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1724666

	registered interest
	date	30/07/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Winter Fuel Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the impact of removing the entitlement to the Winter Fuel Allowance from people over State Pension age who pay tax at (a) the higher rate of 40% and (b) the additional rate of 45% on the public purse in the next financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Poole
	tabling member printed	Neil Duncan-Jordan
	uin	2695
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government does not publish estimates of the impacts on the public purse of removing the entitlement to the Winter Fuel Payment from people over State Pension age who pay income tax at the higher rate or additional rate.</p><p>In face of the substantial pressures faced by the public finances this year and next, the government has had to make hard choices to bring the public finances back under control, including targeting Winter Fuel Payments.</p><p>Winter Fuel Payments will continue to be paid to pensioner households with someone receiving Pension Credit or certain other income-related benefits. This means that the Winter Fuel Payment will be better targeted to low income pensioners who need it.</p> answering member constituency Bristol North West answering member printed Darren Jones question first answered 06/09/2024 13:01:18 answering member 4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones
	tabling member	5359

1726888

	registered interest
	date	27/08/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Unemployment: Chronic Illnesses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of trends in the level of economic inactivity owing to ill-health.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Alison Bennett
	uin	900223
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2024 answer text <p>There are 9.4 million working age people who are economically inactive in the UK, an increase of 860,000 since the start of the pandemic. Inactivity due to ill health is a major reason for economic inactivity and stands at a near-record high of 2.8 million people. To tackle economic inactivity, we will publish a White Paper to Get Britain Working.</p> answering member constituency Hampstead and Highgate answering member printed Tulip Siddiq question first answered 03/09/2024 15:08:47 answering member 4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq
	tabling member	5283

1727156

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance her Department plans to issue for (a) hauliers and (b) traders on the implementation of updated UK Internal Market Scheme; and if she will publish (A) details and (B) process maps for (1) H8 (TSS dataset) and (2) GVMS requirements.
	tabling member constituency	South Antrim
	tabling member printed	Robin Swann
	uin	4147
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2024 answer text <p>The government continues to engage extensively with traders and hauliers to build readiness for the implementation of the new arrangements under the Windsor Framework.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on gov.uk is consistently updated in line with any new requirements coming into effect. Specific guidance for traders and hauliers on the UK Internal Market Scheme can be found on GOV.UK here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/apply-for-authorisation-for-the-uk-internal-market-scheme-if-you-bring-goods-into-northern-ireland" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/apply-for-authorisation-for-the-uk-internal-market-scheme-if-you-bring-goods-into-northern-ireland</a>.</p><p> </p><p>And guidance on the requirements for GVMS can be found on gov.uk here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/check-how-to-move-goods-through-ports-that-use-the-goods-vehicle-movement-service" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/check-how-to-move-goods-through-ports-that-use-the-goods-vehicle-movement-service</a>.</p> answering member constituency Ealing North answering member printed James Murray question first answered 10/09/2024 16:10:32 answering member 4797 label Biography information for James Murray
	tabling member	5319

1721664

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) volume and (b) value was of (i) goods and (ii) other materials sent from Great Britain to Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	North Antrim
	tabling member printed	Jim Allister
	uin	379
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2024 answer text <p>Data on goods moved into Northern Ireland from Great Britain can be obtained from the official statistics produced on the GOV.UK website.</p><p><br> HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) has published a <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/summary-of-movements-of-goods-into-northern-ireland-from-great-britain-2023/summary-of-movements-of-goods-into-northern-ireland-from-great-britain-2023-commentary" target="_blank">Summary of movements of goods into Northern Ireland from Great Britain covering 2023</a>. Details for <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/summary-of-movements-of-goods-into-northern-ireland-from-great-britain-2022" target="_blank">2022</a> and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/summary-of-movements-of-goods-into-northern-ireland-from-great-britain-2021" target="_blank">2021</a> are also available.</p><p><br> HMRC do not have details prior to 2021 as this information was not collected before EU-Exit .</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ealing North answering member printed James Murray question first answered 22/07/2024 13:22:16 answering member 4797 label Biography information for James Murray
	tabling member	5356

1726876

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which body is responsible for taking customs duties that are required on goods moved in the red lane from Great Britain to Northern Ireland on arrival in Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	North Antrim
	tabling member printed	Jim Allister
	uin	3933
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2024 answer text HMRC, as the UK’s customs authority, is responsible for collecting customs duties, where applicable, for goods moving from Great Britain to Northern Ireland that are ‘at risk’ of entering the EU.<p> </p> answering member constituency Ealing North answering member printed James Murray question first answered 05/09/2024 13:55:06 answering member 4797 label Biography information for James Murray
	tabling member	5356

1725428

	registered interest
	date	27/08/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	UK Internal Trade: Large Goods Vehicles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the impact of hauliers in supporting trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	South Antrim
	tabling member printed	Robin Swann
	uin	900173
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2024 answer text <p>Hauliers play a very important role in supporting trade within the UK. The Government meets regularly with stakeholders involved in trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland, including representatives of the road haulage industry, particularly in view of the implementation of the Windsor Framework.</p> answering member constituency Ealing North answering member printed James Murray question first answered 05/09/2024 10:44:26 answering member 4797 label Biography information for James Murray
	tabling member	5319

1726084

	registered interest
	date	30/08/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	UK Infrastructure Bank
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which schemes the UK Infrastructure Bank has (a) accepted and (b) declined, by local authority area; and how much and what proportion of infrastructure finance available to the bank remained as of 4 July 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Telford
	tabling member printed	Shaun Davies
	uin	3321
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>The UK Infrastructure Bank (UKIB) sets out financial information in their Annual Reports and Accounts, which are published on their website at <a href="https://www.ukib.org.uk/publications" target="_blank">https://www.ukib.org.uk/publications</a> and provided to the house on a yearly basis. Further UKIB provides factsheets for each deal it enters into via their website, which can be found at <a href="https://www.ukib.org.uk/factsheets" target="_blank">https://www.ukib.org.uk/factsheets</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hampstead and Highgate answering member printed Tulip Siddiq question first answered 09/09/2024 15:38:03 answering member 4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq
	tabling member	5041

1728652

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many positions in her Department included (a) diversity, (b) inclusion, (c) equity and (d) equality in their job title in each of the last five years; and what the total cost of the salaries of each such job was in each of those years.
	tabling member constituency	Great Yarmouth
	tabling member printed	Rupert Lowe
	uin	5194
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>There are currently 3 members of HM Treasury staff who have (a) diversity, (b) inclusion, (c) equity or (d) equality in their job title. We do not hold this information for previous years.</p><p>As the total number of individuals is less than 5, HM Treasury is unable to release salary information as doing so would mean these individuals may be identifiable. This is in line with HM Treasury's data reporting policy.</p> answering member constituency Ealing North answering member printed James Murray question first answered 18/09/2024 10:52:26 answering member 4797 label Biography information for James Murray
	tabling member	5158

1726140

	registered interest
	date	30/08/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Travel: Insurance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Post-implementation review of the travel insurance signposting rules for consumers with medical conditions, published by the Financial Conduct Authority on 11 April 2024, what progress the Authority has made on implementation of the next steps.
	tabling member constituency	Bracknell
	tabling member printed	Peter Swallow
	uin	3448
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government is determined that insurers treat customers fairly and they are required to do so under Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) rules.</p><p> </p><p>Following its post-implementation review of its travel insurance signposting rules, the FCA set out a number of actions it would be taking to continue to improve access to travel insurance for customers with pre-exiting medical conditions.</p><p> </p><p>The FCA, as the independent regulator for financial services, will provide updates on its next steps in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hampstead and Highgate answering member printed Tulip Siddiq question first answered 05/09/2024 14:22:10 answering member 4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq
	tabling member	5165

1726862

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Trader Support Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the Trader Support Service (TSS) is fit for purpose; whether the TSS will continue after December 2024; and whether it is her policy that the TSS should remain free at the point of use.
	tabling member constituency	South Antrim
	tabling member printed	Robin Swann
	uin	3922
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2024 answer text <p>The government is committed to providing ongoing support to traders moving goods between Great Britain and Northern Ireland beyond the current Trader Support Service (TSS) contract period and will set out further information concerning the future of the TSS in due course.</p><p>The TSS continues to operate smoothly and consistently. HMRC monitors customer satisfaction scores, customer feedback and management information to continuously improve the service. As of July 2024, the TSS customer satisfaction score was 87.5%.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ealing North answering member printed James Murray question first answered 10/09/2024 16:07:35 answering member 4797 label Biography information for James Murray
	tabling member	5319