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387236

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	HM 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	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent comparative assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of public spending per capita in Wales to England, Scotland and Northern Ireland; and if he will review the working of the Barnett formula.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	5408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2015 answer text <p>In 2012 the government committed to reviewing levels of relative funding with the Welsh Government at each Spending Review. The latest assessment, conducted at the Spending Round in 2013, found that Wales is not underfunded, and that current levels of relative spending are within the range suggested by the Holtham Commission.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have committed to introducing a funding floor at the next Spending Review to make sure that this remains the case. This was agreed in the expectation that the Welsh Government would call a referendum on Income Tax powers, and become responsible for raising a greater proportion of the money it spends.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Funding arrangements for the devolved administrations are kept under review, as set out in HM Treasury’s ‘<em>Statement of Funding Policy</em>’. However, we have been clear that the Barnett formula will remain in place.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 10/07/2015 12:17:26 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

387246

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	HM 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	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2015 to Question 4358, what mechanisms other than the issuance of gilts are used to finance Government borrowing; and what the gross value is of borrowing through such mechanisms.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
uin	5395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2015 answer text <p>The majority of central government borrowing is financed through gilt issuance by the Debt Management Office (£126.4 billion in 2014-15).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Other sources of central government financing in 2014-15 were:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>National Savings and Investments – net financing of £18.2 billion</p></li><li><p>Treasury bills – net financing of £8.5 billion</p></li><li><p>Renminbi bond – net financing of £0.3 billion</p></li><li><p>Sukuk – net financing of £0.2 billion</p><p> </p><p>Total financing through these sources in 2014-15 totalled £27.2 billion.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities have flexibility to determine their sources of borrowing within the prudential code borrowing regime. Local authorities undertake the majority of their borrowing via the Public Works Loan Board (PWLB), a statutory body operating within the Debt Management Office. The PWLB’s function is to lend money from the National Loans Fund to local authorities and to collect repayments.</p><p> </p><p>From April 2015, the Scottish government has the power to borrow up to a total of £2.2 billion for capital investment by way of bond issuance as well as via the National Loans Fund and commercial loans. The coalition government announced in February 2015 that the Welsh government’s means of borrowing for capital investment from April 2018, up to a total of £500 million, will also be extended to include bond issuance.</p><p> </p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 10/07/2015 12:50:00 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

387247

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many telephone calls to HM Revenue and Customs from people in (a) West Yorkshire, (b) Leeds and (c) Leeds North West constituency were unanswered for each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	5390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does not hold data by constituency.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC handles around 50 million telephone calls annually and regularly publishes general performance reports on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 10/07/2015 10:58:37 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

387258

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) tax credits and (b) child benefit claims are paid into Coutts bank accounts.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	5412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text This information is not available without incurring disproportionate cost.<p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 07/07/2015 12:25:59 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

387282

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Council Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many challenges against council tax banding on the current council tax valuation list are yet to be resolved in (a) total and (b) more than four months after the challenge was lodged in (i) Barnsley, (ii) Chesterfield, (iii) Doncaster, (iv) North East Derbyshire, (v) Bolsover, (vi) Bassetlaw, (vii) Derbyshire Dales, (viii) Rotherham and (ix) Sheffield.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	5516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>The Valuation Office Agency does not publish this information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 13/07/2015 13:52:15 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

387283

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when all challenges to the 2010 Rating List for England and Wales will be finally resolved.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	5512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>The Valuation Office Agency will endeavour to clear these appeals as quickly as possible. It will look to prioritise the clearance of appeals, as it always does, to support businesses in hardship.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 08/07/2015 08:16:34 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

387284

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when all challenges to the 2005 Rating List for England and Wales will be finally resolved.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	5497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p>99.7% of the outstanding appeals against the 2005 Rating List in England and Wales have been cleared.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Of the cases that remain, many involve complex litigation, with lead cases that are still to be resolved by the Valuation Tribunal for England or Wales or the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber). Once the lead cases are resolved, many of the remaining cases will also be cleared.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 07/07/2015 14:24:51 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

387285

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many challenges to (a) the 2005 Rating List and (b) the 2010 Rating List are yet to be resolved in (i) Barnsley, (ii) Chesterfield, (iii) Doncaster, (iv) North East Derbyshire, (v) Bolsover, (vi) Bassetlaw, (vii) Derbyshire Dales, (viii) Rotherham and (ix) Sheffield.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	5514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>The information is published in <em>Valuation Office Agency published statistics </em>which is on gov.uk.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 09/07/2015 16:18:59 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

387366

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	5294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2015 answer text <p>Section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 was used by HM Treasury on the following number of occasions in the last 5 years: 2011: 1.</p><p> </p><p>- Section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 was used by HM Treasury on the following numbers of occasions in each of the last 5 years: 2010: 2; 2011: 3; 2012: 1; 2013: 0; 2014: 1.</p><p> </p><p>- Sections 38(1)(a) and (b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 were used together on the following numbers of occasions in each of the last 5 years: 2013: 2.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>No guidance has been issued to staff on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No.19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, about the application of section 38 of the Act. However, the Ministry of Justice has published its own guidance on the use of this exemption. This is available here: <a title="http://www.justice.gov.uk/information-access-rights/foi-guidance-for-practitioners/exemptions-guidance" href="http://www.justice.gov.uk/information-access-rights/foi-guidance-for-practitioners/exemptions-guidance" target="_blank">http://www.justice.gov.uk/information-access-rights/foi-guidance-for-practitioners/exemptions-guidance</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 5315 5336 question first answered 10/07/2015 12:47:10 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

387367

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	5315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2015 answer text <p>Section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 was used by HM Treasury on the following number of occasions in the last 5 years: 2011: 1.</p><p> </p><p>- Section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 was used by HM Treasury on the following numbers of occasions in each of the last 5 years: 2010: 2; 2011: 3; 2012: 1; 2013: 0; 2014: 1.</p><p> </p><p>- Sections 38(1)(a) and (b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 were used together on the following numbers of occasions in each of the last 5 years: 2013: 2.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>No guidance has been issued to staff on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No.19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, about the application of section 38 of the Act. However, the Ministry of Justice has published its own guidance on the use of this exemption. This is available here: <a title="http://www.justice.gov.uk/information-access-rights/foi-guidance-for-practitioners/exemptions-guidance" href="http://www.justice.gov.uk/information-access-rights/foi-guidance-for-practitioners/exemptions-guidance" target="_blank">http://www.justice.gov.uk/information-access-rights/foi-guidance-for-practitioners/exemptions-guidance</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 5294 5336 question first answered 10/07/2015 12:47:10 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant