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registered interest
date	10/06/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Infrastructure: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many national infrastructure projects have been established in Scotland since 1997.
tabling member constituency	Dumfries and Galloway
tabling member printed	Richard Arkless
uin	40215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>More than 240 infrastructure schemes have been completed since the beginning of the last Parliament. The National Infrastructure Pipeline (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-infrastructure-pipeline-2016) contains a list of planned private and public infrastructure projects and programmes. Almost all Scottish economic infrastructure, including transport, water, flood defence and waste, is devolved to the Scottish government. However, the UK government has made significant investment in transport infrastructure, including £1.2 billion to replace the electric intercity 225 fleet that currently runs on the London to Edinburgh line, as well as £50 million, matched by the Scottish government, to replace the Cross-border Caledonian sleeper.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 15/06/2016 16:08:22 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4387 label Biography information for Richard Arkless

524207

registered interest
date	09/06/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Credit Reference Agencies: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the level of accuracy of the credit records held by credit reporting agencies; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	40182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>When consumer credit regulation transferred from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on 1 April 2014, the Government decided that, given their central role in helping to inform responsible lending decisions, CRAs should be directly regulated by the FCA. As such, every credit reference agency’s fitness to trade is being assessed as part of the FCA’s robust authorisation process</p><p> </p><p>Information on a credit report should be purely factual; for example, if arrears were incurred, those lenders who share data through the credit reference agencies will have recorded them.</p><p> </p><p>A credit reference agency is able to correct factually inaccurate information. However, it is the original lender or organisation that supplies credit to a consumer that provides the agencies with the information held on a credit report. Where inaccurate information has been reported to a credit reference agency, a consumer must contact the lender in the first instance.</p><p> </p><p>If a problem with inaccurate data is not resolved satisfactorily with a lender, consumers are able to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), which is able to investigate and take action where necessary. The ICO is the UK's independent body set up to uphold information rights, and it enforces the Data Protection Act.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 40184 40186 question first answered 14/06/2016 15:42:06 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

524208

registered interest
date	09/06/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Credit Reference Agencies: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when Ministers or senior officials of his Department last met with credit ratings agencies to discuss the accuracy of the credit record histories of UK nationals; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	40183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials meet with a wide range of companies and organisations to discuss relevant issues.</p><p> </p><p>Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 14/06/2016 15:38:48 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

524209

registered interest
date	09/06/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Credit Reference Agencies: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to require regular audits of the accuracy of records held by credit ratings agencies on UK nationals' credit history; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	40184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>When consumer credit regulation transferred from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on 1 April 2014, the Government decided that, given their central role in helping to inform responsible lending decisions, CRAs should be directly regulated by the FCA. As such, every credit reference agency’s fitness to trade is being assessed as part of the FCA’s robust authorisation process</p><p> </p><p>Information on a credit report should be purely factual; for example, if arrears were incurred, those lenders who share data through the credit reference agencies will have recorded them.</p><p> </p><p>A credit reference agency is able to correct factually inaccurate information. However, it is the original lender or organisation that supplies credit to a consumer that provides the agencies with the information held on a credit report. Where inaccurate information has been reported to a credit reference agency, a consumer must contact the lender in the first instance.</p><p> </p><p>If a problem with inaccurate data is not resolved satisfactorily with a lender, consumers are able to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), which is able to investigate and take action where necessary. The ICO is the UK's independent body set up to uphold information rights, and it enforces the Data Protection Act.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 40182 40186 question first answered 14/06/2016 15:42:06 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

524210

registered interest
date	09/06/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Credit Reference Agencies: Fines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many fines have been levied on credit rating agencies (a) in total and (b) for inaccurate reports of individuals' credit records; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	40185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>This question has been passed on to the FCA. The FCA will reply to directly to the Honourable member by letter. A copy of the letter will be placed in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 14/06/2016 15:40:18 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

524211

registered interest
date	09/06/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Credit Reference Agencies: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to require the Financial Conduct Authority to require credit rating agencies to improve their reporting of an individual's credit record; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	40186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>When consumer credit regulation transferred from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on 1 April 2014, the Government decided that, given their central role in helping to inform responsible lending decisions, CRAs should be directly regulated by the FCA. As such, every credit reference agency’s fitness to trade is being assessed as part of the FCA’s robust authorisation process</p><p> </p><p>Information on a credit report should be purely factual; for example, if arrears were incurred, those lenders who share data through the credit reference agencies will have recorded them.</p><p> </p><p>A credit reference agency is able to correct factually inaccurate information. However, it is the original lender or organisation that supplies credit to a consumer that provides the agencies with the information held on a credit report. Where inaccurate information has been reported to a credit reference agency, a consumer must contact the lender in the first instance.</p><p> </p><p>If a problem with inaccurate data is not resolved satisfactorily with a lender, consumers are able to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), which is able to investigate and take action where necessary. The ICO is the UK's independent body set up to uphold information rights, and it enforces the Data Protection Act.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 40182 40184 question first answered 14/06/2016 15:42:06 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

524212

registered interest
date	09/06/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Sahaviriya Steel Industries UK: Redcar
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to provide any funding for a further assessment of the Redcar SSI site as recommended in the independent report, Tees Valley: opportunity unlimited, published on 7 June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	40128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>I welcome Lord Heseltine’s independent report on the Tees Valley following the closure of the SSI steelworks. As noted in the report, the Government is providing funding for an intermediate body to manage the site prior to the creation of the Mayoral Development Corporation, and is funding site assessments in 2016-17 in order to understand the scale and complexity of the SSI site. The case for any further Government funding will be considered in light of those assessments.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 14/06/2016 16:12:25 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

524213

registered interest
date	09/06/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 24 May 2016 to Question 37689, if he will indicate where in that document details are provided on the (a) potential effect on the triple lock pension policy and (b) value of state pensions for people who retire before 6 April 2016 of a potential reduction in economic growth in the event of the UK voting to leave the EU.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	40148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>The document entitled<em> HM Treasury analysis: the immediate economic impact of leaving the EU </em>provides more detail on the impact that leaving the EU would have on GDP, CPI inflation and on average real wages, in Section 2, Part 3 of the document.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Treasury has published further analysis of the impact that leaving the EU would have on pensioner incomes in <em>Effects on pensioners from leaving the EU</em>. Details on the effect on the value of State Pension and the triple lock are included in the section entitled <em>Effects on pensioner incomes</em> on pages 2-3.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 15/06/2016 16:07:30 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

524214

registered interest
date	09/06/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish the Government's response to the discussion paper on options for supporting English regional airports from the potential impacts of air passenger duty devolution, published in July 2015.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	40093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government is carefully considering the responses received to the discussion paper on options to support English regional airports from the potential impacts of air passenger duty devolution and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 14/06/2016 09:11:57 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

523841

registered interest
date	08/06/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many meetings Ministers of his Department had to discuss tax evasion and avoidance between (a) 5 April 2016 and 5 May 2016 and (b) 6 May 2016 and 6 June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	39934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of ministerial discussions are not normally disclosed.</p><p> </p><p>The government is committed to ensuring that everyone makes a fair contribution towards reducing the deficit. We have already announced, during this Parliament, that we will legislate for over 25 measures to tackle avoidance, evasion and aggressive tax planning, which are forecast to raise £16 billion by 2021.</p><p> </p><p>We also announced that HMRC would receive an extra £800 million, at Summer Budget 2015, to fund additional work to 2020-21. This will enable HMRC to recover a cumulative £7.2 billion in tax over the next five years by tackling evasion and non-compliance.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 13/06/2016 14:02:51 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis