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date	11/02/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) policies and (b) grant and funding programmes his Department has introduced to provide support to individuals and organisations in response to the covid-19 outbreak; and what funding has been allocated to each of those programmes in the 2020-21 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	153129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2021 answer text <p>Since March the Government’s priority has been to save lives and protect jobs, businesses, and livelihoods. To support workers and businesses across all sectors the Government has provided an unprecedented package of support worth more than £280 billion.</p><p> </p><p>As of 5 January, England entered nationwide restrictions to manage a new variant of Coronavirus. With these restrictions, businesses in retail, hospitality and leisure facing forced closure in England are eligible for a one-off grant worth up to £9,000 to help them through to spring. This is on top of the existing Local Restriction Support Grant (Closed) which will continue to offer businesses support of up to £3,000 for each month they closed.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are being provided with a top up to the Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG) worth £500 million, bringing the total value of ARG to over £1.6 billion. This grant ensures local authorities can support, on a discretionary basis, businesses not eligible for other grants but still affected by restrictions. Business grant policy remains a fully devolved area, with the Devolved Administrations receiving their share of this funding through the Barnett formula in the usual way.</p><p>Businesses across the UK can continue to apply for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), which as of mid-December had supported 9.9 million jobs at the cost of over £45 billion, and its extension until the end of April 2021 will give many businesses and workers much-needed security. The Government has also extended the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) until the end of April 2021, with a boosted package of support providing the self-employed with grants covering 80% of average trading profits. So far SEISS has seen 2.7 million self-employed workers make claims under the scheme totaling £13.7 billion.</p><p> </p><p>Businesses needing access to liquidity can also apply for guaranteed loans through various loan schemes, including the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme, the Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme and the Bounce Back Loan Scheme, until the end of March 2021. Over 1.4 million small and medium sized companies have received government-backed loans, worth over £68 billion.</p><p> </p>This support comes on top of billions of pounds’ worth of business rates reliefs, tax deferrals, and other labour market schemes. answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 22/02/2021 14:32:36 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1256225

registered interest
date	27/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	West Midlands Combined Authority: Borrowing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the borrowing capacity of the West Midlands Combined Authority is and what portion of this capacity has been used.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	121800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2020 answer text <p>HM Treasury agreed debt caps with several Mayoral Combined Authorities in 2018. These caps place a limit on long-term external debt in each financial year, and for the West Midlands this cap is:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WMCA long-term external debt</p></td><td><p>546,744,807</p></td><td><p>783,049,523</p></td><td><p>1,041,974,844</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Figures published by the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government detail outstanding debt on a quarterly basis for each local authority and combined authority. This is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-local-government-finance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-local-government-finance</a></p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 07/12/2020 16:25:19 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1256227

registered interest
date	27/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money has been allocated through the (a) Small Business Grant Fund, (b) Retail Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund and (c) Local Authority Discretionary Grant Fund by region.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	121802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2020 answer text <p>Separate data is not held for the Small Business Grant Fund and the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund. The data for these schemes have been grouped together.</p><p>• East Midlands: local authorities distributed over £911 million from the Small Business Grant Fund (SBGF) and the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund (RHLGF). They also allocated over £47 million to businesses from the Local Authority Discretionary Grant Fund (LADGF). <br>• East of England: local authorities distributed over £1.1 billion from the SBGF and RHLGF. They also allocated over £59 million from the LADGF</p><p>• London: local authorities distributed over £1.6 billion from the SBGF and RHLGF. They also allocated over £79 million from the LADGF</p><p>• North East: local authorities distributed over £512 million from the SBGF and RHLGF. They also allocated over £25 million from the LADGF</p><p>• North West: local authorities distributed over £1.5 billion from the SBGF and RHLGF. They also allocated over £77 million from the LADGDF</p><p>• South East: local authorities distributed over £1.6 billion from the SBGF and RHLGF. They also allocated over £82 million from the LADGF</p><p>• South West: local authorities distributed over £1.3 billion from the SBGF and RHLGF. They also allocated over £73 million from the LADGF</p><p>• West Midlands: local authorities distributed over £1.1 billion from the SBGF and RHLGF. They also allocated over £56 million from the LADGF</p><p>• Yorkshire and the Humber: local authorities distributed over £1.2 billion from the SBGF and RHLGF. They also allocated over £60 million from the LADGF.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 07/12/2020 14:58:29 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1256233

registered interest
date	27/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to section 2.7 of the Spending Review 2020, how many public sector employees will be affected by the pause in pay awards in 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	121803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2020 answer text <p>The government expects there will be around 1.3m public sector employees in direct scope of the temporary pause in pay uplifts. This is the sum of the workforces for which central government is responsible for setting pay.</p><p>Within this number, those earning less than £24,000 on a full-time equivalent basis will still receive a pay rise, of at least £250.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 07/12/2020 16:27:20 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1256241

registered interest
date	27/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Capital Investment: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to section 4.1 of the 2020 spending review, what the value is of the accelerated capital spending projects awarded within the West Midlands Combined Authority area.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	121807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2020 answer text <p>In June this year, the Prime Minister announced that the Government would accelerate over £5 billion of infrastructure projects. When taken together with the Plan for Jobs, this means that Government is accelerating £8.6 billion of capital spending.</p><p> </p><p>This accelerated capital spending includes the £900m Getting Building Fund, from which West Midlands Combined Authority received an allocation of £66 million. The funding will support projects such as the University Station development, the Very Light Rail Innovation Centre, and the Precision Health Technology Accelerator.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 07/12/2020 16:26:16 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1256243

registered interest
date	27/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Job Creation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the average number of jobs created by every £100 of public capital spending.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	121808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2020 answer text <p>Infrastructure investment in the UK supports hundreds of thousands of jobs a year in the construction sector. Spending Review 2020 set out ambitious plans for capital investment across the UK to support jobs– from investment in the next generation of hospitals and upgrades to our roads and railways, to energy efficiency retrofits and tree planting.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury worked closely with the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) at SR20 to scrutinise the deliverability of schemes to ensure that investment can support jobs as quickly as possible. As set out in the National Infrastructure Strategy, HM Treasury strongly encourages all government departments and their agencies to progress approved and funded projects into procurement and contract without delay (subject to good project discipline). This is supported by the IPA publishing a comprehensive National Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline, providing certainty to the market about planned procurement. The next update to the pipeline will be in Spring 2021. The government is also urging local authorities to take steps to support construction jobs in their areas by progressing funded projects as soon as practicable.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 07/12/2020 16:32:54 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1256247

registered interest
date	27/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Towns Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to section 4.2 of the Spending Review 2020, if he will publish he 167 projects approved by his Department for financing through the Towns Fund.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	121812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2020 answer text <p>The Towns Fund delivers on our promise to level up the country and create more places across the UK where people want to live and can thrive. Eligible towns for the Towns Fund can all be found on the government's website (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/100-places-to-benefit-from-new-towns-fund" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/100-places-to-benefit-from-new-towns-fund</a>; <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/multi-million-fund-to-revitalise-country-s-high-streets" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/multi-million-fund-to-revitalise-country-s-high-streets</a>; <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/1-billion-future-high-streets-fund-expanded-to-50-more-areas" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/1-billion-future-high-streets-fund-expanded-to-50-more-areas</a>), and allocations are ongoing. Barrow-in-Furness, Blackpool, Darlington, Peterborough, Norwich, Torquay and Warrington are the first places to be offered a Town Deal and work will now begin with these areas to confirm final funding.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 07/12/2020 16:37:44 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1256248

registered interest
date	27/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Levelling Up Fund: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to section 4.2 of the Spending Review 2020, what proportion of the £4 billion Levelling Up Fund will be spent in the West Midlands Combined Authority area.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	121813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2020 answer text <p>The Levelling Up Fund will be open to all local areas and allocated competitively. To support levelling up opportunity across the country, we will prioritise bids to drive growth and regeneration in places in need, those facing particular local challenges, and areas that have received less Government investment in recent years.</p><p> </p><p>We are making up to £600m available in 2021-22, and will publish a prospectus for the fund and launch the first round of competitions in the New Year.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 07/12/2020 16:41:38 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1256249

registered interest
date	27/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	UK Shared Prosperity Fund: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Box 3.1 in the Spending Review 2020, if he will set out the proportion of the UK shared prosperity fund which will be allocated to the west midlands combined authority area.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	121814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2020 answer text <p>The Spending Review sets out the main strategic elements of the UKSPF in the Heads of Terms (Box 3.1). The government will then publish a UK-wide investment framework in 2020, provide further detail in a prospectus in the New Year, and confirm multi-year funding profiles for the UKSPF at the next Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 07/12/2020 16:28:40 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1249451

registered interest
date	09/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Office for Budget Responsibility's Public finances databank, 27 May 2020, what proportion of the five capital budget of £358 billion included in Treasury statements in May 2020 remains unallocated to programmes and projects.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	113001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2020 answer text <p>Departmental capital budgets have been fully allocated for financial year 2020-21 and were confirmed at Main Estimates. Any revisions to these budgets will be set out at the Supplementary Estimates. Departmental budgets for the next financial year (2021-22) will be set in the upcoming Spending Review. Alongside these one-year settlements, the SR will set some longer-term settlements for certain capital budgets to provide certainty and deliver on the government’s ambitious plans to unite and level up the country and drive our economic recovery. With the exception of these multi-year capital settlements, spending for future years beyond 2021-22 will be determined at the next Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 17/11/2020 12:21:58 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne