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date	15/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the number of women who will lose part of their state pension entitlement as a result of not claiming child benefit following the introduction of the high income child benefit charge.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL3220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>Child Benefit can help some claimants qualify for National Insurance credits. These credits count towards their State Pension and protect it by making sure they don’t have gaps in their National Insurance record.</p><p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) ensures that individuals have the information they need to make well-informed choices about their pension position and Child Benefit. HMRC provides specific information on the Child Benefit claim form, through the HMRC helpline, online at gov.uk, through partners such as Citizen’s Advice, and in the Bounty Packs that go to new parents.</p><p> </p><p>However, some people may choose not to claim Child Benefit. HMRC does not have an estimate of the number of people whose state pension entitlements are affected by their decision not to claim.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 29/11/2016 16:47:04 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

637298

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date	15/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Local Government Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the Local Government Association’s submission to the Autumn Statement 2016.
tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
uin	HL3223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>Ahead of the Autumn Statement, HM Treasury received submissions from a range of stakeholders. While it would not be appropriate to respond in detail to each individual proposals, the government did carefully consider all submissions.</p><p> </p><p>In particular the Treasury responded to calls for more to be done on housing. The Chancellor announced at the Autumn Statement that government would invest an additional £5.3bn in housing. This includes a £2.3bn Housing Infrastructure Fund to deliver infrastructure to unlock 100,000 homes and £1.4bn to deliver 40,000 new affordable homes. Government also announced that it would relax restrictions on existing affordable housing funding to deliver a wider variety of affordable housing tenures to help people at different stages in their lives.</p><p> </p><p>Further reforms to increase housing supply will be brought forward through the Department for Communities and Local Government’s Housing White Paper, which will be published in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 29/11/2016 16:48:47 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding

637309

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Banks: Regulation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the statement by the US President-elect that he intends to reinstate the Glass-Steagall rules, what assessment they have made of the impact this would have on the UK banking system.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL3234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>The government monitors the financial regulation policies of our international partners, including the US, as they develop.</p><p>In the UK, from the 1st of January 2019, our ring-fencing regime will require structural separation of core retail banking from investment banking for UK banks with retail deposits of more than £25 billion.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 24/11/2016 17:29:19 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon