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1647660

registered interest
date	26/06/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Sector Debt
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the expected level of public sector net debt in April 2024.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	191010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2023 answer text <p>The Treasury does not publish forecasts of the economy or public finances; the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) is the UK’s official forecaster and provides independent analysis of the UK’s public finances.</p><p> </p><p>The OBR’s latest forecast can be found on their website: <a href="https://obr.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-march-2023/" target="_blank">https://obr.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-march-2023/</a></p><p> </p><p>The OBR will publish an updated forecast later this year.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 29/06/2023 15:44:56 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1647529

registered interest
date	23/06/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Prisons: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answers of 11 May 2023 to Question 183809 on Prisons: Education and of 10 May 2023 to Question 183703 on Prisons: Education, what steps his Department is taking to clarify the application of the New Fair Deal pensions policy on Prison Education Service contracts.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	190926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2023 answer text <p>Following the ONS reclassification of FE colleges as public sector bodies, HM Treasury is reviewing the New Fair Deal policy in relation to Further Education colleges, including those involved in the Prison Education Service.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 28/06/2023 12:14:53 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1646046

registered interest
date	20/06/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Office for National Statistics publication entitled Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2022, if he will provide a breakdown of public spending on functions associated with skills.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	190362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2023 answer text <p>Information based on the Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses (PESA) is not available in the form requested. ‘Skills’ is not a functional category that can be defined using the Classifications of Functions of Government.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 190363 question first answered 26/06/2023 14:11:09 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1646047

registered interest
date	20/06/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2022, if he will publish a breakdown of planned spending on skills by Department.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	190363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2023 answer text <p>Information based on the Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses (PESA) is not available in the form requested. ‘Skills’ is not a functional category that can be defined using the Classifications of Functions of Government.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 190362 question first answered 26/06/2023 14:11:09 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1645743

registered interest
date	19/06/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Low Incomes: Meriden
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 provide financial support to people on lower incomes in Meriden constituency.
tabling member constituency	Meriden
tabling member printed	Saqib Bhatti
uin	190210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises the challenges facing households on lower incomes across the country, particularly in light of elevated costs of living. Support to households with the cost of living is worth £94 billion, or £3,300 per household on average, across 2022-23 and 2023-24.</p><p> </p><p>This includes uprating benefits and the state pension in line with inflation from this April, and new Cost of Living Payments in 2023-24 for households on means tested benefits, pensioner households and individuals on disability benefits, in addition last year’s support. Over 14,000 households on means-tested benefits in Meriden were eligible for last year’s £650 Cost of Living Payment, with another 11,500 individuals on disability benefits eligible for a further £150 Disability Cost of Living Payment, and over 20,000 pensioner households eligible for the £300 Pensioner Cost of Living Payment.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also providing further assistance through a one year extension to the Household Support Fund in England. Solihull Council has been allocated over £2.8m this year from the Household Support Fund to support its residents, including in Meriden, with the cost of food, energy and other essentials.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 22/06/2023 12:33:12 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4818 label Biography information for Saqib Bhatti

1644663

registered interest
date	14/06/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Committee of Privileges: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department approved the cost of legal advice provided to the former Rt hon. Member for Uxbridge for the investigation into his conduct by the Committee of Privileges.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	189633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. member to the answer given on 22 March to PQ UIN 168062: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-03-17/168062</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 21/06/2023 08:22:46 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1644167

registered interest
date	13/06/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Development Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of increasing the level of the overseas aid budget to 0.7 per cent of GDP.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	189169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2023 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 13 June 2023 to Question 188649. [https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-06-08/188649].</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 15/06/2023 12:08:08 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1643761

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Housing Benefit: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 9 of his Department's Guidance on decision-making for Northern Ireland Departments until an Executive is formed or for the six month period beginning with the day on which the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2022 is passed (6 December), published on 19 December 2022, CP 766, for what reason an increase in Housing Benefit Annually Managed Expenditure was granted to the Department for Communities in February 2023.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Claire Hanna
uin	189089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2023 answer text <p>The UK Government funds Northern Ireland Executive Annually Managed Expenditure (AME) programmes if they offer broadly similar terms to the equivalent UK Government programme.</p><p> </p><p>As AME programmes are usually demand led, AME forecasts are periodically updated to ensure necessary funding is provided.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 15/06/2023 12:04:16 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4827 label Biography information for Claire Hanna

1643783

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Government Departments: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Table 6.6 on Central government own current and capital expenditure on services by function, 2017-18 to 2024-25, of the Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2022, published on 20 July 2022, if he will publish a breakdown by Department of planned spending on Economic affairs, of which: employment policies.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	188923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2023 answer text <p>As plans data is provisional and subject to change, outturn only is provided in the table below. The table shows PESA 2022 table 6.6 data for Economic affairs broken down by department:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><p><strong>Central government own current and capital spending on employment policies by department group, 2017-18 to 2021-22</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>£ million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Spending Function</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Department Group</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18 Outturn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19 Outturn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-20 Outturn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020-21 Outturn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021-22 Outturn</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="8"><p><strong>Current expenditure on employment policies</strong></p></td><td><p>Cabinet Office</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Education</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Work and Pensions</p></td><td><p>2,354</p></td><td><p>2,441</p></td><td><p>2,092</p></td><td><p>2,395</p></td><td><p>3,924</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Home Office</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>CURRENT Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,512</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,632</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,253</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,543</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,098</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4"><p><strong>Capital expenditure on employment policies</strong></p></td><td><p>Cabinet Office</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Work and Pensions</p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>121</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>CAPITAL Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>105</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>47</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>77</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>124</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,617</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,679</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,254</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,620</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,222</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 15/06/2023 11:31:22 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1643806

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Employment: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Table 6.6 of the Public Expenditure Statistical Analysis 2022, if he will provide a breakdown of the £2.5 billion projected to be spent on employment policies in 2024-25.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	188928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2023 answer text <p>As plans data is provisional and subject to change, outturn only is provided in the table below. The table shows underlying data that is consistent with PESA 2022 table 6.6:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="13"><p><strong>Central government own current and capital spending on employment policies by department group and by segment programme, 2017-18 to 2021-22</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£ million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Spending Function</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Department Group</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Segment</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2017-18 Outturn</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2018-19 Outturn</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2019-20 Outturn</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2020-21 Outturn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021-22 Outturn</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="20"><p><strong>Current expenditure on employment policies</strong></p></td><td><p>Cabinet Office</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>S010EHR1 - COMMISSION FOR EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS (ALB)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>11</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>17</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>17</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>S010GEO1 - GOVERNMENT EQUALITIES OFFICE</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>11</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Cabinet Office Total</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>22</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>17</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>S084A094-ACAS</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>51</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>55</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>54</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>56</p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Other spending</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>5</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Total</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>56</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>56</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>56</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>58</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>58</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Work and Pensions</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>S032A001-EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMMES</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>383</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>272</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>230</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>260</p></td><td><p>733</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>S032A074-LABOUR MARKET - OPERATIONAL DELIVERY</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>962</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>879</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>905</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,109</p></td><td><p>1,176</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>S032A085-LABOUR MARKET-CORPORATE</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>804</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>501</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>488</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>619</p></td><td><p>651</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>S032A105-KICKSTART</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td><p>853</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Other spending</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>205</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>789</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>469</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>407</p></td><td><p>509</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Work and Pensions Total</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2,354</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2,441</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2,092</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2,395</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,924</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>S030A244- GOVERNMENT EQUALITIES OFFICE</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>18</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Total</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>18</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Home Office</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>S034A006-GOVERNMENT EQUALITIES OFFICE</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>21</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Home Office Total</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>21</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>S099A018-EMPLOYMENT AND SKILLS - EMPLOYMENT SERVICES</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>21</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>19</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>18</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>14</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>S099A022-LABOUR MARKET SERVICES</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>46</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>59</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>48</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>39</p></td><td><p>57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>S099A024-BUSINESS REGULATION/SUPPORT</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>13</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>17</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>20</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>21</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Northern Ireland Total</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>80</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>96</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>86</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>74</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>CURRENT Total</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2,512</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2,632</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2,253</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2,543</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>4,098</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 15/06/2023 11:34:20 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth