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1147777

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	UK Shared Prosperity Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the timeframe is for the completion of the consultation on a UK Shared Prosperity fund; and if he will publish a response to that consultation.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	293413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The government recognises the importance of providing certainty and clarity on the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. As announced by the Prime Minister on 27 July, the government will bring forward plans on the fund. The government remains committed to consulting on the fund.</p><p>The UK Shared Prosperity Fund will operate across the UK. It will be part of this government’s commitment to levelling up our regions and enabling all places to benefit from economic prosperity, particularly those whose economies are furthest behind.</p><p>The government has been working closely with interested parties across the UK whilst developing the fund. It is only right that we take final decisions regarding its design, including its allocation, after a cross-government Spending Review.</p><p>UK government officials regularly discuss the UK Shared Prosperity Fund with their counterparts in the devolved administrations and the Northern Ireland Civil Service. The last meeting with representatives from all the devolved administrations was held on 2 October 2019.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry grouped question UIN 293415 293416 question first answered 07/10/2019 16:12:48 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1147779

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	UK Shared Prosperity Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what formula the Government plans to use to calculate the level of funding from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund allocated to each UK region.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	293415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The government recognises the importance of providing certainty and clarity on the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. As announced by the Prime Minister on 27 July, the government will bring forward plans on the fund. The government remains committed to consulting on the fund.</p><p>The UK Shared Prosperity Fund will operate across the UK. It will be part of this government’s commitment to levelling up our regions and enabling all places to benefit from economic prosperity, particularly those whose economies are furthest behind.</p><p>The government has been working closely with interested parties across the UK whilst developing the fund. It is only right that we take final decisions regarding its design, including its allocation, after a cross-government Spending Review.</p><p>UK government officials regularly discuss the UK Shared Prosperity Fund with their counterparts in the devolved administrations and the Northern Ireland Civil Service. The last meeting with representatives from all the devolved administrations was held on 2 October 2019.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry grouped question UIN 293413 293416 question first answered 07/10/2019 16:12:49 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1147780

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	UK Shared Prosperity Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when officials in his Department last met with representatives of the devolved Administrations on the development of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	293416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The government recognises the importance of providing certainty and clarity on the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. As announced by the Prime Minister on 27 July, the government will bring forward plans on the fund. The government remains committed to consulting on the fund.</p><p>The UK Shared Prosperity Fund will operate across the UK. It will be part of this government’s commitment to levelling up our regions and enabling all places to benefit from economic prosperity, particularly those whose economies are furthest behind.</p><p>The government has been working closely with interested parties across the UK whilst developing the fund. It is only right that we take final decisions regarding its design, including its allocation, after a cross-government Spending Review.</p><p>UK government officials regularly discuss the UK Shared Prosperity Fund with their counterparts in the devolved administrations and the Northern Ireland Civil Service. The last meeting with representatives from all the devolved administrations was held on 2 October 2019.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry grouped question UIN 293413 293415 question first answered 07/10/2019 16:12:48 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1147415

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Operation Yellowhammer, what his Department's base case planning assumptions were before that document was published.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	292787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>Yellowhammer has always considered the reasonable worst case scenario and never a ‘base’ or ‘central’ scenario. This was confirmed in the NAO report, published in March 2019, which said that in Operation Yellowhammer “Departments are working on the basis of a reasonable worst case scenario.” Some iterations of the Reasonable worst case scenario planning assumptions have used the words ‘base scenario’ as a subtitle for the contextual assumptions, outlining the background to a no-deal brexit.</p><p>Yellowhammer reasonable worst case planning assumptions are kept under review and updated planning assumptions for exiting the European Union without a deal will be published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 07/10/2019 14:00:02 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1147416

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what sectors his Department plans to prioritise for support in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	292788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department is maintaining efforts to ensure businesses across the UK are ready to leave the EU on 31 October. We continue to robustly assess the potential impact of no-deal and are engaging widely with businesses across all sectors and meeting regularly with business representative organisations and trade associations. HMRC has also put into place funding for training that helps businesses to complete customs declarations and processes and has launched a trader helpline to answer border related questions</p><p> </p><p>The Business Readiness Fund makes up to £15M available to support Business Representative Organisations as they help to prepare businesses for leaving the EU on 31 October. As of 1 October, BEIS has approved 69 bids from business representative organisations. Further applications are still in the process of being reviewed. Applications have spanned a wide range of sectors and are from across the UK. We continue to encourage bids until applications close on 7 October.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we have secured £1.3 million central funding which we are directing towards targeted sector-specific engagement across the UK through sector teams to complement the Business Readiness Fund and Public Information Campaign.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 07/10/2019 13:17:53 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1147419

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what funding his Department has allocated to Operation Kingfisher.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	292791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>HM Treasury and the Bank of England have a number of economic tools at their disposal in preparation for EU exit and stand ready to deploy them as and when necessary.</p><p> </p><p>Overall, the government has already made over £6.3bn available to prepare for EU exit. This includes £2 billion of core funding for departments for Brexit in 2020-21, which was confirmed in the recent Spending Round.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to monitor and work closely with businesses across the country to help ensure they are fully prepared for when the UK leaves the EU.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 07/10/2019 12:55:05 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1146771

registered interest
date	27/09/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Freight
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the (a) cost to the public purse of and (b) length of time required for Government-secured freight capacity in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	291526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The framework will be in place for four years, and has a maximum value of £300 million over that timeframe, of which up to £150 million will be available to secure freight capacity for EU Exit preparedness.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 07/10/2019 11:42:48 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1146839

registered interest
date	27/09/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Ports: Infrastructure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the improvements to port infrastructure on the UK side of channel since June 2019 on potential goods disruption after the UK leaves the EU; and what comparative assessment he has made of the effect of those improvements and the improvements made on the French side of the English Channel.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	291530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>It was announced on 26 September that sixteen ports across England will receive a share of a multimillion-pound funding pot to help their preparations for Brexit on 31 October and beyond. The successful bidders of the £10 million Port Infrastructure Resilience and Connectivity (PIRC) competition offers ports up to £1 million each to deliver important infrastructure upgrades to help keep traffic and trade flowing smoothly across the border.</p><p> </p><p>The fund is part of a wider £30 million government package to support ports across England to operate efficiently post-Brexit of which DfT is providing up to £5 million to four Local Resilience Forums (LRF) outside Kent with the highest volumes of accompanied road freight traffic with EU ports. A further £15 million will go towards the development of longer-term projects to boost road and rail links to ports.</p><p> </p><p>It is for the relevant LRFs to consider how this impacts on port infrastructure and local traffic management plans. DfT will continue to support this work.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 07/10/2019 12:09:42 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake