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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

830420

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	Air Passenger Duty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to undertake a review of air passenger duty.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	124986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>The Chancellor keeps all taxes under continuous review, including air passenger duty.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 30/01/2018 12:53:46 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

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

828604

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	European Investment Bank: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant the Answer of 6 November 2017 to Question 110943 on European Investment Bank: North East, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the extra due diligence on the timetable for the allocation of funds in the North East.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	124271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>HM Treasury has been working closely with both the EIB and the North-East Fund with the aim of seeing the North-East Fund’s application progressed as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p><p>Significant, positive progress was made in December 2017 with the EIB Management Committee giving its approval to the application. We are now confident that the North-East Fund’s application can move forward quickly. However, the final decision on signature is a commercial decision for the North-East Fund, subject to the standard contract negotiations between themselves and the EIB.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 31/01/2018 15:23:58 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

828605

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Life Sciences: Capital Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2017 to Question 118242, on Life Sciences: Capital Investment, what estimate he has made of the money that will be accrued to the public purse from the investment in the Life Sciences Sector deal.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	124272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government and the life sciences sector have agreed a transformative Sector Deal. This draws in substantial investment into the sector from across the world, ensuring that the next wave of breakthrough treatments, innovative medical research and technologies, and highly skilled jobs are created in Britain. The deal announced several specific significant investments in the UK, including MSD opening a new discovery research facility in London, which will support 950 jobs including 150 new high-skilled and high-value research roles. The Sector Deal is expected to generate significant ongoing returns, through increasing life sciences investment in the UK in response to a range of measures to improve the UK environment for the life sciences industry.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 31/01/2018 15:24:54 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

828909

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Drinking Water
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money his Department has spent on bottled water in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	124520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text The department’s accounting system does not separately identify bottled water spend. This spend falls under the refreshments category and such spending is spread across several account codes.<p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 30/01/2018 14:15:50 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

827947

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Productivity: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to boost regional productivity in the Yorkshire and Humber region.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	123907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>As set out in the Autumn Budget 2017 and the Industrial Strategy White Paper, the Government will drive productivity in every region of the UK by investing in infrastructure, developing skills, and supporting business. To date, the Yorkshire and Humber region has received more than £1.3 billion from the Local Growth Fund. The Autumn Budget announced a number of further measures which will benefit the region: an £840 million Transforming Cities Fund, which cities such as Leeds and Bradford will be able to bid into for funding to invest in productivity improving transport projects; up to £35 million to trial cutting-edge technology across the rail network, including along the Trans-Pennine route between Manchester, Leeds and York; and two new Tech Nation Hubs in Leeds and Sheffield, linking local tech businesses into a UK-wide network of hubs.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 30/01/2018 12:52:53 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

828262

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Industry: Environment Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2018 to Question 122491, what assessment his Department has made of the contribution of European Investment Bank funding to the UK's green industry.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	124222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>As the Chancellor set out in his 2017 Mansion House speech, the EIB has been an important source of finance for infrastructure investment in the UK. The EIB invests across a range of sectors including energy, transport, housing, education, water and sewerage.</p><p> </p><p>For the green industry, the EIBs largest and most frequent loans over the last decade have been in the field of renewable energy generation, more specifically; offshore wind farms and offshore transmission networks <em>(through OFGEMs offshore transmission network tendering process).</em></p><p> </p><p>From 2006-2016 the EIB lent €15.69bn to the UK energy sector. Of this, roughly a quarter was to projects related to offshore wind generation.</p><p> </p><p>The EIB has also lent to other types of environmentally focussed projects such as the rollout of Smart Meters and the Thames Tideway Tunnel.</p><p> </p><p>A complete database of all EIB projects and loan amounts can be found at the link below;</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.eib.org/projects/loan/list/?region=1&amp;country=GB" target="_blank">http://www.eib.org/projects/loan/list/?region=1&amp;country=GB</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 30/01/2018 12:55:18 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

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