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1092207

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coinage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the commemorative 50 pence coin to mark the UK's departure from the EU with the date of 29 March 2019 has been minted.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	234738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>Currently, no commemorative coins to mark the UK’s departure from the<del class="ministerial"> UK</del> <ins class="ministerial">EU </ins>have been minted. However, as is standard procedure at The Royal Mint, a small number of trial coins have been produced. The production of trial coins does not incur any cost to the taxpayer. <ins class="ministerial">The commemorative 50 pence coin to mark the UK leaving the European Union will be made available following our departure.</ins></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 25/03/2019 08:34:45 question first ministerially corrected 27/03/2019 11:27:10 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 109608 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

1092196

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Further Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on raising the base rate of education funding for 16-18 year olds.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	234814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers regularly receive representations on all aspects of public spending from a range of individuals and organisations, including Further Education funding. For instance, I recently met with colleagues from both sides of the House to discuss the issue further.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 25/03/2019 12:47:11 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

1092288

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Hospitals: Capital Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of adequacy of capital allocations to new hospital projects.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	234761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>Government has committed £3.9bn of new capital investment by 2022/23 to transform and modernise NHS buildings.</p><p>Of this, £2.6bn of capital funding has been allocated to 153 STP transformation schemes – the single biggest injection of its kind in the NHS in over a decade. Over £240m of this will help the NHS to meet local demand in the East of England, through new emergency departments and additional bed capacity.</p><p>In the last two years, the government has agreed to fund four large hospital schemes and has committed to invest in at least one large hospital per year. This includes funding for a £118m project to provide a new Children’s Hospital in Cambridge, in the East of England.</p><p>As part of the NHS Long-Term Plan, the government has also committed to consider proposals from the NHS for a multi-year capital plan to support transformation. These discussions will form part of the 2019 Spending Review.</p><p>The government is increasing NHS spending by £33.9bn in cash terms by 2023/24 – reflecting that the NHS is this government’s top spending priority.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 234762 234763 question first answered 25/03/2019 13:59:13 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1092289

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Hospitals: East of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health on new hospital projects in the East of England.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	234762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>Government has committed £3.9bn of new capital investment by 2022/23 to transform and modernise NHS buildings.</p><p>Of this, £2.6bn of capital funding has been allocated to 153 STP transformation schemes – the single biggest injection of its kind in the NHS in over a decade. Over £240m of this will help the NHS to meet local demand in the East of England, through new emergency departments and additional bed capacity.</p><p>In the last two years, the government has agreed to fund four large hospital schemes and has committed to invest in at least one large hospital per year. This includes funding for a £118m project to provide a new Children’s Hospital in Cambridge, in the East of England.</p><p>As part of the NHS Long-Term Plan, the government has also committed to consider proposals from the NHS for a multi-year capital plan to support transformation. These discussions will form part of the 2019 Spending Review.</p><p>The government is increasing NHS spending by £33.9bn in cash terms by 2023/24 – reflecting that the NHS is this government’s top spending priority.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 234761 234763 question first answered 25/03/2019 13:59:13 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1092290

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Females: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of austerity on BAME women.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	234865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>The Treasury, along with other relevant departments, carefully considers the impact of its decisions on those sharing protected characteristics - including at Budgets and other fiscal events - in line with both its legal obligations and with its strong commitment to promoting fairness.</p><p>The Prime Minister announced the Race Disparity Audit in August 2016 to uncover uncomfortable truths by publishing Government data about ethnic disparities onto one website. Government is delivering on its commitment to address ethnic disparities in all areas of society. Policies announced by the Prime Minister include tackling ethnic disparities in employment, school exclusions, higher education and mental health.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 27/03/2019 10:12:07 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1092291

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Hospitals: Capital Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of capital funding allocations for new hospital projects costing more than £100 million.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	234763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>Government has committed £3.9bn of new capital investment by 2022/23 to transform and modernise NHS buildings.</p><p>Of this, £2.6bn of capital funding has been allocated to 153 STP transformation schemes – the single biggest injection of its kind in the NHS in over a decade. Over £240m of this will help the NHS to meet local demand in the East of England, through new emergency departments and additional bed capacity.</p><p>In the last two years, the government has agreed to fund four large hospital schemes and has committed to invest in at least one large hospital per year. This includes funding for a £118m project to provide a new Children’s Hospital in Cambridge, in the East of England.</p><p>As part of the NHS Long-Term Plan, the government has also committed to consider proposals from the NHS for a multi-year capital plan to support transformation. These discussions will form part of the 2019 Spending Review.</p><p>The government is increasing NHS spending by £33.9bn in cash terms by 2023/24 – reflecting that the NHS is this government’s top spending priority.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 234761 234762 question first answered 25/03/2019 13:59:13 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1092180

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Overseas Loans: Mozambique
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 progress of investigations by UK authorities into alleged financial crimes related to $2 billion in loans arranged by London branches of Credit Suisse and VTB to Proindicus, Ematum Mozambique Asset Management in Mozambique.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	234659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The relevant UK authorities have considered the allegations against UK-based banks and have offered assistance to Mozambique in relation to their investigations. The Treasury is not in a position to comment on any criminal investigations by law enforcement authorities.</p><p> </p><p>Separate to any criminal investigation, the Financial Conduct Authority is currently progressing a regulatory investigation into Credit Suisse’s systems and controls concerning and relating to the loans it provided to the Mozambique government.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 28/03/2019 11:16:48 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

1092235

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Access to Cash Review
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 merits of a regulator with sole responsibility for cash infrastructure to ensure continued access to physical money.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd South
tabling member printed	Susan Elan Jones
uin	234745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The UK has well-established world-class regulators overseeing financial services.</p><p> </p><p>The Government established the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) with a statutory duty to ensure that payment systems work well for those who use them. As part of this, the PSR regulates LINK, the scheme which runs the UK’s ATM network, and is closely monitoring developments within ATM provision.</p><p> </p><p>LINK has committed to maintain the broad geographical coverage of the ATM network in the UK. The PSR has used its powers to hold LINK to account over its commitments and to ensure LINK reports to it on a regular basis.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 26/03/2019 13:12:37 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	3956 label Biography information for Susan Elan Jones

1092243

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Access to Cash Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to (a) minimise the effect of IT outages on consumers’ ability to pay for goods and services and (b) ensure that digital payment systems are more reliable.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	234748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>We take the operational resilience of the finance sector and any detrimental impacts on consumers very seriously. HM Treasury works closely with the Bank of England, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) (collectively the ‘Financial Authorities’) to assess, test and improve the operational resilience of the sector and to respond to any major disruption, including to payment systems.</p><p> </p><p>In July 2018, the PRA and the FCA published a joint Discussion Paper on an approach to improve the operational resilience of firms and financial market infrastructures, including to payment systems. The Authorities will use responses to this to inform supervisory activity and future policy-making to support firms’ and FMIs’ operational resilience[i].</p><p> </p><p>The Financial Authorities also have a single mechanism, the Authorities’ Response Framework, to coordinate a response to incidents affecting the finance sector. The Financial Authorities regularly exercise incident response frameworks with the sector to assess their effectiveness and identify improvements. The Bank of England held a sector resilience exercise (SIMEX18) in November 2018 which tested the joint response by public authorities and industry to a simulated disruption.</p><p> </p><p>1 <a href="https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/-/media/boe/files/prudential-regulation/discussion-paper/2018/dp118.pdf?la=en&amp;hash=4238F3B14D839EBE6BEFBD6B5E5634FB95197D8A" target="_blank">https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/-/media/boe/files/prudential-regulation/discussion-paper/2018/dp118.pdf?la=en&amp;hash=4238F3B14D839EBE6BEFBD6B5E5634FB95197D8A</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 26/03/2019 13:41:49 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

1092244

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Access to Cash Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department plans to publish the findings from its call for evidence on cash and digital payments; and what steps he is taking to progress that work.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	234749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>Following a programme of currency modernisation we initiated a discussion on payment methods last year, through our Call for Evidence on Cash and Digital Payments in the New Economy. This was launched at Spring Statement 2018. This sought to gather evidence on how changing preferences for cash and digital payments impact on different sectors, regions and demographics. Furthermore, it demonstrated the Government’s intent to explore how cash can remain accessible.</p><p> </p><p>The Government intends to publish a response to this Call for Evidence in due course.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 234750 question first answered 26/03/2019 13:17:15 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds