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1090939

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 15 March 2019 to Question 229140, to what programmes the remaining £3.25 billion of expenditure for childcare support will be allocated in 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	233582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government provides an extensive range of childcare support through a number of policies delivered by HMRC, DWP and DfE. HMRC is responsible for Tax Free Childcare, Employer Supported Childcare and the Childcare element of Working Tax Credit. DWP administers the Childcare element of Universal Credit. DfE provides a variety of childcare support, including 15 hours free childcare for all 3 and 4 year olds, an additional 15 hours free childcare for eligible working parents of 3 and 4 year olds and 15 hours free childcare for the most disadvantaged 2 year olds.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 25/03/2019 13:54:47 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1077549

registered interest
date	26/02/2019
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, what estimate he has made of the effect on the public purse of a delay to the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	226081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p><em>The Prime Minister has made clear that she does not want to see Article 50 extended, and the absolute focus of the Government is leaving the European Union on 29 March with a deal.</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>We are currently focused on getting this deal passed by 12 March, and if that does not happen, the PM has set out the next steps.</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>If Article 50 is delayed the fiscal impact will depend on the precise arrangements agreed with the EU at the time.</em></p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 06/03/2019 15:13:21 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1060720

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Working Tax Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value was of the contract with Concentrix for its investigation into payments of Working Tax Credits; how many claimants were pursued as part of Concentrix’s contract; and how many of those investigations were successful.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	220756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>Full details on HMRC’s contract with Concentrix and details on how many investigations were undertaken and how many were successful are available publicly.</p><p> </p><p>On 17 January 2017 the National Audit Office published its ‘Investigation into HMRC’s contract with Concentrix’. This can be found at</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nao.org.uk/report/hmrcs-contract-with-concentrix/" target="_blank">https://www.nao.org.uk/report/hmrcs-contract-with-concentrix/</a></p><p> </p><p>On 4 April 2017 the Committee for Public Accounts published its report ‘HMRC’s contract with Concentrix’. This can be found at</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201617/cmselect/cmpubacc/998/99802.htm" target="_blank">https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201617/cmselect/cmpubacc/998/99802.htm</a></p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 20/02/2019 15:43:32 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

999242

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Regeneration: Belfast
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how the £2 million allocated in Budget 2018 for the city centre in Belfast following the fire at Bank Buildings in August 2018 will be distributed.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	186359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>Funding will be added to the Northern Ireland block grant. It will then be allocated to Belfast City Council according to the Northern Ireland Civil Service’s own processes.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 08/11/2018 16:01:34 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

969227

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Government Controlled Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in which companies the Government has a more than 50 per cent ownership stake; whether he (a) receives a copy of the audited accounts of Government-owned companies in each financial year and (b) keeps a record of the (i) auditors of such companies and (ii) reporting frameworks that those companies use to produce their accounts where they differ from the public sector IFRS standard; and which Government-owned companies lay their accounts before Parliament and share a copy with the Comptroller and Auditor General.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	171482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>The accounts of non-profit making companies included within the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Audit of non-profit making companies) Order 2009 (SI 2009/476) and as amended by subsequent Orders must be examined and certified by the Comptroller and Audit General. The C&amp;AG must then send a copy of the accounts and the report to the relevant departmental Secretary of State, usually this is the SoS of the sponsor department, or any other minister of the Crown who must then lay them before Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>Companies must also comply with applicable requirements in the Companies Act 2006 and follow the financial reporting principles of the HM Treasury Financial Reporting Manual (except for public corporations that are not trading funds). Companies that have charitable status should comply with applicable charities legislation and where relevant, the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) Accounting for Charities, issued by the Charity Commission.</p><p> </p><p>The Whole of Government accounts consolidates organisations that have been classified to the public sector by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) which may include government owned companies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 14/09/2018 10:09:17 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

942977

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Executive
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Government has spent on preparing Northern Ireland Executive departments for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	164904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government is making additional funding available so that departments and the devolved administrations can prepare effectively for EU Exit.</p><p>At Autumn Budget 2017 we made an additional £3 billion available for 2018-19 and 2019-20 (£1.5bn each year) on top of £700 million additional funding previously announced.</p><p>The devolved administrations are receiving their full share of additional funding in devolved areas through the Barnett Formula. Through this process the Northern Ireland Executive departments have so far been allocated an additional £2.35m in 2017-18 and £15.2m in 2018-19.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 25/07/2018 11:17:32 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

910299

registered interest
date	04/06/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Disaster Relief
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the devolved administrations on the replacement of emergency natural disaster payments that are currently made from the EU Solidarity Fund.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	147368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2018 answer text <p>Under the implementation period included within the draft Withdrawal Agreement, the UK will continue to participate in 2014-2020 EU programmes until they close.</p><p>In the longer-term, the funding choices we take will be based on the UK’s domestic priorities and will be affected by the economic environment, the fiscal position and the outcome negotiated with the EU.</p><p>The UK Government and devolved administrations are discussing EU exit through the Joint Ministerial Committee (EU Negotiations) and the Ministerial Forum (EU Negotiations).</p><p>I also discuss funding matters with the devolved administration finance ministers on a regular basis, both bilaterally and through the Finance Ministers’ Quadrilateral.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 07/06/2018 13:43:38 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

866981

registered interest
date	19/03/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Children: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral contribution from the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions of 13 March 2018, Official Report, column 767, which colleagues from Northern Ireland he intends to engage with; and what steps he plans to take to engage with those colleagues.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	133099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government has delivered a successful childcare policy, including a 30 hours policy for working parents in England. We are willing to engage and provide advice, based on our experience of developing and administering policies in England, to the Northern Ireland parties and the Northern Ireland Civil Service should they wish to discuss this with us.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 26/03/2018 13:27:19 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

860721

registered interest
date	12/03/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Government Departments: Property
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what restrictions are placed on the use of capital receipts gains from Departments' disposals of surplus property; and what guidance his Department provides to departments on the use of capital receipts gains from government disposals of surplus property.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	132078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>In general, receipts from the disposal of surplus property may only be used to fund departments’ capital expenditure. Receipts that may be retained by departments are subject to limits agreed with HM Treasury at Spending Reviews, as set out in paragraph 7.29 of the Consolidated Budgeting Guidance. All rules and guidance around the use of capital receipts are set out in chapter 7 of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/consolidated-budgeting-guidance-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">Consolidated Budgeting Guidance</a> and Annex 5.3 of <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/686462/MPM_2018.pdf" target="_blank">Managing Public Money</a></p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 20/03/2018 15:45:07 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

833887

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
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, if he will estimate how many families will benefit from the tax-free childcare scheme.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	125645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>HMRC and Department for Education commissioned a feasibility study into evaluating the impact of new childcare policies on the childcare market. This is available at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/499168/Feasibility_study_into_evaluating_the_labour_and_childcare_market_impacts_of_Tax-Free_Childcare_and_the_Free_Early_Education_Entitlement.pdf</p><p> </p><p>The study concluded that it would be difficult to attribute changes in the childcare market definitively to a single childcare policy given the concurrent introduction of other childcare changes, and other external factors that could impact upon the market. However, HMRC and the Department for Education will be monitoring trends in the childcare market, and conducting research to understand parents and childcare providers’ views on the impacts.</p><p>For the current financial year 2017/18 we forecast there to be 130 full-time equivalent (FTE) staff in HMRC and 160 FTE within National Savings &amp; Investments. We estimate that in financial year 2018/19 there will be 250 FTE staff employed in HMRC and 220 FTE within National Savings &amp; Investments. These forecasts are reviewed regularly and are subject to change.</p><p> </p><p>Regarding how many families will benefit from Tax-Free Childcare, I refer the Hon. Member to the response I gave to the Hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne North on 29 January (124793).</p><p> </p><p>The Government has not made an estimate on the number of divorced or separated parents who will have to decide which of them will have the Tax-Free Childcare account.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC have a process for dealing with different claims from such parents. The first parent that applies for a childcare account and is eligible, is given an account. If another person later applies for the same child both parents are contacted and asked whether they’re content to stand aside for the other applicant (so that the case can be resolved amicably). If they chose not to do this, both parents are asked to provide evidence in support of their claim. HMRC resolve cases based on the facts of each case. The losing parent can appeal, in which case both parents are party to the appeal.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 125646 125648 125649 question first answered 02/02/2018 10:55:55 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq