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1668299

	registered interest
	date	08/11/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress his Department has made on the implementation of the Government's Efficiency and Savings Review.
	tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
	tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
	uin	661
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>The Government’s Efficiency and Savings Review concluded at the Spring Budget. Through it, departments reprioritised to ensure the government can continue to protect the vital frontline services that matter most to the public despite the impacts of higher inflation.</p><p> </p><p>In line with wider financial delegations set by HM Treasury, it is the responsibility of departments and their functions to implement any agreed efficiencies and savings, including those that were agreed at the Efficiency and Savings Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 13/11/2023 11:05:32 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1667654

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Suicide
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to increase funding for suicide prevention in the 2023 Autumn Statement.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
	uin	375
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>Government is committed to mental health support and suicide prevention. In September, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) published the new <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/suicide-prevention-strategy-for-england-2023-to-2028" target="_blank">Suicide prevention strategy for England</a> and launched the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/suicide-prevention-grant-fund-2023-to-2025" target="_blank">Suicide Prevention Grant Fund</a> which makes available £10 million from 2023 to 2025 to support suicide prevention. It is the responsibility of local integrated care boards (ICBs) to plan services to meet the needs of their communities, including deciding how much funding they provide for mental health services.</p><p> </p><p>It would not be appropriate to comment on the content of the 2023 Autumn Statement at this time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 598 question first answered 13/11/2023 11:14:24 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1667662

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Suicide
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to provide ringfenced funding to (a) local authorities and (b) integrated care systems for suicide prevention services at the Autumn Statement.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
	tabling member printed	Ian Byrne
	uin	598
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>Government is committed to mental health support and suicide prevention. In September, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) published the new <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/suicide-prevention-strategy-for-england-2023-to-2028" target="_blank">Suicide prevention strategy for England</a> and launched the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/suicide-prevention-grant-fund-2023-to-2025" target="_blank">Suicide Prevention Grant Fund</a> which makes available £10 million from 2023 to 2025 to support suicide prevention. It is the responsibility of local integrated care boards (ICBs) to plan services to meet the needs of their communities, including deciding how much funding they provide for mental health services.</p><p> </p><p>It would not be appropriate to comment on the content of the 2023 Autumn Statement at this time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 375 question first answered 13/11/2023 11:14:24 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4831 label Biography information for Ian Byrne

1666878

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Childcare: Tax Allowances
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor for the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the tax-free childcare allowance, in the the context of increases in the cost of living.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	204026
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>Tax-Free Childcare provides financial support for working parents with their childcare costs. For every £8 parents pay into their childcare account, the Government adds £2 up to a maximum of £2,000 in top up per year for each child up to age 11 and up to £4,000 per disabled child until they are 17.</p><p> </p><p>The £2,000 Tax-Free Childcare top up has been set at this level because the Government believes it strikes the right balance between helping parents with their childcare costs, and managing the public finances in a responsible way.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to supporting parents with their childcare costs. At Spring Budget 2023, the Government announced that it will expand the free childcare hours offer, so that eligible working parents in England will be able to access 30 hours of free childcare per week for 38 weeks per year from when their child is 9 months old, to when they start school. Through this expansion, the government will be more than doubling its spend on free hours.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 26/10/2023 10:19:54 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1665477

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to fund pay increases for public sector workers at the rate of inflation or greater in the Autumn Statement 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
	tabling member printed	Beth Winter
	uin	203134
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>Pay for most frontline workforces is set through an independent Pay Review Body (PRB) process. The PRBs consider a range of evidence when forming their recommendations, including the need to recruit, retain and motivate suitably able and qualified people; the financial circumstances of Government; the Government's policies for improving public services; and the Government's inflation target.</p><p> </p><p>The Government values the expert advice of the PRBs and accepted their headline recommendations in full for the 2023-24 pay round, leading to some of the highest public sector pay uplifts in three decades. We will be remitting the PRBs for the 2024-25 pay round in due course</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 203136 question first answered 25/10/2023 07:41:09 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1665480

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to increase public sector pay in 2024-25 by at least the September 2023 growth in average earnings.
	tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
	tabling member printed	Beth Winter
	uin	203136
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>Pay for most frontline workforces is set through an independent Pay Review Body (PRB) process. The PRBs consider a range of evidence when forming their recommendations, including the need to recruit, retain and motivate suitably able and qualified people; the financial circumstances of Government; the Government's policies for improving public services; and the Government's inflation target.</p><p> </p><p>The Government values the expert advice of the PRBs and accepted their headline recommendations in full for the 2023-24 pay round, leading to some of the highest public sector pay uplifts in three decades. We will be remitting the PRBs for the 2024-25 pay round in due course</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 203134 question first answered 25/10/2023 07:41:09 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1662982

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Office for Nuclear Regulation: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor for the Exchequer, what happens to money from the public purse not spent by the Office for Nuclear Radiation when there is budgetary underspend.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	200836
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) operates a charging model which enables them to receive the majority of its funding through charges to industry clients. A proportion of ONR funding is provided by the Exchequer, via the Department for Work and Pensions as the ONR sponsorship department. Any resources, capital or cash authorised in the Supply Estimates but not used by the ONR at the end of a financial year are no longer authorised for use. Where the ONR has drawn down unspent cash from the Consolidated Fund, this will be immediately surrenderable back to the Fund.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 23/10/2023 12:27:40 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1663204

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Teachers: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Barnett Consequential for Northern Ireland will be as a result of the 6.5% pay increase for teachers in England.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast South
	tabling member printed	Claire Hanna
	uin	201058
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government has accepted the School Teachers’ Review Body’s pay recommendations for the 2023/24 teacher pay award in England in full. We are reprioritising from within the Department for Education’s existing budget to deliver the additional funding to schools in England for the costs of the pay award over 3.5%.</p><p> </p><p>The Northern Ireland Executive (NIE) receives funding through the Barnett formula when UK Government departmental DEL budgets change. As there is no change to the Department for Education’s DEL budget associated with this announcement, there are no associated Barnett consequentials. Barnett consequentials for Northern Ireland would already have resulted from the Department for Education’s initial budget settlement at Spending Review 2021 (SR21).</p><p /><p>The devolved administrations are well funded to deliver all their devolved responsibilities. SR21 set the largest annual block grants for the devolved administrations, in real terms, of any spending review settlement since the Devolution Acts. This provided on average £15 billion per year for the NIE. The NIE continues to receive at least 20% more funding per head than the UK Government spends on the same things in the rest of the UK.</p><p /><p>A full breakdown of changes to devolved administrations’ block grants, including Barnett consequentials, is set out in the published Block Grant Transparency document.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 18/10/2023 08:34:10 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4827 label Biography information for Claire Hanna

1663320

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure and Taxation: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the difference is between the amount of Government revenue collected from sources in Wales and the amount of funding provided by the Government to the Welsh Government in each of the last five financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	Mr Rob Roberts
	uin	201174
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2023 answer text <p>All Government revenue collected from sources in Wales in the five years up to the financial year ending 2022 is set out in the Country and regional public sector finances revenue tables published by the Office for National Statistics[1].</p><p> </p><p>Funding provided by the UK Government to the Welsh Government over the past five years is set out in the Block Grant Transparency publication. This publication is updated regularly and the most recent update was published in July 2023.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/governmentpublicsectorandtaxes/publicsectorfinance/datasets/countryandregionalpublicsectorfinancesrevenuetables" target="_blank">Country and regional public sector finances revenue tables - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 19/10/2023 09:13:21 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4810 label Biography information for Mr Rob Roberts

1663642

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the allocation to Northern Ireland will be from Wave 3 of the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
	uin	201496
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2023 answer text <p>At Spending Review 2021, funding was allocated for the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund to the former Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Barnett formula was applied.</p><p> </p><p>At spending reviews, the Barnett formula is applied to changes in each UK government department’s DEL budget with the Barnett consequentials that arise then added to the devolved administrations’ baseline block grants. Because the Barnett formula is not applied to changes in funding for all the individual programmes within a UK government department’s DEL budget, the Barnett consequentials associated with these individual programmes, such as the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund, cannot be identified.</p><p> </p><p>At Autumn Statement 2022, the Chancellor announced £6 billion of funding to go towards energy efficiency policies in the next Spending Review period.</p><p> </p><p>All decisions on devolved administration funding beyond the current Spending Review period will be taken at future Spending Reviews.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 18/10/2023 08:40:16 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1663940

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Barnett consequentials for Scotland are of the construction of the HS2 rail project.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	uin	201793
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2023 answer text <p>Funding for the HS2 programme has been provided to the Department for Transport’s (DfT). The Barnett formula has applied changes to the DfT’s budget to date as a result of funding for the HS2 programme, and the Scottish Government has received Barnett consequentials as a result.</p><p>At spending reviews, the Barnett formula is applied to changes in each UK government department’s DEL budget with the Barnett consequentials that arise then added to the devolved administrations’ baseline block grants.  As the Barnett formula is not applied to changes in funding for all the individual programmes within a UK government department’s DEL budget, the Barnett consequentials associated with these individual programmes cannot be identified.</p><p>The Barnett formula will continue to apply in the usual way as per the Statement of Funding Policy to any additional funding subsequently confirmed in this Spending Review period. All decisions on funding beyond the Spending Review 21 period will be taken at the next Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 18/10/2023 14:14:38 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

1663969

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Business: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to recover funding awarded fraudulently through the Government's pandemic support schemes.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	201822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>Our Covid-19 interventions helped millions of people and businesses through the worst effects of the pandemic. The Government prioritised getting money to those who needed it, with the schemes designed to minimise fraud while not unnecessarily delaying payments.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has created the Public Sector Fraud Authority (PSFA), with £24.7 million of new funding in the current SR period to support public bodies and departments to better understand and reduce the impact of fraud.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also invested over £100 million over two years in the Taxpayer Protection Taskforce to combat fraud in the HMRC support schemes. Up to the end of September, HMRC has recovered overpayments or prevented payments being made of claims worth over £1.6 billion. HMRC is still committed to the recovery of Covid-19 support scheme error and fraud.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also committed to bearing down on fraud in the Covid Loan Schemes. £13.2 million has been allocated to the National Investigation Service over three years to double their investigative capacity on Bounce Back Loans and fund enforcement activity. £10.9 million has been allocated to the British Business Bank over three years to boost their counter fraud and assurance programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 23/10/2023 12:25:58 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1664213

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
	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 impact of changes to the HS2 scheme on Barnett funding for Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
	uin	202066
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2023 answer text <p>Funding for the HS2 programme has been provided to the Department for Transport’s (DfT). The Barnett formula has applied changes to the DfT’s budget to date due to funding for the HS2 programme, and the Northern Ireland Executive has received Barnett consequentials as a result.</p><p> </p><p>At spending reviews, the Barnett formula is applied to changes in each UK Government department’s DEL budget with the Barnett consequentials that arise then added to the devolved administrations’ baseline block grants. As the Barnett formula is not applied to changes in funding for all the individual programmes within a UK Government department’s DEL budget, the Barnett consequentials associated with these individual programmes, such as HS2, cannot be identified.</p><p> </p><p>The Barnett formula will continue to apply to future changes to the DfT budget from funding for the HS2 programme.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 18/10/2023 14:13:20 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1661947

	registered interest
	date	19/09/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Standard of Living: Coventry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of his Department’s policies on living standards in (a) Coventry North East constituency and (b) Coventry.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	200460
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to promoting living standards and fostering inclusive growth across the country. Taken together, support to households to help with higher bills this year and last is worth £94 billion, or £3,300 per household on average – one of the largest household support packages in Europe.</p><p> </p><p>Distributional analysis published at Spring Budget 2023 shows that the typical UK household at any income level will see a net benefit in 2023-24 following government decisions made from Autumn Statement 2022 onwards. Low-income households will receive the largest benefit in cash terms and as a percentage of income from government decisions.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 17/10/2023 09:16:15 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1660791

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Retirement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September 2023 to Question 197911 on Prison Officers: Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of reducing the pension age of prison officers to 60.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	199626
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government values hardworking prison officers and has recently accepted the recommendations of the Prison Service Pay Review Body (PSPRB) for 2023/24 in full. Normal Pension Age in the civil service alpha scheme is set at a member’s State Pension age, and the Government notes the concerns raised in this regard by workforce representatives.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 20/09/2023 09:34:20 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1660183

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Dental Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral contribution by the Minister for Primary Care and Public Health of 11 July 2023 during Health and Social Care oral questions, column 172, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the delivery of the NHS Dental Plan.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	199138
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring people can access the health services they need.</p><p> </p><p>In September 2022, Government announced ‘Our plan for patients’ which sets out how we will increase access to NHS dental care in England, whilst making the NHS dental contract more attractive to dental practices to support the delivery. These changes have now been implemented.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor and Secretary of State for Health and Social Care have regular discussions on a range of health and social care services.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 19/09/2023 09:46:48 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1660303

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Unemployment: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of potential tax revenue not received due to (a) economic inactivity and (b) unemployment of young people in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	uin	199212
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government does not have a single recognised definition of young people for these purposes, with Office for National Statistics (ONS) labour market statistics published for 16 to 17, 18 to 24, and 25 to 34 year old age groups. Many young people in these groups are economically inactive by choice, as they dedicate their time to study and gain the knowledge they need to get the jobs they want. This will pay off later – for example, a Level 4/5 apprenticeship has a wage premium of 22% for those aged 19 and over in England. Meanwhile, the current unemployment rate for 16-24 year olds is low by historical standards and below the EU average.</p><p> </p><p>More broadly, our employment rate is the 4<sup>th</sup> highest in the G7 – higher than the US, Italy and France. Furthermore, the Government announced a £7 billion package of support to target labour supply at the Spring Budget, which led the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) to increase its estimate of employment by 110,000 by 2027-28.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 19/09/2023 14:29:32 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1659437

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether additional Barnett formula funding was applied to Northern Ireland in the context of the extension of the Household Support Fund in England for financial year 2023-24.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	198609
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>The Barnett formula was applied in the normal way to additional funding provided for the Household Support Fund.</p><p> </p><p>The Block Grant Transparency document details the Barnett consequentials that have been provided to the Northern Ireland Executive. As this shows, Barnett consequentials of £27.5m were provided to the Northern Ireland Executive in 2023-24 as a result of the extension of the Household Support Fund.[1]</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/block-grant-transparency-july-2023" target="_blank">Block Grant Transparency: July 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 14/09/2023 15:38:24 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1658548

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Office for Budget Responsibility: Standards
	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 accuracy of forecasts made by the Office for Budget Responsibility since 2018.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	198008
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>HMT supports the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) as the UK Government’s independent official forecaster. The OBR is required by law to provide an assessment of the accuracy of previous fiscal and economic forecasts at least once each financial year. The most recent OBR Forecast Evaluation Report (FER) was published in January 2023. It examined how the OBR’s March 2021 forecast for 2021-22 compared to subsequent outturn data and identified lessons for future forecasts. The OBR also published a report called “The OBR’s forecast performance” in August 2023 which reviewed its forecast performance since its establishment in 2010.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 11/09/2023 09:26:52 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1657872

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Debts Written Off: Developing Countries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Government response to the Eighth Report of the International Development Committee, Debt relief in low-income countries, HC 1393, published on 8 June 2023, what the evidential basis is for the conclusion that a legislative approach to debt relief could have unintended consequences in terms of access to finance for developing countries.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	197430
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government’s policy position on private sector participation in debt relief initiatives, including a legislative approach, has been informed by extensive engagement with a diverse range of stakeholders with an interest in sovereign debt. These included representatives from the private sector, international governments, civil society organisations and academics. The Government has also previously consulted extensively on this issue.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 11/09/2023 09:31:36 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1656001

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review the Barnett Formula.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	196058
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>Whilst the effective operation of the funding arrangements for the devolved administrations is monitored on an ongoing basis, the UK Government currently has no plans to undertake a formal review of the Barnett formula.</p><p>The Barnett formula is simple, efficient and provides a clear and certain outcome. For this reason, it has stood the test of time.</p><p>The Barnett formula ensures the same change in funding per person across the whole of the UK, while the underlying baseline funding reflects that needs are higher in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 11/09/2023 09:30:12 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1656466

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Land: Public Sector
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up Communities and Local Government on allowing public land to be sold for below market value when purchased for projects aimed to benefit the local community.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	196317
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The Treasury is committed to generating maximum benefits from the sale of public land, whether in terms of cash receipts, or by putting land to better use for the public. The Green Book makes clear that policy appraisal should consider costs and benefits to the whole of UK society, not just the public sector or the institution involved.<em> </em></p><p> </p><p>Cabinet Office, Treasury and DLUHC officials have regular discussions on public land sales.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 11/09/2023 13:38:43 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1656734

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment has been made of the adequacy of resources available to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman to (a) consider referrals in a reasonable timeframe and (b) to manage the demand on its services.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	196474
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman (PHSO), as an independent organisation, requested and received an increase in funding at the 2021 Spending Review, with its total Resource budget £41.8m in 2023/24 and Capital budget £11.7m.</p><p>As it is independent from Government and accountable to Parliament with its work is scrutinised by the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee. It is therefore, not for HM Treasury to comment on the adequacy of the resources available to the PHSO.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 11/09/2023 09:28:48 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1657283

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Sector Debt
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress he has made on reducing the level of national debt.
	tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
	tabling member printed	Dr Kieran Mullan
	uin	197253
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>Reducing national debt is one the Prime Minister’s five priorities, which is reflected in the Government’s fiscal rules. In its March forecast, the independent Office for Budget Responsibility confirmed that the Government is on track to deliver this, with underlying debt falling as a percentage of GDP in 2027-28. To ensure fiscal sustainability, the Government has taken difficult but necessary decisions to ensure that debt is falling.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 11/09/2023 09:25:08 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4860 label Biography information for Dr Kieran Mullan

1658021

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Hospitality Industry and Tourism: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps his Department has taken to help support recruitment in the hospitality and tourism industry.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	906212
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2023 answer text <p>Hospitality and leisure businesses will be supported by our Spring Budget employment package which aims to provide the workforce they need to thrive. In addition, these sectors will benefit from business rates support worth £13.6bn over the next five years which includes a more generous of the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure (RHL) relief scheme which is increasing from 50% to 75% in 2023-24. We have also increased the Draught Relief duty differential.</p><p>The government has also contributed to various successful campaigns to stimulate the tourism sector’s recovery, including VisitBritain’s latest multi-million pound international GREAT campaign &quot;See things Differently&quot; which ran from February until June 2023, positioning Britain as a dynamic, diverse and welcoming destination.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 05/09/2023 14:17:42 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron