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registered interest
date	06/07/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the letter of 3 April 2020 from the right hon. Member for Warley regarding Ms Foley.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	69426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2020 answer text <p>The letter the Rt Hon. Member for Warley refers to was passed to HM Revenue and Customs and a response was issued on 4 May 2020. HMRC have confirmed that a further copy of that reply was sent to the Rt Hon. Member on 8 July 2020.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/07/2020 13:36:05 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1201744

registered interest
date	09/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Social Distancing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect of distanced working during the covid-19 lockdown on the proposals for the closure of local branches of his Department's offices.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	57080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2020 answer text <p>HMRC remain committed to their locations strategy of moving to regional centres and specialist sites. Timescales for some existing office closures are currently under review due to the impact of COVID-19 on the construction of some regional centres. As is always the case, if there are ways in which HMRC can improve how they deliver their vital public services then they will seek to implement those improvements. This includes reviewing how HMRC have been able to respond to COVID-19 and determining whether and how they might be able to sustain any changes to ways of working that are proven to lead to better outcomes for both HMRC and taxpayers.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/06/2020 13:16:33 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1200614

registered interest
date	04/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Riot Control Weapons: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value was of (a) tear gas, (b) rubber bullets and (c) riot shields exported to the US in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	54854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) are responsible for the collection and publication of data on UK imports and exports of goods to and from the UK. HMRC release this information monthly, as a National Statistic: the Overseas Trade in Goods Statistics.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The trade data collected does not enable HMRC to distinguish exports of tear gas from other spring, air or gas guns and pistols or truncheons. The trade data collected also does not enable HMRC to distinguish exports of rubber bullets from other ammunition and projectiles or riot shields from other plastic articles.</p><p> </p><p>However, there is aggregated trade data available for the goods and periods requested on the uktradeinfo website, under ‘Build your own data tables’. The site also contains a ‘Help’ function with information on how to extract trade data.</p><p> </p><p>Trade data relating to all spring, air and gas guns and pistols and truncheons exported to the US can be found using commodity code 9304000000. Trade data relating to the value of all ammunition and projectiles can be searched for using commodity code 9306909000. Trade data relating to riot shields and other plastic articles can be found using commodity code 3926909790.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/06/2020 12:17:31 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1196794

registered interest
date	18/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Debts: China
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2020 to Question 13414 on Debts: China, whether his Department has made a revised assessment of that risk level since the answer was given.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	48268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2020 answer text <p>Recent data suggests that Chinese debt increased further in the first quarter of 2020, as the Covid-19 shock is pushing public and private borrowing even higher.</p><p>Several institutions, including the International Monetary Fund, raised concerns prior to the Covid-19 outbreak on the risks high levels of Chinese debt could pose to global financial stability. The Covid-19 shock is likely to exacerbate these risks.</p><p>In its interim Financial Stability Report published on 7 May 2020, the Bank of England’s Financial Policy Committee found that major UK banks should remain resilient to the Covid-19 shock to both UK and global economies, including China. HMT will continue to work alongside both the Bank of England and global institutions in monitoring the risks posed by Chinese indebtedness.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 27/05/2020 10:40:42 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1193671

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	European Central Bank: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on the (a) UK and (b) world economy of the decision of the German Constitutional Court on funding for the European Central Bank bailout package.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	43834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>HM Treasury regularly monitors global economic developments, including those in the euro area, and their impact on the UK as part of the normal process of policy development. It is not for the UK Government to comment on euro area monetary policy issues.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 12/05/2020 11:37:18 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1193672

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	European Central Bank: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department have had with their counterparts in the German Finance Ministry on the decision of the German Constitutional Court on funding for the European Central Bank bailout package.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	43835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>HM Treasury Ministers and Officials regularly speak with their counterparts in Germany. We have been in regular touch regarding our respective countries' response to COVID-19 and will continue to work closely in the weeks to come. It is not for the UK Government to comment on euro area monetary policy issues.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 12/05/2020 11:38:29 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1176741

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Debts: China
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of trends in the level of debt in China on the world financial system.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	13414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>As highlighted by several institutions, including the International Monetary Fund, there are material risks associated with indebtedness in China.</p><p> </p><p>The Financial Policy Committee of the Bank of England, which is responsible for monitoring risks to financial stability in the UK, reflected the risk of a severe recession in China, which would encompass factors such as its debt levels, in its 2019 stress tests of UK banks. The FPC concluded that the UK banking system would be resilient to this risk.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 13/02/2020 12:11:46 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar