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170612

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Workers: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the overall budget for the Care First programme was in each year of that programme.
tabling member constituency	Meon Valley
tabling member printed	George Hollingbery
uin	218921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2014 answer text <p><strong>Care First was funded as part of the Young Person’s Guarantee. The final budget allocation for Care First was £75m across 2009/10 and 2010/11. The Young Person’s Guarantee was replaced by the Youth Contract.</strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 22/12/2014 09:34:07 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery

170869

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Deighton on 5 December (HL3055), whether they have published an impact assessment on the fiscal impact of immigration into the United Kingdom since 2008.
tabling member printed	Lord Turnberg
uin	HL3816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2014 answer text <p>The government has not published an impact assessment on the fiscal impact of immigration into the United Kingdom since 2008. The fiscal impacts of migration are considered in impact assessments published by the government where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 19/12/2014 12:54:53 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	2537 label Biography information for Lord Turnberg

170228

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Money Laundering: EU Action
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the progress of current negotiations on the proposed 4th European Union Directive on money laundering as regards risk assessment and consequent enhanced due diligence for United Kingdom Politically Exposed Persons.
tabling member printed	Lord Clement-Jones
uin	HL3724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2014 answer text <p><strong>The Government has advocated a risk-based approach to “politically exposed persons” domestically, through negotiations on the Directive.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>In the UK, this would require treating UK PEPs, such as UK Parliamentarians, on the basis of risk when undertaking customer due diligence. Enhanced due diligence would only apply if the business relationship is assessed as high risk.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Political agreement between the Presidency, the European Parliament and the Commission on the Directive was reached on 16 December. We expect the Italian Presidency to provide further details shortly. </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 22/12/2014 14:45:24 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	3396 label Biography information for Lord Clement-Jones

170310

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Sanctions: Kuwait
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Kuwaiti nationals have been referred to HM Treasury's sanctions list in each of the last five years for which records are available.
tabling member constituency	North East Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Barclay
uin	218834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>There are currently ten individuals on the Treasury’s consolidated list of financial sanctions targets who are recorded as being Kuwaiti nationals. Of these, nine are individuals designated under the UN Al Qaida regime and one under the Terrorism and Terrorist Financing regime. Four of these Kuwaiti nationals were added to the list in 2014. The remaining six were all designated prior to 2010. No Kuwaiti nationals have been removed from the list during the last five years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 18/12/2014 17:30:41 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay

170314

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Flanagan Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the contribution by the Exchequer Secretary, of 4 December 2014, Official Report, column 518, on the FCA redress scheme, if he will investigate the case of the Flanagan Group in Liverpool, Walton constituency.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
uin	218619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The Financial Conduct Authority is best placed to consider individual cases. As such, I have recently written to the FCA requesting that the cases raised in the debate on 4 December are considered as part of the wider lessons learnt exercise that the FCA will be undertaking shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 18/12/2014 17:32:33 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

170552

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Overpayments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been overpaid in child tax credit and working tax credit as a result of technical and administrative errors by his Department; and how much of that overpayment has been written off in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) North Lanarkshire and (d) Airdrie and Shotts constituency in each year since that scheme's inception.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	218750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2014 answer text <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMRC" target="_blank">HMRC</a> tax credit overpayment figures are available in the Finalised Child and Working Tax Credits statistics annual award supplement on payments located here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/statistics/fin-main-stats/cwtc-awards-sup.xls" target="_blank">http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/statistics/fin-main-stats/cwtc-awards-sup.xls</a> on the ‘Main Aggregates’ table. HMRC total tax credit expenditure figures are available in the Finalised Child and Working Tax Credits statistics located here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/statistics/fin-main-stats/cwtc-awards.xls" target="_blank">http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/statistics/fin-main-stats/cwtc-awards.xls</a> in Table 1.1.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 19/12/2014 10:05:24 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

170078

registered interest
date	12/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Vending Machines
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the vending machine industry regarding the introduction of new coins and the costs to business it may entail.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL3713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government launched a public consultation on 12 September 2014, which focused on the impacts to industry of introducing a new, highly secure £1 coin in 2017. The consultation process ran until 21 November 2014 and included discussions with a wide range of industry stakeholders. The Government is currently analysing the responses to the consultation and will respond in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 19/12/2014 12:53:56 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

170089

registered interest
date	12/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Administration of Justice: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the annual saving to the Exchequer from the introduction of fees for (a) employment tribunals, (b) judicial review and (c) criminal courts.
tabling member constituency	Dover
tabling member printed	Charlie Elphicke
uin	218537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2014 answer text <p><strong>The Government estimates that the introduction of fees for proceedings before the Employment Tribunals will generate approximately £9 million per annum from 2014/15 net of fee remissions. </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>The increases to fees for Judicial Review were part of a package of reforms to fees in the civil courts introduced in April 2014 to bring the fees closer to cost recovery. We estimate the fees for judicial review might contribute around £2million to this package, subject to the effect of fee remissions.</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>The introduction of the Criminal Courts Charge is estimated to generate gross cash inflows of between approximately £105 million and £185 million per annum in steady state (2023/24). The estimate of the cost of enforcement is approximately £25 million per annum in steady state. </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 22/12/2014 09:19:47 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

170090

registered interest
date	12/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Income Tax: Scotland
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 implications of the findings of the Audit Scotland report on preparations for the implementation of the Scotland Act 2012, published in December 2014, for implementation of the Scottish rate of income tax.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
uin	218549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs is on track to introduce the Scottish rate of income tax in April 2016. I am pleased that the report from Audit Scotland recognises the arrangements they have made to involve the Scottish Government in decisions relating to the implementation of the Scottish rate, and HMRC and the Scottish Government will continue to work closely together to ensure smooth operation of the new provisions after introduction.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 17/12/2014 16:47:36 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

170091

registered interest
date	12/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Bank Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential costs to the banking sector of changing the current seven-day period for switching bank accounts to a five-day period.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
uin	218550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>The Chancellor’s Autumn Statement confirmed that the Government has asked the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to look at the question of a 5-day switching period, as part of its current review of the switching service, and to advise on this question before Budget 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 17/12/2014 17:13:38 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson