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833939

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Bank Services: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral contribution of The Minister for Higher Education of 30 January 2018, on Keep Me Posted campaign, if he will make an estimate of the number of people unable to access online bank services.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	125697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member to the answer that I gave on 17 January to PQ UIN 121701.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 02/02/2018 08:58:15 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

830266

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Financial Ombudsman Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2018 to Question 123416, when he plans to respond to the Financial Conduct Authority's consultation on widening the remit of the Financial Ombudsman Service.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	124927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>It is important that small businesses have access to the appropriate forum to address their concerns with the financial services that they have received. The Government therefore welcomes the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consultation on the remit of the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS). The FCA are operationally independent of the Government. The remit of the FOS is therefore a matter for the FCA.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 29/01/2018 11:26:58 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

825804

registered interest
date	19/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Carillion: Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Economic Secretary to the Treasury of 18 January 2018, Official Report, column 1128, what the timetable is for Lloyds Bank to maintain its support for SMEs affected by the liquidation of Carillion.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	123871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government is aware that the largest UK SME lending banks have set out their plans to help SMEs exposed to the liquidation of Carillion. While the support offered is a commercial decision for each bank to take, the Government will continue to engage with the banking industry on how best to support these small businesses.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 24/01/2018 17:35:10 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

825808

registered interest
date	19/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Economic Secretary to the Treasury of 19 January 2018, Official Report, column 1126, what steps he plans to take to change the culture to enable wrongdoing to be exposed and dealt with.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	123875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>It is important that small businesses have access to the appropriate forum to address their concerns with the financial services that they have received, including where they believe wrongdoing has occurred. The Government welcomes the publication of the Financial Conduct Authority’s paper on small businesses as customers of financial services firms, and is carefully considering its findings.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 24/01/2018 12:51:41 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

825607

registered interest
date	18/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Royal Bank of Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the timetable is for the completion of the Financial Conduct Authority inquiry on RBS; and whether that report will be published.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	123735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a final summary of the independent review of Royal Bank of Scotland’s treatment of small and medium-sized enterprise customers transferred to its Global Restructuring Group. The FCA announced it is investigating the matters arising from the review and focussing on whether there is any basis for it to take further action.</p><p> </p><p>The review is solely a matter for the FCA, which is operationally independent of Government. It would not be appropriate for the Government to comment further whilst this process is ongoing.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 23/01/2018 17:18:57 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

818870

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral contribution by the hon. Member for Cardiff South and Penarth on 8 January 2018, how many of the 5,000 new customs officials have been recruited.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	121634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>Additional staffing required by HMRC following exit from the European Union will depend on the final outcome of the negotiations. HMRC are looking at all resourcing options including redeployment of existing staff and use of existing reserve lists to fill additional posts before recruiting externally.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 11/01/2018 13:49:33 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

810350

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Royal Bank of Scotland: Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor the Exchequer, pursuant to the Prime Minister's oral contribution of 20 December 2017, who will examine the mistreatment of smaller businesses by RBS.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	120816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a detailed summary of the independent report into Royal Bank of Scotland’s treatment of small and medium-sized enterprise customers transferred to its Global Restructuring Group (GRG). The FCA announced it is investigating the matters arising from its review of GRG and focussing on whether there is any basis for it to take further action. It would not be appropriate for the Government to comment further whilst this process is ongoing.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 11/01/2018 14:39:15 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

808796

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Cash Dispensing: Fees and Charges
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 of the proposal by the LINK network of AGM providers to reduce interchange fees on (a) consumers, (b) small business and (c) high streets and (d) access to cash for customers; whether his Department has made an assessment of the combined effect of that proposal with a reduction in the availability of banks on (i) consumers and (ii) businesses; and what progress has been made on the commitment he gave in his evidence to the House of Lords Exclusion Committee on engaging with the LINK network and its members to ensure that widespread free access to cash is maintained.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	119905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government recognises that widespread free access to cash remains extremely important to the day-to-day lives of many consumers and businesses in the UK, and will continue to work with industry to ensure that this access continues. Since 1998, the number of free to use ATMs has more than doubled, from 24,600 to over 53,000.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has not made any formal assessment of the potential effect of LINK’s proposals to reduce interchange fees in isolation, or in combination with bank branch closures. However, the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR), which Government set up in 2015 with the statutory objective to ensure that the UK’s payment systems work in the interests of their users is monitoring developments within ATM provision, and is conducting ongoing internal work on the impact that changes may have on ATM provision. Government is confident that the PSR will use its powers to act should any of the firms it regulates behave in a way that conflicts with its statutory objectives.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is engaging regularly with LINK and its members, and they have assured us that industry is committed to maintaining an extensive network of free-to-use cash machines, and to ensuring that the present geographical spread of ATMs is maintained. LINK intend to bolster their Financial Inclusion Programme, which ensures the provision of ATMs in areas of deprivation, where demand would not otherwise make one viable, and have recently also committed to protecting all free-to-use ATMs which are a kilometre or more from the next nearest free-to-use ATM. The Government expects this additional commitment to be of particular benefit to rural areas.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 119978 120174 question first answered 21/12/2017 11:53:32 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

808883

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Banks: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the amount of money that would have been raised for the public purse if the bankers' bonus tax had been retained in each year since 2010; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	119992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The bank payroll tax applied only to banking bonuses awarded between December 2009 and April 2010. The last Labour Chancellor conceded that it could not be repeated without significant tax avoidance.</p><p> </p><p>Bank specific tax measures introduced by the Conservative government since the bank payroll tax include the bank levy, an additional 8% surcharge on banking profits, making misconduct compensation non-deductible and restricting the amount of carry-forward losses. All these changes mean that we will have raised more than £44 billion in additional bank taxes by 2023.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 21/12/2017 14:48:44 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson