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1020595

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date	06/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	A303 and Lower Thames Crossing: Private Finance Initiative
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23 November to Question 188205, what range of models involving investment in infrastructure his Department plans to use to meet the proposals set out in the 2017 National Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	199867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The National Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline has been updated for 2018 and was published on the 26 November. This sets out planned and projected investment of over £600 billion over the next decade.</p><p>The UK uses a mixed model, using both public and private investment, to fund and finance its infrastructure.</p><p>Funding and financing arrangements for individual projects and programmes are outlined in the pipeline spreadsheet.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/12/2018 14:31:35 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1012303

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	A303 and Lower Thames Crossing: Private Finance Initiative
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2018 to Question 185590 on A303 and Lower Thames Crossing: Private Finance Initiative, whether the upgrade of the A303 and the Lower Thames Crossing will not include private finance; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of that upgrade.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	194641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>Pursuant to the answer to Question 185590 on A303 and Lower Thames Crossing: Private Finance Initiative, private finance will not be used for the upgrade of the A303 and the Lower Thames Crossing.</p><p> </p><p>The estimated cost of developing and building the Lower Thames Crossing, as set out in Highways England’s public consultation on 10 October 2018, was between £5.3bn and £6.8 bn. The estimated cost of developing and building the A303 Stonehenge scheme, as set out at the Preferred Route Announcement in September 2017, was £1.6bn.</p><p> </p><p>Highways England continue to refine cost estimates as they develop the business cases for these schemes.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 27/11/2018 13:42:03 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1002699

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Private Finance Initiative: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2018 to Question 129135 on Private Finance Initiative: Taxation, if he will publish the (a) legal and (b) technical advice he has received on the principle of a windfall tax on PFI companies.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	188823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Chancellor announced at the Budget 2018 that Private Finance 2 will not be used for new projects.</p><p> </p><p>Private Finance contracts include non-discriminatory clauses such that if a tax were targeted at PFI companies, these companies would be contractually entitled to recover this cost from the procuring authority.</p><p> </p><p>A windfall tax would therefore be a tax on local authorities, NHS Trusts and government departments that hold PFI contracts.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 12/11/2018 17:43:56 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1002145

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	A303 and Lower Thames Crossing: Private Finance Initiative
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2018 to Question 185590 on A303 and Lower Thames Crossing: Private Finance Initiative, whether private finance will be used for the upgrade of the A303 and the Lower Thames Crossing.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	188205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>The government is committed to increasing private investment in infrastructure through a range of models. The 2017 National Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline estimates that almost half of the UK’s £600 billion infrastructure pipeline is expected to be financed by the private sector.</p><p> </p><p>The Budget announced that the government will no longer use Private Finance 2 (the successor to the Private Finance Initiative) for new projects, as the model was inflexible and overly complex. Private finance will not be used for the upgrade of the A303 and the Lower Thames Crossing.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 23/11/2018 10:04:46 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

997591

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	A303 and Lower Thames Crossing: Private Finance Initiative
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the funding allocated to the upgrade of the A303 and the Lower Thames Crossing will include private finance.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	185590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The Budget announced that government will no longer use Private Finance 2 (the successor to the Private Finance Initiative) for new projects. The upgrade of the A303 and the Lower Thames Crossing will therefore not use Private Finance 2.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 05/11/2018 16:00:30 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

997592

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Glen Parva Prison: Private Finance Initiative
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what funding his Department plans to allocate to the construction of Glen Parva Prison as a result of the abolition of PF2 projects.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	185591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>In the Budget 2018 it was announced that we intend to build the prison at Glen Parva through public capital. All costs associated with the redevelopment will be subject to planning approvals, value for money and affordability tests. While we cannot comment at this stage on the anticipated cost, the newest prison in the estate, HMP Berwyn in North Wales, cost £220 million when it was built in 2015-16.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 05/11/2018 16:03:04 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

990289

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Sanitary Products: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2018 to Question 167265 on Sanitary Protection: VAT, what the evidential basis was for the estimate made by HMRC that VAT on sanitary products raises £15 million a year.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	181230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>HMRC does not hold detailed information on VAT paid on specific products as this information is not required on a VAT return. Therefore, in some cases estimates are based on market research reports. In this case a report by Mintel ‘Feminine Hygiene and Sanitary Protection Products – UK – January 2018’ was used to estimate the tax revenue from sanitary products.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 23/10/2018 16:13:25 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

971758

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Local Government: Private Finance Initiative
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding his Department has allocated in the form of private finance initiative (a) grants and (b) credits to each local authority in each financial year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	173578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>Since 2010, HM Treasury has not allocated specific funding for Local Authority Private Finance Initiative projects. HM Treasury sets overall departmental budgets and it is the responsibility of each department to allocate funding for specific projects within that.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 09/10/2018 15:45:18 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

947015

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Government Departments: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether (a) he, (b) his permanent Secretary or (c) Ministers of his Department plan to meet representatives of (i) Beatty, (ii) Barclays, (iii) Dalmore Capital, (iv) Equitix, (v) Innisfree, (vi) Interserve, (vii) Semperian and (viii) Veolia before April 2019.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	167264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery.</p><p> </p><p>Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department does not keep similar records for future meetings.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 04/09/2018 11:51:40 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

947016

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Sanitary Products: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue has been raised for the public purse as a result of the application of VAT on sanitary products in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	167265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>Sanitary products are subject to the 5% reduced rate of VAT, the lowest rate permitted under current EU VAT rules. Until the UK leaves the EU, we remain a full member with all of the rights and obligations that membership entails. Finance Act 2016 included legislation to introduce a zero rate of VAT for sanitary products at the earliest opportunity.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC estimates that VAT receipts from the sale of sanitary products are approximately £15m in each of the last five years. In 2015, the Government announced a new fund awarding an equivalent £15 million a year to projects that improve the lives of vulnerable and disadvantaged women and girls. Since 2016, over eighty charities have received grants totalling £47 million from this Tampon Tax Fund.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 04/09/2018 15:49:53 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy