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621987

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	EU Grants and Loans: Liverpool City Region
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment the Government has made of the effect on (a) Liverpool City Region and (b) Wirral of not making up the shortfall in funding from the European Regional Development Fund and European Social Fund after the 2014 to 2020 programme has concluded.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	50517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>The government has provided a guarantee for all European Structural and Investment Fund projects signed before the Autumn Statement. The government has also provided a guarantee for all projects signed after the Autumn Statement and before the UK’s departure from the European Union, if they provide good value for money and are in line with domestic strategic priorities. The government has not made a forecast of funding allocations for the 2021 to 2027 programme period. For the 2014-2020 programme period Liverpool City Region has received a European Social and Investment Fund allocation of €221.9m. Officials are beginning the longer-term work of considering how best to support our regions following the UK’s departure from the European Union.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 50518 50600 question first answered 31/10/2016 15:29:27 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

621995

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Environment Protection: Taxation
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 role of the carbon price floor in maintaining security of electricity supply.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
uin	50413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government takes into account a range of factors when considering the future direction of the Carbon Price Floor. An assessment of the wider impacts of the CPF was published in a <em>Tax and Information Impact Note</em> in March 2014 and can be accessed via the following the link, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/carbon-price-floor-reform" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/carbon-price-floor-reform</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 03/11/2016 15:05:21 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

621996

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Environment Protection: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department plans to provide an update on the future of the carbon price floor after 2021.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
uin	50417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government continues to consider the long-term direction of the Carbon Price Floor and will make an announcement in due course.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 03/11/2016 15:07:27 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

622003

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Treasury: UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 6 December 2010, Official Report, column 7WS, what consideration his Department has given to the articles of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child when making new policy and legislation since May 2015.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	50468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>Being able to analyse properly the impact of polices in relation to particular groups is a fundamental part of good policy-making. This is done a range of ways, including through engagement with civil society and professionals.</p><p> </p><p>Cabinet Office guidance to all Government departments advises that child rights impact assessments should be undertaken on policy and legislative changes, and Impact Assessments are regularly undertaken where the child is directly affected by proposed changes.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government has a responsibility to undertake:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>The Equalities Impact Assessment, which ensures that decision-makers understand the impact on protected groups.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>A Family Test that helps us to understand the impact of new policies on families and children.</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>All Bills introduced by Treasury ministers are published with a memorandum confirming that the Bill is compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), the provisions of which overlap with those of the UNCRC to a considerable extent.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 02/11/2016 15:41:08 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

620842

registered interest
date	25/10/2016
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, for what reasons the National Infrastructure Commission is to be established as an executive agency rather than as a non-departmental public body.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	50070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>The government considers that the National Infrastructure Commission will have the right tools to deliver its objectives and operate effectively as an executive agency.</p><p> </p><p>It will continue to provide robust, impartial analysis and advice on the country’s most complex and pressing infrastructure challenges. Setting up the NIC as an executive agency will mean that the Commission can be up and running in permanent form as soon as January 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 02/11/2016 16:43:13 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

620843

registered interest
date	25/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Child Tax Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will carry out an impact assessment on the effect on child poverty levels of limiting tax credit payments to two children.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	50046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>There will be no cash losers as a result of the Government’s policy to limit support to two children in Child Tax Credit and Universal Credit. An impact assessment of Tax Credits and Universal Credit changes to Child Element and Family Element was published in July 2015.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 02/11/2016 11:53:36 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

620845

registered interest
date	25/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Dismissal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HM Revenue and Customs' staff have been dismissed in each year since 2006; and what proportion of those staff were disabled.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	50102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>The table below shows all dismissals from 1 April 2006 and the number of people dismissed who have recorded their disability status as disabled and non-disabled.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total No. Of Dismissals</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Recorded Disabled status</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Not Recorded Disabled status</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>386</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>376</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>457</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>424</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>530</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>456</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>467</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>373</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>511</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>427</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>510</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>410</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>449</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>366</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>346</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>283</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>522</p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>434</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>235</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>198</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All Years Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,563</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>666</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,242</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs runs regular educational campaigns to encourage people to declare their disability status. For the Department as a whole, the disability declaration rate has increased from 5.4% in 2006 to 60.4% in 2016. As at 30 September 2016, 14.82% of the Department have recorded themselves as disabled.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 02/11/2016 17:13:35 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

620847

registered interest
date	25/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Cumbernauld
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans are in place to mitigate the potential economic effect of the proposal to close HM Revenue and Custom's Cumbernauld tax office.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	50139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC) transformation programme will deliver 13 large regional centres, four specialist sites, one London-based headquarters and five transitional locations across the country, replacing 170 smaller offices. The planning for this major programme is undertaken at national level and HMRC’s decision making has been driven by its duty to deliver the best value for money for the taxpayer. Its location plans are expected to generate savings of tens of millions of pounds every year from 2025.</p><p>The HMRC office in Cumbernauld is scheduled to close in 2019-20. HMRC believes that the majority of staff are within reasonable daily travel of Glasgow and will move with their work.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 50140 50269 question first answered 02/11/2016 15:58:44 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

620848

registered interest
date	25/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Cumbernauld
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the detailed estimate his Department has made of the potential costs and savings of the proposed relocation of staff from Cumbernauld tax office to a new site in Glasgow.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	50140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC) transformation programme will deliver 13 large regional centres, four specialist sites, one London-based headquarters and five transitional locations across the country, replacing 170 smaller offices. The planning for this major programme is undertaken at national level and HMRC’s decision making has been driven by its duty to deliver the best value for money for the taxpayer. Its location plans are expected to generate savings of tens of millions of pounds every year from 2025.</p><p>The HMRC office in Cumbernauld is scheduled to close in 2019-20. HMRC believes that the majority of staff are within reasonable daily travel of Glasgow and will move with their work.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 50139 50269 question first answered 02/11/2016 15:58:44 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

620849

registered interest
date	25/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Roads: Capital Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will increase the Local Majors Fund.
tabling member constituency	Eastleigh
tabling member printed	Mims Davies
uin	50185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2016 answer text <p>The Local Majors Fund supports local transport scheme bids which are too big to receive support from the Local Growth Fund. At the Spending Review in 2015, the Government announced the Local Majors Fund would comprise £475 million of funding over this Parliament. This Fund forms part of the Government’s commitment to infrastructure – over 3000 infrastructure projects have been delivered across the country since 2010.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 28/10/2016 10:43:23 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies