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1024804

registered interest
date	13/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of public expenditure is spent on children’s services delivered by local government.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	202165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>As outlined in the Office for Budget Responsibility’s October 2018 Economic and Fiscal Outlook, total managed expenditure was £793.8bn in 2017/18 and will increase to £812.8bn in 2018/19.</p><p>Local authority spending on children’s services in 2017/18 was £9.4bn. Councils have access to over £200 billion to deliver local services, including children’s services, between 2015/16 and 2019/20 and local government core spending power will increase in real terms next year.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 200077 question first answered 17/12/2018 13:51:20 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1024810

registered interest
date	13/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Research: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2018 to Question 191916 on Research: Finance, how the Government plans to guarantee that funding after the end of the implementation period.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	202140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>In the event the UK leaves the EU without an overall withdrawal agreement, HMG will guarantee the payment of awards for UK organisations which successfully bid directly to EU programmes (including research and innovation programmes such as Horizon 2020), until the end of 2020, for the whole lifetime of projects agreed. This includes where a project continues beyond the end of 2020.</p><p> </p><p>As the Political Declaration states, the UK wishes to explore the option of association to EU research and innovation programmes post-2020, including Horizon Europe, Euratom R&amp;T, JET, ITER and Copernicus. The UK’s future participation in EU research and innovation programmes is subject to negotiations on the future UK-EU relationship. The Government will take a longer term look at spending through the Spending Review in 2019 to ensure it is in line with policy objectives. This includes replacements for EU programmes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 18/12/2018 12:38:46 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1024823

registered interest
date	13/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Infrastructure: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps he has taken to assess the value for money of the spending of funds he has allocated for infrastructure in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	202149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>Assessing value for money of infrastructure projects is a devolved matter. Assessments should be made in line with published HM Treasury guidance.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 19/12/2018 18:18:46 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1023106

registered interest
date	11/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Block Grant: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the effect of recent budgetary decisions on the Scottish block grant.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
uin	908140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>At Budget we announced a £700m increase in the Scottish block grant for 19/20 because of the additional money we are spending across the country.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/12/2018 14:36:20 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

1023194

registered interest
date	11/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of paying benefits to working parents whose children are living abroad in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	201120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>HMRC does not collect data on the entire benefits system. However, for Child Benefit and Child Tax Credit paid, which amounted to £11.7 billion and £20.9 billion in 2017-18 respectively, it is estimated that £35 million was paid for children resident in another EEA country. This consists of £20 million of Child Benefit and £15 million of Child Tax Credit.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 19/12/2018 17:47:31 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

1023204

registered interest
date	11/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Winter Fuel Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many senior citizens that were entitled to the winter fuel payment in 2017 were higher rate tax payers.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	201121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>HMRC does not hold detailed information on individuals who are entitled to Winter Fuel Payments. The Winter Fuel Payment is a household benefit, where eligibility is based on a number of factors.</p><p>Information on the eligibility for winter fuel payments can be found in the link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/winter-fuel-payment/eligibility%0d" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/winter-fuel-payment/eligibility</a></p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 17/12/2018 16:50:13 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1023248

registered interest
date	11/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to provide financial support to businesses in Scotland deploying no-deal contingency plans as a result of the Government deferring the meaningful vote on the Withdrawal Agreement.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
uin	201184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government has taken steps throughout the EU Exit process to help businesses to prepare for a range of potential scenarios. These include the Government as a whole publishing 106 specific technical notices to help businesses prepare for March 2019 in the event of a ‘no deal’ scenario, and HMRC publishing a ‘Partnership Pack’ and sending letters to 145,000 traders setting out some actions businesses should take now to prepare for changes at the border in a ‘no deal’ scenario. We will continue to work with the Scottish Government to support businesses in Scotland.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 17/12/2018 12:53:14 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

1023300

registered interest
date	11/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Research: Expenditure
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 UK expenditure on research and development as a proportion of GDP in 2017-18; and how that level of expenditure compares to (a) other G7 countries and (b) the EU.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	201140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>The latest ONS data estimates that overall gross R&amp;D expenditure in the UK was £33.1bn in 2016, which was 1.7% of GDP in that year. 2017 data is due to be released in March 2019. The latest OECD international comparison of R&amp;D expenditure ranked the UK 5<sup>th</sup> in the G7 and 10<sup>th</sup> among EU nations in 2016.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 17/12/2018 11:29:11 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1022953

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Global Navigation Satellite Systems: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2018 to Question 198212 on Global Navigation Satellite Systems: Costs, which Departmental budget will provide the cost of the proposed Global Navigation Satellite System.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	200617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>In August, following the European Commission’s decision to exclude the UK from the development of Galileo’s encrypted system, the Prime Minister committed £92 million to establish a taskforce of Government specialists and industry to develop alternative options that will provide both civilian and encrypted signals. This engineering study is due to report in 2019-20 and will inform the decision of whether the UK pursues a sovereign Global Navigation Satellite System. Funding for new major programmes will be a matter for the forthcoming Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 13/12/2018 12:36:14 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1023038

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the financial package agreed by the Government, Transport for London and the Mayor of London for additional funding to support Crossrail will result in Barnett consequentials for Wales; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	200644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government, the Mayor of London and Transport for London (TfL) announced on 10 December 2018 a financing package to deliver the final stages of the Crossrail project and open the Elizabeth line to passengers. The Department for Transport will provide a loan of up to £1.3 billion to the Greater London Authority (GLA). The GLA intend to repay this loan via London’s Business Rate Supplement (BRS) and from the Mayoral Community Infrastructure Levy (MCIL).</p><p> </p><p>As the Government is providing a loan to the GLA, this is being treated as a long-term reprofiling of DfT’s budget. The Devolved Administrations (DAs) have been offered Barnett consequentials of the DfT reprofile and it is up to individual DAs if they take up this offer.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 13/12/2018 14:29:42 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards