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1005995

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Digital Technology: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will ring-fence additional funding to enhance further education training in digital capability.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	190886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government will introduce an entitlement to full funding for basic digital courses from 2020. Adults will have the opportunity to undertake improved digital courses based on new national standards free of charge.</p><p> </p><p>As is the case for the English and maths adult entitlements, the new basic digital skills entitlement will be funded through the Adult Education Budget.</p><p> </p><p>In the interim, we will continue to support the provision of basic digital skills training for adults in colleges and community learning centres across England through the Adult Education Budget and other programmes.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 19/11/2018 14:00:02 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1006098

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Private Finance Initiative
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's definition is of privately financed in relation to infrastructure projects.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	190874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>Private finance is a way to deliver infrastructure projects in which the private sector invests equity and/or lends in order to facilitate the development, delivery, and/or operation of a project, asset or entity with the expectation of earning a return on the investment.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 19/11/2018 13:38:37 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

1006112

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
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 complaints have been revived from people left unable to access their childcare account as a result of technical difficulties in each year since the introduction of those accounts.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
uin	190785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text The vast majority of parents apply for and use their childcare account without problems, including getting their 30 hours eligibility code. Where parents have experienced technical issues, HMRC has arrangements in place to ensure that they do not miss out as a result. Manual codes are issued to enable parents to access a 30 hours place when they are eligible if they cannot get a digital code within the required timeline. The number of manual codes issued has been decreasing since September 2017 as the system has become embedded and enhanced.<p> </p>To 31 October 2018, HMRC has received 4,560 complaints from parents who have experienced technical issues with the childcare service.<p> </p>To 31 October 2018, HMRC has issued 35,370 codes manually to parents.<p> </p>To 31 October 2018, HMRC has paid out £200,000 in redress to parents for expenses such as telephone calls to the helpline. answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 19/11/2018 18:01:08 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

1006115

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Ombudsman Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Financial Ombudsman's Annual Report 2017-18, for what reasons the Financial Ombudsman upheld the lowest rate of complaints in the last 10 years in 2017-2018.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	190951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>This is a matter for the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS), which is independent from Government. The FOS will respond to the Honourable Member by letter, and a copy of the letter will be placed in the Library of the House of Commons.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 19/11/2018 15:54:36 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1006180

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Religious Buildings: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to remove VAT from services and items included for the repair and maintenance of (a) churches and (b) other religious buildings.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham P Jones
uin	190861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>Under the current EU rules, the government cannot remove VAT on the repair and maintenance of places of worship.</p><p>The government recognises the importance of places of worship in our communities and provides funding to cover the cost of repairs and maintenance of listed places of worship through The Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme, managed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 19/11/2018 15:22:47 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

1006216

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Income Tax: Tax Rates and Bands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Scottish higher rate taxpayers have contacted HM Revenue and Customs in the last 12 months to register elsewhere in the UK for tax purposes; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	190920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>Whether someone is a Scottish taxpayer is defined in legislation and is normally determined by where they have their only or main residence.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC does not hold data on the reasons for taxpayer moves.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 19/11/2018 16:30:29 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens