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77343

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many contracts (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies (i) have let and (ii) plan to let that are worth (A) between £1 million and £3 million and (B) over £3 million since 2010; how much his Department has spent on monitoring each such contract; and how many officials in his Department monitor each contract.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	205376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>Since January 2011, central Government Departments have been required to publish on Contracts Finder information on the tenders issued and contracts they award with a value over £10,000</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/contracts-finder</a></p><p> </p><p>In addition, Departments including HM Treasury routinely publish details of transactions over £25,000.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>HM Treasury, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies currently have no plans to let contracts for over £1m.</p><p> </p><p>Information relating to the expenditure and the number of officials involved in monitoring contracts is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 21/07/2014 15:52:52 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

77346

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been spent on refurbishing (a) gymnasium and leisure facilities, (b) cafeteria and (c) interior decoration in (i) his Department and (ii) buildings owned by his Department in (A) 2013 and (B) 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	205362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p>None.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Under the terms of the PFI agreement signed under the previous administration all lifecycle and maintenance works are carried out by the hard service contractor as part of their contractual obligations; this includes interior decoration and refurbishment.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 02/09/2014 16:33:00 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

77347

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been spent on what (a) media training and (b) social media training for (i) him and (ii) Ministers in his Department since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	205316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by the former Economic Secretary to the Treasury, <a title="Our page on Justine Greening - 'the right hon. Member for Putney (Justine Greening)'" href="http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/?m=40490" target="_blank">Justine Greening</a>, on 19 October 2012, <a href="http://www.theyworkforyou.com/search/?pop=1&amp;s=date:20101020+column:808+section:wrans" target="_blank">Hansard, column 546W</a>. No Treasury Ministers have received formal media or social media training in the intervening period.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 21/07/2014 15:48:16 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

77348

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's policy is on alcohol consumption on the premises (a) in general and (b) during parties in his Private Office.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	205332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p>There is no prohibition of alcohol in my Department. This includes ministerial and official private offices.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 02/09/2014 16:34:55 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

77349

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Media: Subscriptions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what subscriptions to (a) magazines and (b) television channels his Department funds.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	205348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HM_Treasury" target="_blank">HM Treasury</a> subscribes to the following magazines:</p><p><em>AGRA Facts</em></p><p><em>Banker</em></p><p><em>Commercial Motor Thu ,</em></p><p><em>Bloomberg Business Week</em></p><p><em>Commercial Motor Thu</em></p><p><em>Farmers Weekly Fri</em></p><p><em>Local Government Chron Fri</em></p><p><em>Motor Transport Thu</em></p><p><em>New Statesman Thu</em></p><p><em>Private Eye Wed F/N</em></p><p><em>Prospect</em></p><p><em>Spectator</em></p><p><em>Taxation Thu</em></p><p><em>Times Education Supp Fri</em></p><p> </p><p>HMT does not subscribe to any subscription based TV channels.</p><p> </p><p>In 2009/10 HM Treasury was spending £189,561.41 on periodicals and newspapers. In 2013/14, this was down by 66%</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 01/09/2014 16:10:16 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

77350

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many awaydays his Department has held for officials in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date; and what the cost was of each such event.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	205300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>The department does not hold a central record of away days for officials and the information cannot be provided within the disproportionate costs threshold. The cost of each event cannot be broken down.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 21/07/2014 15:51:24 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

77026

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much and what proportion of his Department's budget was spent on activities which were contracted out in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14; and how much and what proportion of his Department's budget he expects to be contracted out in 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	205215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>The departments accounting system does not separately identify spend on activities which are contracted out; this information could not be extracted within the disproportionate cost threshold.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 22/07/2014 08:41:02 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

77032

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Bank Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people without a bank account in (a) Hounslow, (b) London and (c) the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	205275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>The Government has made no such estimate.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to improving access to financial services. To this end the major UK banks voluntarily offer basic bank accounts alongside their other retail current accounts.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As recommended by the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards, the Government is currently taking forward discussions with the banking sector to seek a voluntary agreement on renewed minimum standards for basic bank accounts.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 17/07/2014 16:40:51 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

76655

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Money Advice Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress the Money Advice Service has made on launching a price comparison website for short term loans.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	204984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>The Money Advice Service (MAS) is an independent non-governmental public body set up with a statutory objective to raise public understanding and knowledge of financial matters and the ability of people to manage their own financial affairs.</p><p>The Government is not aware that MAS has any imminent plans to launch a price comparison website for short term loans.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 16/07/2014 16:38:09 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

76686

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Ministers: Official Cars
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many journeys Ministers of his Department have made using the Government Car Service; and how many such journeys were for the transportation of a red box.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	204946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p>HM Treasury does not keep a record of Ministers’ individual car journeys.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 18/08/2014 09:45:21 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown