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732965

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Infrastructure: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many infrastructure projects the Government supported in Scotland in (a) 2016 and (b) 2017.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
uin	1274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>Since 2014, the UK government has committed to over £675m of investment to support various infrastructure projects in Scotland through City Deals, including:</p><ul><li><p>£500m funding towards a Glasgow and Clyde Valley City Deal</p></li><li><p>£125m towards an Aberdeen City Deal</p></li><li><p>Over £50m towards an Inverness and Highlands City Region Deal</p><p>The government has already committed to delivering 3 more City Deals in Scotland, and is working with local partners to agree these. And as a result of the UK government’s decision to focus on investment in infrastructure in the Autumn Statement 2016 and Spring Budget 2017, the Scottish Government’s capital budget will increase by £890m through to 2020-21. The Scottish Government will be able to use this money to support projects across its devolved responsibilities, including infrastructure. Scotland will also benefit from UK-wide investment in infrastructure, including the UK government’s digital infrastructure package, and the new National 5G Innovation Network that was announced at the Spring Budget 2017.</p></li></ul> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 04/07/2017 14:20:18 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

733125

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Contingencies Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the Government will release funds from the Treasury Contingencies Fund to provide local authorities and housing associations with funding to make sure all high-rise buildings are safe.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	1295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>All social landlords have been instructed to carry out fire safety checks on tower blocks and ensure the appropriate safety and response measures are in place. This is being done in co-operation with local fire and rescue services. We are testing cladding in all relevant tower blocks. It is the landlord’s responsibility to ensure that people are safe through funding fire safety improvements. Where works are necessary to ensure the fire safety of a building, we will ensure that lack of financial resources will not prevent them going ahead.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 03/07/2017 13:03:19 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

733128

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Contingencies Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Treasury Contingencies Fund contains.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	1296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>The Treasury may authorise issues out of the Fund subject to the limit set on the capital of the Fund by the Contingencies Fund Act 1974. The methodology for calculation can be found at the following link to the Act:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1974/18/pdfs/ukpga_19740018_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1974/18/pdfs/ukpga_19740018_en.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 03/07/2017 14:41:36 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

732503

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	European Investment Bank
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure that Scotland remains eligible for, and retains access to, European Investment Bank funding after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	1041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>The future relationship between the UK and the EIB is something that will be determined as part of the negotiations on the UK’s exit from the EU and the Government will not be giving a running commentary on these negotiations.</p><p> </p><p>The EIB publishes details of all their projects on their website. Financing details of all projects, including those in Scotland, for each of the past 10 years can be found in the link below</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.eib.org/projects/loan/list/?region=1&amp;country=GB" target="_blank">http://www.eib.org/projects/loan/list/?region=1&amp;country=GB</a></p><p> </p><p>As part of the ongoing work on the UKs exit from the EU, HMT has been assessing the contribution EIB finance makes to the UK economy. In his Mansion House speech on 20 June, the Chancellor said that; “The European Investment Bank, and its offshoot, the European Investment Fund, have been an important source of funding for infrastructure investment and for growth businesses.”</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 29/06/2017 07:35:38 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

732530

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Per Capita Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total public spending per person has been in (a) England, (b) the North West and (c) Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	1051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>Public spending per person for the last three years is available for the North West, England and Northern Ireland. This information was published in 2016 in the HM Treasury ‘Country and Regional Analysis’ release. This information is only produced for outturn years, plans information is not produced in this format.</p><p> </p><p>Information on total public sector spending in Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency is not centrally available. The Department for Communities and Local Government collect information on local authority current and capital expenditure, however this forms only part of total public expenditure.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 1054 1055 1056 question first answered 04/07/2017 14:17:34 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

732535

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Per Capita Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the total public spending per person in (a) England, (b) the North West and (c) Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency in the next three years.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	1056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>Public spending per person for the last three years is available for the North West, England and Northern Ireland. This information was published in 2016 in the HM Treasury ‘Country and Regional Analysis’ release. This information is only produced for outturn years, plans information is not produced in this format.</p><p> </p><p>Information on total public sector spending in Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency is not centrally available. The Department for Communities and Local Government collect information on local authority current and capital expenditure, however this forms only part of total public expenditure.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 1051 1054 1055 question first answered 04/07/2017 14:17:34 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

732541

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what spending commitments the Government has made since 8 June 2017; and what the cost to the public purse of those commitments is.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	1062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>Ministers and departments make public statements on government spending on an ongoing basis. The Government will set out overall changes to departmental allocations, reflecting such statements where appropriate, at the Budget, in line with the normal process.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 04/07/2017 14:11:35 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

732544

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Per Capita Costs: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total public spending per person in Northern Ireland has been in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	1054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>Public spending per person for the last three years is available for the North West, England and Northern Ireland. This information was published in 2016 in the HM Treasury ‘Country and Regional Analysis’ release. This information is only produced for outturn years, plans information is not produced in this format.</p><p> </p><p>Information on total public sector spending in Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency is not centrally available. The Department for Communities and Local Government collect information on local authority current and capital expenditure, however this forms only part of total public expenditure.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 1051 1055 1056 question first answered 04/07/2017 14:17:34 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

732546

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Per Capita Costs: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the total public spending per person in Northern Ireland in the next three years.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	1055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>Public spending per person for the last three years is available for the North West, England and Northern Ireland. This information was published in 2016 in the HM Treasury ‘Country and Regional Analysis’ release. This information is only produced for outturn years, plans information is not produced in this format.</p><p> </p><p>Information on total public sector spending in Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency is not centrally available. The Department for Communities and Local Government collect information on local authority current and capital expenditure, however this forms only part of total public expenditure.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 1051 1054 1056 question first answered 04/07/2017 14:17:34 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

732604

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Child Tax Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many women have claimed an exemption to the two-child limit on tax credits for a child born as a result of non-consensual conception since the introduction of that limit and that exemption.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	1107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>We recognise that the exception is a difficult and sensitive issue, and have therefore set up procedures that are mindful of the sensitivities involved. We continue to monitor this exception carefully to ensure that it is working as intended. The policy started on 6 April 2017 and sufficient quality assured data is not availble at this stage.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 29/06/2017 16:39:14 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin