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794354

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Productivity: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 4.4 of the Autumn Budget 2017, how his Department plans to address the productivity gap in the North East compared to other regions of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
uin	115327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>This government places addressing the UK’s productivity challenge at the heart of its economic plan. As set out in the Budget 2017, the government will drive productivity and growth in every region of the UK by investing in infrastructure, developing skills, supporting business and devolving powers. Those going into technical education in the North East will benefit from the nationwide investment of up to £20m to prepare for T Levels. The Autumn Budget also announced a £337 million investment to replace the Tyne &amp; Wear Metro rolling stock, and transport users in the Tees Valley Combined Authority will benefit from £59 million for investment in transport projects.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 30/11/2017 16:43:34 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn

794374

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 6.8 of the Autumn Budget 2017, whether the Government plans to commit to funding pay awards for public sector workers other than NHS staff.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
uin	115347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government funds pay awards for all public sector workers. In September it was announced Prison Officers would see an above 1% rise for 2017/18, funded from the Ministry of Justice budget. In the NHS specifically, there are unique pressures this year: there are more operations than ever and more people going to A&amp;E than ever. That’s why we’re giving the NHS as a whole additional funding, with the potential for extra funding for pay.</p><p> </p><p>For all workforces in 2018/19, PRBs will look at the evidence and make recommendations in the Spring/Summer.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 01/12/2017 13:23:06 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn

794557

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people eligible for tax-free childcare earn (a) less than £10,000, (b) £10,001 to £19,999, (c) £20,000 to £29,999, (d) £30,000 to £39,999, (e) £40,000 to £49,999, (f) 50,000 to 59,999, (g) 60,000 to £69,999, (h) £70,000 to £79,999, (i) £80,000 to £89,999 and (j) £90,000 to £100,000.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	115530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The income critiera for Tax-Free Childcare is that parents (and their partner if they have one) earn at least the equivalent of 16 hours per week at national living wage, and less than £100,000 per annum, and not be claiming tax credits or Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 115536 question first answered 28/11/2017 17:56:11 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

794563

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households eligible for tax-free childcare are on incomes of (a) less than £19,999, (b) £20,000 to £39,999, (c) £40,000 to £59,999, (d) £60,000 to 79,999, (e) £80,000 to 99,999, (f) £100,000 to £119,999, (g) £120,000 to £139,999, (h) £140,000 to £159,999, (i) £160,000 to 179,999, and (j) £180,000 to £200,000.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	115536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The income critiera for Tax-Free Childcare is that parents (and their partner if they have one) earn at least the equivalent of 16 hours per week at national living wage, and less than £100,000 per annum, and not be claiming tax credits or Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 115530 question first answered 28/11/2017 17:56:11 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

794580

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	EU Budget: Contributions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Table C5 of the 2017 Autumn Budget 2017 and Table B.4 of the Office for Budget Responsibility's Economic Economic and Fiscal Outlook November 2017, when the forecast own resources contribution to the EU of £3.5bn in 2019-20 and subsequent years will be reallocated to domestic UK spending, what plans he has for these monies; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North East Somerset
tabling member printed	Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg
uin	115553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>The Office for Budget Responsibility’s independent forecast has maintained EU contributions past the point of exit in order to produce a fiscally neutral forecast; they have made no assumptions on the outcome of future policy decisions. The funding choices we take after exiting the EU will be based on the UK’s domestic priorities and will also be affected by the then economic environment and the fiscal position. We are determined to secure the very best deal we can for households and businesses in these negotiations and to seize the opportunities ahead by laying the foundations of a stronger, fairer Britain outside the EU.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 30/11/2017 16:42:39 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg

794597

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Unionlearn
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Autumn Budget 2017, paragraph 4.23, how much financial support will be provided to Unionlearn in the next two years.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
uin	115570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>As announced in the Autumn Budget, the government will provide £8.5 million over the next two years to support Unionlearn. This additional funding will bring the total government investment in Unionlearn to £12 million per year for the next two years.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 28/11/2017 12:03:16 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

794598

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November to Question 113353, whether there has been no change in the number of tax-free childcare accounts since 16 October 2017.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	115571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>As of 24 November there were live Tax-Free Childcare accounts for approximately 170,000 children.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 28/11/2017 16:15:35 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

794605

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of the 10 July 2017 to Question 2747, what recent steps the Government has taken to reduce (a) geographical, (b) wealth and (c) generational inequalities.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	115578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The Budget set out a long-term vision for an economy that is fit for the future, ensuring that the next generation have more opportunities than the one before and everyone can prosper wherever they live and whatever their background. This vision was underlined by:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li><p>£15bn of financial support available for housing over the next five years, to reduce the cost of purchasing a home and help people to get a foot on the housing ladder.</p></li><li><p>the largest increases to the National Minimum Wage youth rates in ten years, the new rates will apply from April 2018.</p></li><li><p>a £1.7 billion Transforming Cities Fund which will promote local growth and productivity within city regions.</p></li><li><p>a new devolution deal with North of Tyne authorities, which will see £600 million of investment over 30 years and create a new mayor elected in 2019.</p></li><li><p>a new £337 million investment to replace the 40-year-old rolling stock on the Tyne &amp; Wear Metro with modern energy-efficient trains.</p></li><li><p>a £300 million investment that ensures HS2 infrastructure can accommodate future Northern Powerhouse and Midlands Engine rail services.</p></li><li><p>the freezing of tuition fees for 2018/19 and an increase in the earnings threshold at which post-2012 student loans begin to be repaid (from 2018/19).</p></li><li><p>a package of measures to raise educational attainment in maths and computer science, so that young people have the skills they need to get on in life.</p></li></ul><p>This government is committed to ensuring opportunities are shared in every part of the country.</p><ul><li><p>since 2010, the unemployment rate has fallen the most in Yorkshire &amp; the Humber (-4.7 percentage points) and Wales (-4.4 percentage points).</p></li><li><p>since 2010, earnings of the average full-time employee have grown fastest in Northern Ireland (14.6%) and the North East of England (13.8%).</p></li></ul><p>We are building a country where everyone can share in our economic prosperity.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li><p>in 2015-16, income inequality fell to its lowest level since the mid-1980s.</p></li><li><p>the proportion of full-time jobs that are low paid is at its lowest level in at least 20 years.</p></li><li><p>the share of total income tax paid by the top 1% is 27.7%; higher than in any year under the previous Labour government.</p></li><li><p>strong employment growth has particularly benefitted poorer households, where working-age adults are 4.6 percentage points more likely to be in work than in 2010-11.</p><p><strong> </strong></p></li></ul> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 29/11/2017 15:11:11 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

794606

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
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, pursuant to the answer of the 10 July 2017 to Question 2747, how the Government plans to ensure that the industrial strategy drives productivity, creates jobs and ensures sustainable economic growth across the UK after the UK leaves the EU
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	115579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The Industrial Strategy sets out a clear plan for how we can boost the productivity and earning power of people throughout the UK, and ensure that our country can embrace the opportunities presented by technological change.</p><p> </p><p>The Budget announced a number of measures that will support the Industrial Strategy, such as the £1.7bn Transforming Cities Fund to support local transport and £2.3bn more for R&amp;D in 2021/22.</p><p> </p><p>The Industrial Strategy will build on these Budget commitments by explaining the action Government will take, to work in partnership with the private sector, encourage investment in the technologies of the future, and ensure every part of the UK can share in the rewards. It sets out our ambition to build an economy that is open for business and exports UK technology and expertise around the globe.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 29/11/2017 12:15:49 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

793989

registered interest
date	22/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families use a tax-free childcare account for a disabled child.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	115078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>There are currently 1,187 live Tax-Free Childcare accounts for disabled children.</p><p> </p><p>The revised spending for Tax-Free Childcare was published in the Office for Budget Responsibility: Economic and fiscal outlook published on November 2017. This can be found at <a href="http://cdn.budgetresponsibility.org.uk/Nov2017EFOwebversion-2.pdf" target="_blank">http://cdn.budgetresponsibility.org.uk/Nov2017EFOwebversion-2.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 115080 question first answered 27/11/2017 15:05:32 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin