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1580584

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to my email correspondence of 9 November 2022 from a constituent on FairCharge.
tabling member constituency	South Northamptonshire
tabling member printed	Andrea Leadsom
uin	132338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>The correspondence from 9 November 2022 has now been answered.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 30/01/2023 16:36:28 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom

1580593

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish a list of individuals that have been exempted from sanctions by the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation; if he will provide details of licensing conditions required by the OFSI; and how many applications for special licences have been rejected.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	132409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>OFSI publishes the number of financial sanctions licences issued in its Annual Review which is publicly available from OFSI’s website. OFSI will publish the latest figures in the next Annual Review in due course.</p><p> </p><p>OFSI does not publish the names of designated persons or applicants who have been granted specific licences. Licensing conditions are decided on a case-by-case basis.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 131138 question first answered 08/02/2023 17:03:15 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1580594

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department is taking steps to help improve the transparency of decisions of the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	132410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>HM Treasury does not comment on individual licensing cases or publish correspondence with applicants for licences.</p><p>We need to carefully balance the right to legal representation - which is a fundamental one - with wider issues, including the aim and purpose of the sanctions. It is right therefore that Ministers are examining whether there are any changes that can be made to the licensing of legal expenses.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 132411 question first answered 08/02/2023 16:50:19 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1580595

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Yevgeny Prigozhin
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will publish all correspondence between his Department, Yevgeny Prigozhin and his legal representatives.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	132411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>HM Treasury does not comment on individual licensing cases or publish correspondence with applicants for licences.</p><p>We need to carefully balance the right to legal representation - which is a fundamental one - with wider issues, including the aim and purpose of the sanctions. It is right therefore that Ministers are examining whether there are any changes that can be made to the licensing of legal expenses.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 132410 question first answered 08/02/2023 16:50:19 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1580598

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Theatre: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of valid claims for Theatre Tax Relief were paid within 28 days of receipt in the period since 1 April 2022.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	132309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>HMRC aims to pay claims for all tax reliefs as soon as possible. Since 1 April 2022, 78 per cent of valid claims for Theatre Tax Relief have been paid within 28 days of receipt. This figure fluctuates over the year and reflects the position as of 26 January 2023.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 30/01/2023 16:37:54 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1580606

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Yevgeny Prigozhin
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Office for Financial Sanctions Implementation provided advice to ministerial private officers in his Department on enabling receipt of payments from lawyers acting on behalf of Yevgeny Prigozhin.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	132290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>HM Treasury does not comment on individual licensing cases.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury’s Office for Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) takes operational decisions relating to the implementation of financial sanctions in line with the relevant regulations. OFSI has not considered it appropriate for the Treasury to effectively decide on whether a case has sufficient merit to be permitted to proceed by deciding whether to license legal fees. Rather, OFSI's position has been that the merits should be decided by the appropriate court. OFSI assesses cases on a costs-basis only, ensuring that the fees requested are reasonable in accordance with the derogations available under the sanctions regimes.</p><p> </p><p>We need to carefully balance the right to legal representation - which is a fundamental one - with wider issues, including the aim and purpose of the sanctions. It is right therefore that Ministers are examining whether there are any changes that can be made to this policy.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 131140 131193 132415 question first answered 08/02/2023 17:21:52 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1580609

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Yevgeny Prigozhin
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the special licenses granted by his Department to the law firm undertaking work on behalf of Yevgeny Prigozhin required Ministerial approval.
tabling member constituency	Halifax
tabling member printed	Holly Lynch
uin	132415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>HM Treasury does not comment on individual licensing cases.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury’s Office for Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) takes operational decisions relating to the implementation of financial sanctions in line with the relevant regulations. OFSI has not considered it appropriate for the Treasury to effectively decide on whether a case has sufficient merit to be permitted to proceed by deciding whether to license legal fees. Rather, OFSI's position has been that the merits should be decided by the appropriate court. OFSI assesses cases on a costs-basis only, ensuring that the fees requested are reasonable in accordance with the derogations available under the sanctions regimes.</p><p> </p><p>We need to carefully balance the right to legal representation - which is a fundamental one - with wider issues, including the aim and purpose of the sanctions. It is right therefore that Ministers are examining whether there are any changes that can be made to this policy.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 131140 131193 132290 question first answered 08/02/2023 17:21:52 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4472 label Biography information for Holly Lynch

1580633

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
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, how many and what proportion of parents with 16-19 year olds in full-time further education at school and college were in receipt of child benefit in (a) England and (b) the UK in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	132425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text This information is only available at disproportionate cost as the available Child Benefit data does not distinguish between young persons who are 16 and not in further education and those who are. Information on the educational setting (school or college) attended by young people aged 16 or over is not held.<p> </p>Child Benefit statistics are published using August data from each year, detailing the number of children receiving Child Benefit payments by age and region. Figures from 2019-2021 for children aged 16-19 are summarised in the table below:<p> </p><p><strong>Number of children in (i) the UK and (ii) England receiving Child Benefit payments as of August of each year</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Age</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>643,915</p></td><td><p>542,490</p></td><td><p>656,640</p></td><td><p>554,150</p></td><td><p>660,420</p></td><td><p>557,185</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>500,560</p></td><td><p>423,980</p></td><td><p>517,110</p></td><td><p>439,520</p></td><td><p>528,280</p></td><td><p>450,065</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>418,565</p></td><td><p>361,175</p></td><td><p>422,505</p></td><td><p>366,560</p></td><td><p>440,745</p></td><td><p>383,845</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>95,830</p></td><td><p>80,305</p></td><td><p>90,610</p></td><td><p>75,490</p></td><td><p>84,015</p></td><td><p>70,080</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note 1: not all 16 year olds will remain in further education from the following September</p><p> </p><p>The Child Benefit annual statistics are published on GOV.UK at:</p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-benefit-geographical-statistics" target="_blank"><em>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-benefit-geographical-statistics</em></a> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 132426 question first answered 02/02/2023 14:21:11 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1580634

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
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, how much money from the public purse was spent on child benefit payments to parents of 16-19 year olds in full-time further education at (a) school and (b) college in (i) the UK and (ii) England.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	132426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text This information is only available at disproportionate cost as the available Child Benefit data does not distinguish between young persons who are 16 and not in further education and those who are. Information on the educational setting (school or college) attended by young people aged 16 or over is not held.<p> </p>Child Benefit statistics are published using August data from each year, detailing the number of children receiving Child Benefit payments by age and region. Figures from 2019-2021 for children aged 16-19 are summarised in the table below:<p> </p><p><strong>Number of children in (i) the UK and (ii) England receiving Child Benefit payments as of August of each year</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Age</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>643,915</p></td><td><p>542,490</p></td><td><p>656,640</p></td><td><p>554,150</p></td><td><p>660,420</p></td><td><p>557,185</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>500,560</p></td><td><p>423,980</p></td><td><p>517,110</p></td><td><p>439,520</p></td><td><p>528,280</p></td><td><p>450,065</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>418,565</p></td><td><p>361,175</p></td><td><p>422,505</p></td><td><p>366,560</p></td><td><p>440,745</p></td><td><p>383,845</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>95,830</p></td><td><p>80,305</p></td><td><p>90,610</p></td><td><p>75,490</p></td><td><p>84,015</p></td><td><p>70,080</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note 1: not all 16 year olds will remain in further education from the following September</p><p> </p><p>The Child Benefit annual statistics are published on GOV.UK at:</p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-benefit-geographical-statistics" target="_blank"><em>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-benefit-geographical-statistics</em></a> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 132425 question first answered 02/02/2023 14:21:11 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1580699

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business Banking Resolution Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to put in place a provision to deal with unresolved business banking complaints relating to SMEs following the planned closure of the Business Banking Resolution scheme in December 2023.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	132457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>The Business Banking Resolution Service (BBRS) is an independent non-governmental body that does not receive any public funding. The BBRS, which launched on 15 February 2021, offers a free, independent service designed to settle unresolved historical complaints that are not eligible for the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS), and new complaints from SMEs which are too large to be eligible for the FOS. Over 99% of UK businesses can access independent dispute resolution either through the FOS or the BBRS. <br></p><p>The Government has always been clear that the independence of the BBRS is vital, and as such it is not appropriate for the Government to comment on its future. According to the timelines agreed by the BBRS when it was set up, the scheme for historical complaints will close on 14 February 2023, while the contemporary scheme for cases from large SMEs is due to close at the end of 2023.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers and officials continue to monitor BBRS discussions closely, and we remain focused on ensuring SMEs have access to redress now and in the future.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 30/01/2023 15:30:39 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd