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1136089

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the proposals announced by the Prime Minister since 23 May 2019.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	911689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has made a number of announcements since 23 May, including on modern slavery and mental health. Where announcements have additional costs in 2019/20, they will be funded from existing departmental budgets.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 02/07/2019 12:45:19 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1136090

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Economic Situation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment his Department has made of the short-term economic effect of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	911690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government has prepared extensively for a range of Brexit scenarios.</p><p> </p><p>But even with these preparations, leaving with “No Deal” would entail significant disruption in the short term. And in the long-term, the government’s analysis shows clearly that regions, nations and sectors of the UK would have lower economic output compared to today’s arrangements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 02/07/2019 14:11:29 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1136091

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Economic Growth and Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What fiscal steps he is taking to increase (a) jobs and (b) economic growth.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	911691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>We have worked hard to build a stronger, fairer economy – dealing with the deficit, helping people into work, and cutting taxes for people, families, and businesses.</p><p> </p><p>The economy has grown continuously for the past nine years, employment is currently at a record high, unemployment is currently at the joint lowest rate since 1975, and real wages are rising.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 02/07/2019 15:23:45 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1136092

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Personal Savings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to increase incentives for people to save.
tabling member constituency	New Forest West
tabling member printed	Sir Desmond Swayne
uin	911692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government has introduced a range of measures to support savers.</p><p>We have increased the amount of money that people can save into their ISAs each year to a record £20,000 and introduced a Personal Savings Allowance of up to £1,000 for basic rate taxpayers and up to £500 for higher rate taxpayers.</p><p>Thanks to these measures, over 95% of people with savings income pay no tax on that income.</p><p> </p><p>The new Help to Save scheme is supporting working families on low incomes to build up a rainy-day fund by offering a 50% bonus on up to £50 of monthly saving.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 02/07/2019 14:13:36 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

1136093

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What fiscal steps he is taking to grow the digital economy.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
uin	911693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The UK's digital economy is thriving - growing ten times as fast as the wider economy - and we are pursuing a range of measures to reinforce its world-leading position. These include:</p><ul><li>Implementing a 10-year action plan to unlock over £20 billion to finance growth in innovative firms;</li><li>Committing a further £7 billion for research and development since 2016, with major investments in artificial intelligence and quantum technologies; and</li><li>Providing internationally competitive research and development tax reliefs to support investment.</li></ul><p>We are also embracing the opportunities presented by Distributed Ledger Technologies, including by:</p><ul><li>Investing over £10 million through Innovate UK and the research councils; and</li><li>Creating the £20 million GovTech Catalyst Fund, to explore technology-based solutions for public sector challenges.</li></ul> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 02/07/2019 15:33:01 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

1136300

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Dementia: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of social care funding for people living with dementia.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	272256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>Dementia care is supported by both NHS and adult social care finding. As part of the NHS’s cash increase of £33.9bn a year by 2023-24 and outlined in their long-term plan, the NHS will provide better support for people with dementia through a more active focus on supporting people in the community. And over three years (2017-18 to 2019-20) we have given councils access to up to around £10bn more dedicated funding for adult social care.</p>The Spending Review represents an opportunity to consider public spending priorities in the round, and the Treasury will be working closely with departments on funding issues, and with a renewed focus on delivering outcomes. answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 04/07/2019 11:04:58 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1135794

registered interest
date	01/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Iron and Steel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether officials in his Department have had discussions with officials in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the UK Steel charter.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	271384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>We have discussed the procurement of steel with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which has asked all government departments to consider guidance on steel procurement and to notify of any upcoming opportunities for industry.</p><p> </p><p>More broadly, the government is committed to supporting the steel sector to realise the broader commercial opportunities that are open to it. The Chancellor announced at the last Budget that we are establishing the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund – backed by up to £315 million of investment – to help businesses with high energy use (including steel companies) to cut their bills and transition UK industry to a low carbon future. We are also providing up to £66m through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund to help steel and other foundation industries develop radical new technologies.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 270375 question first answered 03/07/2019 11:02:49 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1135818

registered interest
date	01/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing (a) a minimum dwell time and (b) prompts that require active demonstrations of consumer understanding on consumer credit application pages.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	271398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government has fundamentally reformed regulation of the consumer credit market, transferring regulatory responsibility to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on 1 April 2014. Although the Treasury sets the legal framework for the regulation of financial services, the FCA is an independent body. Therefore this is a matter for the FCA.</p><p> </p><p>The FCA has tough enforcement powers – criminal, civil and regulatory – to protect consumers and to take action against firms and individuals that do not meet its standards. Since the transfer, the FCA has taken a proactive approach on consumer credit, to ensure that all consumers who use high-cost credit products are treated fairly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 04/07/2019 14:11:40 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1136069

registered interest
date	01/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Poverty: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Wales on the adequacy of the level of funding for tackling poverty in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	271636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>Work is the best route out of poverty. Since 2010 there are 667,000 fewer children living in workless households – a near record low. Employment is at a record high, unemployment is at its lowest rate since the 1970s, and wages have outstripped inflation for a year.</p><p> </p><p>As a result of UK Government decisions at Budget, the Welsh Government benefited from a £550 million funding boost. This includes over £25 million resulting from a 5% uplift in Barnett consequentials as agreed in the Welsh Government’s Fiscal Framework. It is for the Welsh Government to decide how to spend this funding according to its priorities.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 04/07/2019 12:29:06 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1135556

registered interest
date	28/06/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect on (a) financial services and (b) the wider service economy of the UK leaving the EU without an agreement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	270692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>As a responsible Government, we have been preparing for a range of potential EU exit outcomes for over two years, including the possibility of no deal.</p><p>In November 2018 the Government published a detailed set of economic analyses on the long-term impacts of EU exit on the UK economy, its sectors, nations and regions, and the public finances.</p><p>The analysis shows that the spectrum of outcomes for the future UK-EU relationship would deliver significantly higher economic output than the no deal scenario. Every sector, nation and region would be better-off than in a no deal scenario.</p><p>The complete analysis can be found in the “EU Exit: Long-Term Economic Analysis” paper, available on the Gov.uk website in Exiting the European Union: Publications section.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 03/07/2019 16:05:28 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching