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1719737

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	UK Trade with EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the total annual cost to UK businesses of completing customs declarations on trade across the EU-GB border, in each year since the UK left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	27404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>HMRC is working on an estimate, using insight from research with businesses to better understand the processes involved for traders and the administrative costs of complying with customs declarations after EU Exit.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 23/05/2024 16:04:09 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1719883

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	Government Departments: Research
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is the break-down of the planned cuts to be made to each government department's research and development budget to help fund the commitment to spend 2.5 per cent of gross domestic product on defence by 2030.
tabling member printed	Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent
uin	HL4806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>We have committed to increase government R&amp;D spending by £2 billion, from £20 billion in 2024-25 to £22 billion in the next Parliament.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 23/05/2024 15:48:10 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

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

1719234

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 staff in his Department have been involved with costing the policies of HM Opposition.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	27122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The Treasury does not routinely record information relating to the allocation of individual members of staff to specific tasks such as opposition costings. However, all work undertaken by HM Treasury officials (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 <em>Directory of Civil Service Guidanc</em>e. Final versions of the costing documents produced by Civil Servants have been published online at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/opposition-policy-costings-2024" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/opposition-policy-costings-2024</a>.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 23/05/2024 16:52:08 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1719275

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	Northern Rock plc: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of a compensation scheme for Northern Rock shareholders.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	27037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>HM Treasury considers the issue of compensation for former Northern Rock shareholders to be settled. Both the Upper Tribunal in 2011 and the Court of Appeal in 2013 upheld the independent valuation of Northern Rock shares at nil value immediately prior to public ownership, and that no compensation was therefore due. HM Treasury does not intend to revisit this issue.</p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami grouped question UIN 27099 27100 question first answered 23/05/2024 15:51:54 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1719293

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	UK Infrastructure Bank: Constellia Public
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Minister without Portfolio's article of 12 May 2024 in The Sunday Telegraph, when the UK Infrastructure Bank is expected to cancel its contract with Constellia Public Ltd, procurement reference CO313; and whether a notice period will be required under the provisions of that contract.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	26991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The UK Infrastructure Bank is an operationally independent arms-length body. Civil Service EDI expenditure guidance does not extend to organisations outside the Civil Service or ALBs not employing Civil Servants.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 23/05/2024 16:44:59 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1719320

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: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse was of staff diversity networks in his Department in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	26943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government has audited the cost-effectiveness of all equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) activities, through the review of EDI spending announced last June.</p><p>On 14th May the Minister without Portfolio made a <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-statements%2Fdetail%2F2024-05-14%2Fhcws464&amp;data=05%7C02%7CNaten.Chatrath%40hmtreasury.gov.uk%7C3c7905517af34ed0a03008dc79ad62f3%7Ced1644c505e049e6bc39fcf7ac51c18c%7C0%7C0%7C638519032810003512%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=4y8il9Pc9ZU%2BygbgzYLk04ehua9t5cKMVW73rQLqBqE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">written statement</a> on the latest findings from the review. In response to these findings, the Cabinet Office is publishing the Civil Service EDI Expenditure Guidance. This includes an end to all external spending on EDI activity, unless cleared and authorised by Ministers.</p><p> </p><p>Further guidance on diversity staff networks is being developed, and we will seek to publish additional data on historic spending to assist transparency in this area.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 23/05/2024 16:55:25 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1719338

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	Defence: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will use the £9.2 billion of reserves in resource funding to increase defence funding for 2024-25.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	27102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 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.</p><p> </p><p>This is the biggest strengthening of our defence since the Cold War, ensuring we remain by far the largest defence power in Europe. It will protect our homeland security, cements our UK leadership in NATO and create jobs in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott grouped question UIN 27103 question first answered 23/05/2024 15:42:23 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1719339

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	Defence: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will use the £1.8 billion of reserves in capital funding to increase defence funding for 2024-25.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	27103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 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.</p><p> </p><p>This is the biggest strengthening of our defence since the Cold War, ensuring we remain by far the largest defence power in Europe. It will protect our homeland security, cements our UK leadership in NATO and create jobs in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott grouped question UIN 27102 question first answered 23/05/2024 15:42:23 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1719346

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	Northern Rock plc: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of delivering compensation to former Northern Rock PLC shareholders.
tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
tabling member printed	Patricia Gibson
uin	27099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>HM Treasury considers the issue of compensation for former Northern Rock shareholders to be settled. Both the Upper Tribunal in 2011 and the Court of Appeal in 2013 upheld the independent valuation of Northern Rock shares at nil value immediately prior to public ownership, and that no compensation was therefore due. HM Treasury does not intend to revisit this issue.</p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami grouped question UIN 27037 27100 question first answered 23/05/2024 15:51:54 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
tabling member	4435 label Biography information for Patricia Gibson