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1725651

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to review the Equitable Life payment scheme.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	2966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2024 answer text <p>The Equitable Life Payment Scheme has been fully wound down and closed since 2016, and there are no plans to reopen any decisions relating to the Payment Scheme or review the £1.5 billion funding allocation previously made to it. Further guidance on the status of the Payment Scheme after closure is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/equitable-life-payment-scheme#closure-of-the-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/equitable-life-payment-scheme#closure-of-the-scheme</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hampstead and Highgate answering member printed Tulip Siddiq question first answered 04/09/2024 15:59:46 answering member 4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1725869

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 29 July 2024 to Question 1370 on Public Finances, if she will publish assumptions made by the Government's (a) special advisers and (b) Ministers used as the basis for financial estimates on the last Administration's policies and spending decisions, set out in the Command Paper entitled Fixing the foundations.
tabling member constituency	Sevenoaks
tabling member printed	Laura Trott
uin	3116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2024 answer text <p>On 29<sup>th</sup> July, the Chancellor set out the £21.9bn pressure on departmental budgets in the 2024-25 financial year. This was accompanied by the ‘Fixing the Foundations’ paper you refer to, which sets out the detail of the pressures on the public finances that the government inherited.</p> answering member constituency Bristol North West answering member printed Darren Jones question first answered 04/09/2024 15:56:25 answering member 4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones
tabling member	4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott

1725885

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pay: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 30 July 2024 to Question 1812 on Pay: Young People, if she will make it her policy to publish data on average take home pay for young people working full-time on the minimum wage in (a) cash terms and (b) adjusted for inflation.
tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	3172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2024 answer text The Low Pay Commission publishes an annual report on the National Living Wage, including estimates of take-home income for example, households.<p> </p><p>The latest report is available here: National Minimum Wage - Low Pay Commission Report 2023 (publishing.service.gov.uk)</p> answering member constituency Hampstead and Highgate answering member printed Tulip Siddiq question first answered 04/09/2024 15:57:58 answering member 4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1725886

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
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, pursuant to the Answer of 25 July 2024 to Question 1813 on Public Expenditure, what the overspend was in each Departmental budget at the end of (a) July and (b) August 2024.
tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	3173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2024 answer text <p>On 29<sup>th</sup> July, the Chancellor set out the £21.9bn pressure on departmental budgets in the 2024-25 financial year. This announcement was accompanied by the document ‘Fixing the Foundations’. The Chancellor is running a Spending Review and will publish a full breakdown of departmental settlements at Budget in October.</p> answering member constituency Bristol North West answering member printed Darren Jones question first answered 04/09/2024 15:54:16 answering member 4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1726884

registered interest
date	27/08/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Procurement: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she plans to take with Cabinet colleagues to recover public money spent on contracts for goods and services that were not provided during the pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Kensington and Bayswater
tabling member printed	Joe Powell
uin	900215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2024 answer text <p>We are appointing a fixed-term Covid Fraud Commissioner through an open competition that is running now. The Commissioner will make sure that everything is done to return the money owed to the public purse, with a primary focus on pandemic PPE contracts. The Commissioner will report to the Chancellor, working with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, and their report will be presented to Parliament for all Members to see.</p> answering member constituency Bristol North West answering member printed Darren Jones question first answered 03/09/2024 15:18:14 answering member 4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones
tabling member	5229

1726885

registered interest
date	27/08/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Development Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will hold discussions with Cabinet colleagues on increasing spending on international development to 0.7% of GDP in the next spending review.
tabling member constituency	Milton Keynes Central
tabling member printed	Emily Darlington
uin	900218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2024 answer text <p>This Government is committed to restoring ODA spending at the level of 0.7 percent of GNI as soon as fiscal circumstances allow. The Government is currently undertaking a Spending Review and will set out its approach to the House in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bristol North West answering member printed Darren Jones question first answered 03/09/2024 16:16:40 answering member 4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones
tabling member	5139

1726886

registered interest
date	27/08/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Wealth Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What progress she has made with Cabinet colleagues on establishing a National Wealth Fund.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Chris McDonald
uin	900220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2024 answer text <p>The government is working at pace to establish the national wealth fund which is critical to our growth and green energy missions.</p><p> </p><p>It will crowd in investment from the private sector into the industries of the future and create jobs across the country.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor will set out more detail at the international investment summit in October.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Emma Reynolds question first answered 03/09/2024 16:12:52 answering member 4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds
tabling member	5116

1726887

registered interest
date	27/08/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cost of Living
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps her Department is taking to support households with the cost of living.
tabling member constituency	Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Graham Leadbitter
uin	900222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2024 answer text <p>The government is working to improve living standards for everyone across the country, which is why growth is a key priority. This is why we have got to work straightaway implementing planning reform and establishing the National Wealth Fund and Great British Energy<strong>. </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The approach of this government will centre on fostering good work. This government will reform employment support to offer more people the dignity and purpose of meaningful employment.</p><p> </p><p>We have begun supporting households with the cost of living by launching a Ministerial Taskforce on child poverty and updating the Low Pay Commission's remit to reflect the cost of living when making recommendations on the National Living Wage.</p><p> </p><p>Any further steps will be set out in due course.</p> answering member constituency Ealing North answering member printed James Murray question first answered 03/09/2024 15:39:54 answering member 4797 label Biography information for James Murray
tabling member	5277

1726888

registered interest
date	27/08/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Unemployment: Chronic Illnesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of trends in the level of economic inactivity owing to ill-health.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Alison Bennett
uin	900223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2024 answer text <p>There are 9.4 million working age people who are economically inactive in the UK, an increase of 860,000 since the start of the pandemic. Inactivity due to ill health is a major reason for economic inactivity and stands at a near-record high of 2.8 million people. To tackle economic inactivity, we will publish a White Paper to Get Britain Working.</p> answering member constituency Hampstead and Highgate answering member printed Tulip Siddiq question first answered 03/09/2024 15:08:47 answering member 4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq
tabling member	5283

1726889

registered interest
date	27/08/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Beer: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to help support independent breweries through the alcohol duty system.
tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
tabling member printed	Tom Gordon
uin	900224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government recognises the important contribution of independent breweries to our economy and society.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside the current alcohol duty freeze until 1 February 2025, the duty system gives specific support to small producers and products sold on draught:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Small Producer Relief means that small brewers see reduced duty rates on all products below 8.5% alcohol by volume;</li><li>and Draught Relief reduces duty on qualifying draught beers and ciders by 9.2%.</li></ul> answering member constituency Ealing North answering member printed James Murray question first answered 03/09/2024 13:56:35 answering member 4797 label Biography information for James Murray
tabling member	5032