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755576

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the merits of requiring HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to send an automatic acknowledgement to tax credit claimants who submit their renewals online; and if he will make it HMRC policy to not suspend tax credit claims until HMRC have evidence that claimants have received and then failed to respond to their communications.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	7488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) use SMS to provide acknowledgment of receipt for all tax credit renewals where there is a valid mobile phone number held. In addition, this year HMRC offered e-mail acknowledgments to all customers submitting their renewal online through the digital service.</p><p>Only after making significant efforts to obtain a reply from the customer would HMRC seek to stop tax credit payments.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 12/09/2017 13:39:34 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

755578

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what methods his Department has adopted to monitor and encourage compliance with the best practice set out in his Department's Green Book.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	7462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>Proposals to use public resources are required to be put forward in a Business Case which must be prepared in accordance with the Green Book. Green Book analysis is therefore the foundation of the scrutiny and approval process.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/09/2017 15:30:54 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

755579

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, from which part of the Government's budget the £1.5 billion package of funding attributed to the supply and confidence deal with the Democratic Unionist Party came; and whether the funding for that deal had any implications for other spending commitments.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	7464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government routinely makes adjustments to public spending throughout the year and will deal with the cost of additional resources for the Northern Ireland Executive within our overall plans in this way.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/09/2017 15:10:53 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

755584

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he intends to publish updates to the Treasury Green Book.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	7029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The Treasury intends to publish a refreshed edition of the Green Book later this year.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/09/2017 15:29:15 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

755595

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been collected from Welsh police forces through the apprenticeship levy; and how much of that has been passed on to the Welsh Government.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	7078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The Apprenticeship Levy was introduced on a UK wide basis from 6 April 2017. Employers are charged at 0.5% of their pay bill over £3 million. Information on how much Apprenticeship Levy individual employers pay, such as Welsh police forces, cannot be made publicly available because of tax payer confidentiality.</p><p> </p><p>Skills policy is devolved and the devolved administrations will receive a population share of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s March 2016 forecast of revenue from the levy. In 2017-18, the Welsh Government will receive £128 million.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/09/2017 15:25:25 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

755597

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Office for National Statistics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the issuing of a provisional ruling by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) as set out in section 6 paragraph 49 of the ONS Classification Process Guidelines, January 2016, requires all relevant documentation to be in near-final form and for a decision in principle in favour of Government support to have been made.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	7076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The guidance referenced is now archived and the most relevant guidance is “UK economic statistics sector and transaction classifications: the classification process” on the Office for National Statistics website <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/methodology/classificationsandstandards/economicstatisticsclassifications/ukeconomicstatisticssectorandtransactionclassificationstheclassificationprocess" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/methodology/classificationsandstandards/economicstatisticsclassifications/ukeconomicstatisticssectorandtransactionclassificationstheclassificationprocess</a> Section 6 of the paper - Government Policy Proposals states – “Most policy proposals are in a near-final form when presented to ONS and will include all the relevant details to enable ONS to make a judgement. Any classification decision based on a near-final policy proposal will be deemed as “provisional” and dependent on the proposal being implemented as described. If the circumstances change, it is the responsibility of the proposing department to inform ONS via the HM Treasury Public Expenditure Classification Branch.</p><p>However, on rare occasions, government departments might seek a view on a proposal at an early stage of development. In such cases, ONS will provide provisional advice on the expected classification of the proposal, based on information available at the time. This is subject to the qualification that a final decision will not be reached until such a time as the policy is implemented. In the interim, ONS will only consider alternative versions of the same proposal exceptionally and if substantial and significant changes have been made. Any explanatory article published on the final policy proposal will note how many versions of the proposal ONS considered. Final classification decisions will be published when the policy has been announced or implemented by the government.”</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 12/09/2017 14:18:32 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

755598

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Office for National Statistics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the issuing of provisional advice on the expected classification of a proposal at an early stage of development as set out in section 6 paragraph 49 of the Office for National Statistics Classification Process Guidelines, January 2016, is dependent upon all relevant documentation being in a near-final form and a decision in principle to offer Government support having been made.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	7077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The guidance referenced is now archived and the most relevant guidance is “UK economic statistics sector and transaction classifications: the classification process” on the Office for National Statistics website <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/methodology/classificationsandstandards/economicstatisticsclassifications/ukeconomicstatisticssectorandtransactionclassificationstheclassificationprocess" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/methodology/classificationsandstandards/economicstatisticsclassifications/ukeconomicstatisticssectorandtransactionclassificationstheclassificationprocess</a> Section 6 of the paper - Government Policy Proposals states – “Most policy proposals are in a near-final form when presented to ONS and will include all the relevant details to enable ONS to make a judgement. Any classification decision based on a near-final policy proposal will be deemed as “provisional” and dependent on the proposal being implemented as described. If the circumstances change, it is the responsibility of the proposing department to inform ONS via the HM Treasury Public Expenditure Classification Branch.</p><p>However, on rare occasions, government departments might seek a view on a proposal at an early stage of development. In such cases, ONS will provide provisional advice on the expected classification of the proposal, based on information available at the time. This is subject to the qualification that a final decision will not be reached until such a time as the policy is implemented. In the interim, ONS will only consider alternative versions of the same proposal exceptionally and if substantial and significant changes have been made. Any explanatory article published on the final policy proposal will note how many versions of the proposal ONS considered. Final classification decisions will be published when the policy has been announced or implemented by the government.”</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 12/09/2017 13:27:46 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

755599

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much from the apprenticeship levy has been given to the Welsh Government since the levy came into force.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	7079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The apprenticeship levy was introduced from 6 April 2017 and is payable by all employers operating in the UK with an annual pay bill over £3 million.</p><p> </p><p>Skills policy is devolved and the devolved administrations will receive a population share of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s March 2016 forecast of revenue from the levy. In 2017-18, the Welsh Government will receive £128 million.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/09/2017 15:23:14 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

755600

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
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 total cost of the second phase of High Speed 2 from Birmingham to Manchester and Leeds.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	7157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2017 answer text <p>At the 2015 Spending Review, the Government set a funding envelope for High Speed 2 Phase Two of £28.55bn in 2015 prices</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 08/09/2017 12:54:56 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

755601

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
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 total cost of High Speed 2.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	7158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2017 answer text <p>At the 2015 Spending Review, the Government restated the long-term funding envelope for delivery of the full High Speed 2 scheme of £55.7bn in 2015 prices.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 08/09/2017 12:57:23 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd