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1037895

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Overpayments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people claiming (a) working tax credits and (b) child tax credits have received overpayments in each year of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	206456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>Information on the number of claimants in receipt of Working Tax Credits and Child Tax Credits who have received overpayments in the last ten years are published in HMRCs Child and Working Tax Credits statistics: finalised annual awards, supplement on payments 2016-2017, published on 28<sup>th</sup> June 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Data for overpayments can be found within the “Main aggregate” tab in the publication tables.</p><p> </p><p>This publication can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-statistics-finalised-annual-awards-supplement-on-payments-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-statistics-finalised-annual-awards-supplement-on-payments-2016-to-2017</a></p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/01/2019 11:24:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1037096

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Farmers: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions his Department has had with farmers in Northern Ireland on the UK's withdrawal from the EU.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	205870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials have regular discussions with key stakeholders on matters of importance to the economy across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Agriculture is an area of primarily devolved competence. After we leave the EU, each administration will be able to independently design policies that support agriculture and enhance the environment, working closely with farmers.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 15/01/2019 14:22:27 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1035232

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Home Education: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of refunding the tax contribution made to the education budget by parents who educate their children at home.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	205188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>The obligation to pay taxes is a general one. In general, tax receipts go into the ‘Consolidated Fund’ and taxes are not earmarked to any particular purpose.</p><p> </p><p>I do appreciate that not all taxpayers make direct use of every service provided by the government, and that parents who choose to educate their children at home are one example of this. However, a similar argument for a tax refund could be made by anyone who does not use a publicly provided service, or some aspect of that service, including those who are not parents. Primary and secondary education is primarily funded through general taxation, irrespective of usage, and not through charging users.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/01/2019 11:27:37 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1029585

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the accounting officer for his Department has sought a written ministerial direction for any expenditure on contingency planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	204435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>I can confirm that HM Treasury’s accounting officer has not requested a written ministerial direction in relation to any expenditure on contingency planning for the United Kingdom leaving the European Union ‘without a deal’.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 07/01/2019 15:18:37 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

1028543

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
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, with reference to the Written Statement of 18 December 2018 on Public Spending, HCWS1205, what the value was of each Department's bid for funding.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	203796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>As part of preparing for the UK’s departure from the EU, the Treasury has allocated £2bn of funding for departments in 2019-20. Details of the figures allocated to individual department were announced in the Written Statement on 18<sup>th</sup> December 2018 (HCWS1205). As ever, the Treasury continually engages with departments on spending pressures. These allocations are reflective of departmental need in various EU Exit scenarios.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury does not publish bids received from departments for public spending.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 07/01/2019 14:28:25 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1028617

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
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, how much has been allocated to the devolved administrations to help them prepare for the possibility that the UK does not agree a Withdrawal Agreement with the EU.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	203923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government is making additional funding available so that departments and the devolved administrations can prepare effectively for EU Exit. More than £4.2 billion has been provided since 2016, including over £2 billion for core Brexit activity 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. The devolved administrations received their full share of additional funding in devolved areas through the Barnett Formula, with the Scottish Government allocated £54.7m, the Welsh Government allocated £31.1m, and the Northern Ireland administration allocated £20.4m. The Police Service Northern Ireland has received a further £16.5m to reflect the specific and unique circumstances in Northern Ireland.</p><p>This follows 2018-19 Barnett-based allocations from a £1.5 billion fund, which provided the Scottish Government with £37.3m, the Welsh Government with £21.4m, and the Northern Ireland administration with £15.2m.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 07/01/2019 14:26:21 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1027535

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will meet with the Permanent Secretary of the Northern Ireland Executive to ensure that provision set out in the Budget 2018 for reduced rates for high street shops in Northern Ireland is distributed to those shops and not lost in the Barnett consequential.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	203327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>Business rates policy is a devolved matter. The UK Government is providing Barnett consequential funding for the changes announced at Budget.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 20/12/2018 15:20:02 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1027635

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Child Tax Credit: Carers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many kinship carers who applied for child tax credit were exempt from the two-child limit in 2017-18; and how many of those people were financially affected by the benefit cap in that period.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Melanie Onn
uin	203366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The number of Child Tax Credit claimants who received an exception from the policy to provide support for a maximum of two children on the basis of non-parental care was 270 on 2 April 2018. This information is published and can be found by following the URL:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-tax-credit-and-universal-credit-claimants-statistics-related-to-the-policy-to-provide-support-for-a-maximum-of-2-children-april-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-tax-credit-and-universal-credit-claimants-statistics-related-to-the-policy-to-provide-support-for-a-maximum-of-2-children-april-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>No claimants were excluded from financial support where supporting documentation was provided.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC does not hold data on how many of these kinship carers were financially affected by the benefit cap.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent benefit cap figures were published on 1 November 2018 and are available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-cap-number-of-households-capped-to-august-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-cap-number-of-households-capped-to-august-2018</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 07/01/2019 14:19:43 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4464 label Biography information for Melanie Onn

1027709

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Students: Loans
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 amount by which the deficit will increase in 2018 as a result of the ONS decision on the treatment of student loans in Government accounts.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	203421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) published estimates of potential impacts of the new treatment on the deficit in their October 2018 Economic and fiscal outlook, which is available here: https://obr.uk/box/accounting-for-student-loans/</p><p> </p><p>However, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has made it clear that there is a lot to decide before their methodology is finalised. The ONS currently aim to fully implement the new treatment for student loans in the public sector finances in September 2019.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 07/01/2019 14:23:44 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1027334

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
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, what proportion of the £4.2 billion he has made available for planning for the UK to leave the EU since 2016 has been (a) allocated to departments and agencies and (b) spent.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	202713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>HM Treasury has allocated over £4.2 billion of additional funding to departments and the Devolved Administrations for EU exit preparations so far. This breaks down as:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>£412m of additional funding over the spending review period for the Department for Exiting the European Union, Department for International Trade and the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office at Autumn Statement 2016.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>£286m of additional funding for 17/18 (a full breakdown of which can be found in Supplementary Estimates 17/18).</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>Over £1.5bn of additional funding for 18/19. A full breakdown of the allocations can be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS540, laid on the 13th March (<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> </p></li><li><p>Over £2bn of additional funding for 19/20. A full breakdown of the allocations can be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS1205, laid on the 18th December (<a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-12-18/HCWS1205/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-12-18/HCWS1205/</a>)</p><p> </p><p>Whilst HM Treasury has oversight of policies with spending implications, the spending framework means the Treasury will not monitor each individual cost incurred to prepare for EU Exit.</p><p> </p><p>To ensure those closest to the decisions have the authority to manage public money efficiently and effectively, departments are set delegated spending limits. This means that where spend is not novel, contentious or repercussive, departments have autonomy to incur expenditure without seeking formal HMT clearance.</p></li></ul> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 20/12/2018 14:58:57 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn