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	registered interest
	date	19/10/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	First Time Buyers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the support available for people saving to buy a house; and if he will reconsider the limits placed on help to buy ISAs.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Aaron Bell
	uin	67256
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The Help to Buy: ISA scheme aims to help those who are struggling to save enough to get onto the housing ladder. As first-time buyers tend to buy smaller (and therefore cheaper) first properties, the scheme’s property price cap of £250,000 for properties outside London (£450,000 within London) allows the Government to target support more precisely at the people the scheme is intended to help. Since its launch in 2015, the scheme has supported 497,940 property completions across the UK, with a mean property value of £176,125 compared with an average first-time buyer house price of £231,704.</p><p> </p><p>While the Government keeps all aspects of savings policy under review, Help to Buy: ISA account holders can transfer their funds to a Lifetime ISA without incurring any penalties. The Lifetime ISA allows first-time buyers to benefit from the Government bonus when purchasing properties up to £450,000 anywhere in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Further information on the Lifetime ISA together with a comprehensive list other forms of home purchase support schemes can be found on the Government’s website below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.ownyourhome.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.ownyourhome.gov.uk/</a></p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 25/10/2022 13:36:45 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	4837 label Biography information for Aaron Bell

1609734

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2023
	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, with reference to the paragraph 3.26 of the Office for Budget Responsibility's Economic and fiscal outlook - March 2023, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of that report's findings that cumulative UK Infrastructure Bank outlays between 2022-23 and 2025-26 will be 37 per cent lower than the initial estimate.
	tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
	tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
	uin	179867
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>The UK Infrastructure Bank (UKIB) was launched in June 2021 to increase investment into infrastructure and to tackle climate change and support regional and local economic growth across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>In its first Strategic Plan in summer 2022, UKIB set out that, subject to the pipeline of investible projects in each year, it aims to deploy up to £3 billion of debt and equity and £2.5 billion of guarantees a year, committing its initial £22 billion of financial capacity over five to eight years.</p><p> </p><p>To date, UKIB have announced 15 deals in total, investing approximately £1.4 billion and unlocking over £6 billion in private capital and supported over 4,700 jobs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 19/04/2023 16:12:43 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1609207

	registered interest
	date	30/03/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Carbon Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the his Department's policy paper entitled Net Zero Review Final Report, published on 19 October 2021, what recent progress his Department has made with HMRC on strengthen the analytical approach to monitoring, evaluating and quantifying the environmental impacts of tax measures.
	tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
	tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
	uin	177895
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>As outlined in the Net Zero Review final report, HM Treasury is building its governance, capabilities and processes to support our transition to Net Zero.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury is committed to ensuring fiscal decision making is aligned with achieving net zero. To support this, climate assessments are included in advice to Ministers at fiscal events.</p><p> </p><p>HMT and HMRC consider climate change and environmental implications of relevant tax measures. Climate assessments are included in all relevant Tax Information and Impact Notes (TIINs). HMT and HMRC continue to work together to improve our approach to assessing the environmental impacts of tax measures.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 17/04/2023 13:31:14 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1609209

	registered interest
	date	30/03/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Carbon Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the his Department's policy paper entitled Net Zero Review Final Report, published on 19 October 2021, what recent progress his Department has made on reviewing (a) the public sector balance sheet and (b) risk exposures in the context of climate change and the shift to a greener economy.
	tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
	tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
	uin	177897
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>HM Treasury continues to build governance, capabilities and processes to support our transition to Net Zero. That includes developing our analytical capability for assessing and reporting on our net zero transition and the impact of policies and projects.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the Charter for Budget Responsibility, the OBR produces an annual sustainability report which analyses the sustainability of, and the risks to, the public finances. The government’s response to the 2022 Fiscal Risks and Sustainability Report, published at Spring Budget 2023, included an update on progress made on managing the risks of the net zero transition<em>. </em></p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 17/04/2023 13:37:11 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1609205

	registered interest
	date	30/03/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Carbon Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the his Department's policy paper entitled Net Zero Review Final Report, published on 19 October 2021, what recent progress his Department has made on developing the green book in line with environmental evidence.
	tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
	tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
	uin	177894
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>As outlined in the Net Zero Review final report, HM Treasury is building its governance, capabilities and processes to support our transition to Net Zero. The Green Book mandates the consideration of climate and environmental impacts in appraisal and provides detailed guidance on how to do so. There have been a range of recent updates to the Green Book and particularly on environmental appraisal to support best practice. This includes both net zero and appraising wider impacts on the environment.</p><p> </p><p>In January 2023, supplementary guidance to the Green Book on the appraisal and evaluation of energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions was revised to improve its use for policymaking when applied to climate and environment.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury requires all departments to adhere to the Green Book guidance when providing a business case for a policy, programme or project.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 17/04/2023 13:34:20 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1609208

	registered interest
	date	30/03/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Carbon Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the his Department's policy paper entitled Net Zero Review Final Report, published on 19 October 2021, what recent progress his Department has made on developing a technology framework to support net zero innovation at fiscal events.
	tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
	tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
	uin	177896
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>In 2021, Government published the Net Zero Research and Innovation Framework which sets the research and innovation challenges across sectors over the next 5 to 10 years.</p><p> </p><p>The Net Zero Research and Innovation Delivery Plan 2022-2025, published on 30 March 2023, built on this Framework and set out the allocation of £4.2 billion in Government and Ofgem supported research and innovation funding for net zero. Projects were chosen to maximise strategic advantage for the UK, their contribution to carbon budget delivery and to retain optionality for different net zero pathways.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to use evidence and the Framework to ensure that public spending on net zero innovation is supporting the transition in the most cost-effective way.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 17/04/2023 13:29:20 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1609204

	registered interest
	date	30/03/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Economic Situation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the his Department's policy paper entitled Net Zero Review Final Report, published on 19 October 2021, what recent progress his Department has made on building macroeconomic modelling capability.
	tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
	tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
	uin	177893
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>As outlined in the Net Zero Review final report, HM Treasury is building its governance, capabilities and processes to support our transition to Net Zero. This includes developing a range of analytical approaches in order to develop our understanding of the many complexities of the economics of net zero and associated policy choices. Integrating the climate into macroeconomic models is an ongoing global effort and much of the international work is preliminary. HM Treasury is leading these discussions and will endeavour to use the best available evidence and analytical tools to carry out its economic assessment of net zero. Significant progress has already been made on building this analytical capacity.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 17/04/2023 13:42:45 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1462548

	registered interest
	date	12/05/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Oral Evidence taken by the Treasury Select Committee on 27 April 2022 on HM Treasury’s role in combating fraud, for what reason his Department does not have a global target for reducing public sector fraud across Government.
	tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
	tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
	uin	1377
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2022 answer text <p>Fraud against the public sector is combatted by individual public bodies, some of whom have targets, and some who do not. HM Treasury and the soon to be launched Public Sector Fraud Authority will be working with public bodies to increasingly use data to have a greater impact on public sector fraud. The government will be transparent in the progress it makes.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 20/05/2022 14:29:27 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
	tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1455199

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Child Benefit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Office of Budget Responsibility document entitled The effect of the personal allowance and higher rate threshold freezes on taxpayer numbers published on 13 January 2022, what assessment he has made of the impact of freezing the income tax (a) personal allowance and (b) higher rate threshold on the number of people who will be eligible to claim child benefit.
	tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
	tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
	uin	148420
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>Child Benefit is a universal benefit payable to families as a contribution towards the costs of raising a child or children. Entitlement to Child Benefit is dependent on a person making a claim for it and it is not means-tested.</p><p> </p><p>The High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) was introduced in 2013 and is a tax charge which applies to anyone with an income of over £50,000 who gets Child Benefit, or whose partner gets it. The charge increases gradually for those with incomes between £50,000 and £60,000 and is equal to one per cent of a family’s Child Benefit for every extra £100 of income that is over £50,000 each year. Where income exceeds £60,000, the tax charge is equal to the amount payable in Child Benefit. Individuals can also opt-out of getting Child Benefit payments and avoid paying HICBC. The HICBC thresholds are not linked to the Income Tax higher rate threshold or the personal allowance.</p><p> </p><p>The Government set the HICBC thresholds at these levels to help target public expenditure in the way it considered most effective. As with all elements of tax policy, the Government keeps this under review as part of the annual Budget process.</p><p> </p><p>The number of people who will be required to pay the High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge in future years will depend on many factors including the numbers of individuals who choose to opt-out of Child Benefit payments. Annual updates on the numbers of individuals who are liable to HICBC are published each Autumn at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fhigh-income-child-benefit-charge-data%2Fhigh-income-child-benefit-charge&amp;data=04%7C01%7CDavid.Bissell%40hmtreasury.gov.uk%7Ca3ca9bf1f9514d418ec708da131e67b8%7Ced1644c505e049e6bc39fcf7ac51c18c%7C0%7C0%7C637843318543062733%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=WBIW4KWNIet7b%2F3mRStl7xo0rjvKTGFI3RkSBd%2BorlM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/high-income-child-benefit-charge-data/high-income-child-benefit-charge</a>.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 148418 148419 question first answered 31/03/2022 15:50:26 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1338596

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Self-employed: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury's answer to the hon. Member for Hornsey and Wood Green on 16 June 2021, Official Report, column 318, which groups the Financial Secretary has met to discuss support for freelancers in the (a) creative and (b) other sectors.
	tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
	tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
	uin	19725
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2021 answer text <p>Treasury ministers and officials have had meetings with a wide variety of organisations and individuals in the public and private sectors, including MPs, businesses, professional representative bodies, and the unions, throughout the development of the COVID-19 support package including both the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme and the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>This proactive engagement has been widely praised, and the Institute for Government has said: “The Government’s approach to consultation compensated for some of the difficulties of accelerated policy development, because it gave it fast access to information, and an early sense of whether the measures would work and how they would be received by businesses and workers. This contributed to both positive reception on announcement and successful roll-out.”</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:</p><p><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> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 19724 question first answered 24/06/2021 14:09:22 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare