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749295

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of inflation on public sector workers who have had their pay capped.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
uin	3593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>A range of factors are taken into consideration when formulating the government’s public sector pay policy including the impact on jobs, recruitment and retention, earnings in both the public and private sector and inflation. Government will continually assess that balance when considering public pay policy. The Government has introduced the National Living Wage and committed to raising the personal allowance further, to £12,500, by the end of this Parliament. By 2017-18, 1.3 million people on the lowest incomes will have been taken out of income tax altogether, and a typical taxpayer will pay over £1,000 less income tax, compared to 2010-11.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/07/2017 13:20:08 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

748546

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, (a) how many employees and (b) what proportion of the total workforce in each Government department are in receipt of tax credits.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	3147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 3197 question first answered 10/07/2017 11:17:29 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

748547

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Glasgow South West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many public sector workers are claiming in-work benefits in the Glasgow South West constituency.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	3197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 3147 question first answered 10/07/2017 11:17:29 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

748620

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Income Tax: Tax Rates and Bands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on raising the higher rate threshold for tax to £50,000 by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	3198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>We have committed to raising the higher rate threshold to £50,000 and the path to meeting this commitment will be set out, funded and legislated for at future fiscal events.</p><p> </p><p>This April, the government took a significant step towards meeting this commitment; the higher rate threshold has increased from £43,000 to £45,000. A typical higher rate taxpayer will pay over £1,100 less income tax than in 2010-11, and 585,000 individuals will be taken out of the higher rate of tax in 2017-18 – a reduction of more than 10%</p><p> </p><p>This, alongside changes to the personal allowance, has benefitted over 31 million individuals since the start of the last parliament.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 10/07/2017 11:09:22 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

748621

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on raising the tax-free personal allowance to £12,500 by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	3232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>We have committed to raising the personal allowance to £12,500 and the path to meeting this commitment will be set out, funded and legislated for at future fiscal events.</p><p> </p><p>This April, the government took a significant step towards meeting this commitment; the personal allowance has increased from £11,000 to £11,500. 1.3 million people on the lowest incomes were taken out of income tax altogether, and a typical basic rate taxpayer will pay over £1,000 less income tax than in 2010-11.</p><p> </p><p>This, alongside changes to the higher rate threshold, has benefitted over 31 million individuals since the start of the last parliament.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 10/07/2017 11:08:08 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

748667

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has discussed with the Governor of the Bank of England the recent rise in consumer credit; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
uin	3264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The Chancellor has regular discussions with the Governor of the Bank of England on the economy and matters relating to financial stability.</p><p> </p><p>The independent Financial Policy Committee (FPC), which includes the Governor and a non-voting member from HM Treasury, was set up by the government to assess and mitigate financial stability risks. The FPC recently published the Financial Stability Report (FSR) which included an assessment of recent trends in the consumer credit market. The FSR noted that consumer credit has been growing rapidly but that loss rates on consumer credit lending are low at present.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 10/07/2017 15:43:31 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

748668

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the recent rise in consumer credit on household debt.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
uin	3265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>Consumer credit growth remains below its pre-crisis average (from 1997-2007), and household debt-to-income stands at 145% in Q1 2017, significantly below the pre-crisis peak of 160% in Q1 2008.</p><p> </p><p>The government has made significant changes to strengthen regulation of the UK’s consumer credit market. In addition, the independent Financial Policy Committee was set up by the government to assess and mitigate financial stability risks, and has taken action to ensure against a significant rise in highly indebted households.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 10/07/2017 16:01:09 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

748055

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	VAT: Charities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether air ambulance charities are required to pay VAT on their purchases.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	2979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>Air ambulance charities, like most organisations and individuals, are required to pay VAT on their taxable purchases. The VAT refund scheme allows air ambulance charities to receive refunds of VAT.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 10/07/2017 08:57:08 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

748057

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take in allocating public spending priorities in budgets during the course of the current Parliament to reduce (a) geographical, (b) wealth and (c) generational inequalities.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	2747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government has shown it is committed to reducing geographical, wealth and generational inequality. It will continue to consider such issues when making public spending allocations.</p><p> </p><p>A key priority for this government is to make sure the economy works for the whole country, not just certain parts. In the latest year, the economy grew fastest in the North West, the number of people in work grew fastest in the South West and unemployment fell fastest in Scotland. Looking ahead, the Government is developing an industrial strategy to drive productivity, create jobs, and ensure sustainable economic growth across the country.</p><p> </p><p>Our increases to the National Minimum Wage rate will benefit younger people, as will our actions to help young people get on the housing ladder. Income inequality is now lower now than it was in 2010, and the share of total income tax paid by the top 1% is 27%.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 10/07/2017 14:54:14 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

748059

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Debts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the levels of household debt in the (a) Borough of Rochdale and (b) UK in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
uin	2789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The latest data shows median household financial debt in the North West is the second lowest of any English region.</p><p> </p><p>In the UK as a whole, household debt-to-income has increased marginally from 141% 12 months ago to 145% in Q1 2017. This remains significantly below the pre-crisis peak of 160% in Q1 2008.</p><p> </p><p>The independent Financial Policy Committee (FPC) was set up by the government to assess and mitigate financial stability risks, including from household debt. The FPC has taken action to ensure against a significant rise in highly indebted households.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 10/07/2017 15:45:02 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes