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1663642

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the allocation to Northern Ireland will be from Wave 3 of the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	201496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2023 answer text <p>At Spending Review 2021, funding was allocated for the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund to the former Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Barnett formula was applied.</p><p> </p><p>At spending reviews, the Barnett formula is applied to changes in each UK government department’s DEL budget with the Barnett consequentials that arise then added to the devolved administrations’ baseline block grants. Because the Barnett formula is not applied to changes in funding for all the individual programmes within a UK government department’s DEL budget, the Barnett consequentials associated with these individual programmes, such as the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund, cannot be identified.</p><p> </p><p>At Autumn Statement 2022, the Chancellor announced £6 billion of funding to go towards energy efficiency policies in the next Spending Review period.</p><p> </p><p>All decisions on devolved administration funding beyond the current Spending Review period will be taken at future Spending Reviews.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 18/10/2023 08:40:16 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1664213

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of changes to the HS2 scheme on Barnett funding for Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	202066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2023 answer text <p>Funding for the HS2 programme has been provided to the Department for Transport’s (DfT). The Barnett formula has applied changes to the DfT’s budget to date due to funding for the HS2 programme, and the Northern Ireland Executive has received Barnett consequentials as a result.</p><p> </p><p>At spending reviews, the Barnett formula is applied to changes in each UK Government department’s DEL budget with the Barnett consequentials that arise then added to the devolved administrations’ baseline block grants. As the Barnett formula is not applied to changes in funding for all the individual programmes within a UK Government department’s DEL budget, the Barnett consequentials associated with these individual programmes, such as HS2, cannot be identified.</p><p> </p><p>The Barnett formula will continue to apply to future changes to the DfT budget from funding for the HS2 programme.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 18/10/2023 14:13:20 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1639856

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Night Shelter Transformation Fund: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of whether there will be a Barnett consequential for Northern Ireland in respect of the Night Shelter Transformation Fund.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	186579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2023 answer text <p>The Night Shelter Transformation Fund is being funded from within existing Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities budgets. The Northern Ireland Executive have already received funding through the Barnett formula in relation to existing Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities budgets.</p><p> </p><p>A full breakdown of Barnett-based funding provided to the Northern Ireland Executive is published in Block Grant Transparency, which is due to be updated shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 26/05/2023 12:12:57 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1608773

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Housing: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether there will be a Barnett consequential for Northern Ireland from the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund and Home Upgrade Grant for energy-saving measures.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	176804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>Spending Review 2021 allocated funding for both the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund and Home Upgrade Grant for energy-saving measures.</p><p> </p><p>At spending reviews, the Barnett formula is applied to changes in each UK government department’s DEL budget with the Barnett consequentials that arise then added to the devolved administrations’ baseline block grants.</p><p> </p><p>Because the Barnett formula is not applied to changes in funding for all the individual programmes within a UK government department’s DEL budget, the Barnett consequentials associated with these individual programmes cannot be identified.</p><p> </p><p>Spending Review 2021 set the largest annual block grants, in real terms, of any spending review settlement since the devolution Acts in 1998 and the Northern Ireland Executive is receiving an average of £1.6 billion per year through the Barnett formula on top of its £13.4 billion annual baseline.</p><p> </p><p>It is for the devolved administrations to decide how to allocate their funding in devolved areas, including environmental planning and decarbonisation.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 17/04/2023 12:13:45 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1605949

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Childcare: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) forecast and (b) actual expenditure was for the tax-free childcare scheme in the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	170765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>Tax-Free Childcare began to be rolled out from April 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Forecasted expenditure for financial years 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 was published in the Office for Budget Responsibility’s Economic and Fiscal Outlook for Spring Statement 2019 and can be found on page 105: https://obr.uk/docs/dlm_uploads/March-2019_EFO_Web-Accessible.pdf</p><p> </p><p>Actual expenditure for financial years 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 was published in the Tax-Free Childcare Official Statistics, March 2022. The Tables and Statistics are available to download from: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tax-free-childcare-statistics-march-2022</p><p> </p><p>Actual expenditure in 2020-21 was significantly lower than forecast. This is driven by the impact of COVID 19 lockdowns.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 28/03/2023 14:15:18 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1605950

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Childcare: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of increasing the tax free childcare scheme to cover (a) 25 per cent and (b) 30 per cent of childcare costs.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	170766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text Up-to-date estimates are not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. Should the Government announce any changes to Tax-Free Childcare or other policy measures in future, costings will be submitted to the Office for Budget Responsibility and published in the budget report on GOV.UK. answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 28/03/2023 14:17:15 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1584637

registered interest
date	06/02/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	High-income Child Benefit Tax Charge
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the High-Income Child Benefit Charge to review rules on single and dual earners with the same level of household earnings.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	140390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>The High Income Child Benefit Charge is calculated on an individual rather than a household basis, in line with other income tax policy. This is because HMRC holds records on individual incomes, allowing them to identify who is liable for the charge, and communicate with these individuals to encourage compliance.</p><p> </p><p>However, HMRC does not routinely collect household relationship information, and changes to household make-up and income fluctuations would make it difficult for HMRC to calculate combined household incomes.</p><p> </p><p>Basing the HICBC on household income, to take into account single and dual earner households, would require all families in receipt of Child Benefit payments to report their household income data to HMRC, to ensure compliance. This would be costly to the Government and burdensome for families who currently do not need to provide this information.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 09/02/2023 17:33:38 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1566799

registered interest
date	13/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the Barnett Consequentials Northern Ireland will receive for staffing for the Move to Universal Credit programme in (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	122508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2023 answer text <p>The Barnett formula determines changes in the Northern Ireland Executive’s funding, not the overall funding, and is applied at departmental level at Spending Reviews. Barnett consequentials don’t therefore generally reflect the funding provided to the Northern Ireland Executive in relation to specific programmes or projects. The Block Grant Transparency publication sets out the breakdown of Barnett consequentials for the Northern Ireland Executive.</p><p> </p><p>In relation to the Move to Universal Credit Programme, the Barnett formula has been applied as set out in the Statement of Funding Policy. Funding for this programme fed into overall Barnett-based funding for the Northern Ireland Executive set at the Spending Review 2021.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 18/01/2023 14:57:14 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1546385

registered interest
date	29/11/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the values of the Barnett consequential funding for Northern Ireland relating to his spending decisions in the Autumn Statement 2022.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	98900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2022 answer text <p>As a result of the decisions taken at Autumn Statement 2022, the Northern Ireland Executive’s funding is increasing by around £650m over 2023-24 and 2024-25.</p><p> </p><p>The Block Grant Transparency publication will set out a full breakdown of funding for the Northern Ireland Executive in due course.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 02/12/2022 09:33:08 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1536352

registered interest
date	26/10/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Sector Debt
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of rising (a) inflation and (b) refinancing costs on the cost of servicing Government debt.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	72487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>Inflation has a range of impacts on the public finances and previous OBR forecasts have shown how inflation can increase spending on welfare and debt interest, as well as tax revenues. With respect to debt interest, the most recent OBR forecast in March projected that government spending on debt interest would reach £83.0 billion in 2022-23. The OBR also publish a ‘ready reckoner’ to estimate the effect of changes in economic determinants, such as inflation and gilt rates. This shows the estimated change in debt interest costs from a 1 percentage point increase in inflation and gilt rates throughout the forecast.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 03/11/2022 10:54:42 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry