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419866

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Loan Guarantee Scheme: China
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the loan guarantee facility offered to Chinese nuclear companies in his announcement in Beijing on 21 September 2015 remains within the scope of the European Commission's state aid decision of 8 October 2014 concerning the Hinkley Point C project; and when the Government informed the Commission of that new loan guarantee.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	11185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>The Chancellor’s announcement on 21 September 2015 set out that the government and the Hinkley Point C project company had agreed the terms of a £2 billion guarantee through the UK Guarantees Scheme. This guarantee is the first tranche of debt guarantees that was approved as part of the European Commission’s approval of the wider support package for Hinkley Point C. The government is satisfied that the guarantee remains within the terms set out by the EU Commission.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 19/10/2015 15:08:36 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

419869

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	National Infrastructure Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what planning powers he plans to provide to the National Infrastructure Commission; and what the relationship is between the remit of that Commission and the powers exercised by the (a) devolved administrations and (b) Secretaries of State for (i) Transport, (ii) Energy and Climate Change and (iii) Communities and Local Government.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	11187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>HM Treasury will soon consult on what planning powers will be given to the National Infrastructure Commission, and on its remit.</p><br /><p>It will initially focus on areas of UK government competence. Where spending is devolved, it will be a matter for the devolved governments whether they wish to work with the Commission and how to respond to any recommendations it makes.</p><br /><p>The Commission will provide objective analysis and an independent view on infrastructure needs, but Government will retain the final say on policy and which projects receive government support in being delivered.</p><p><br></p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 19/10/2015 15:09:46 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

416177

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Bank Levy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2015 to Question 6495, how much he forecasts will be collected from the bank levy in (a) 2018-19 and (b) 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	8526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The OBR has forecasted bank levy receipts as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2018-19: £2.6 billion</p><p> </p><p>2019-20: £2.4 billion</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 14/09/2015 16:49:29 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

416193

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
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 assessment he made of the market before setting out the timetable for the recent sale of Government shares in Royal Bank of Scotland; and what assessment he has made of the value for money to the public purse of that sale.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	8668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The Chancellor received advice from UK Financial Investments (UKFI) that it would be appropriate to conduct the first sale of the government’s shareholdings in the Royal Bank of Scotland on 4 August 2015, based on the share price at the time, and the prevailing market conditions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Chancellor received advice from HM Treasury that a sale would offer good value for money and meet all other requirements in accordance with the principles of Managing Public Money.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The sale raised £2.1 billion, which will be used to pay down the national debt.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The advice from UKFI and HM Treasury is available on the government’s website <a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 14/09/2015 15:21:46 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

416215

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
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, how many responses he has received to the letter sent by him to all public sector workers in August 2015 asking for ideas to reduce public sector expenditure to date.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	8806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>.</p><p>The Public Sector Efficiency Challenge survey closed on Friday 4 September and over 20,000 public sector employees gave us their ideas. The government will release further details in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 14/09/2015 16:38:55 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

391704

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2015 to Question 6496, how much of the £800 million referred to in that Answer is allocated as additional spending in the Budget.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	8292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs received an additional £800m of funding at the Summer Budget 2015 for a range of measures to tackle evasion and non-compliance. The additional expenditure which covers both the funding and the investment is set out in line 54 of table 2.1 in Chapter 2 on page 72 of the Summer Budget 2015 document.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 8217 question first answered 10/09/2015 14:58:04 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

391714

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which Minister in his Department authorised the pay rises for his Department's senior executives in 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	8274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>The independent Senior Salaries Review Body (SSRB), which reports to Cabinet Office Ministers, recommends the pay framework for the Senior Civil Servants within government and the Prime Minister responds via ministerial statement the government’s response. HM Treasury applied pay increases in line with agreed framework within the resources available for the Senior Civil Servants. These increases were signed off by the HMT Executive management Board.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 11/09/2015 10:41:21 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

391717

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Part-time Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to paragraph 2.11 of the Spending Review 2015 (Cm 9112), how many of the two million jobs referred to in that paragraph are part-time.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	8289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>Over the last Parliament the number of people in employment increased by almost 2 million, meaning on average an extra 1,000 people in work every single day. The number working full-time increased by 1.5 million making up 76 per cent of the rise in employment, while the number of part-time workers rose by 482,000.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 11/09/2015 11:39:04 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

391724

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Information Commissioner's Office: Fines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what the fines imposed on the Information Commissioner's Office for excessive pay rises will be spent.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	8190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>The financial penalty imposed on the Information Commissioner’s Office will be retained in the UK Consolidated Fund. This is the central account which receives government revenues and ensures that the government can distribute the funds appropriately to support its priorities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 07/09/2015 15:10:01 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

391726

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2015 to Question 6496, how much of the £800 million referred to in the Answer will be invested in each year of the present Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	8217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs received an additional £800m of funding at the Summer Budget 2015 for a range of measures to tackle evasion and non-compliance. The additional expenditure which covers both the funding and the investment is set out in line 54 of table 2.1 in Chapter 2 on page 72 of the Summer Budget 2015 document.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 8292 question first answered 10/09/2015 14:58:04 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn