategy in June 2020 on behalf of his Department for (a) over-40s and (b) under-40s in the (i) North East and (ii) South West were asked to provide their opinions on the (A) idea behind and (B) messaging around the Eat Out To Help Out Scheme subsequently announced in his predecessor's Plan for Jobs statement on 8 July 2020.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	2829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>Throughout the pandemic, the Government acted to save lives and livelihoods, prevent the NHS being overwhelmed and deliver a world-leading vaccine rollout which protected the nation. The Government also took decisive action to respond to this historic shock to the UK economy, protecting jobs to ensure the economy could recover more smoothly.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has set up the covid inquiry to examine all such matters relating to the response to the pandemic. It will now be for the inquiry to continue with its work, as directed by the inquiry’s chair. It would not be appropriate to provide a running commentary on the issues being considered while the public hearings are ongoing.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to learning from the covid inquiry’s findings, which will play a key role in informing the government’s planning and preparations for the future.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies grouped question UIN 2830 2831 question first answered 27/11/2023 16:45:43 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1671769

registered interest
date	21/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Eat Out To Help Out Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the focus groups conducted by Hanbury Strategy in June and July 2020 on behalf of his Department for (a) over-35s and (b) under-35s in the (i) West Midlands and (ii) East Midlands were asked to provide their opinions on the (A) idea behind and (B) messaging around the Eat Out To Help Out Scheme subsequently announced in his predecessor's Plan for Jobs statement on 8 July 2020.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	2830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>Throughout the pandemic, the Government acted to save lives and livelihoods, prevent the NHS being overwhelmed and deliver a world-leading vaccine rollout which protected the nation. The Government also took decisive action to respond to this historic shock to the UK economy, protecting jobs to ensure the economy could recover more smoothly.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has set up the covid inquiry to examine all such matters relating to the response to the pandemic. It will now be for the inquiry to continue with its work, as directed by the inquiry’s chair. It would not be appropriate to provide a running commentary on the issues being considered while the public hearings are ongoing.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to learning from the covid inquiry’s findings, which will play a key role in informing the government’s planning and preparations for the future.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies grouped question UIN 2829 2831 question first answered 27/11/2023 16:45:43 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1671770

registered interest
date	21/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Eat Out To Help Out Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the online opinion polls conducted on behalf of his Department by Hanbury Strategy in the weeks commencing (a) 15 June, (b) 22 June, (c) 29 June and (d) 6 July 2020 asked questions relating to the idea behind the Eat Out To Help Out Scheme subsequently announced in his predecessor's Plan for Jobs statement on 8 July 2020.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	2831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>Throughout the pandemic, the Government acted to save lives and livelihoods, prevent the NHS being overwhelmed and deliver a world-leading vaccine rollout which protected the nation. The Government also took decisive action to respond to this historic shock to the UK economy, protecting jobs to ensure the economy could recover more smoothly.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has set up the covid inquiry to examine all such matters relating to the response to the pandemic. It will now be for the inquiry to continue with its work, as directed by the inquiry’s chair. It would not be appropriate to provide a running commentary on the issues being considered while the public hearings are ongoing.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to learning from the covid inquiry’s findings, which will play a key role in informing the government’s planning and preparations for the future.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies grouped question UIN 2829 2830 question first answered 27/11/2023 16:45:43 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1668356

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference the 1,985 total headcount figure for permanent civil servants excluding agency workers working for his Department as of 31 March 2023, as detailed in Cabinet Office statistics entitled Permanent and temporary civil servants by sex, age band and department: 2023, published on 31 October 2023, what that figure was on 31 March (a) 2011, (b) 2016 and (c) 2020.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>The headcount for HM Treasury as at the 31<sup>st</sup> March 2011, 31<sup>st</sup> March 2016, and 31<sup>st</sup> March 2020 can be found in the following ONS online locations.</p><p> </p><p>- 31 March 2011- ONS Archives: <a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20150905000144mp_/http:/www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/pse/public-sector-employment/q1-2011/stb-q1-2011.pdf" target="_blank">https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20150905000144mp_/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/pse/public-sector-employment/q1-2011/stb-q1-2011.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>- 31 March 2016 – ONS Archives:- <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/publicsectoremploymentreferencetable/march2016/psereferencetablesmarch2016.xls" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/publicsectoremploymentreferencetable/march2016/psereferencetablesmarch2016.xls</a></p><p> </p><p>- 31 March 2020 – ONS Archives: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/publicsectoremploymentreferencetable/march2020/datasets.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/publicsectoremploymentreferencetable/march2020/datasets.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On 2 October 2023, The Chancellor announced an immediate cap on civil servant headcount across Whitehall to stop any further expansion, increase efficiencies and boost productivity.</p><p> </p><p>The Civil Service grew in size to manage the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and the illegal war in the Ukraine but it is right that we reduce the size of the Civil Service over time as we drive up productivity and deliver efficiencies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 16/11/2023 15:09:23 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1666586

registered interest
date	23/10/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Incentives
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answers of 20 October 2023 to Question 200249 and of 6 December 2022 to Question 97498 on Treasury: Incentives, for what reason the figures requested cannot be provided.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	203780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>HM Treasury issued £110,560 of non-cash vouchers to its core staff in the 2022-23 financial year. HMRC issued £819,800 of non-cash vouchers to its staff in 2022/23.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 26/10/2023 08:46:32 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry