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105753

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date	03/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they informed the Northern Ireland Executive of their annual financial settlement for financial years 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14 and 2014–15; and the respective amounts for each of those years.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL2570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p><strong>The Northern Ireland Executive were informed of their allocations for the years 2011-12 to 2014-15 as part of the 2010 Spending Review in October 2010. The allocations set out at that Spending Review are shown in the table below.</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>£ million</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Fiscal Resource DEL</strong></p></td><td><p>9,425</p></td><td><p>9,420</p></td><td><p>9,486</p></td><td><p>9,529</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Ring-fenced depreciation</strong></p></td><td><p>351</p></td><td><p>370</p></td><td><p>357</p></td><td><p>356</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Ring-fenced Student Loans</strong></p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Capital DEL</strong></p></td><td><p>903</p></td><td><p>859</p></td><td><p>781</p></td><td><p>804</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Northern Ireland Executive budgets were then adjusted at subsequent Budgets, Autumn Statements and Estimates rounds to reflect Barnett consequentials flowing from those events.</strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 17/11/2014 13:00:54 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

105755

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they informed the Northern Ireland Executive of their annual financial settlement for financial year 2015–16; and what was that amount.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL2571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p><strong>The Northern Ireland Executive were informed of their allocations for 2015-16 as part of the 2013 spending round in June 2013. The allocations made as part of the spending round are shown in the table below.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p><p><strong>£ million</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Fiscal Resource DEL</strong></p></td><td><p>9,622</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Ring-fenced depreciation</strong></p></td><td><p>404</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Ring-fenced Student Loans</strong></p></td><td><p>141</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Capital DEL</strong></p></td><td><p>956</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Transactions Capital</strong></p></td><td><p>104</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Northern Ireland Executive budgets have been adjusted at subsequent Budgets and Autumn Statements to reflect Barnett consequentials flowing from those events.</strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 17/11/2014 14:07:47 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

105756

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage changes, in real terms, were incurred by the Scottish Government, Welsh Assembly Government and the Northern Ireland Executive in the financial settlements for the four financial years beginning 2011–12.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL2572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p><strong>The table below sets out the percentage changes in real terms to devolved administration budgets, year-on-year, for the period requested. It reflects the settlements set out at the 2010 Spending Review, and incorporates changes made at subsequent fiscal events.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>% change (real terms)</p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11 to 2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12 to 2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13 to 2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14 to 2014-15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Scottish Government</strong></p></td><td><p>-4.6%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>-1.4%</p></td><td><p>-1.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Welsh Government</strong></p></td><td><p>-4.8%</p></td><td><p>-1.4%</p></td><td><p>-0.1%</p></td><td><p>-1.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Northern Ireland Executive</strong></p></td><td><p>-2.1%</p></td><td><p>-0.7%</p></td><td><p>-0.7%</p></td><td><p>-2.0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 17/11/2014 14:16:25 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

105757

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Police Service of Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the additional £200 million provided for the Police Service of Northern Ireland was included in the financial settlement figures announced for the four financial years beginning in 2011–12.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL2573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text The additional provision for the Police Service of Northern Ireland was agreed subsequent to the 2010 Spending Review, and was additional to the allocations set out then for 2011-12 to 2014-15.<p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 17/11/2014 14:15:36 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

105771

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the justification for aggregating a range of welfare benefits in the annual tax statements now being published rather than differentiating between different categories.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL2586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The categories in the tax summary are based on those used in the Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses (PESA), which are internationally recognised categories. Based on customer research, some headings have been simplified to make them easier to understand, such as the inclusion of social protection in welfare. ‘State pensions’ was separated from the ‘welfare’ category because it is a substantial area of spend.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 17/11/2014 16:30:09 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

105800

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	EU Budget: Contributions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the total amount of the United Kingdom net contributions paid to the European Union budget in the years 2010–13 inclusive; what is the estimated total for 2014; and how those contributions are financed.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL2610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The United Kingdom’s net contributions to the EU Budget over the period 2009-10 to 2013-14 were £41.1 billion. The current forecast for 2014-15 by the Office for Budget Responsibility is £9.1 billion.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All data can be found in Table C.1 of HM Treasury’s Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses of July 2014[1].</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Contributions to the EU Budget are financed from Traditional Own Resources (mainly customs duties and sugar levies), contributions based on a hypothetical harmonised VAT base, and Gross National Income based contributions.</p><p> </p><p>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/public-expenditure-statistical-analyses-2014" target="_blank"><strong>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/public-expenditure-statistical-analyses-2014</strong></a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 17/11/2014 17:57:32 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

105837

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses have (a) claimed and (b) been awarded employment allowance in (i) Wales and (ii) England.
tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
uin	212884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>A statistical release covering take-up of the Employment Allowance, including regional and constituency data was published on the 7<sup>th</sup> November.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These statistics show that up to October 5<sup>th</sup> 2014, midway through the 2014-15 tax year, 35,000 employers in Wales and 728,000 employers in England had claimed and benefitted from the Employment Allowance. Employers automatically benefit from the allowance if they make a claim and have an employer Class 1 National Insurance Contribution bill.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>So far 900 employers in Aberconwy and 6,400 employers in the North Wales constituencies have benefitted from the Employment Allowance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This demonstrates the Government’s commitment to reducing the costs of employment for small businesses across the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 212969 question first answered 10/11/2014 17:56:37 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb

105838

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Devolution: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to devolve new fiscal powers to the Greater London Authority.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	212962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2014 answer text <p><strong>The Government has already devolved significant powers and responsibilities to London. The Government passed responsibility for housing, economic development and the Olympic legacy to London through the Localism Act 2011, in addition to transport, planning and the police already controlled by the Mayor. The Government keeps all decisions on tax policy under review.</strong></p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 13/11/2014 10:45:37 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

105840

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6 May 2014, to the hon. Member for Islington South and Finsbury to Question 197359, if he will make it his policy that HM Revenue and Customs collects statistics at a regional level for the purposes of completed inspections and non-compliance.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	212932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government takes the enforcement of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) very seriously. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) review every complaint that is referred to them by the Pay and Work Rights Helpline. In addition, HMRC undertake targeted enforcement on employers across the United Kingdom who are more likely to be not paying NMW.</p><p> </p><p><strong>HMRC does not keep statistics at a regional level. Many employers' registered trading addresses differ from where they undertake business. Larger employers may be registered under one address but have outlets across the country.</strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 06/11/2014 16:23:01 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

105842

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses have (a) claimed and (b) been awarded employment allowance in (i) Aberconwy, (ii) Conwy and (iii) North Wales in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
uin	212969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>A statistical release covering take-up of the Employment Allowance, including regional and constituency data was published on the 7<sup>th</sup> November.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These statistics show that up to October 5<sup>th</sup> 2014, midway through the 2014-15 tax year, 35,000 employers in Wales and 728,000 employers in England had claimed and benefitted from the Employment Allowance. Employers automatically benefit from the allowance if they make a claim and have an employer Class 1 National Insurance Contribution bill.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>So far 900 employers in Aberconwy and 6,400 employers in the North Wales constituencies have benefitted from the Employment Allowance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This demonstrates the Government’s commitment to reducing the costs of employment for small businesses across the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 212884 question first answered 10/11/2014 17:56:37 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb