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999578

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his oral contribution of 29 October 2018, Official Report, column 665, who the members will be of the working group that will be established to progress plans for short-haul air passenger duty devolution; and what criteria will be used to appoint those members.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	186977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>The Budget announced that, following the call for evidence on ‘VAT, Air Passenger Duty and Tourism in Northern Ireland’, the government will establish a technical working group to explore further the practical and legal challenges to changing APD in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>Further details, including the membership of the group, will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 06/11/2018 17:53:49 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

999367

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	City Region Deals: Belfast
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his oral contribution of 29 October 2018, Official Report, column 664, Financial Statement, which aspects of the Belfast Region City Deal will require a functioning Northern Ireland Executive for their implementation; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	186233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2018 answer text <p>The government will work with local partners to ensure that robust governance, accountability and transparency arrangements will be in place to allow funding for the Belfast City Region Deal to be spent in the absence of a Northern Ireland Executive.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 13/11/2018 15:19:48 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

999369

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Police Service of Northern Ireland: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress his Department has made in assessing the business case submitted by the Police Service of Northern Ireland for additional resources required for preparations for the UK leaving the EU; and if he will make a statement on the timescale for his Department making a final decision on that matter.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	186235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>As the Chancellor announced at Budget 2018, an additional £500 million will be made available to allow departments and the devolved administrations to continue to prepare for EU exit, taking the total for 2019/20 to £2 billion. As a result of this announcement, the Treasury will have invested over £4 billion in EU exit since 2016.</p><p> </p><p>We are working to assess the resource requirements of the Police Service of Northern Ireland to prepare for the UK leaving the EU. Allocations from the £2 billion to departments and the devolved administrations will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 09/11/2018 13:48:51 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

999371

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Hospices: VAT Zero Rating
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure that hospices throughout the UK will be zero rated from VAT after the UK leaves the EU; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	186237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text Charities providing palliative care, such as hospices, are already able to fully recover their input VAT under Section 33C and Section 33D of the 1994 VAT Act. This means that VAT is not a burden on those hospices. VAT incurred by NHS Palliative care organisations is funded by the government through existing budgets.<p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 09/11/2018 14:49:45 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

862311

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Childcare Vouchers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will meet representatives of Employers for Childcare to discuss its concerns about the closure of the childcare voucher scheme to new entrants after the six-month extension; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	132730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>HMRC hold regular meetings with childcare voucher providers, and will be holding another forum shortly. Employers for Childcare will be invited to attend.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 20/03/2018 15:50:57 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

820784

registered interest
date	11/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Cash Dispensing: Northern Ireland
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 loss of free-to-use ATMs in (a) North Down, (b) Northern Ireland as a consequence of LINK'S proposal to reduce the interchange free by 20 per cent; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	122202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises that widespread free access to cash remains extremely important to the day-to-day lives of many consumers and businesses in the UK, and will continue to work with industry to ensure that this access remains.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has not made any formal assessment of the potential effect of LINK’s proposals to change the interchange fee rate on North Down or Northern Ireland. However, the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR), which Government set up in 2015 with a statutory objective to ensure that the UK’s payment systems work in the interests of their users, is monitoring developments within ATM provision, and is conducting ongoing internal work on the impact that changes may have. The PSR has committed to using its powers to act should any of the firms it regulates behave in a way that conflicts with its statutory objectives.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is engaging regularly with LINK and its members, and they have assured us that industry is committed to maintaining an extensive network of free-to-use cash machines, and to ensuring that the present geographical spread of ATMs is maintained. LINK intends to bolster its Financial Inclusion Programme, which ensures the provision of ATMs in areas of deprivation, where demand would not otherwise make one viable, and has also committed to protecting all free-to-use ATMs which are a kilometre or more from the next nearest free-to-use ATM.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 19/01/2018 10:34:03 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

781245

registered interest
date	31/10/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Northern Ireland
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 need for additional Revenue and Customs officials in Northern Ireland as a result of the UK leaving the EU; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	110573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>Additional staffing required by HMRC across the UK following exit from the European Union will depend on the final outcome of the negotiations. HMRC are working with other government departments sharing the responsibility for maintaining the flow of trade through our borders to provide a seamless customs system.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises the unique case of the Northern Ireland – Ireland land border, and has been clear that there will be no return to the borders of the past. It is for this reason that avoiding a ‘hard border’ between Ireland and Northern Ireland is one of the Government’s three strategic objectives that have informed development of the policy options outlined in the recently published <em>Future Customs Arrangements: A Future Partnership Paper</em>.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 07/11/2017 16:46:25 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

642978

registered interest
date	23/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total amount is of Barnett consequentials for Northern Ireland of the Autumn Statement 2016; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	54456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>The total additions to the Northern Ireland Executive’s block grant as a result of the application of the Barnett formula to spending decisions announced at Autumn Statement are set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>£ million</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td colspan="4"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Resource DEL</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td colspan="4"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Capital DEL</p></td><td><p>277</p></td><td colspan="4"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Financial Transactions Capital</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td colspan="4"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>TOTAL</p></td><td><p>305</p></td><td colspan="4"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 28/11/2016 11:11:23 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

605801

registered interest
date	19/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what measures his Department has put in place to prevent disability discrimination by HM Revenue and Customs in its recruitment procedures; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	49508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has been recognised as a Disability Confident Employer.</p><p>HMRC has a long-standing and wide variety of measures in place to assist disabled job applicants and to prevent disability discrimination in its recruitment procedures. For example: discussing with disabled applicants their precise needs where they require assistance during the recruitment process; providing selection panels access to a specialist HR team with expert knowledge of the type of adjustments that can reasonably be made, whether it’s ensuring that the test and interview environment is particularly suitable for disabled candidates, providing selection material in alternate formats, offering signers for deaf candidates, allowing extra time for tests, accepting paper applications instead of the usual on-line applications process and so forth; and providing clear information to job applicants about the departmental vacancy filling complaints process.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC guarantees an interview to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. Further, HMRC has introduced unconscious bias training for all its staff including of course those taking part as selectors. It enables them to question personal beliefs and ensure objective evidence gathering in the recruitment process. In addition, all selectors must have completed diversity awareness training before undertaking recruitment work. More recently, HMRC is addressing the issue of ‘recruiter confidence’ when working with disabled colleagues by creating a bespoke disability awareness workshop that is being rolled out to all managers and recruiters.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 49509 question first answered 27/10/2016 13:42:01 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

605804

registered interest
date	19/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the procedures put in place by HM Revenue and Customs to ensure there is no disability discrimination in its recruitment procedures; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	49509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has been recognised as a Disability Confident Employer.</p><p>HMRC has a long-standing and wide variety of measures in place to assist disabled job applicants and to prevent disability discrimination in its recruitment procedures. For example: discussing with disabled applicants their precise needs where they require assistance during the recruitment process; providing selection panels access to a specialist HR team with expert knowledge of the type of adjustments that can reasonably be made, whether it’s ensuring that the test and interview environment is particularly suitable for disabled candidates, providing selection material in alternate formats, offering signers for deaf candidates, allowing extra time for tests, accepting paper applications instead of the usual on-line applications process and so forth; and providing clear information to job applicants about the departmental vacancy filling complaints process.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC guarantees an interview to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. Further, HMRC has introduced unconscious bias training for all its staff including of course those taking part as selectors. It enables them to question personal beliefs and ensure objective evidence gathering in the recruitment process. In addition, all selectors must have completed diversity awareness training before undertaking recruitment work. More recently, HMRC is addressing the issue of ‘recruiter confidence’ when working with disabled colleagues by creating a bespoke disability awareness workshop that is being rolled out to all managers and recruiters.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 49508 question first answered 27/10/2016 13:42:02 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon