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1736542

registered interest
date	23/10/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Ukraine: Overseas Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the £2.26bn loan for Ukraine will be included in the GDP figure for defence expenditure.
tabling member constituency	South Suffolk
tabling member printed	James Cartlidge
uin	10746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2024 answer text <p>The UK’s contribution to the ERA will be provided to the Government of Ukraine as a loan from the UK Government, for them to spend on military procurement. Because it is not direct UK defence spending, HMG’s assessment is the £2.26bn ERA loan will therefore not count as NATO qualifying UK defence spending.</p><p>It will be in addition to current NATO qualifying UK defence spending.</p> answering member constituency Bristol North West answering member printed Darren Jones question first answered 28/10/2024 18:04:17 answering member 4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones
tabling member	4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge

1736544

registered interest
date	23/10/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Ukraine: Overseas Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Oral Statement of 22 October 2024 on Ukraine, Official Report, columns 183-4, whether she has had discussions with her Ukrainian counterpart on the proportion of the £2.26 billion loan to Ukraine that will be spent on the UK defence industry.
tabling member constituency	South Suffolk
tabling member printed	James Cartlidge
uin	10748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2024 answer text <p>With regard to the UK’s disbursement of its £2.26bn contribution to the Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration scheme, the loan agreement and full terms remain in discussion and no decision has yet been made on what Ukraine will buy using this money. The UK intends to begin disbursing this money from early next year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bristol North West answering member printed Darren Jones question first answered 28/10/2024 18:05:56 answering member 4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones
tabling member	4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge

1736080

registered interest
date	22/10/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pensioners: Tax Rates and Bands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2024 to Question 9237 on Pensioners: Tax Rates and Bands, for what reason does Government not publish this data.
tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	10501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2024 answer text <p>The Winter Fuel Payment continues to be paid to pensioner households with someone receiving Pension Credit or certain other income-related benefits. This means that the Winter Fuel Payment will be better targeted to low income pensioners who need it. This was a tough decision, but the right decision given the public finances.</p><p> </p><p>The Winter Fuel Payment is paid by the Department for Work and Pensions on a household basis whereas taxpayer information is held by HMRC on individual basis. As such HMT does not hold this data at a household level.</p><p> </p><p>DWP does however publish data on pensioner incomes; this can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/pensioners-incomes-series-financial-year-2021-to-2022/pensioners-incomes-series-financial-year-2021-to-2022#pensioners-incomes-within-the-overall-income-distribution" target="_blank">Pensioners' Incomes Series: Financial year 2021 to 2022</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bristol North West answering member printed Darren Jones question first answered 28/10/2024 18:01:44 answering member 4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1736085

registered interest
date	22/10/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cars: Instalment Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has had discussions with the automotive industry on trends in the level of consumer debt accrued through car hire purchase agreements.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	10413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2024 answer text <p>The government engages with a broad range of stakeholders such as the financial regulators, industry, debt advice charities and consumer groups to monitor trends in consumer debt and understand issues affecting consumers.</p><p> </p><p>The Government currently provides a range of debt advice services through the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) to meet the needs of individuals in problem debt, including national and community-based services offering free-to-client debt advice. In addition, the Government’s ‘Breathing Space’ scheme provides eligible individuals protections from creditor enforcement action for a period of 60 days, giving them the space to work with a professional debt adviser to identify a positive and sustainable solution to their problem debt.</p> answering member constituency Hampstead and Highgate answering member printed Tulip Siddiq question first answered 28/10/2024 10:45:29 answering member 4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1736091

registered interest
date	22/10/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure that financial services regulators fulfil their obligations under their secondary objective on international competitiveness and economic growth.
tabling member constituency	Broadland and Fakenham
tabling member printed	Jerome Mayhew
uin	10485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2024 answer text <p>Effective, proportionate regulation is key to a thriving UK economy and delivering the government’s mission to drive the inclusive growth and international competitiveness of the UK’s financial services sector. The government is working closely with the regulators to deliver the government’s vision for the sector, and ministers meet with the FCA and PRA regularly to engage on this.</p><p> </p><p>The government is required to write to the Prudential Regulation Committee and the FCA at least once in each Parliament, making recommendations about aspects of economic policy they should have regard to as they consider the advancement of the PRA’s and FCA’s objectives and the discharge of their duties. These letters must be laid before Parliament and published.</p><p> </p><p>The FCA and PRA are required to report to the Treasury on how they have advanced their competitiveness and growth objectives. They published the first reports in July, which set out how they have begun to adapt their approach in light of the new objectives. The reports can be found here:</p><p> </p><ul><li><a href="https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/corporate/sicgo-report-2023-24.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/corporate/sicgo-report-2023-24.pdf</a></li><li><a href="https://beta.bankofengland.co.uk/-/media/boe/files/prudential-regulation/report/scgo-report.pdf" target="_blank">https://beta.bankofengland.co.uk/-/media/boe/files/prudential-regulation/report/scgo-report.pdf</a></li></ul><p> </p><p>The Chief Executive of the FCA and the Chief Executive of the PRA have recently given speeches setting out more details on how they are implementing the new objectives. These can be found here:</p><p> </p><ul><li><a href="https://www.fca.org.uk/news/speeches/growth-mission-possible" target="_blank">https://www.fca.org.uk/news/speeches/growth-mission-possible</a></li><li><a href="https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/speech/2024/october/sam-woods-speech-at-annual-city-banquet-at-mansion-house" target="_blank">https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/speech/2024/october/sam-woods-speech-at-annual-city-banquet-at-mansion-house</a></li></ul><p> </p><p>The government will continue to work closely with the FCA and PRA to ensure they continue to embed these secondary objectives, in support of the government’s wider growth mission.</p> answering member constituency Hampstead and Highgate answering member printed Tulip Siddiq grouped question UIN 10486 question first answered 28/10/2024 17:15:57 answering member 4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq
tabling member	4739 label Biography information for Jerome Mayhew

1736092

registered interest
date	22/10/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what evidence she has seen of financial services regulators adapting their approach as a result of the secondary objective on international competitiveness and economic growth.
tabling member constituency	Broadland and Fakenham
tabling member printed	Jerome Mayhew
uin	10486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2024 answer text <p>Effective, proportionate regulation is key to a thriving UK economy and delivering the government’s mission to drive the inclusive growth and international competitiveness of the UK’s financial services sector. The government is working closely with the regulators to deliver the government’s vision for the sector, and ministers meet with the FCA and PRA regularly to engage on this.</p><p> </p><p>The government is required to write to the Prudential Regulation Committee and the FCA at least once in each Parliament, making recommendations about aspects of economic policy they should have regard to as they consider the advancement of the PRA’s and FCA’s objectives and the discharge of their duties. These letters must be laid before Parliament and published.</p><p> </p><p>The FCA and PRA are required to report to the Treasury on how they have advanced their competitiveness and growth objectives. They published the first reports in July, which set out how they have begun to adapt their approach in light of the new objectives. The reports can be found here:</p><p> </p><ul><li><a href="https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/corporate/sicgo-report-2023-24.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/corporate/sicgo-report-2023-24.pdf</a></li><li><a href="https://beta.bankofengland.co.uk/-/media/boe/files/prudential-regulation/report/scgo-report.pdf" target="_blank">https://beta.bankofengland.co.uk/-/media/boe/files/prudential-regulation/report/scgo-report.pdf</a></li></ul><p> </p><p>The Chief Executive of the FCA and the Chief Executive of the PRA have recently given speeches setting out more details on how they are implementing the new objectives. These can be found here:</p><p> </p><ul><li><a href="https://www.fca.org.uk/news/speeches/growth-mission-possible" target="_blank">https://www.fca.org.uk/news/speeches/growth-mission-possible</a></li><li><a href="https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/speech/2024/october/sam-woods-speech-at-annual-city-banquet-at-mansion-house" target="_blank">https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/speech/2024/october/sam-woods-speech-at-annual-city-banquet-at-mansion-house</a></li></ul><p> </p><p>The government will continue to work closely with the FCA and PRA to ensure they continue to embed these secondary objectives, in support of the government’s wider growth mission.</p> answering member constituency Hampstead and Highgate answering member printed Tulip Siddiq grouped question UIN 10485 question first answered 28/10/2024 17:15:57 answering member 4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq
tabling member	4739 label Biography information for Jerome Mayhew

1736134

registered interest
date	22/10/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Private Education: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HMRC's guidance entitled Charging and reclaiming VAT on goods and services related to private school fees, last updated on 22 October 2024, what estimate she has made of the potential cost to the public purse of independent schools reclaiming the VAT on capital items that are less than 10 years old in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Damian Hinds
uin	10421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2024 answer text <p>Following scrutiny of the Government’s costing by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility, the Government will confirm its approach to these reforms at the Budget on 30 October and set out its assessment of relevant expected impacts in a Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN).</p><p></p> answering member constituency Ealing North answering member printed James Murray grouped question UIN 10422 question first answered 28/10/2024 16:47:18 answering member 4797 label Biography information for James Murray
tabling member	3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds

1736135

registered interest
date	22/10/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Private Education: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2024 to Question 4047 on Private Education: Fees and Charges, whether the Tax Information and Impact Note will include the estimated cost to the public purse of independent schools reclaiming the VAT on capital items that are less than ten years old.
tabling member constituency	East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Damian Hinds
uin	10422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2024 answer text <p>Following scrutiny of the Government’s costing by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility, the Government will confirm its approach to these reforms at the Budget on 30 October and set out its assessment of relevant expected impacts in a Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN).</p><p></p> answering member constituency Ealing North answering member printed James Murray grouped question UIN 10421 question first answered 28/10/2024 16:47:18 answering member 4797 label Biography information for James Murray
tabling member	3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds

1736159

registered interest
date	22/10/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies on National Insurance Contributions for employees of paragraph 4 of the report by the Office for Budget Responsibility entitled The economic effects of policy measures, published in October 2021.
tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Blake Stephenson
uin	10551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2024 answer text <p>In the October 2021 Economic and Fiscal Outlook the OBR set out “a central forecast to 2026-27 taking account of recent data and Government policies announced up to and including the October 2021 Budget and Spending Review”. The Government does not speculate on tax changes outside of fiscal events.</p> answering member constituency Ealing North answering member printed James Murray question first answered 28/10/2024 16:58:45 answering member 4797 label Biography information for James Murray
tabling member	5100

1736203

registered interest
date	22/10/2024
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 she has made of the long-term sustainability of the financial settlement provided to Northern Ireland under the Barnett formula.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
uin	10515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2024 answer text <p>The independent Northern Ireland Fiscal Council calculated that the relative need in Northern Ireland is 24% more per head than the rest of the UK for equivalent spending.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the 2024 restoration of the Northern Ireland Executive (NIE) the UK Government and Northern Ireland Executive agreed to add a 24% needs-based factor into the Barnett Formula from 2024-25. This is part of a financial package worth over £3.3 billion.</p><p> </p><p>Including this additional funding, the Northern Ireland Executive is being funded above its relative need in 2024-25. The UK Government will continue to work with the Northern Ireland Executive to agree a final Fiscal Framework.</p> answering member constituency Bristol North West answering member printed Darren Jones question first answered 25/10/2024 08:03:27 answering member 4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones
tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart