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date	14/05/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	EU Budget: Contributions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the contribution has been from the public purse to the EU since 29 March 2019.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	254167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>The extension of Article 50 to 31 October 2019 will affect the size of the financial settlement because contributions to the EU that would have formed part of the settlement will be made while the UK remains a Member State, which reduces the size of the settlement. The UK will make further contributions in 2019 as a Member State until our exit, but there will be an equal reduction in contributions in 2019 under the financial settlement. The net effect on EU contributions is zero.</p><p>The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) estimated in its March 2019 Economic and Fiscal Outlook (EFO) that the UK’s net (public sector receipts) contribution to the EU over 2019/20 would be £11bn.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 22/05/2019 11:00:45 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1104935

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Economic Growth: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to support economic growth in Northern Ireland in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	236462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>Securing a deal with the EU remains the Government’s top priority. However, a responsible Government must plan for every eventuality. The Northern Ireland Executive has received around £55 million in EU Exit preparation funding through the Barnett Formula.</p><p> </p><p>To support the economic growth in Northern Ireland, we have also committed £350 million for a Belfast City Region Deal, £2 million to support regeneration of Belfast City Centre and accelerated the rollout of full fibre broadband. The early stage negotiations for a Derry/Londonderry and Strabane City Region Deal are progressing well. This builds on our work at Budget, when we also increased Northern Ireland Executive’s budget by £320 million.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 02/04/2019 07:22:48 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

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

988715

registered interest
date	16/10/2018
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, what estimate he has made of the number of over-payments by HMRC to claimants in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	180154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The estimated number of overpaid tax credits awards in the 2016-17 tax year, as at 5 April 2017, was 1.57 million.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the numbers of overpaid awards for each tax year are published annually in the publication <em>“Child and Working Tax Credits statistics: finalised annual awards, supplement on payments” </em> the most recent publication is available here: <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 23/10/2018 14:19:06 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

988717

registered interest
date	16/10/2018
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, how many parents in Northern Ireland applied for tax free childcare in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	180155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The table below provides the number of parents in Northern Ireland who have applied for Tax-Free Childcare (TFC) in each of the last three years. TFC was trialled in 2016 and launched in April 2017.</p><p>We are promoting the scheme across the UK, including a marketing campaign which launched on 10 September 2018, to increase awareness and take-up of Tax-Free Childcare.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Years</p></td><td><p>Total Number of Applications</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,039</del> <ins class="ministerial">1,044</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2,093</del> <ins class="ministerial">1,301</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 23/10/2018 14:22:46 question first ministerially corrected 14/11/2018 13:36:18 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss previous answer version 80216 answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

76317

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Languages: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to increase the uptake of foreign languages in schools.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	204492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>The new national curriculum in England introduces the teaching of a foreign language to key stage 2 (ages 7 to 11) from September 2014. This will increase the take-up of foreign languages in both primary and secondary schools. By starting languages earlier, pupils will have longer to develop their skills to a high level before continuing with language learning in secondary school.</p><p>The English Baccalaureate is also already encouraging more young people to study a language at GCSE level. Take-up by key stage 4 pupils in England of a modern foreign language increased by over 20% between 2012 and 2013.</p><p>To support the introduction of languages at key stage 2, the Department for Education has allocated £350,000 this year to fund training on the new national curriculum for teachers of modern foreign languages in primary and secondary schools. The Department has also allocated £1.9 million to teaching schools to lead curriculum change across and within their teaching school alliances.</p><p>Approximately 46 of the projects being supported involve languages.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 14/07/2014 16:49:50 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

61663

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Basic Skills
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department has taken to ensure a high standard of teaching in numeracy and literacy.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	200344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p>We have published a more rigorous curriculum for English and mathematics. The new national curriculum sets expectations that match those in the highest-performing education jurisdictions in the world, challenging pupils to realise their potential in an increasingly competitive global market. It increases the level of demand from an early age, with greater emphasis on arithmetic, including learning times tables to 12 x 12 by age 9 and removing calculators from key stage 2 tests in mathematics, and on phonics, grammar and vocabulary development in English. GCSEs in English language and mathematics are also being reformed to be more challenging and give stronger guarantees of literacy and numeracy, with the mathematics GCSE in particular covering more than the current GCSE.</p><p> </p><p>We are confident that our reform to the national curriculum will give teachers greater flexibility and freedom, which will help to raise standards and expectations for all pupils. It has been significantly slimmed down and will free-up teachers to use their professional judgement to provide support that best meets the needs of their pupils.</p><p> </p><p>We have invested in and reformed initial teacher training (ITT) to focus on attracting the very best graduates with the right qualities for teaching into the profession through making more scholarships available; using bursaries to attract more of the most talented graduates in key subjects such as maths and physics and supporting the expansion of the highly-successful Teach First programme. Teach First is now the largest graduate recruiter in any sector in the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p>In 2013/14, we recruited 96% of the overall number of trainees we set out to recruit and the proportion with first-class or 2:1 degrees has risen 3 percentage points (74%) – a record compared to last year (71%). We have raised the bar for entry into ITT by making skills tests tougher, limiting candidates to two re-sits and making passing the tests in literacy and numeracy a requirement before entering, rather than exiting, ITT.</p><p> </p><p>Sir Andrew Carter has been appointed to lead an independent review about the effectiveness of ITT. As part of this, the review will look at ITT courses for both primary and secondary teaching to consider how well trainees are equipped to become outstanding teachers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 19/06/2014 16:27:54 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson