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506312

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to promote research and development in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	32805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2016 answer text <p>At the Spending Review 2015 we protected the current £4.7 billion science resource funding in real terms for the rest of the Parliament and re-affirmed our long term science capital commitment of £6.9 billion between 2015-2021.</p><p> </p><p>The government also continues to support business research and development investment through R&amp;D tax credits. In 2013-14, R&amp;D tax credits provided £1.75bn of relief to over 18,000 companies, supporting around £14.3bn of innovative investment.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 13/04/2016 14:07:18 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

461236

registered interest
date	11/03/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what work his Department is undertaking on establishing the amount of income tax and national insurance that is paid by people who were non-UK nationals at the time of issue of their national insurance number; if his Department will undertake that analysis by nationality; and what plans his Department has to publish the outcome of such work.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	30843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to providing data on active National Insurance numbers used by people from other EU countries.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC is currently compiling this information and is working closely with the ONS, which is currently reconciling the four main sources of international migration data.</p><p> </p><p>The data on active National Insurance numbers will be published as part of or alongside the ONS’ publication. It’s up to that independent statistics authority as to when they are ready to make the information public.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 21/04/2016 13:17:10 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

456508

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Infrastructure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress he has made on implementation of the National Infrastructure Plan.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	29129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2016 answer text <p>In the past year a number of key projects have been completed, including the opening of Smart Motorway projects on the M6 and M1, significant rail station redevelopments at Birmingham New Street and Manchester Victoria, and major local transport schemes in Nottingham and South Devon.</p><p> </p><p>The government will shortly publish a new National Infrastructure Delivery Plan, setting out how it will deliver key projects and programmes over the next 5 years.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 09/03/2016 11:28:02 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

434192

registered interest
date	04/12/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Defence: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what conditionality is attached to disbursements from the Joint Security Fund; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	18783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2015 answer text <p>The Spending Review set out the allocation of the Joint Security Fund for the Ministry of Defence and the Intelligence Agencies totalling £3.5bn over 5 years.</p><br /><p>The Joint Security Fund will be used to deliver the investments set out in the Strategic Defence and Security Review. The allocation of funding is conditional on annual spending limits that were agreed at the Spending Review. As with all public expenditure, Managing Public Money sets out how public funds must be spent, including the principles of regularity and propriety.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 10/12/2015 17:17:43 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

426726

registered interest
date	06/11/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Banks
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 vulnerability of the UK banking system to a Russian debt default; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	15271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>The Financial Policy Committee (FPC) within the Bank of England identifies, monitors and addresses risks to the UK financial system; including overseas exposures.</p><br /><p>The FPC regularly publishes the indicators that it considers when formulating policy, and this includes all countries to which UK banks have large or rapidly growing total exposure. The most recent indicators (for Q2 2015) can be found on the Bank of England’s website using the link below.</p><br /><p>http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/financialstability/Pages/fpc/coreindicators.aspx</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 16/11/2015 16:23:08 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

425073

registered interest
date	30/10/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Overseas Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the earnings from UK overseas assets were in each of the last 30 years.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	14215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>Earnings from UK overseas assets are below.</p><p>Year Earnings From Overseas Assets<br>(£bn)<br>1985 50.1<br>1986 45.5<br>1987 46.4<br>1988 54.6<br>1989 71.7<br>1990 76.5<br>1991 73.9<br>1992 65.4<br>1993 71.2<br>1994 72.9<br>1995 85.8<br>1996 90.1<br>1997 96.2<br>1998 105.9<br>1999 103.4<br>2000 134.5<br>2001 139.9<br>2002 124.2<br>2003 124.9<br>2004 140.9<br>2005 193.0<br>2006 249.3<br>2007 307.9<br>2008 287.9<br>2009 175.1<br>2010 174.0<br>2011 200.0<br>2012 170.4<br>2013 148.5<br>2014 141.1</p><p>Further information can be found in the ONS UK Balance of Payments.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 09/11/2015 16:18:09 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

425074

registered interest
date	30/10/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Overseas Investment
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 likely level of earnings from UK overseas assets over the next 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	14214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>The latest forecasts by the Office of Budget Responsibility show that the UK’s net investment income is expected to move to a surplus of £0.5bn in 2018, rising to £4.9bn by 2020.</p><br /><p>Further information can be found in the OBR Economic and Fiscal Outlook.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 09/11/2015 16:11:10 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

423518

registered interest
date	23/10/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	National Asset Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will issue an updated National Asset Register.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	13193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2015 answer text <p>The decision to stop the publication of a National Asset Register was made before the first publication of the Whole of Government Accounts for 2009-10. The Chancellor of the Exchequer considers public spending measures as part of the spending review process and will present his spending review to the House on 25 November.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 29/10/2015 15:10:58 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

390926

registered interest
date	17/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: Terrorism
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 vulnerability of the financial system to terrorist actions; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	7869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2015 answer text <p>This government considers the resilience of the financial sector to a range of security threats and natural hazards. While responsibility for the resilience of the financial sector is primarily for firms themselves, the government continues to support measures to strengthen the resilience of the sector, and in particular its critical systems, working closely with the Bank of England (BoE) the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), wider government and the sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 24/07/2015 08:16:42 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

390927

registered interest
date	17/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Commodity Markets: Oil
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to reduce speculation in and improve the transparency and supervision of the oil futures market; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	7871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2015 answer text <p>The EU Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID 2) will from 3 January 2017 bring in a new regime for the regulation of commodity derivatives, which will include limits on the size of positions a person can take and reporting obligations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 24/07/2015 08:14:27 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching