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1139189

registered interest
date	16/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will ring-fence a proportion of the revenue from Vehicle Excise Duty for projects to improve air quality.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	277795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling air pollution. We have invested over £3.5 billion since 2010 to improve air quality and deliver cleaner transport.</p><p> </p><p>From 2020, all funds raised through Vehicle Excise Duty in England will be ring-fenced to form a National Roads Fund, which will be reinvested into the road network. We expect some of this investment to support environmental outcomes across the road network, which includes improving air quality.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 19/07/2019 11:19:49 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

1139195

registered interest
date	16/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Roads: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much and what proportion of UK Guarantees Scheme guarantees issued to date have been allocated to road projects in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	277663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>To date, no guarantees under the UK Guarantees Scheme have been issued to road projects in Northern Ireland. This information, alongside details of the UK Guarantees scheme, is publicly available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/uk-guarantees-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/uk-guarantees-scheme</a>. The UK Guarantees Scheme was established in 2012, with a capacity of up to £40 billion, to support private investment in UK infrastructure projects. As the scheme is demand-led, it only operates where needed and guarantees are not allocated by region. So far, the UK Guarantees Scheme has issued £1.8 billion of guarantees, supporting over £4 billion worth of investment.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 22/07/2019 07:52:44 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1139196

registered interest
date	16/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Productivity Investment Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding was allocated to (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales from the National Productivity Investment Fund in (i) 2017-18, and (ii) 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	277664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government established the National Productivity Investment Fund (NPIF) to increase capital spending for areas critical for improving productivity: housing, transport, digital infrastructure and Research &amp; Development (R&amp;D).</p><p>Digital infrastructure and R&amp;D spending are reserved so UK Government investment, including through the NPIF, covers England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The NPIF includes £425m in 2017-18 and £820m in 2018-19 on R&amp;D funding, and £25m in 2017-18 and £150m in 2018-19 on digital infrastructure.</p><p>Housing and transport spending is devolved, and in these areas, the Northern Ireland Executive, the Scottish Government and the Welsh Government have received increases in their capital budgets as a result of applying the Barnett formula to changes in spending in England.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 22/07/2019 07:54:59 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1138832

registered interest
date	15/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Ombudsman Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review the process for allocating a case to an investigator by the Financial Ombudsman Service to reduce the time taken for that process.
tabling member constituency	Chichester
tabling member printed	Gillian Keegan
uin	277299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>This is a matter for the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) which is operationally independent from Government. The question has been passed on to the FOS. The FOS will reply directly to the member for Chichester by letter. A copy of the letter will be placed in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 22/07/2019 14:03:22 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan

1138861

registered interest
date	15/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of funding for the 30 hours' childcare policy for three- and four-year-olds.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	277237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>The government recognizes how important an issue childcare is to families with young children. That is why we will be spending almost £6 billion a year on childcare support in 2019/20 – a record amount. This includes an initial allocation of around £3.5 billion for free childcare. Spending decisions beyond 2019/20 will be a matter for the Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 18/07/2019 08:23:08 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1138862

registered interest
date	15/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
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 appropriateness of the level of business rates for private childcare providers; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	277238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>Business rates are an annual tax on non-domestic property, based on rateable value as assessed by the Valuation Office Agency.</p><p> </p><p>Private childcare providers may be eligible for up to 100% Small Business Rate Relief.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has taken repeated action to reduce the burden of business rates for all ratepayers, worth more than £13 billion over the next five years.</p><p> </p><p>Local Authorities continue to have powers to offer business rates discounts beyond pre-defined reliefs at their discretion.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 18/07/2019 15:39:42 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1138909

registered interest
date	15/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Personal Savings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will meet with (a) banks and (b) other financial institutions on recent reports of personal savings accounts with £170 billion and for which no interest is paid.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	277117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors, including banks and other financial institutions, as part of the process of policy development and delivery. Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel</a>.</p>Interest rates on savings accounts are set by the institution providing the account. As this is a commercial decision, the Government does not seek to intervene. If a customer is not content with the interest rate they receive, Government encourages them to shop around to find the best savings account for their needs.<p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 18/07/2019 13:04:01 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1138962

registered interest
date	15/07/2019
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, if he will make an assessment of the equity of means-testing for child benefit in relation to couples in which one parent is entitled to child benefit and the other is not.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	277264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government introduced the High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) from January 2013 to ensure that support is targeted at those who need it most. It applies to anyone with an individual income over £50,000, who claims Child Benefit or whose partner claims it. The charge increases gradually for taxpayers with incomes between £50,000 and £60,000.</p><p> </p>If total household income was taken into account, information on the incomes of everyone in each of the eight million households receiving Child Benefit would need to be collected and would effectively introduce a new means test. The Government’s approach withdraws Child Benefit from those on higher incomes, whilst having no impact on the majority of claimants. answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 18/07/2019 10:05:22 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1139002

registered interest
date	15/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Soft Drinks: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to extend the soft drinks industry levy to milk replacement drinks containing sugar; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	277130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>Milk substitute drinks derived from plants are currently exempt from the soft drinks industry levy. At the time of the introduction of SDIL the Government committed to review this in 2020.</p><p>The government has no plans to extend SDIL at the present time.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 18/07/2019 16:59:26 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1139003

registered interest
date	15/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Soft Drinks: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to (a) extend the scope of the soft drinks industry levy to other products containing free sugars and (b) increase the rate of the levy.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	277131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government has no plans at this stage to extend the soft drinks industry levy beyond soft drinks. The Government has committed to review the exemption for sugary milk drinks in 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 18/07/2019 16:58:11 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest