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1008452

registered interest
date	16/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the level of foreign direct investment was in the 12 months from July 2017.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	192101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>The latest ONS Balance of Payments data shows that in the year to 2018 Q2, foreign direct investment flows (net incurrence of liabilities) into the UK measured £58.1bn.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 21/11/2018 14:35:28 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1007765

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses have registered under the Registered Exporter system in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	191882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>12,321 businesses have been registered under the Registered Exporter system (Rex) since January 2017.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 20/11/2018 15:11:11 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1007814

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Insurance: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what protection is in place to prevent fraudulent use of National Insurance numbers when individuals share the same name and date of birth.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	191939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>HMRC issue a National Insurance number to an individual shortly before they reach their sixteenth birthday. The process ensures that no two individuals can be issued with the same number, even where they share the same name and date of birth. Where an individual has not been allocated a National Insurance number by HMRC, they can apply to DWP who will undertake a face to face interview to establish their identity and check entitlement to a number. This again ensures a National Insurance number cannot be issued to more than one person.</p><p> </p><p>In each case, a National Insurance number will be unique to each individual and remain the same for life. Both HMRC and DWP take seriously any attempts to use the National Insurance number fraudulently and have a range of measures in place to counter abuse wherever it occurs.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 191940 question first answered 20/11/2018 15:07:21 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

1007815

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Insurance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what systems are in place to distinguish people's National Insurance details when more than one person share the same name and date of birth.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	191940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>HMRC issue a National Insurance number to an individual shortly before they reach their sixteenth birthday. The process ensures that no two individuals can be issued with the same number, even where they share the same name and date of birth. Where an individual has not been allocated a National Insurance number by HMRC, they can apply to DWP who will undertake a face to face interview to establish their identity and check entitlement to a number. This again ensures a National Insurance number cannot be issued to more than one person.</p><p> </p><p>In each case, a National Insurance number will be unique to each individual and remain the same for life. Both HMRC and DWP take seriously any attempts to use the National Insurance number fraudulently and have a range of measures in place to counter abuse wherever it occurs.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 191939 question first answered 20/11/2018 15:07:22 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

1007864

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Carers: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what financial support his Department makes available to children under the age of 16 that are carers.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	191921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>Children and young people should be protected from inappropriate and excessive caring responsibilities, and we have changed the law to improve how young carers and their families are identified, assessed and supported. Government set out further details on our plans to support young carers in the Carers Action Plan earlier this year.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 20/11/2018 13:37:39 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1007888

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Research: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how the Government is planning to protect R&D funding in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	191916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The draft withdrawal agreement sees the UK continuing to participate in EU programmes until the end of 2020 – providing certainty for British organisations and their European counterparts.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury will guarantee funding for UK organisations which successfully bid directly to the European Commission - through projects like Horizon 2020 - until the end of this EU budget period if no deal is agreed.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 20/11/2018 13:34:48 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1006867

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
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 additional funding for social care in 2019-20 in Budget 2018, how his Department calculated the adequacy of that funding in order to meet the immediate needs of local authorities and social care providers; and what the source of that additional funding is.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	191261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The government recognises the social care sector faces short term pressures, which is why Autumn Budget 2018 announced an additional £650 million for councils in 2019/20 for social care. This is additional funding sourced from the Exchequer.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 19/11/2018 13:36:49 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1006873

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	VAT: Electronic Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made on implementing the pilot system for VAT ahead of the introduction of the Making Tax Digital regime in April 2019.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	191318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>In October HMRC opened the pilot to around half a million businesses which meet the initial eligibility criteria. This means that around half of businesses with turnover above the VAT threshold will be able to join the new service now, and begin familiarising themselves with it, with further businesses eligible to join shortly.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 19/11/2018 15:59:24 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1006884

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Railways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what level of capital funding he plans to allocate for the delivery of improvements to rail access related to the expansion of Heathrow Airport.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	191406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s position in relation to funding Surface Access at airports is set out in the 2013 Aviation Policy Framework and reiterated in the Airports National Policy Statement which was designated in June 2018. Where a scheme is not solely required to deliver airport capacity and has a wider range of beneficiaries, the Government, along with relevant stakeholders, will consider the need for a public funding contribution alongside an appropriate contribution from the airport on a case by case basis. The Government is supporting Heathrow Surface Access schemes subject to the development of a satisfactory business case and the agreement of acceptable terms with the Heathrow aviation industry.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 19/11/2018 13:29:30 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

1006896

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Gaming Machines: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the value of tax receipts as a result of the decision to delay reducing the Fixed Odds Betting Terminal stake.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	191444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>As the Chancellor set out to the Treasury Select Committee on 5 November, changes to Fixed Odds Betting Terminals and Remote Gaming Duty will be implemented simultaneously. This ensures that regardless of when changes to Fixed Odds Betting Terminals and Remote Gaming Duty are implemented, there will be no significant change to the exchequer impact.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 19/11/2018 13:41:11 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon