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1177550

registered interest
date	11/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Services Compensation Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to ensure that the level of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme levy is (a) equitable and (b) proportionate.
tabling member constituency	Cities of London and Westminster
tabling member printed	Nickie Aiken
uin	900747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>The FSCS is an independent non-governmental body. It operates within the rules set by the FCA and the PRA, who are also independent from government.</p><p> </p><p>The FSCS levy is set annually, within the overall levy limits set by the FCA and PRA. It is for the FCA and PRA to consider the impact of the levy on the firms they regulate. The Government has no role in setting the levy.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 11/02/2020 15:25:18 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4741 label Biography information for Nickie Aiken

1177317

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cash Dispensing: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure free access to cash for people in rural communities.
tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
tabling member printed	John Nicolson
uin	14733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises that widespread free access to cash remains extremely important to the day-to-day lives of many consumers and businesses in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has launched the Joint Authorities Cash Strategy Group – bringing together the Payment Systems Regulator, Financial Conduct Authority, and Bank of England – to ensure comprehensive oversight of the overall cash infrastructure.</p><p> </p><p>Industry has a key role to play. LINK, the scheme that runs the UK’s largest ATM network, has committed to protect remote free-to-use ATMs one kilometre or further from the next nearest free-to-use ATM or Post Office counter. LINK has also provided funding to allow local communities to request new free-to-use ATMs. The Payment Systems Regulator has used its powers to hold LINK to account over its commitments to preserve the broad geographic spread of ATMs.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 13/02/2020 18:03:59 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4415 label Biography information for John Nicolson

1177373

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Offshore Funds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department’s (a) anti-fraud and (b) anti-money laundering procedures monitor (i) payments by his Department to offshore accounts and (ii) the use of offshore accounts by his Department's (A) suppliers and (B) senior staff.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	14764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>The Department has extensive anti-fraud and anti-money laundering procedures in making payments including verifying the identity of suppliers and staff, and the validity of payment details.</p><p> </p><p>All suppliers and public office holders are expected to comply with the law as it applies to offshore banking activity.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers and Civil Servants also uphold the standards of conduct as set out in the Ministerial and Civil Service Code respectively, as well as the seven principles of public life.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 13/02/2020 18:05:39 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1177374

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Offshore Funds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether (a) members of his departmental Board and (b) senior executives in his Department are required to disclose offshore bank accounts and holdings.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	14765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>The departmental Board and Senior Executives are not required to disclose offshore bank accounts and holdings.</p><p> </p><p>All public office holders are expected to comply with the law as it applies to offshore banking activity.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers and Civil Servants must also uphold the standards of conduct as set out in the Ministerial and Civil Service Code respectively, as well as the 7 principles of public life.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 13/02/2020 18:07:10 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1177375

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Offshore Funds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money his Department paid into offshore bank accounts in the financial year 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	14766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>In 2018-19 the Department made £2m of foreign payments to suppliers, all of which were made to the countries where the suppliers have operations.</p><p> </p><p>In 2018-19 the Department made £13k of foreign salary payments, all of which were made to the countries where the employees were resident in at the time.</p><p> </p><p>All suppliers and public office holders are expected to comply with the law as it applies to offshore banking activity.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers and Civil Servants also uphold the standards of conduct as set out in the Ministerial and Civil Service Code respectively, as well as the seven principles of public life.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 13/02/2020 18:06:53 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1177382

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to support small businesses to afford the recent increase in the National Living Wage.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	14682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises that increases in the National Living Wage will mean extra costs for some businesses, However, it’s right that workers are fairly rewarded for their input into the economy. By the Spring, the Government will set out the Low Pay Commission’s remit for the years beyond 2020, taking account of the potential impact on employment and economic growth.</p><p> </p><p>To support businesses with the costs of employing staff, the Government has introduced the Employment Allowance to reduce employers’ National Insurance contributions bill by £3,000. Over 1 million employers are benefitting from this relief.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 13/02/2020 14:02:50 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1177411

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to resume the 2016 valuations for public sector pension schemes which were paused in January 2019.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	14694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>In January 2019, the Government announced a pause to the cost control element of the valuations of public service pension schemes, due to the uncertainty about benefit entitlements arising from the Court of Appeal’s judgment in <em>McCloud</em> in December 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has committed to addressing the discrimination identified in <em>McCloud</em> in all public service pension schemes, while ensuring all members can keep their accrued benefits. Schemes are currently discussing high-level proposals to achieve this with employer and member representatives, to inform a full public consultation. In addition, Employment Tribunals are considering the remedy for claimants in the various cases. While these processes are underway, the cost control mechanism remains paused as the value of pension schemes to members cannot be assessed with certainty.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 13/02/2020 14:00:04 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1177434

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Beer: Excise Duties
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 economic effect of small breweries relief on small brewers.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	14612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2020 answer text <p>We are conducting a review of Small Brewers Relief, and further announcements about this will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 18/02/2020 10:04:12 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1177074

registered interest
date	07/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Barclays: Fees and Charges
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 the Financial Conduct Authority on Barclays' overdraft pricing changes planned for March 2020.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	13987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with many organisations in the public and private sectors on a variety of issues.</p><p> </p><p>The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is operationally independent from Government and carries out its functions, including its work on the High-cost Credit Review and reforms to overdrafts, within the framework of statutory objectives and duties agreed by Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>In June 2019, the FCA announced new rules governing how firms can charge for overdrafts as part of their High-cost Credit Review. These include mandating that firms cannot charge more for unarranged overdrafts than arranged overdrafts, banning fixed daily and monthly charges, and a package of measures to improve the transparency of pricing.</p><p> </p><p>Overall the FCA expects these changes to make overdrafts simpler, fairer, and easier to manage and will protect the millions of consumers that use overdrafts, particularly more vulnerable consumers. According to their analysis, 7 out of 10 overdraft users will be better off or see no change to their fees.</p><p> </p><p>In instances where consumers see increased fees on their overdrafts firms are required to develop strategies to reduce repeat use harm and incorporate monitoring and identification systems into their processes. Firms must make appropriate interventions if they identify that a customer is in financial difficulty, including presenting options for reducing use. If constituents think these changes to overdrafts will put them in financial difficulty, or are worried about higher charges, they should contact their bank.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 12/02/2020 15:21:55 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1176731

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cash Dispensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure access to cash is maintained in (a) Brighton and Hove and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	13551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting digital payments while safeguarding access to cash for those who need it across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>To support this, the Government has launched the Joint Authorities Cash Strategy (JACS) Group – which is chaired by HM Treasury and brings together the Payment Systems Regulator, Financial Conduct Authority and Bank of England – to ensure a comprehensive oversight of the UK’s overall cash infrastructure.</p><p> </p><p>The Government-established Payment Systems Regulator regulates LINK, the scheme that runs the UK’s largest ATM network, and is holding LINK to account over their commitments to maintain the broad geographic spread of free-to-use ATMs.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 11/02/2020 15:28:56 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle