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1011549

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date	21/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much he has allocated to the Home Office for 2019-20 to cover changes in relation to quadrennial valuations of the public service pension schemes.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	194173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The Budget allocated extra funding to the reserve for 2019-20 to cover an expected £4.7 billion of unforeseen additional costs arising from the ongoing valuations of public service pension schemes. The Treasury is currently working with departments to confirm departmental allocations of this funding.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 26/11/2018 13:37:51 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1011596

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2018 to Question 185719 on Brexit and with reference to paragraph 4.111 of the OBR’s Economic and Fiscal Outlook published in October 2018, how much of the current £0.4 billion underspend estimate is within the Brexit funding pot.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	194204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>On 13 March 2018, the Treasury confirmed allocations of c.£1.6bn to departments. A full breakdown of the allocation can be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS540, which can be found at <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/</a>.</p><p>The Economic and Fiscal Outlook is produced by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility. As part of their fiscal forecast they take a judgement on how much departments will underspend on aggregate DEL spending. This information is available at <a href="https://cdn.obr.uk/EFO_October-2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://cdn.obr.uk/EFO_October-2018.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 26/11/2018 17:27:10 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

1008455

registered interest
date	16/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Insurance Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2018 to Question 179286, whether the Government plans to make back payments of child benefit to those parents who have mistakenly omitted to claim that benefit and as a result lost out on national insurance state pension credits.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	192115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government has always urged families to claim Child Benefit to help protect their future right to the State Pension.</p><p> </p><p>The legislation sets out that claims for Child Benefit (and the accompanying National Insurance credit) can only be backdated for three months.</p><p> </p><p>Successive governments have considered that three months is a fair and reasonable time in which to allow those wishing to claim Child Benefit to do so.</p><p> </p><p>Even though there may be no question that some parents would have been entitled to Child Benefit had they claimed earlier, such certainty is not obvious in every case. The longer the delay, the harder it is to establish entitlement, given the need to verify evidence and ensure consistent treatment.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 23/11/2018 10:06:39 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1007866

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 18 paragraph 3 of HM Government publication, The Strategy For Our Veterans, published in November 2018, what steps he is taking to ensure that veterans leave the armed forces with sufficient financial education, awareness and skills to be financially self-supporting and resilient; and what amount of funding he has allocated to the 2028 outcome.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	191889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>The Strategy for our Veterans and a Consultation Paper were published on 14 November and debated in both Houses on 15 November. The Consultation Paper seeks public views to inform how the Government will implement the strategy. Following conclusion of the consultation period in February 2019, implementation plans will be developed by each relevant service provider, along with individual costings which will fall across Government. Once implementation options have been agreed, the resource required to implement the Strategy for our Veterans will be agreed between Ministerial Covenant and Veterans Board members, which includes the Chief Secretary to the Treasury.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 23/11/2018 12:58:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1002145

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	A303 and Lower Thames Crossing: Private Finance Initiative
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2018 to Question 185590 on A303 and Lower Thames Crossing: Private Finance Initiative, whether private finance will be used for the upgrade of the A303 and the Lower Thames Crossing.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	188205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>The government is committed to increasing private investment in infrastructure through a range of models. The 2017 National Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline estimates that almost half of the UK’s £600 billion infrastructure pipeline is expected to be financed by the private sector.</p><p> </p><p>The Budget announced that the government will no longer use Private Finance 2 (the successor to the Private Finance Initiative) for new projects, as the model was inflexible and overly complex. Private finance will not be used for the upgrade of the A303 and the Lower Thames Crossing.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 23/11/2018 10:04:46 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy