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registered interest
date	22/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Debts
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 value of household debt in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) Wales, (d) Scotland and (e) Northern Ireland in each of the last eight years.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	123982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>In the UK as a whole, household debt-to-income has fallen from 152% at the start of 2010 to 138% in Q3 2017. This remains significantly below its pre-crisis peak of 160% in Q1 2008.</p><p> </p><p>On the latest available data, median household non-mortgage debt in Wales has been the lowest of any British nation between 2006 and 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 30/01/2018 15:34:08 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

825555

registered interest
date	18/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Income Tax: Wales
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 adequacy of the powers devolved to the Welsh Government on income tax.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	123689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The UK government is devolving powers over Welsh rates of income tax to the Welsh Assembly. From April 2019, the Welsh Government will be able to set the basic, higher, and additional rates of income tax in Wales. These new tax powers, combined with the new funding settlement agreed in the Welsh Government’s fiscal framework, will mean the Welsh Government is responsible for raising more of what it spends. This paves the way to making the Welsh Assembly a more powerful, accountable and mature institution, with greater powers and responsibilities to grow and support the Welsh economy.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 23/01/2018 15:29:32 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

801141

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	NatWest and Royal Bank of Scotland: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, What discussions UK Financial Investments had with the RBS Group before the decision on 1 December 2017 to close 259 RBS and Nat West branches.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	117700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>Government ministers regularly meet with a wide range of organisations from the public and private sectors to discuss policy issues.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s shareholding in RBS is managed commercially and at arm’s length by UK Financial Investments (UKFI), with the objective of creating and protecting value for the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>UKFI meets regularly with RBS with the engagement focused on ensuring that RBS’s business strategies, performance, governance, and risk-management are aligned to deliver sustainable value for the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>RBS retains its own board which is responsible for commercial and operational decisions, including in relation to its branch network.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 117702 question first answered 13/12/2017 17:05:51 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

801143

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	NatWest and Royal Bank of Scotland: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he had with UK Financial Investments before the decision on 1 December 2017 by RBS Group to close 259 RBS and Nat West branches.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	117702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>Government ministers regularly meet with a wide range of organisations from the public and private sectors to discuss policy issues.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s shareholding in RBS is managed commercially and at arm’s length by UK Financial Investments (UKFI), with the objective of creating and protecting value for the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>UKFI meets regularly with RBS with the engagement focused on ensuring that RBS’s business strategies, performance, governance, and risk-management are aligned to deliver sustainable value for the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>RBS retains its own board which is responsible for commercial and operational decisions, including in relation to its branch network.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 117700 question first answered 13/12/2017 17:05:51 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

755595

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been collected from Welsh police forces through the apprenticeship levy; and how much of that has been passed on to the Welsh Government.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	7078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The Apprenticeship Levy was introduced on a UK wide basis from 6 April 2017. Employers are charged at 0.5% of their pay bill over £3 million. Information on how much Apprenticeship Levy individual employers pay, such as Welsh police forces, cannot be made publicly available because of tax payer confidentiality.</p><p> </p><p>Skills policy is devolved and the devolved administrations will receive a population share of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s March 2016 forecast of revenue from the levy. In 2017-18, the Welsh Government will receive £128 million.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/09/2017 15:25:25 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

755597

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Office for National Statistics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the issuing of a provisional ruling by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) as set out in section 6 paragraph 49 of the ONS Classification Process Guidelines, January 2016, requires all relevant documentation to be in near-final form and for a decision in principle in favour of Government support to have been made.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	7076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The guidance referenced is now archived and the most relevant guidance is “UK economic statistics sector and transaction classifications: the classification process” on the Office for National Statistics website <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/methodology/classificationsandstandards/economicstatisticsclassifications/ukeconomicstatisticssectorandtransactionclassificationstheclassificationprocess" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/methodology/classificationsandstandards/economicstatisticsclassifications/ukeconomicstatisticssectorandtransactionclassificationstheclassificationprocess</a> Section 6 of the paper - Government Policy Proposals states – “Most policy proposals are in a near-final form when presented to ONS and will include all the relevant details to enable ONS to make a judgement. Any classification decision based on a near-final policy proposal will be deemed as “provisional” and dependent on the proposal being implemented as described. If the circumstances change, it is the responsibility of the proposing department to inform ONS via the HM Treasury Public Expenditure Classification Branch.</p><p>However, on rare occasions, government departments might seek a view on a proposal at an early stage of development. In such cases, ONS will provide provisional advice on the expected classification of the proposal, based on information available at the time. This is subject to the qualification that a final decision will not be reached until such a time as the policy is implemented. In the interim, ONS will only consider alternative versions of the same proposal exceptionally and if substantial and significant changes have been made. Any explanatory article published on the final policy proposal will note how many versions of the proposal ONS considered. Final classification decisions will be published when the policy has been announced or implemented by the government.”</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 12/09/2017 14:18:32 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

755598

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Office for National Statistics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the issuing of provisional advice on the expected classification of a proposal at an early stage of development as set out in section 6 paragraph 49 of the Office for National Statistics Classification Process Guidelines, January 2016, is dependent upon all relevant documentation being in a near-final form and a decision in principle to offer Government support having been made.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	7077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The guidance referenced is now archived and the most relevant guidance is “UK economic statistics sector and transaction classifications: the classification process” on the Office for National Statistics website <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/methodology/classificationsandstandards/economicstatisticsclassifications/ukeconomicstatisticssectorandtransactionclassificationstheclassificationprocess" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/methodology/classificationsandstandards/economicstatisticsclassifications/ukeconomicstatisticssectorandtransactionclassificationstheclassificationprocess</a> Section 6 of the paper - Government Policy Proposals states – “Most policy proposals are in a near-final form when presented to ONS and will include all the relevant details to enable ONS to make a judgement. Any classification decision based on a near-final policy proposal will be deemed as “provisional” and dependent on the proposal being implemented as described. If the circumstances change, it is the responsibility of the proposing department to inform ONS via the HM Treasury Public Expenditure Classification Branch.</p><p>However, on rare occasions, government departments might seek a view on a proposal at an early stage of development. In such cases, ONS will provide provisional advice on the expected classification of the proposal, based on information available at the time. This is subject to the qualification that a final decision will not be reached until such a time as the policy is implemented. In the interim, ONS will only consider alternative versions of the same proposal exceptionally and if substantial and significant changes have been made. Any explanatory article published on the final policy proposal will note how many versions of the proposal ONS considered. Final classification decisions will be published when the policy has been announced or implemented by the government.”</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 12/09/2017 13:27:46 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

755599

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much from the apprenticeship levy has been given to the Welsh Government since the levy came into force.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	7079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The apprenticeship levy was introduced from 6 April 2017 and is payable by all employers operating in the UK with an annual pay bill over £3 million.</p><p> </p><p>Skills policy is devolved and the devolved administrations will receive a population share of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s March 2016 forecast of revenue from the levy. In 2017-18, the Welsh Government will receive £128 million.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/09/2017 15:23:14 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

756719

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Motor Sports: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what advice his Department has given the Welsh Government on whether financial guarantees provided by the Welsh Government to the Circuit of Wales project should be considered on-balance sheet expenditure.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	7610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>HM Treasury officials provided informal advice to the Welsh Government on the likely factors that would be considered by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) for the classification of financial guarantees for the Circuit of Wales project. It is for the Welsh Government to manage the implications for capital provision or borrowing capacity on any ONS classification of financial guarantees.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 12/09/2017 13:43:16 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

756720

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Consumer Prices Index
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 effect of the UK leaving the EU on the Consumer Prices Index rate of inflation.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	8132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>In their March 2017 Economic and Fiscal Outlook, the OBR forecast that CPI inflation would be 2.4% in 2017, up from 0.5% in 2016 as the depreciation in sterling and rising commodity prices fed through to higher prices. The OBR forecast inflation to be 2.3% in 2018, before falling back to 2.0% in 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has taken action to support people with the cost of living by increasing the National Living Wage, raising the personal allowance, and freezing fuel duty.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 12/09/2017 10:57:40 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards