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date	08/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the savings that will accrue to the public purse from capping public sector pay increases at 1 per cent in each of (a) 2016-17, (b) 2017-18, (c) 2018-19, (d) 2019-20 and (e) 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	9624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>At Summer Budget the government reiterated the need to continue to take tough decisions on public sector pay, in order to improve the public finances while protecting the quality of public services and jobs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Therefore the government announced that it will fund public sector workforces for an average pay award of 1% for 4 years from 2016-17 onwards. This will save approximately £5 billion by 2019-20.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 16/09/2015 10:22:36 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

417556

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Severn River Crossing: Tolls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department expects to be raised in VAT on Severn Bridge tolls in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017 and (d) 2018.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	9658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does not produce forecasts for future VAT payable on the Severn Bridge Tolls. Even if HMRC was to do so, the information would be based upon previous VAT receipts and so the statutory duty of taxpayer confidentiality would prevent it from being disclosed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 16/09/2015 14:45:45 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

417558

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assumptions his Department made about the likely percentage growth of public sector pay in (a) 2016-17, (b) 2017-18, (c) 2018-19, (d) 2019-20 and (e) 2020-21 before announcing the policy of a one per cent cap on public sector pay increases in the Summer Budget 2015.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	9659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The Treasury considered OBR’s forecasts of inflation and public sector workforce size before announcing the policy of a one per cent cap on public sector pay increases in the Summer Budget 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The latest OBR forecasts are published alongside the Summer Budget 2015, and are available here: <a href="http://budgetresponsibility.org.uk/economic-fiscal-outlook-july-2015/" target="_blank">http://budgetresponsibility.org.uk/economic-fiscal-outlook-july-2015/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 14/09/2015 15:09:24 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

417559

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Inheritance Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the effect on revenue accruing to the Exchequer of restricting the additional nil-rate inheritance band (a) to residences only, (b) to direct descendants only and (c) by tapered withdrawal between £2,000,000 and £2,350,000.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	9660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>The information requested can be found in table 2.1 of the Summer Budget and is available here:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/443232/50325_Summer_Budget_15_Web_Accessible.pdf</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 16/09/2015 14:46:52 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

417560

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Severn River Crossing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of debt that will remain outstanding after the current concession for operating the Severn Bridge expires; and between which bodies that debt will be distributed.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	9661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>The current estimate of the Department for Transport is that the level of the outstanding debt following the end of the Severn River Crossings concession will be £88 million. This money is due to be repaid to the consolidated fund.</p><p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p><strong></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong></strong></p><p /><p><strong></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 15/09/2015 14:16:51 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell