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1019292

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Standard of Living
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 report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission, The cumulative impact in living standards of public spending changes, published on 28 November, which states that public spending changes have had a disproportionately negative impact on lone parents, young adults, severely disabled people and certain ethnic groups since 2010.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL11981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>The EHRC’s report does not cover the increase in spending in the new multi-year funding plan for NHS England, equating to £20.5bn more per year in real terms by 2023-24.</p><p>The Treasury, along with other relevant departments, carefully considers the impact of its decisions on those sharing protected characteristics - including at Budgets and other fiscal events - in line with both its legal obligations and with its strong commitment to promoting fairness.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 17/12/2018 15:30:23 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

1019325

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Economic Situation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government has made an assessment of the accuracy of the findings of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research report entitled The Economic Effects of the Government’s Proposed Brexit Deal, published on 26 November 2018.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	198156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government has not assessed the accuracy of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) and UK In a Changing Europe &amp; The Centre for Economic Performance (UKCE/ CEP) reports. NIESR and UKCE/ CEP are independent organisations. Their analysis of the UK economy represents their own views.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 198157 question first answered 06/12/2018 16:54:26 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1019326

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Economic Situation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government has made an assessment of the accuracy of the findings of the UK in a Changing Europe report entitled The economic consequences of the Brexit deal, published on 27 November 2018.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	198157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government has not assessed the accuracy of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) and UK In a Changing Europe &amp; The Centre for Economic Performance (UKCE/ CEP) reports. NIESR and UKCE/ CEP are independent organisations. Their analysis of the UK economy represents their own views.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 198156 question first answered 06/12/2018 16:54:26 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1019332

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Real Time Information system on the recording of IR35 for employees for tax purposes.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	198383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>HMRC began the phased introduction of Real Time Information (RTI) in 2012. Under RTI, information about tax and other deductions under the PAYE system is transmitted to HMRC by the employer every time an employee is paid.</p><p> </p><p>Since April 2014 all employers have been required to report in real time with 1.9 million schemes covering 48 million employees now reporting through RTI.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC’s analysis of PAYE data, submitted through RTI, for the first 12 months since April 2017 indicates the reform to the off-payroll working rules (often known as IR35) in the public sector has raised an additional £550 million in income tax and NICs in its first year.</p><p> </p><p>RTI is a proven and effective tool for the monitoring of PAYE data including those public sector engagements to which the off-payroll working rules apply.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 06/12/2018 17:15:15 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1019333

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	EU Aid: Ethiopia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations his Department has made at EU level for the EU to agree to the Policy Coherence for Development set out in the Addis Ababa principles.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	198384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>No representations have been made at EU level - however the UK, along with the EU and other members of the G20, announced its support of the Addis Tax Initiative principles in 2016. The G20 recently reaffirmed its commitment to the tax for development agenda at the Summit in Buenos Aires last week.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 06/12/2018 17:13:03 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1019410

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will ensure that the views of civil society organisations are included in the insight from external stakeholders document that will be provided to Members before voting on the EU withdrawal agreement.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
uin	198317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government has met its commitment to provide appropriate analysis to Parliament ahead of the vote on the final deal. This analysis brings together the best expertise and experience from departments across government, and insight from external stakeholders. Ministers and officials from across Government regularly engage with a range of external experts and other stakeholders in order to inform our negotiations, and to understand their concerns and priorities regarding our EU exit</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 11/12/2018 15:30:21 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

1019417

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	LGBT+ People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money the Government has allocated to organisations and groups supporting LGBTQ+ rights in England since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	198218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The UK is recognized as a world leader on LGBT rights. Sexual orientation is one of the nine characteristics protected under the Equality Act 2010, for which the Government Equalities Office (GEO) within DfID is the Government’s lead department. A wide range of government departments have spending in support of LGBT rights. For instance, in 2015, GEO ran a £2.0 million pilot fund to test approaches to effectively tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic (HBT) bullying in schools. Following the evaluation of the pilot, the Government is now providing £4.0 million worth of funds from 2016 to 2020 to tackle HBT bullying in schools. However, the information requested on broader funding allocations is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 10/12/2018 14:43:22 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1019468

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Chief Scientific Advisers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many meetings he had with his Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser between 1 September and 30 November 2018.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	198247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>HM Treasury is committed to ensuring that we access the very best scientific expertise. The Director for the Enterprise and Growth Unit, who is responsible for public science funding, acts as HM Treasury’s Chief Scientific Adviser and meets with the Chancellor of the Exchequer regularly. The Chancellor also met with the Government Chief Scientific Adviser and leaders of the National Academies on 26 November.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 06/12/2018 16:20:06 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1019485

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 26 November 2018 to Question 194204 on Brexit and with reference to paragraph 4.111 of the Office for Budget Responsibility's Economic and Fiscal Outlook published in October 2018, what proportion of the £400 million underspend relates to the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	198347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>On 13 March 2018, the Treasury confirmed allocations of c.£1.6bn to departments. A full breakdown of the allocation can be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS540, laid on 13 March <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/</a>.</p><p>The Economic and Fiscal Outlook is produced by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). As part of their fiscal forecast they take a judgement on how much departments will underspend on aggregate DEL spending. Further information on how the OBR reach their judgement is available at <a href="https://obr.uk/forecasts-in-depth/tax-by-tax-spend-by-spend/departmental-expenditure-limits/" target="_blank">https://obr.uk/forecasts-in-depth/tax-by-tax-spend-by-spend/departmental-expenditure-limits/</a>.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 06/12/2018 14:22:12 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

1019498

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	EU Budget: Contributions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 26 November 2018 to Question 194212, on EU Budget, what estimate his Department has made of the sum in (a) pounds sterling and (b) euros of the maximum amount of the potential (i) financial settlement under the provisions in Article 143 and Article 146 and (ii) any additional amounts payable to the EU under the proposed Withdrawal Agreement.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	198254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>The UK’s estimated maximum liability attributed to financial operations guaranteed through the EU budget (Article 143 and 147) are reported within the Government’s Consolidated Fund Account annual publication, page 12 to 14. The Consolidated Fund may also be required to settle any liabilities arising from changes in legislation, regulation and funding arrangements resulting from EU exit on behalf of UK Government where these are not covered by other Government departments. This is disclosed as an unquantifiable remote contingent liability in accordance with the principles of Managing Public Money.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 06/12/2018 17:00:13 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel