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830367

registered interest
date	25/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure greater cooperation with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in order to achieve the objectives of the Industrial Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	124933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The Industrial Strategy is an ambitious new partnership between government and businesses, academia, local government and devolved administrations, that will help the UK prepare for the future.</p><p> </p><p>The Industrial Strategy is a collaborative cross-Government project, with clear support from both the Prime Minister and Chancellor.</p><p> </p><p>Government departments will continue to work together to achieve the objectives outlined in the Industrial Strategy, including tackling the barriers to productivity growth and driving investment in the technologies of the future.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 01/02/2018 15:33:55 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

829966

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on (a) art, (b) wine and (c) hospitality in each of the last seven financial years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	124700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>HM Treasury does not own, pay for or insure any art in the building it occupies at 1 Horse Guard’s Road. Art that is displayed throughout the building is rented from the Government Art Collection at nil cost.</p><p> </p><p>Wine is not purchased independently but included within catering expenditure on hospitality. It is not possible to identify the cost of wine within amounts paid and accrued for hospitality catering.</p><p> </p><p>The breakdown of the core department’s hospitality costs for the last seven years can be found in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Hospitality</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£14,453</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£6,224</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£12,568</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£8,994</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£24,133</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£10,023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18*</p></td><td><p>£3,702</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*the 2017-18 costs reflect amounts paid and accrued in the financial year to date.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 30/01/2018 14:31:59 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

830111

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Directors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, who the lead non-executive director and other non-executive director board members are in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	124798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>The non-executive director board members are:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>Dame Amelia Fawcett (interim Lead Non-Executive)</p></li><li><p>Richard Meddings</p></li><li><p>Tim Score</p><p> </p><p>The department is currently recruiting for 3 Non-Executive Directors, and a lead non-executive will be appointed, drawn from the existing and new non-executive members of the board.</p><p> </p><p> </p></li></ul> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 30/01/2018 14:19:19 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

825722

registered interest
date	19/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Cash Dispensing: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of LINK’s proposed reduction of the interchange fee on (a) consumers (b) small businesses.
tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
uin	123789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 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. Government has been engaging and will continue to engage with industry, including LINK, to ensure that this access is maintained.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has not made any formal assessment of the potential effect of LINK’s proposals to change the interchange fee rate on consumers, small businesses, the North Dorset constituency or other rural communities. However, the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR), which Government set up as an independent regulator in 2015 with a statutory objective to ensure that the UK’s payment systems work in the interests of their users, is monitoring developments within ATM provision, and is conducting ongoing work on the impact that changes may have. The PSR has recently published a summary of their work to date, which can be found at https://www.psr.org.uk/psr-focus/the-UK-ATM-network.</p><p> </p><p>The PSR has committed to using its powers to act should any of the firms it regulates behave in a way that conflicts with its statutory objectives.</p><p> </p><p>LINK has assured us and the PSR that industry is committed to maintaining an extensive network of free-to-use cash machines, and to ensuring that the present geographical spread of ATMs is maintained. LINK intends to bolster its Financial Inclusion Programme, which ensures the provision of ATMs in areas of deprivation, where demand would not otherwise make one viable, and has also committed to protecting all free-to-use ATMs which are a kilometre or more from the next nearest free-to-use ATM.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 123790 123793 123877 123878 123880 123881 question first answered 29/01/2018 11:37:36 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

825723

registered interest
date	19/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Cash Dispensing: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of ATMs which will be withdrawn as a result of LINK's proposed reduction in the interchange fee.
tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
uin	123790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 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. Government has been engaging and will continue to engage with industry, including LINK, to ensure that this access is maintained.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has not made any formal assessment of the potential effect of LINK’s proposals to change the interchange fee rate on consumers, small businesses, the North Dorset constituency or other rural communities. However, the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR), which Government set up as an independent regulator in 2015 with a statutory objective to ensure that the UK’s payment systems work in the interests of their users, is monitoring developments within ATM provision, and is conducting ongoing work on the impact that changes may have. The PSR has recently published a summary of their work to date, which can be found at https://www.psr.org.uk/psr-focus/the-UK-ATM-network.</p><p> </p><p>The PSR has committed to using its powers to act should any of the firms it regulates behave in a way that conflicts with its statutory objectives.</p><p> </p><p>LINK has assured us and the PSR that industry is committed to maintaining an extensive network of free-to-use cash machines, and to ensuring that the present geographical spread of ATMs is maintained. LINK intends to bolster its Financial Inclusion Programme, which ensures the provision of ATMs in areas of deprivation, where demand would not otherwise make one viable, and has also committed to protecting all free-to-use ATMs which are a kilometre or more from the next nearest free-to-use ATM.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 123789 123793 123877 123878 123880 123881 question first answered 29/01/2018 11:37:36 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

825726

registered interest
date	19/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Cash Dispensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations his Department has made to LINK on the (a) proposed reduction in the interchange fee and (b) Financial Inclusion Programme.
tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
uin	123793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 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. Government has been engaging and will continue to engage with industry, including LINK, to ensure that this access is maintained.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has not made any formal assessment of the potential effect of LINK’s proposals to change the interchange fee rate on consumers, small businesses, the North Dorset constituency or other rural communities. However, the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR), which Government set up as an independent regulator in 2015 with a statutory objective to ensure that the UK’s payment systems work in the interests of their users, is monitoring developments within ATM provision, and is conducting ongoing work on the impact that changes may have. The PSR has recently published a summary of their work to date, which can be found at https://www.psr.org.uk/psr-focus/the-UK-ATM-network.</p><p> </p><p>The PSR has committed to using its powers to act should any of the firms it regulates behave in a way that conflicts with its statutory objectives.</p><p> </p><p>LINK has assured us and the PSR that industry is committed to maintaining an extensive network of free-to-use cash machines, and to ensuring that the present geographical spread of ATMs is maintained. LINK intends to bolster its Financial Inclusion Programme, which ensures the provision of ATMs in areas of deprivation, where demand would not otherwise make one viable, and has also committed to protecting all free-to-use ATMs which are a kilometre or more from the next nearest free-to-use ATM.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 123789 123790 123877 123878 123880 123881 question first answered 29/01/2018 11:37:37 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

825762

registered interest
date	19/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Former Members
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many former Conservative Members of Parliament who were defeated at the 2017 general election and who now work in his Department were appointed after a publicly advertised and open recruitment process.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	123829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>No former Conservative Members of Parliament that lost their seats at the 2017 General Election currently work in the Department.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 29/01/2018 11:32:41 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

825764

registered interest
date	19/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the National Audit Office report on PFI and PF2 published on 18 January 2018, what assessment he has made of the benefits of using publicly financed procurement with fixed-price contracts instead of private finance initiatives.
tabling member constituency	Warrington South
tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
uin	123831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>Prior to approval, all Private Finance 2 proposals should be assessed in line with The HM Treasury’s Green Book, including a comparison against an appropriate publicly funded option.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 29/01/2018 11:25:19 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid

825767

registered interest
date	19/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Private Partnerships
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the National Audit Office report on PFI and PF2 published on 18 January 2018, whether his Department plans to conduct a review of the use of PFI and PF2 contracts and their long-term value for money.
tabling member constituency	Warrington South
tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
uin	123834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>We have no plans currently to conduct such a review. Prior to approval, all privately financed contracts should be assessed in line with HM Treasury’s Green Book.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 29/01/2018 11:23:20 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid

825768

registered interest
date	19/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Beverage Containers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many disposable coffee cups were purchased by his Department in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	123835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>HM Treasury does not have information about the use and recycling of disposable coffee cups within the department. Facilities management services in 1 Horse Guards Road are provided to HM Treasury under a 35 year PFI agreement with Exchequer Partnerships Plc. Cups are provided by Exchequer Partnership’s subcontractor.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 29/01/2018 11:31:55 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh