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1490962

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date	20/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Lamp Insurance Company: Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of liabilities as a result of the liquidation of Lamp Insurance Company Limited being covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	40809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>HM Treasury does not routinely provide estimates relating to Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) costs in relation to individual cases.</p><p> </p><p>The FSCS is funded by the financial services industry and is operationally independent of government. Firms that are authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority pay an annual levy to fund FSCS compensation and management expenses. Some of the funding also comes through recoveries from the estates of failed firms and any third parties that might be liable for, or connected to, the compensation claim. This can reduce the cost of the levy to the wider industry. The FSCS also has in place a revolving credit facility with a consortium of private lenders from which it can drawdown at short notice.</p><p> </p><p>In the unlikely event the FSCS exhausts its available resources, it may request a loan from the National Loans Fund. This means public funds are only used to fund FSCS compensation in a very limited set of special circumstances.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Richard Fuller question first answered 05/09/2022 07:16:51 answering member 3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1490964

registered interest
date	20/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Insurance Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of taking steps to deter the practice of assignment of benefit only collection of premiums and avoiding liabilities by acquiring insurance companies.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	40811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>The Financial Conduct Authority monitors the risk of firms’ non-compliance with its rules by maintaining regular and open dialogue with consumer organisations, trade associations, and other sources such as complaints information.</p><p>The Financial Conduct Authority has not been made aware of widespread issues relating to assignment of benefits, and the Government does not currently plan on taking action.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Richard Fuller question first answered 05/09/2022 07:18:14 answering member 3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1490995

registered interest
date	20/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of his Department's policies during the covid-19 outbreak on people who were ineligible to claim Government financial support in that period.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	40861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>Throughout the pandemic, the Government sought to protect people’s jobs and livelihoods while also supporting businesses and public services across the UK. To do this, the Government has provided up to £400 billion of direct support for the economy.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is evaluating the delivery and impact of these schemes to ensure we learn lessons for the future. For example, the Government has already published a plan to evaluate the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS). The Government is also carrying out an evaluation of the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) which will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to learn these lessons through formal evaluations and reports by independent bodies, such the National Audit Office, and through the work of the UK Covid-19 Public Inquiry.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 05/09/2022 07:11:58 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1490997

registered interest
date	20/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Ukraine: Military Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 19 July 2022 to Question 36000 on Ukraine: Military Aid, from which Departments has the additional £1 billion of support to Ukraine been drawn from.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	40737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>All ministerial departments contributed from their 2022-23 capital budgets towards military aid for Ukraine. See full list below:</p><p> </p><p>Attorney General’s Office; Cabinet Office; Department for Business, Energy &amp; Industrial Strategy; Department for Digital, Culture, Media &amp; Sport; Department for Education; Department for Environment Food, &amp; Rural Affairs; Department for International Trade; Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities; Department for Transport; Department for Work and Pensions; Department of Health and Social Care; Foreign, Commonwealth &amp; Development Office; HM Treasury; Home Office; and Ministry of Justice;</p><p> </p><p>We also received contributions from the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government and the Territorial Offices (the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland, the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales, and the Northern Ireland Office).</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 05/09/2022 07:09:37 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1491011

registered interest
date	20/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Insurance Companies: Gibraltar
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what arrangements exist between authorities in the UK and Gibraltar for cooperation when investigating failed insurance companies at a cost to the public purse.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	40812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to maintaining high standards of consumer protection in UK financial services. Authorities within the UK and Gibraltar work together closely, including when insurance firms fail. The current arrangements for cooperation between the financial services regulators in Gibraltar and the UK are set out in a Memorandum of Understanding available <a href="https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/mou/fsa-mou-gibraltar.pdf" target="_blank">here:</a> <a href="https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/mou/fsa-mou-gibraltar.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/mou/fsa-mou-gibraltar.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The forthcoming Gibraltar Authorisation Regime will be a new permanent legislative and institutional framework. It will govern UK market access for certain Gibraltar-based financial services firms, including insurers, and will cement arrangements for insolvency and resolution requirements<strong>.</strong></p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Richard Fuller question first answered 05/09/2022 07:16:05 answering member 3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1491021

registered interest
date	20/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Alternative Fuels: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 July 2022 to Question 35899 on Fuels: Prices, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing further financial incentives for switching to cleaner alternatives to red diesel; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
uin	40749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government announced in the 2020 Budget that it would be removing the entitlement to use red diesel from most sectors from April 2022. These are important long-term reforms, which ensure most businesses that used red diesel prior to April 2022 now pay the same amount of tax as ordinary motorists. This more fairly reflects the harmful emissions produced. These reforms are also designed to incentivise the development and adoption of greener alternative technologies, and improvements in the energy efficiency of vehicles and machinery.</p><p> </p><p>To support the development of alternatives that affected businesses can switch to, the Government is at least doubling the funding provided for energy innovation through the £1 billion Net Zero Innovation Portfolio. From that portfolio, the Government announced the £40 million Red Diesel Replacement Competition, which will provide grant funding for projects that develop and demonstrate lower carbon, lower cost alternatives to red diesel for the construction, and mining and quarrying sectors. These sectors were chosen because they encompass 62% of the UK’s red diesel use. However, the technologies developed from this programme will also be applicable to other sectors to support decarbonisation, and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is planning a series of dissemination events in the future with industry and other affected sectors to spread awareness about the successes achieved and lessons learned through this programme.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 05/09/2022 07:14:11 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1491054

registered interest
date	20/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Insurance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that National Insurance Numbers are issued three months before a person's 16th birthday.
tabling member constituency	Burton
tabling member printed	Kate Griffiths
uin	40949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>HMRC issues National Insurance Numbers to most young people just before their 16<sup>th</sup> birthday.</p><p> </p><p>In order for a child to be issued a National Insurance Number (NINo) automatically, the child must be part of a live Child Benefit claim when they are 15 years, 9 months old.</p><p> </p><p>If a child has been part of a claim, but is not part of a claim when they are 15 years, 9 months old, HMRC can be contacted to request a NINo. This process takes approximately 15 working days.</p><p> </p><p>If a child has never been part of a Child Benefit claim (or a claim for a childcare service administered by HMRC) HMRC will have no record of them. An online application can be made to the Department for Work and Pensions to obtain a NINo. HMRC does not collate information on the number of young people who cannot be included in the automatic process.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 40950 question first answered 05/09/2022 07:23:16 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4773 label Biography information for Kate Kniveton

1491055

registered interest
date	20/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Insurance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of people were not issued a National Insurance number in the three months before their 16th birthday in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Burton
tabling member printed	Kate Griffiths
uin	40950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>HMRC issues National Insurance Numbers to most young people just before their 16<sup>th</sup> birthday.</p><p> </p><p>In order for a child to be issued a National Insurance Number (NINo) automatically, the child must be part of a live Child Benefit claim when they are 15 years, 9 months old.</p><p> </p><p>If a child has been part of a claim, but is not part of a claim when they are 15 years, 9 months old, HMRC can be contacted to request a NINo. This process takes approximately 15 working days.</p><p> </p><p>If a child has never been part of a Child Benefit claim (or a claim for a childcare service administered by HMRC) HMRC will have no record of them. An online application can be made to the Department for Work and Pensions to obtain a NINo. HMRC does not collate information on the number of young people who cannot be included in the automatic process.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 40949 question first answered 05/09/2022 07:23:16 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4773 label Biography information for Kate Kniveton

1491067

registered interest
date	20/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Construction and Horticulture: Red Diesel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 July 2022 to Question 35899 on Fuels: Prices, in the context of significant increases in the cost of white diesel since the conclusion of the consultation on reforms to the tax treatment of red diesel and other rebated fuels, if he will reassess the impact of the removal of the red diesel fuel entitlement on the (a) construction and (b) horticultural industries, including landscape gardeners.
tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
uin	40751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>In 2020, the Government ran a public consultation to make sure it had not overlooked any exceptional reasons why sectors currently using red diesel should be allowed to continue to do so beyond April 2022, and to seek views on its proposals for implementing the changes.</p><p>Following the consultation, the Government decided that rebated fuel in certain vehicles and machines could continue to be used for purposes relating to horticulture. As set out in guidance on GOV.UK, for the purpose of rebated fuel entitlement, horticulture is treated as the cultivation and management of gardens (including vegetable plots, allotments and market gardens, but also flowerbeds, trees, shrubberies and ornamental lawns in public parks). In contrast, landscaping and maintenance of grassy recreational areas is not regarded as horticulture.</p><p>The relevant guidance, Excise Notice 75, is available at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/using-rebated-fuels-in-vehicles-and-machines-excise-notice-75-from-1-april-2022</p><p>Having assessed the cases made by other sectors to retain their red diesel entitlement, including construction, the Government did not believe that they were compelling enough to outweigh the need to ensure fairness between the different users of diesel fuels and the Government’s long-term environmental objectives.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 05/09/2022 07:15:02 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1491199

registered interest
date	20/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	NatWest Group: Individual Savings Accounts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2022 to Question 34831 on NatWest Group: Child Trust Fund, what recent discussions his Department has had with representatives of the Financial Ombudsman Service on complaints regarding NatWest Junior ISA accounts, in the context of the Government's majority stake in NatWest Group.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	40742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>Treasury ministers and officials engage with stakeholders on a variety of issues. However, the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is an independent non-governmental body. The independence of the FOS underpins its credibility, authority and value to consumers. Although the Government discusses a range of issues with the FOS it does not therefore seek to intervene in its decision making.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also no longer holds a majority stake in NatWest Group and manages its shareholding at arm’s length on a commercial basis through UK Government Investments Ltd (UKGI). UKGI's role is to manage the investment, not the bank itself. NatWest Group retains its own independent board and management team for strategic and operational decisions.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Richard Fuller question first answered 05/09/2022 07:17:40 answering member 3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight