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registered interest
date	08/07/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Local Government Finance: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on local government finances.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	71110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2020 answer text <p>I refer the Honorable Member to the answer I gave on 8<sup>th</sup> July:</p><p> </p><p>The Government has provided over £3.7bn in additional grant funding to Councils in England to help them respond to pressures across all their services as a result of Covid-19. The Government has also announced a major new scheme to reimburse councils for their income losses during the pandemic, and is allowing councils to spread their tax deficits over three years rather than the usual one. These measures represent a comprehensive package of support for councils as they respond to Covid-19.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 13/07/2020 11:03:05 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1221399

registered interest
date	07/07/2020
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, what the cost to the public purse was of (a) policies and (b) other work started by the previous Administration between 2016 and 2019 which were cancelled by the Government when it was formed in December 2019.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	70340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government is delivering the Manifesto on which it was elected in December 2019.</p><p> </p><p>This set out the costs of the government’s policy agenda, including the implementation of the 2019 Spending Round.</p><p> </p><p>Subsequently, the government published Spring Budget 2020 and its Plan For Jobs which set out the costs of subsequent policy announcements.</p><p> </p><p>We will set out plans for future years at a Budget and Spending Review in the Autumn.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 13/07/2020 11:15:24 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

1221066

registered interest
date	06/07/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what financial support his Department has allocated to (a) NHS and (b) public sector staff who have been asked to shield during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	69660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2020 answer text <p>Where individuals have been advised to shield, guidance available on gov.uk should be followed wherever possible. Employers are expected to support staff to safely shield.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Those working for fully funded public sector organisations, including those that need to shield, should be paid as normal out of existing budgets.</p><p>Arrangements should have been made to facilitate working from home wherever possible, and reprioritisation and redeployment should be considered to minimise issues with service delivery.</p><p> </p><p>In public sector organisations not fully funded by public grants, where working from home has not been possible, shielding staff were eligible for furlough, and the scheme continues to support them. In all instances, CJRS claims should remain proportionate to the impact on revenue disruption, and those that need to shield should be furloughed before other staff. It should be noted that from 1 July, employees can only be furloughed if they have completed the minimum 3-week furlough period between 1 March and 30 June.</p><p> </p><p>Similarly, guidance issued by NHS England states that staff will continue to receive full pay for any period in which they are required to self-isolate as a result of public health advice.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor has been clear that the NHS will receive as much funding as needed to manage the Covid-19 outbreak, with £31.9 billion of support now approved for health and care services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 13/07/2020 11:13:08 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1221216

registered interest
date	06/07/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Child Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of increasing the value of child benefit.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	69666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2020 answer text <p>Child Benefit rates were raised in line with inflation in April 2020.</p><p>This was alongside the government’s significant package of welfare support in response to the Covid-19 outbreak, which is estimated by the to be worth £8bn this year. This includes: an up-to £20 per week increase to the Universal Credit standard allowance and Working Tax Credit basic element; a relaxation of earnings rules for self-employed Universal Credit claimants; and an increase in the Local Housing Allowance rates for Universal Credit and Housing Benefit claimants to the 30th percentile of market rents.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay grouped question UIN 69673 question first answered 13/07/2020 11:11:11 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1221224

registered interest
date	06/07/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Child Benefit: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what impact assessment his Department has carried out on the potential merits for BAME women of increasing child benefit.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	69673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2020 answer text <p>Child Benefit rates were raised in line with inflation in April 2020.</p><p>This was alongside the government’s significant package of welfare support in response to the Covid-19 outbreak, which is estimated by the to be worth £8bn this year. This includes: an up-to £20 per week increase to the Universal Credit standard allowance and Working Tax Credit basic element; a relaxation of earnings rules for self-employed Universal Credit claimants; and an increase in the Local Housing Allowance rates for Universal Credit and Housing Benefit claimants to the 30th percentile of market rents.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay grouped question UIN 69666 question first answered 13/07/2020 11:11:11 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan