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1720004

registered interest
date	22/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cost of Living
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to (1) address, and (2) mitigate, the ongoing increased cost-of-living.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL4882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>Over the last two years, the government has provided support to households to help with the cost of living worth over £90 billion.</p><p> </p><p>This year, this government has raised working age benefits by 6.7%, supporting 5.5 million households on Universal Credit, with an average gain of £470 this year. The government has also frozen fuel duty and raised the Local Housing Allowance rates to the 30<sup>th</sup> percentile of local market rates.</p><p> </p><p>The government believes that the best way of boosting living standards is by supporting people into work. The government has introduced other policies that will support over 200,000 additional people into work by 2028/29, according to the independent Office for Budget Responsibility. The government has also raised the National Living Wage (NLW) by 9.8%, ending low hourly pay for those on the NLW.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 24/05/2024 11:49:33 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1720006

registered interest
date	22/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tourism: VAT
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the negative impacts that the removal of tax-free shopping from the UK has had and will have for retail businesses across all sectors.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL4884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>As set out at Spring Budget 2024, the government is considering the findings of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s review of the original costing of the withdrawal of tax-free shopping, published in the Economic and Fiscal Outlook on 6 March, alongside industry representations and broader data.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 24/05/2024 11:42:57 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1719602

registered interest
date	21/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Childcare: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families have taken up tax free childcare allowances in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	East Antrim
tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
uin	27315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>Statistics relating to Tax-Free childcare account usage are published quarterly in &quot;Tax-Free Childcare Statistics&quot; on the gov.uk website.</p><p>The current estimated number of families in the UK that are eligible for Tax-Free Childcare is 1.2 million. As this is an estimate, it is not possible to give an exact number of the number of eligible families not using Tax-Free Childcare.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott grouped question UIN 27316 question first answered 24/05/2024 09:59:53 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

1719603

registered interest
date	21/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Childcare: Tax Allowances
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 families eligible for tax free credits have not taken up their entitlement for tax free childcare in each of the last 5 years.
tabling member constituency	East Antrim
tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
uin	27316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>Statistics relating to Tax-Free childcare account usage are published quarterly in &quot;Tax-Free Childcare Statistics&quot; on the gov.uk website.</p><p>The current estimated number of families in the UK that are eligible for Tax-Free Childcare is 1.2 million. As this is an estimate, it is not possible to give an exact number of the number of eligible families not using Tax-Free Childcare.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott grouped question UIN 27315 question first answered 24/05/2024 09:59:53 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

1719604

registered interest
date	21/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Childcare: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to help ensure that parents who are eligible for tax free childcare in Northern Ireland access that support.
tabling member constituency	East Antrim
tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
uin	27317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>Tax-Free Childcare provides financial support across the UK to eligible working parents with their childcare costs. For every £8 parents pay into their childcare account, the Government adds £2, up to a maximum of £2,000 in top up per year for each child up to age 11, and up to £4,000 per disabled child up to the age of 16.</p><p> </p><p>To further support parents and childcare providers, a series of engagement events took place from autumn 2022 to autumn 2023, including with Northern Ireland local councils. This gave families and childcare providers additional support at local levels to improve their understanding and promote the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The <a href="https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Childcare Choices</a> website provides information on what’s available to help parents with their childcare costs, including what schemes are available in the devolved Nations.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 24/05/2024 10:04:58 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

1719738

registered interest
date	21/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Conduct Authority
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 potential impact of the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) proposals to publicly announce the names of firms and/or individuals at the commencement of enforcement investigations on the (a) commercial value of firms, (b) career prospects of individuals who are named and (c) overall competitiveness of the UK’s (i) financial and related professional services industries and (ii) wider economy; and if he will make an assessment of the compatibility of that proposal with the FCA’s secondary objective to consider international competitiveness and economic growth.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	27312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>I recognise that many in the financial services sector have concerns about the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) proposed changes to its approach to enforcement.</p><p>This is why the Chancellor and I have been clear that we believe the FCA should reconsider its proposals, in light of responses to its consultation, and considering its new growth and competitiveness objective. The competitiveness of the UK’s world-leading financial services sector is one of the Government’s top priorities.</p><p>The legislative framework provides for the FCA to be operationally independent from the government. The independence of the FCA is vital to its role. The Government respects this operational independence, but takes holding it to account very seriously.</p><p>The specific concerns you have raised are a matter for the FCA, as the operationally independent regulator. The FCA will respond to the Honourable Member by letter on this matter, and a copy of the letter will be placed in the Library of the House of Commons.</p><p>The purpose of any consultation is to allow the regulators to test their proposals and understand their potential impact. It is therefore appropriate to suggest that the FCA reconsider its proposals in light of the feedback received. The Government will continue to engage closely with stakeholders, and with the FCA as they consider next steps.</p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 24/05/2024 08:59:59 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1719882

registered interest
date	21/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Defence: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether their commitment to spend 2.5 per cent of gross domestic product on defence by 2030 has been incorporated into the Treasury’s baseline budgets.
tabling member printed	Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent
uin	HL4805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>The Prime Minister recently set out our pledge: to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2030. That increase starts immediately, rising each year, and will see defence spending rise to £87 billion a year by 2030/31. This is the biggest strengthening of our defence since the Cold War.</p><p>The commitment will be fully funded, with no increases in borrowing or debt.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 24/05/2024 11:45:12 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

1719921

registered interest
date	21/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how much each Government department has under-spent against their (1) capital, and (2) current expenditure, budgets.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL4843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>Resource and Capital Departmental Expenditure Limits (DEL) are published in Supplementary Estimates towards the end of each financial year. Treasury then publishes final outturn figures for Resource and Capital DEL usually in July.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 24/05/2024 11:48:13 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1719190

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Mortgages: Interest Rates
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, in the light of the fluctuations in mortgage rates, what steps they are taking to ensure guidance and support is available to help homebuyers when deciding their mortgage options.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL4797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>Those looking to take out a mortgage or remortgage are encouraged to shop around and speak to a broker to find the best possible product for them. Homeowners and prospective homeowners may also find it helpful to contact MoneyHelper, which has been set up by the Government to support consumers with comprehensive guidance for every stage of their financial lives.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 24/05/2024 11:45:59 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1719233

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Opposition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many hours have been spent by his Department's staff on costing the policies of HM Opposition since 1 January 2024.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	27121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The Treasury does not record information relating to the allocation of staff time to specific tasks such as opposition costings. However, all work undertaken by HM Treasury staff (or officials from other departments) on opposition costings was completed in line with the guidance on ‘Costing the policies of Opposition parties’ set out in the Directory of Civil Service Guidance. Final versions of the costing documents produced by Civil Servants have also been published online at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/opposition-policy-costings-2024.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 23/05/2024 16:53:36 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill