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753955

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Overseas Loans: Republic of Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how much the Republic of Ireland owes the UK relating to the £338 million loan provided following the financial crisis; and what are the arrangements for repayment.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL1102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2017 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to the most recent statutory report which the Treasury provided to Parliament as required by Section 2 of the Loans to Ireland Act 2010. The last report was laid in Parliament on 18 April 2017 and is available in the Printed Paper Office.</p><p> </p><p>The timetable for repayment set out in this report remains unchanged.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 28/07/2017 12:52:24 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

753271

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what is their response to the analysis by the Office for Budget Responsibility that the UK's public finances are ill-positioned to withstand (1) a possible recession, (2) higher inflation, and (3) an increase in interest rates.
tabling member printed	Lord Birt
uin	HL959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2017 answer text <p>The Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) Fiscal Risks Report demonstrates that the public finances remain vulnerable to shocks. To enhance our resilience to such shocks it is vital that we get debt falling.</p><p> </p><p>To this end, we remain committed to bringing the public finances back to balance by the mid-2020s, with interim targets to reduce the structural deficit below 2% of GDP and get debt falling as a share of GDP by 2020-21.</p><p> </p><p>The government continues to consider carefully the findings within the OBR’s report. As required under the Charter for Budget Responsibility, the government will formally respond to the issues raised within the next year.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 28/07/2017 13:33:39 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

753274

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what are the sources of funds for the additional £1 billon investment announced for Northern Ireland in June.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government routinely makes adjustments to public spending throughout the year and will deal with the cost of additional resources for the Northern Ireland Executive within our overall plans in this way.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 28/07/2017 12:33:11 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

753277

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what were the volumes and nature of smuggled goods seized along the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in the last five years for which figures are available; and what estimate they have made of the amount of duty evaded.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) records statistics for smuggling seized goods does not have that level of detail required to answer. Therefore without referencing individual cases it is not possible to identify which ones involved smuggling.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 28/07/2017 12:36:43 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

753278

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how many convictions there were of persons charged with smuggling offences along the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland for the last two years for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) records statistics for smuggling offences does not have that level of detail required to answer. Therefore without referencing individual cases it is not possible to identify which ones involved smuggling.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 28/07/2017 12:36:54 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

753308

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what progress have they made in reducing the national debt.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2017 answer text <p>In 2010 the government inherited the largest deficit since the Second World War at 9.9% of GDP in 2009-10. Since then the government has reduced the deficit by three quarters to 2.4% of GDP last year. Without this reduction the level of debt would be even higher than its level of 86.8% of GDP at the end of March 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The government has committed to ensure Public Sector Net Debt as a share of GDP is falling in 2020-21. In their March 2017 forecast the Office for Budget Responsibility forecast that the government will meet this target two years early in 2018-19.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 28/07/2017 12:33:52 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

753309

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken, if any, to engage with the European Parliament's inquiry into Money Laundering, Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government has engaged constructively with the European Parliament's Committee of Inquiry into Money Laundering, Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion‎.</p><p> </p><p>In February 2017, the previous Financial Secretary to the Treasury and the previous Economic Secretary to the Treasury wrote to the Chair of the European Parliament to set out the extensive recent steps the UK had taken in these areas. In the same month, Members of the Committee visited London and met with senior officials from the UK's cross-agency Panama Papers Taskforce to discuss their important work.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 28/07/2017 12:33:37 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

752427

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government why parents who submit an online application for 30 hours free childcare to the Department for Education website are sent a holding response.
tabling member printed	Baroness Grender
uin	HL873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2017 answer text <p>To be eligible for 30 hours free childcare parents must meet certain criteria which are checked before a parent is given a decision. The majority of these checks happen in real time. There are some cases where additional checks may be required.</p><p> </p><p>As with all digital services, the childcare service is continually monitored and performance is assessed. Updates are made regularly as a result of these assessments.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL874 HL875 question first answered 28/07/2017 12:29:49 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4291 label Biography information for Baroness Grender

752428

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, following submission of an application to receive 30 hours free childcare, how long the Department for Education takes to respond to parents confirming their eligibility.
tabling member printed	Baroness Grender
uin	HL874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2017 answer text <p>To be eligible for 30 hours free childcare parents must meet certain criteria which are checked before a parent is given a decision. The majority of these checks happen in real time. There are some cases where additional checks may be required.</p><p> </p><p>As with all digital services, the childcare service is continually monitored and performance is assessed. Updates are made regularly as a result of these assessments.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL873 HL875 question first answered 28/07/2017 12:29:49 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4291 label Biography information for Baroness Grender

752429

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to review the accessibility of the online process to register for 30 hours of free childcare; and if so, when that review will take place.
tabling member printed	Baroness Grender
uin	HL875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2017 answer text <p>To be eligible for 30 hours free childcare parents must meet certain criteria which are checked before a parent is given a decision. The majority of these checks happen in real time. There are some cases where additional checks may be required.</p><p> </p><p>As with all digital services, the childcare service is continually monitored and performance is assessed. Updates are made regularly as a result of these assessments.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL873 HL874 question first answered 28/07/2017 12:29:49 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4291 label Biography information for Baroness Grender