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747499

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the UK economy of the UK leaving the EU's Common Commercial Policy and Common External Tariff without a customs agreement between the UK and the EU.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	2365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The government has undertaken a significant amount of work to assess the economic impact of leaving the EU. This is part of our continued programme of rigorous and extensive analytical work on a range of scenarios on a sector by sector basis.</p><p> </p><p>We want to conclude a deep and special partnership with the European Union. This includes pursuing a new customs agreement that allows for the freest possible trade in goods and services between the UK and EU member states.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/07/2017 14:02:33 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

747501

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect on the UK economy of a customs agreement with the EU that includes participation in the Common External Tariff and Common Commercial Policy.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	2364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The government has undertaken a significant amount of work to assess the economic impact of leaving the EU. This is part of our continued programme of rigorous and extensive analytical work on a range of scenarios on a sector by sector basis.</p><p>We want to conclude a deep and special partnership with the European Union. This includes pursuing a new customs agreement that allows for the freest possible trade in goods and services between the UK and EU member states.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/07/2017 14:03:33 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

747528

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have invested through the (a) Enterprise Investment Scheme, (b) Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme and (c) venture capital trusts in each year since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	2437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>HMRC regularly publishes statistics on usage of the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS), Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS), and Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs). The statistics can be accessed at:</p><p> </p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/enterprise-investment-scheme-and-seed-enterprise-investment-scheme-statistics</p><p> </p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/venture-capital-trusts-statistics</p><p> </p><p>These statistics provide information on the number of investors per year in SEIS, EIS and VCTs, up to 2014-15. They provide information on the amount of investment through the schemes, up to 2015-16.</p><p> </p><p>They also provide information on the number of companies receiving investment through SEIS and EIS, up to 2015-16. Information is not available on the number of companies receiving investment from VCTs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 2438 2439 question first answered 10/07/2017 11:25:31 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

747529

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was invested through (a) the Enterprise Investment Scheme, (b) the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme and (c) venture capital trusts in each year since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	2438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>HMRC regularly publishes statistics on usage of the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS), Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS), and Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs). The statistics can be accessed at:</p><p> </p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/enterprise-investment-scheme-and-seed-enterprise-investment-scheme-statistics</p><p> </p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/venture-capital-trusts-statistics</p><p> </p><p>These statistics provide information on the number of investors per year in SEIS, EIS and VCTs, up to 2014-15. They provide information on the amount of investment through the schemes, up to 2015-16.</p><p> </p><p>They also provide information on the number of companies receiving investment through SEIS and EIS, up to 2015-16. Information is not available on the number of companies receiving investment from VCTs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 2437 2439 question first answered 10/07/2017 11:25:31 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

747530

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Business: Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many companies received investment from (a) the Enterprise Investment Scheme, (b) the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme and (c) venture capital trusts in each year since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	2439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>HMRC regularly publishes statistics on usage of the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS), Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS), and Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs). The statistics can be accessed at:</p><p> </p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/enterprise-investment-scheme-and-seed-enterprise-investment-scheme-statistics</p><p> </p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/venture-capital-trusts-statistics</p><p> </p><p>These statistics provide information on the number of investors per year in SEIS, EIS and VCTs, up to 2014-15. They provide information on the amount of investment through the schemes, up to 2015-16.</p><p> </p><p>They also provide information on the number of companies receiving investment through SEIS and EIS, up to 2015-16. Information is not available on the number of companies receiving investment from VCTs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 2437 2438 question first answered 10/07/2017 11:25:32 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

747532

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds on the level of funding for small and medium-sized enterprises provided through (a) equity investments, (b) peer-to-peer loans and (c) other forms of lending for each of the last five financial years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	2430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is available from the British Business Bank at <a href="http://british-business-bank.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/BBB-SBFM-REPORT-2016-17-web.pdf" target="_blank">http://british-business-bank.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/BBB-SBFM-REPORT-2016-17-web.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 10/07/2017 09:07:34 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

747534

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many new entrant banks offering finance for small and medium-sized enterprises were established in each of the last five years; and how many of those banks continue to offer such finance.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	2431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The information requested on the number of new entrant banks offering finance for small and medium-sized enterprises is not held by the Treasury. Responsibility for the authorisation of new banks rests with the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA). The PRA’s Annual Competition Report for 2017 states that since its formation in April 2013, the PRA has authorised 25 new banks in total. The report can be found at http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/Documents/annualreport/2017/compreport.pdf</p><p> </p><p>The Government has taken a number of steps to support challenger banks. This includes: supporting the PRA and FCA to set up the New Bank Start-up Unit to help prospective new banks enter the market and through the early days of authorisation; establishing competition objectives for the FCA and PRA; and launching the finance platforms scheme to help small businesses whose finance applications have been declined by their bank explore alternative finance options, including challenger banks.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 2426 question first answered 11/07/2017 13:24:47 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

747535

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to ensure banks share customer data with new entrants to the finance market for small and medium-sized enterprises in good time.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	2432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government legislated in The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015, and The Small and Medium Sized Business (Credit Information) Regulations 2015 to oblige designated banks to share data on small and medium-sized enterprises with finance providers through designated Credit Reference Agencies.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 10/07/2017 09:06:00 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

747537

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to support challenger banks who have entered or are looking to enter the small and medium-sized enterprise lending market.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	2426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The information requested on the number of new entrant banks offering finance for small and medium-sized enterprises is not held by the Treasury. Responsibility for the authorisation of new banks rests with the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA). The PRA’s Annual Competition Report for 2017 states that since its formation in April 2013, the PRA has authorised 25 new banks in total. The report can be found at http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/Documents/annualreport/2017/compreport.pdf</p><p> </p><p>The Government has taken a number of steps to support challenger banks. This includes: supporting the PRA and FCA to set up the New Bank Start-up Unit to help prospective new banks enter the market and through the early days of authorisation; establishing competition objectives for the FCA and PRA; and launching the finance platforms scheme to help small businesses whose finance applications have been declined by their bank explore alternative finance options, including challenger banks.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 2431 question first answered 11/07/2017 13:24:47 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

747548

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Child Benefit: Minority Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to introduce a special circumstance dispensation for people from religious minorities in relation to the payment of child benefit for a third or subsequent child.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	2456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The exceptions to the policy to limit support to a maximum of two children in Child Tax Credit were debated by the UK Parliament during the passage of the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016. The government’s view is that the exceptions legislated for in Child Tax Credit cover the circumstances where parents or carers are not in the same position to make choices about the number of children in their family as others are, or who are fulfilling an important social function in providing homes for children who cannot be looked after by their own parents.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants will still be entitled to an additional amount in Child Tax Credit in respect of any disabled children, regardless of the total number of children in the household.</p><p> </p><p>Child Benefit will also continue to be paid regardless of family size, as the basis of the government’s contribution towards the cost of bringing up a child.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/07/2017 13:25:39 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord