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1051385

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Medicine: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with Health and Social Care on funding for additional domestic medical student places.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	214489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>The government is delivering on its commitment to roll out an extra 1,500 medical school places. Around 630 have taken up places on medical courses in September 2018, bringing the total intake for 2018/19 to 6,701 - the highest on record. A further 690 will be available to students in 2019/20 and the remaining 180 places will be available in 2020/21.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS has established a national workforce group, which will look at the future medical workforce as part of delivering on the workforce aims set out in the Long-Term Plan. The NHS will publish a detailed workforce implementation plan in the Spring.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 214490 214491 question first answered 06/02/2019 15:57:29 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1051387

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Medicine: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of funding additional domestic medical student places to meet increasing demand on NHS services.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	214490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>The government is delivering on its commitment to roll out an extra 1,500 medical school places. Around 630 have taken up places on medical courses in September 2018, bringing the total intake for 2018/19 to 6,701 - the highest on record. A further 690 will be available to students in 2019/20 and the remaining 180 places will be available in 2020/21.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS has established a national workforce group, which will look at the future medical workforce as part of delivering on the workforce aims set out in the Long-Term Plan. The NHS will publish a detailed workforce implementation plan in the Spring.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 214489 214491 question first answered 06/02/2019 15:57:29 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1051390

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Medicine: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he is taking to ensure that the UK has the ability to train sufficient numbers of medical students for the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	214491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>The government is delivering on its commitment to roll out an extra 1,500 medical school places. Around 630 have taken up places on medical courses in September 2018, bringing the total intake for 2018/19 to 6,701 - the highest on record. A further 690 will be available to students in 2019/20 and the remaining 180 places will be available in 2020/21.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS has established a national workforce group, which will look at the future medical workforce as part of delivering on the workforce aims set out in the Long-Term Plan. The NHS will publish a detailed workforce implementation plan in the Spring.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 214489 214490 question first answered 06/02/2019 15:57:29 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

994532

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Affordable Housing: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Government has spent on affordable housing in the last (a) year and (b) five years.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	183865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>The government funds affordable housing through the Affordable Homes Programme. It does not announce funding on a yearly basis. The allocations of funding are as follows:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>Affordable Homes Programme 2011 – 2015 £4.5 billion</p><p> </p></li><li><p>Affordable Homes Programme 2015 – 2018* £2.9 billion</p></li><li><p>Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme 2016 – 2022 £9.1 billion (including £1 billion of commitments from the 2015 – 18 programme).</p><p> </p><p>(* In addition to the 2015 - 2018 programme we also announced the “Rent to Buy loan scheme” of £200 million funding to deliver Rent to Buy homes.)</p></li></ul> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 30/10/2018 14:55:13 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

990384

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Credit: Interest Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government has plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that payday lenders make individual assessments of the effect on people who have (a) gambling and (b) mental health problems of taking out a loan.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	181174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The Regulation of consumer credit is a matter for the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The Government has given the FCA strong powers to protect consumers.</p><p> </p><p>FCA rules are based on the principle that money should only be lent to a consumer if they can afford to repay it. The rules set out what is expected of firms, and the sanctions if they lend irresponsibly.</p><p> </p><p>The FCA also has comprehensive guidance for firms when lending to consumers with mental capacity limitations. Firms should take reasonable steps to ensure that they have suitable business practices and procedures in place for the fair treatment of customers who they understand, or reasonably suspect, have or may have a mental capacity limitation</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 23/10/2018 14:27:31 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

990387

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Credit: Interest Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to bring forward legislative proposals to prohibit payday loan companies from advertising their services on television.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	181175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The Regulation of consumer credit is a matter for the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The Government has given the FCA strong powers to protect consumers.</p><p>The FCA has introduced a tough set of detailed rules regarding firms’ promotions and advertisements, with the fundamental requirement that all advertisements and other promotions must be clear, fair and not misleading. Payday loan adverts are also subject to the Advertising Standards Authority’s (ASA) strict content rules. The ASA can ban irresponsible adverts, and has a strong track record of doing so.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 23/10/2018 14:28:39 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

982863

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Credit: Interest Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to take steps to prevent rental purchase retailers from charging in excess of twice the value of the goods sold over the contract period; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	175949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government has fundamentally reformed regulation of the consumer credit market, including high-cost credit, transferring regulatory responsibility from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on 1 April 2014. This more robust regulatory system is helping to deliver the Government’s vision for a well-functioning and sustainable consumer credit market which is able to meet the needs of all consumers.</p><p> </p><p>The Government welcomed the FCA’s update on it’s high-cost credit review in May. The FCA has identified a need to intervene to protect vulnerable consumers in the rent-to-own market, and is considering a cap on the cost of rent-to-own. The government will continue to work with the FCA to ensure that all high-cost credit customers are treated fairly.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 16/10/2018 15:58:03 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

922518

registered interest
date	12/06/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Corporation Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the level of corporation tax to fund the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	152654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2018 answer text <p>On 18 June, the Prime Minister set out that the NHS in England will receive an increase in funding over the next five years that equates to over £20 billion additional real terms funding a year by 2023-24.</p><p> </p><p>We need to ensure we can sustainably fund our NHS and other public services in the future, and we can’t just pass on extra debt to the next generation.</p><p> </p><p>So, as the Prime Minister set out on Monday, taxpayers will have to contribute a bit more in a fair and balanced way to support an NHS that we all use. The Chancellor will set out precisely how we do this in due course.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 20/06/2018 15:15:24 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

886312

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Preston
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 April 2018 to Question 135494 Revenue and Customs: North West, what the timetable is for HM Revenues and Customs to agree the Preston staffing position; and what assessment he has made of the staffing requirements for HMRC offices in Preston in after 2022.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	136507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The DWP’s future resource requirements have not been finalised. HMRC are working with colleagues in DWP to complete planning as a matter of urgency and will let HMRC staff know the outcome as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p>While there will be HMRC staff delivering Tax Credit work in Preston until 2022, there are no plans for any additional work to be located there.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 23/04/2018 15:48:00 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

882432

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff were employed by HMRC at the Tax Credit Office in Preston as at 28 March 2018; and how many of those staff his Department (a) estimates will be employed at that Tax Credit Office by 1 January 2019 and (b) planned to offer redundancy to, make redundant or offer jobs at other HMRC offices in Lancashire, Merseyside or Greater Manchester to.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	135494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>Around 1900 staff were employed by HMRC in Preston as at 28 March 2018.</p><p> </p><p>At this stage HMRC has not agreed the Preston staffing position for January 2019. HMRC will keep staff updated as plans evolve.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 18/04/2018 12:59:54 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick