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1092630

registered interest
date	21/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Ministerial Policy Advisers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many alleged breaches of the Special Advisers’ Code of Conduct by his Department's Special Advisers have been investigated by the Minister responsible for the appointment in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	235368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2019 answer text The department holds no central record of such allegations.<p> </p>The conduct of all civil servants, including special advisers, is taken very seriously.<p> </p>Special advisers act in accordance with the Special Adviser Code of Conduct, which includes clear guidance on appropriate conduct in public life.<p> </p>The Code can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/specialadvisers-code-of-conduct answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 29/03/2019 12:56:03 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1092663

registered interest
date	21/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Bermuda
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations his Department has made to the EU on behalf of Bermuda on its inclusion on the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	235377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The UK has engaged with a wide range of stakeholders, including all EU Member States and many of the jurisdictions being assessed, as part of the process for agreeing the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes.</p><p> </p><p>Bermuda is a fiscally sovereign jurisdiction, and has been liaising directly with the EU institutions on this issue.</p><p> </p><p>The UK supports the list and has been active in discussions, ensuring the process is fair an objective across all jurisdictions.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 26/03/2019 13:48:00 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1092664

registered interest
date	21/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Bermuda
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government has provided assistance to Bermuda to help it fulfil its commitment to comply with required good governance criterion on substance requirements for zero-tax countries of the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	235378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>As with other jurisdictions subject to the EU’s screening process, the UK has encouraged Bermuda to engage with the EU Commission throughout the process in order to deliver the changes they committed to make in full.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 26/03/2019 13:45:40 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1092759

registered interest
date	21/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	London Capital & Finance: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will compensate investors for losses at London Capital and Finance.
tabling member constituency	New Forest West
tabling member printed	Sir Desmond Swayne
uin	235232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>Investors affected by the failure of London Capital &amp; Finance (LCF) are unlikely to have access to the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) in this case. However, it is for the FSCS to determine this as it is an independent body from both HM Treasury and the Financial Conduct Authority.</p><p> </p><p>The FSCS’ current assessment is that LCF’s activities are not FSCS-protected, which means LCF’s investors will not be eligible to claim for compensation from the FSCS.</p><p> </p><p>However, the FSCS is working closely with the administrators to understand more about LCF’s activities. If there are circumstances that give rise to potentially valid claims, the FSCS will begin to accept claims against LCF and communicate this on their website.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 26/03/2019 13:06:19 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

1092073

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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, how many families who have a child with additional support needs have had their child benefit payment reduced due to exceeding the earnings threshold.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	234770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The information is not available. Information on whether the children of Child Benefit claimants have additional support needs is not held by HMRC.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 28/03/2019 17:04:26 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

1092180

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Overseas Loans: Mozambique
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 progress of investigations by UK authorities into alleged financial crimes related to $2 billion in loans arranged by London branches of Credit Suisse and VTB to Proindicus, Ematum Mozambique Asset Management in Mozambique.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	234659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The relevant UK authorities have considered the allegations against UK-based banks and have offered assistance to Mozambique in relation to their investigations. The Treasury is not in a position to comment on any criminal investigations by law enforcement authorities.</p><p> </p><p>Separate to any criminal investigation, the Financial Conduct Authority is currently progressing a regulatory investigation into Credit Suisse’s systems and controls concerning and relating to the loans it provided to the Mozambique government.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 28/03/2019 11:16:48 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

1092196

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Further Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on raising the base rate of education funding for 16-18 year olds.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	234814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers regularly receive representations on all aspects of public spending from a range of individuals and organisations, including Further Education funding. For instance, I recently met with colleagues from both sides of the House to discuss the issue further.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 25/03/2019 12:47:11 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

1092207

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coinage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the commemorative 50 pence coin to mark the UK's departure from the EU with the date of 29 March 2019 has been minted.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	234738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>Currently, no commemorative coins to mark the UK’s departure from the<del class="ministerial"> UK</del> <ins class="ministerial">EU </ins>have been minted. However, as is standard procedure at The Royal Mint, a small number of trial coins have been produced. The production of trial coins does not incur any cost to the taxpayer. <ins class="ministerial">The commemorative 50 pence coin to mark the UK leaving the European Union will be made available following our departure.</ins></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 25/03/2019 08:34:45 question first ministerially corrected 27/03/2019 11:27:10 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 109608 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

1092235

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Access to Cash Review
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 potential merits of a regulator with sole responsibility for cash infrastructure to ensure continued access to physical money.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd South
tabling member printed	Susan Elan Jones
uin	234745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The UK has well-established world-class regulators overseeing financial services.</p><p> </p><p>The Government established the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) with a statutory duty to ensure that payment systems work well for those who use them. As part of this, the PSR regulates LINK, the scheme which runs the UK’s ATM network, and is closely monitoring developments within ATM provision.</p><p> </p><p>LINK has committed to maintain the broad geographical coverage of the ATM network in the UK. The PSR has used its powers to hold LINK to account over its commitments and to ensure LINK reports to it on a regular basis.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 26/03/2019 13:12:37 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	3956 label Biography information for Susan Elan Jones

1092243

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Access to Cash Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to (a) minimise the effect of IT outages on consumers’ ability to pay for goods and services and (b) ensure that digital payment systems are more reliable.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	234748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>We take the operational resilience of the finance sector and any detrimental impacts on consumers very seriously. HM Treasury works closely with the Bank of England, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) (collectively the ‘Financial Authorities’) to assess, test and improve the operational resilience of the sector and to respond to any major disruption, including to payment systems.</p><p> </p><p>In July 2018, the PRA and the FCA published a joint Discussion Paper on an approach to improve the operational resilience of firms and financial market infrastructures, including to payment systems. The Authorities will use responses to this to inform supervisory activity and future policy-making to support firms’ and FMIs’ operational resilience[i].</p><p> </p><p>The Financial Authorities also have a single mechanism, the Authorities’ Response Framework, to coordinate a response to incidents affecting the finance sector. The Financial Authorities regularly exercise incident response frameworks with the sector to assess their effectiveness and identify improvements. The Bank of England held a sector resilience exercise (SIMEX18) in November 2018 which tested the joint response by public authorities and industry to a simulated disruption.</p><p> </p><p>1 <a href="https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/-/media/boe/files/prudential-regulation/discussion-paper/2018/dp118.pdf?la=en&amp;hash=4238F3B14D839EBE6BEFBD6B5E5634FB95197D8A" target="_blank">https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/-/media/boe/files/prudential-regulation/discussion-paper/2018/dp118.pdf?la=en&amp;hash=4238F3B14D839EBE6BEFBD6B5E5634FB95197D8A</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 26/03/2019 13:41:49 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds