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1046036

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Medicine: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with the Department of Health and Social Care on funding for additional domestic medical student places.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	211256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The government is delivering on its commitment to roll out an extra 1,500 medical school places. Around 630 have taken up places on medical courses in September 2018, bringing the total intake for 2018/19 to 6,701 - the highest on record. A further 690 will be available to students in 2019/20 and the remaining 180 places will be available in 2020/21.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS has established a national workforce group, which will look at the future medical workforce as part of delivering on the workforce aims set out in the Long-Term Plan. The NHS will publish a detailed workforce implementation plan in the Spring.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 211257 211258 question first answered 28/01/2019 12:04:59 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

1046037

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Medicine: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of allocating funding for additional domestic medical student places to meet NHS demand.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	211257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The government is delivering on its commitment to roll out an extra 1,500 medical school places. Around 630 have taken up places on medical courses in September 2018, bringing the total intake for 2018/19 to 6,701 - the highest on record. A further 690 will be available to students in 2019/20 and the remaining 180 places will be available in 2020/21.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS has established a national workforce group, which will look at the future medical workforce as part of delivering on the workforce aims set out in the Long-Term Plan. The NHS will publish a detailed workforce implementation plan in the Spring.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 211256 211258 question first answered 28/01/2019 12:04:59 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

1046040

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Medicine: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he is taking to ensure that the UK has the ability to train the medical students it needs to supply NHS workforce requirements.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	211258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The government is delivering on its commitment to roll out an extra 1,500 medical school places. Around 630 have taken up places on medical courses in September 2018, bringing the total intake for 2018/19 to 6,701 - the highest on record. A further 690 will be available to students in 2019/20 and the remaining 180 places will be available in 2020/21.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS has established a national workforce group, which will look at the future medical workforce as part of delivering on the workforce aims set out in the Long-Term Plan. The NHS will publish a detailed workforce implementation plan in the Spring.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 211256 211257 question first answered 28/01/2019 12:05:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

1045497

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	City Deals and Local Growth Deals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the Government's Growth Deal announcements in (a) 2017, (b) 2018 and (c) 2019 that included allocated funding for (i) Northern Ireland, (ii) Wales and (iii) Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	210500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The government has agreed six City and Growth Deals in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland since 2017.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017 the government announced the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Deal and Swansea City Deal. In 2018 the government announced the Stirling and Clackmannanshire City Deal, Tay Cities Deal, North Wales Growth Deal and Belfast City Region Deal.</p><p> </p><p>The government has committed to agree Growth Deals for the Borderlands, Ayrshire, Moray, Mid Wales and Derry/Londonderry City Region.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 29/01/2019 13:04:45 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

1043175

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Productivity Investment Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the National Productivity Investment Fund has been allocated to (a) housing, (b) research and development, (c) economic infrastructure and (d) skills since its inception.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	209850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government established the National Productivity Investment Fund (NPIF) to increase capital spending for areas critical for improving productivity. The NPIF is now set to deliver £37bn of high-value investment to 2023/24 in economic infrastructure, R&amp;D, and housing.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor has set out how over £24bn of the NPIF will be allocated. This includes:</p><ul><li><p>£740m for digital infrastructure, to mobilise the market to develop full-fibre broadband networks and 5G capacity;</p></li><li><p>£7bn extra for R&amp;D by 2021-22 – the largest increase for 40 years – including £750m for skills and talent (PhDs and fellowships), demonstrating progress towards the government’s ambition of increasing the R&amp;D intensity of the economy to 2.4% of GDP by 2027;</p></li><li><p>£6.5bn for transport, including a £2.5bn Transforming Cities Fund, designed to drive productivity by improving intra-city transport and reducing congestion;</p></li><li><p>£13bn for housing, to build more homes in high demand locations so that people can live near the best job opportunities for them.</p></li></ul> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 24/01/2019 12:48:20 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1042398

registered interest
date	16/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Loan Guarantee Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that loans provided (a) under English law and (b) by UK-based companies to (i) governments and (ii) with government guarantees are publicly disclosed when they are given.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	209300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>UK-based lenders are subject to prudential disclosure requirements under UK prudential and accounting law. This includes loans made to foreign governments. Compliance with these requirements are independently assessed by the relevant UK regulator during their supervisory activities.</p><p> </p><p>Given the complex international nature of sovereign debt, we continue to believe that internationally-agreed approaches are the most effective way to promote sovereign debt transparency. The UK supports the IMF and World Bank’s efforts to improve capacity and capabilities of sovereign borrowers.</p><p> </p><p>The UK recognizes that creditors also have an important role to play in securing debt transparency and sustainability. The UK is working through the G20 to monitor an industry-led initiative by the Institute of International Finance (IIF) to improve the transparency of lending of private creditors.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 21/01/2019 15:46:15 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1041594

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Railways: Broadband
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the levels of public spending required to provide a good standard of mobile connectivity to all rail passengers throughout the UK.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
uin	208771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>The government remains committed to improving rail passenger connectivity throughout the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury has regular discussions with government departments on public spending across all policy areas – including rail passenger connectivity. Future spending decisions are a matter for the Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 208772 question first answered 22/01/2019 11:54:02 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn

1041595

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Railways: Broadband
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with the (a) Department for Transport and (b) Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport ahead of the 2019 Spending Review on the level of public funding required to provide (i) 4G mobile connectivity and (ii) Wi-Fi services to all rail passengers throughout the UK.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
uin	208772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>The government remains committed to improving rail passenger connectivity throughout the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury has regular discussions with government departments on public spending across all policy areas – including rail passenger connectivity. Future spending decisions are a matter for the Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 208771 question first answered 22/01/2019 11:54:02 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn

1041406

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is his Department’s policy to provide additional fiscal support to providers of public services should their costs change as a result of the UK leaving the EU without a deal and if (a) such inflationary effects have not been compensated by the Treasury and (b) the funding commitments referred to in response to Question 206791 have been deployed in full.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
uin	208271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>HM Treasury is in regular discussion with departments and public-sector providers about the pressures they face. As a responsible government, we are committed to ensuring that all necessary preparations are made before the UK’s departure from the EU in March, for all scenarios – including ‘no-deal’. Any specific queries relating to the preparations of individual departments or public-sector providers should be made to the department in question.</p><p> </p><p>The funding commitments referred to in Question 206791 relate to two different financial years - 2018-19 and 2019-20. Funding will be confirmed through the estimates process in the relevant year.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 17/01/2019 15:14:15 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

1041452

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what funding allocation Scotland will receive as a result of Barnett formula determinations on spending in preparation for the UK leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	208273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government has provided more than £4.2 billion of additional funding to prepare for EU Exit since 2016, including over £2 billion for core activities in 2019-20 for deal and no deal scenarios.</p><p>The 2019-20 allocations were announced in a Written Ministerial Statement on 18 December 2018, with the Scottish Government allocated £54.7m through the Barnett Formula.</p><p>This follows the Scottish Government’s £37.3m Barnett-based allocation from a £1.5 billion fund in 2018-19.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 21/01/2019 11:02:56 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock