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1127475

registered interest
date	20/05/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to ring-fence funding for mental health services.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Chuka Umunna
uin	256323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>Funding for mental health services will grow as a share of the overall NHS budget over the next five years, and the NHS long-term plan states that this will form “a new ringfenced local investment fund worth at least £2.3 billion a year by 2023/24.” This investment will enable further service expansion, for example new mental health crisis services for people of all ages and more mental health support in schools.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 23/05/2019 11:37:35 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

1041317

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Customs: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2018 to Question 203920 on Customs, what completion dates have been set for the contracts for the (a) development and (b) upgrade of IT systems in relation to customs declarations at British ports.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Chuka Umunna
uin	208243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>The primary customs declaration platforms in place when the UK leaves the EU will be a combination of CHIEF, which is the existing declaration system; and the new Customs Declaration Service (CDS). The development of the new CDS service, and the upgrade of the existing CHIEF service, are being delivered through a combination of in-house technical expertise within HMRC and contracts with commercial partners. The changes required for a no deal scenario will be delivered in March 2019.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 22/01/2019 15:28:36 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

1041319

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Blockchain
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 29 October 2018 to Question 185078 on Revenue and Customs: Blockchain, what assessment he has made of the (a) time and (b) cost resources required to be allocated by HMRC to produce blockchain solutions to facilitate (a) Authorised Economic Operator status, (b) Rules of Origin certification, (c) the Single Administrative Document and (d) standard import and export declarations.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Chuka Umunna
uin	208245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>Further work on the application of Blockchain to ‘Authorised Economic Operator’ status is deferred until after the UK leaves the EU when timescales and cost will be revisited.</p><p> </p><p>There has been no specific assessment of Rules of Origin certification, Single Administrative Documents or standard Import and Export Declarations.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 22/01/2019 15:26:11 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

1041320

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Import Controls: Northern Ireland
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 the effect of the use of Blockchain technology on tackling the illegal traffic of goods across the border between (a) Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and (b) Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Chuka Umunna
uin	208246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government has been resolute in its commitments to Northern Ireland. This includes protecting the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement in all its parts and ensuring there will be no hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland, or between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to consider the potential applications of technology, including Distributed Ledger (Blockchain), and other emerging technologies, to streamline customs processes.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 22/01/2019 15:28:54 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

386523

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking in response to the outcome of the Government's consultation on matching SMEs rejected for finance with alternative lenders.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	5017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government took powers in the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 to require the UK’s major banks to offer SMEs they reject for finance the opportunity to be referred to Finance Platforms that can help match them with alternative finance providers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government will lay Secondary Legislation implementing the policy before Parliament as soon as is practicable.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 06/07/2015 15:27:07 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

227264

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what amount his Department and its agencies spent on research and development in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion such spending was of total departmental spending.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	227566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>Information on the total amount of expenditure by HM Treasury on both research and development and the total departmental spending on services is publically available on gov.uk as part of the Country and Regional Analysis statistical release. This information covers 2009-10 through to 2013-14 and can be found at the following web link:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/country-and-regional-analysis-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/country-and-regional-analysis-2014</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This data can be accessed by using either the ‘interactive tables’ or the ‘database’.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CRA is compiled from departmental spending data submitted to HM Treasury on services, split by sub-functions. This data that each department provides, uses internationally-agreed definitions called the Classifications of the Functions of Government (UN COFOG). These functions include and separately identify expenditure on various Research and Development activities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 23/03/2015 16:46:50 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

224648

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the amount (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on procurement was paid to small and medium-sized enterprises (i) directly and (ii) through the supply chain in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	226066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2015 answer text <p>HM Treasury Group’s procurement spend with small and medium-sized enterprises in the financial year 2013 to 2014 has been published at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>www.gov.uk/government/publications/central-government-spend-with-smes-2013-to-2014</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 11/03/2015 14:39:50 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

224817

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of undisputed invoices his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies paid within five days in the last period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	226082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2015 answer text <p>Information on prompt payment is published each month on the government website at Gov.uk here –</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-treasury-group-payment-performance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-treasury-group-payment-performance</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 226191 question first answered 11/03/2015 14:46:09 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

224822

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of suppliers to his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are signatories to the Prompt Payment Code.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	226159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2015 answer text <p>A breakdown of the proportion by HM Treasury’s agencies and non-departmental bodies could be provided only at disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A list of signatories to the Prompt Payment Code can be found on the Code’s website:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://ppc.promptpaymentcode.org.uk/ppc/signatory_paged.a4d" target="_blank">http://ppc.promptpaymentcode.org.uk/ppc/signatory_paged.a4d</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 11/03/2015 17:10:23 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

224824

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what requirements his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies place on suppliers in respect of their payment terms to subcontractors as part of their standard terms and conditions.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	226175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2015 answer text <p>In line with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the standard terms and conditions HM Treasury uses require suppliers to pay subcontractors within 30 days from receipt of a valid invoice.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 11/03/2015 14:43:14 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna