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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text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of ATMs which will be withdrawn as a result of LINK's proposed reduction in the interchange fee.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

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

825810

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 he has made of the effect of LINK’s proposed reduction of the interchange fee on (a) consumers and (b) small businesses.
tabling member constituency	North Dorset
tabling member printed	Simon Hoare
uin	123877
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 123793 123878 123880 123881 question first answered 29/01/2018 11:37:37 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare

825811

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 number of ATMs that will be withdrawn as a result of a 20 per cent reduction in the LINK interchange fee.
tabling member constituency	North Dorset
tabling member printed	Simon Hoare
uin	123878
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 123793 123877 123880 123881 question first answered 29/01/2018 11:37:37 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare

825814

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 discussions his Department has had with LINK on (a) the proposed reduction in the interchange fee and (b) the Financial Inclusion Programme.
tabling member constituency	North Dorset
tabling member printed	Simon Hoare
uin	123881
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 123793 123877 123878 123880 question first answered 29/01/2018 11:37:37 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare

824490

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Private Partnerships: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to update his Department's transparency release entitled Private Finance Initiative and Private Finance 2 projects.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	123291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>The 2017 edition of the annual data on Private Finance Initiative and Private Finance 2 contracts will be released very soon.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 25/01/2018 14:41:39 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

824633

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Red Diesel: Public Consultation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish the outcomes of his Department’s red diesel call for evidence, which ran from 20 March 2017 to 30 June 2017.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	123434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>The purpose of this call for evidence was to improve the government’s understanding of how red diesel is used. We are now considering what next steps to take.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 22/01/2018 15:52:48 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden