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1015351

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) financial and (b) other support the Government makes available to people diagnosed with cancer who have (i) banking and (ii) other financial problems.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	196109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government set up the Money Advice Service (MAS) to provide free-to-use financial guidance for all consumers, whatever their circumstances. Moving forward, the Government has legislated to merge the functions of MAS with those of The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS) and Pension Wise, to create a Single Financial Guidance Body, which will simplify the existing public financial guidance landscape.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also implemented a regulatory framework for financial services that ensures firms give support to vulnerable consumers, such as people diagnosed with cancer who have banking and other financial problems. The Financial Conduct Authority has a statutory objective to protect consumers and its <em>Principles for Business</em> require firms to pay due regard to the interests of its customers and treat them fairly.</p><p> </p><p>The Government supports ongoing FCA work to make help available to vulnerable customers, such as the publication by banks of a list of additional services they offer customers, including specialist cancer support services.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 03/12/2018 16:06:57 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1015509

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment has he made on the effect of the tax-free childcare scheme on levels of employer engagement.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	196283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>Tax-Free Childcare provides an opportunity for all employers to engage with working parents about their childcare arrangements, regardless of whether or not they offer childcare vouchers. HMRC are working with employers so that they understand the government childcare support which is available.</p><p>Employers across the UK can pay directly into parents’ Tax-Free Childcare accounts. A factsheet entitled “Tax-Free Childcare: What Employers Need to Know” sets out details of how to do this and can be found at the following link:</p><p>https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/communications-toolkit</p><p>Tax-Free Childcare is designed to be fairer and better targeted than the legacy system, childcare vouchers. We estimate that Tax-Free Childcare will provide support to nearly 1 million more families compared to the number using childcare vouchers.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 03/12/2018 13:36:17 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1015510

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment he has made of the financial status of people who (a) have benefited from the childcare voucher scheme and (b) will benefit from the tax-free childcare care scheme.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	196284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to previous answers I have given; on 9 October 2018 to the Honourable Member for East Kilbridge, Strathaven and Lesmahagow (176348), on 20 June 2018 to the Honourable Member for Newcastle upon Tyne North (155282) and on 24 January 2018 to the Honourable Member for Batley and Spen (124882).</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 03/12/2018 13:08:56 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1015538

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Integrity Initiative
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has (a) funded, (b) awarded contracts to and (c) procured the services of the Integrity Initiative in each financial year since 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Derby North
tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
uin	196180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department has not entered in to any such agreement with the organisation concerned.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 03/12/2018 12:57:18 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

1015542

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Soft Drinks: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 24 May to Question 146155, on Sugar: Taxation, if he will undertake a review of the exemption for milk drinks containing sugar to the Soft Drinks Industry Levy earlier than 2020.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	196182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The government is committed to reviewing the Soft Drinks Industry Levy in 2020, and there are no plans to alter this timeframe.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 03/12/2018 12:53:45 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1015565

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the announcement of an additional £640 million for social care in 2019-20 in the Autumn Budget 2018, what methodology his Department used to determine the sum of £640 million for social care.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	196091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The Autumn Budget 2018 announced an additional £650 million in 2019-20 for social care. Within this, local councils will receive £240 million for adult social care. This will make sure people can leave hospital when they are ready, into a care setting that best meets their needs. This will help the NHS to free up the beds it needs over winter. This repeats the £240 million for local councils for adult social care to alleviate winter pressures in 2018-19.</p><p>The Budget announced a further £410 million in 2019-20 for adults and children’s social care. Where necessary, local councils should use this funding to ensure that adult social care pressures do not create additional demand on the NHS. Local councils can also use it to improve their social care offer for older people, people with disabilities and children.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 03/12/2018 13:34:13 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1015870

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cryptocurrencies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans for market regulation of crypto-currencies.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL11865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The government established the Cryptoassets Taskforce - comprised of HM Treasury, the FCA, and the Bank of England – earlier this year, to explore the risks and potential benefits of cryptoassets and consider the appropriate response. The Taskforce’s report sets out the path forward with respect to cryptoasset regulation in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The government will:</p><ul><li><p>bring cryptoasset exchanges and custodian wallet providers within the scope of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing regulation through the transposition of the EU Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (5MLD), and consult on going beyond the requirements of 5MLD;</p></li><li><p>consult on whether the regulatory perimeter requires extension in relation to cryptoassets that have comparable features to specified investments but that fall outside the perimeter; and</p></li><li><p>issue a consultation to further explore whether and how exchange tokens and related firms, such as exchanges and wallet providers, could be regulated effectively.</p></li></ul> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 11/12/2018 14:52:39 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1015871

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Interest Rates
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports of the impact of Brexit on interest rates and mortgage defaults.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL11866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The Bank of England has operational independence to set monetary policy. As set out in its latest assessment, the MPC’s “<em>monetary policy response to EU withdrawal, whatever form EU withdrawal takes, will not be automatic and could be in either direction </em>and will depend on the balance of effects on supply, demand and the exchange rate.”</p><p> </p><p>The latest Bank of England Credit Conditions Survey (Q3) indicates that default rates on secured loans to households have fallen over the past 18 months and are expected to remain unchanged in the next quarter.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 11/12/2018 14:53:57 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1015014

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Shipping: Containers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the average length of time in hours between HMRC (a) seizing a container for examination under suspicion of the value declared of goods contained being too low and making a decision on enforcement action and (b) seizing a container for examination under suspicion of the value declared of goods contained being too low and the return of the container.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	195519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>In any individual case the time between intercepting a consignment, HMRC’s compliance decision and the return of the container will be affected by factors outside HMRC’s control. This includes a period of up to 30 days where the importer has the right to present further evidence before HMRC makes its decision. Due to the range of possible outcomes of HMRC’s examination activity HMRC does not routinely capture information on average times taken.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 29/11/2018 17:26:05 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1015015

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Shipping: Containers
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 on logistics businesses of HMRC seizing containers on suspicion of the value declared of the goods contained being too low.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	195520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>As part of its end to end approach to tackling customs fraud risks, HMRC is undertaking physical pre-clearance checks targeted at high risk traders. The checks are conducted inland to avoid causing congestion at ports. HMRC regularly meets with trade associations to identify ways of minimising the impact on logistics businesses of this necessary compliance activity.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 29/11/2018 17:25:30 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel