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1583473

registered interest
date	02/02/2023
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 what steps they are taking to assess the (1) effectiveness, and (2) appropriateness, of funding through the Barnett formula for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL5382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2023 answer text <p>Whilst we recognise the Barnett formula is not perfect, all allocation systems have strengths and weaknesses. The Barnett formula is simple, efficient and provides a clear and certain outcome. For this reason, it has stood the test of time.</p><p> </p><p>The Barnett formula ensures the same change in funding per person across the whole of the UK, while the underlying baseline funding reflects that needs are higher in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The devolved administrations are receiving over 20% more funding per person than equivalent UK Government spending in other parts of the UK.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn grouped question UIN HL5383 question first answered 15/02/2023 13:03:17 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1583474

registered interest
date	02/02/2023
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 what plans they have, if any, to review the operation of the Barnett formula.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL5383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2023 answer text <p>Whilst we recognise the Barnett formula is not perfect, all allocation systems have strengths and weaknesses. The Barnett formula is simple, efficient and provides a clear and certain outcome. For this reason, it has stood the test of time.</p><p> </p><p>The Barnett formula ensures the same change in funding per person across the whole of the UK, while the underlying baseline funding reflects that needs are higher in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The devolved administrations are receiving over 20% more funding per person than equivalent UK Government spending in other parts of the UK.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn grouped question UIN HL5382 question first answered 15/02/2023 13:03:17 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1563681

registered interest
date	20/12/2022
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, with reference to table E.2 in the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021, HC 822, published on 27 October 2021, how much is budgeted in the reserve for the (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25 financial years.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South East
tabling member printed	Pat McFadden
uin	114622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>At Autumn Statement the latest Resource and Capital figures were published for the reserves in financial years (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25. These can be found in Table 2.1 and 2.2 of the Autumn Statement 2022 document and are as follows:</p><p> </p><p>Resource budgets (excluding depreciation) - £10.7 billion (2022-23), £13.9 billion (2023-24) and £12.9 billion (2024-25).</p><p> </p><p>Capital budgets - £4.1 billion (2022-23), £3.3 billion (2023-24) and £3.2 billion (2024-25).</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 09/01/2023 14:01:59 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1587 label Biography information for Pat McFadden

1551419

registered interest
date	13/12/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Expenditure
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions the Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office (Minister for Constitution) has had with other ministers regarding the post-Brexit funding arrangements.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL4270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2023 answer text <p>Ministers and officials regularly meet other Ministerial and departmental colleagues to discuss a range of issues, including those relating to the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union.</p><p>Taking into account the financial settlement with the EU, an additional £14.6 billion of spending by 2024-25 has been allocated to the United Kingdom’s domestic priorities, rather than being sent in contributions to the EU. This spending was incorporated into the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/autumn-budget-and-spending-review-2021-documents" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/autumn-budget-and-spending-review-2021-documents</a>.</p><p><strong><p><p></strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 10/01/2023 14:13:54 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name Budget_AB2021_Print.pdf title Hard copy of hyperlinked document
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1543842

registered interest
date	21/11/2022
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, further to the answer of Lord Bates on 5 February 2018 (HL4939), whether they will publish an updated table including (1) pensions, (2) health, and (3) total managed expenditure, for 2021–22.
tabling member printed	Lord Macpherson of Earl's Court
uin	HL3608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2022 answer text <p>The requested information is in the table:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1978-79</p></td><td><p>1996-97</p></td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2021-22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(1) National insurance-funded pensions (£billion)<sup> (1)</sup></p></td><td><p>7.6</p></td><td><p>32.0</p></td><td><p>66.8</p></td><td><p>89.3</p></td><td><p>91.5</p></td><td><p>104.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>as a percentage of Total Managed Expenditure</p></td><td><p>9.48%</p></td><td><p>9.78%</p></td><td><p>9.26%</p></td><td><p>11.23%</p></td><td><p>11.24%</p></td><td><p>9.86%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(2) UK Health Expenditure (£billion)<sup> (2)</sup></p></td><td><p>7.8</p></td><td><p>42.8</p></td><td><p>116.9</p></td><td><p>138.5</p></td><td><p>142.6</p></td><td><p>216.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>as a percentage of Total Managed Expenditure</p></td><td><p>9.79%</p></td><td><p>13.08%</p></td><td><p>16.19%</p></td><td><p>17.42%</p></td><td><p>17.52%</p></td><td><p>20.45%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Managed Expenditure (£billion)<sup> (3)</sup></p></td><td><p>79.7</p></td><td><p>327.3</p></td><td><p>721.9</p></td><td><p>794.9</p></td><td><p>813.8</p></td><td><p>1,060.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Data Sources:</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>(1) Figures up to 2016-17 taken from benefit expenditure and caseload tables published by the Department of Work and Pensions. The figure for 2021-22 taken from the DWP Annual Report and Accounts. Figures for National insurance-funded pensions have been provided in line with the request in the initial PQ referred to.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>(2) Data from 2009-10 onwards taken from table 4.2 of the Public Expenditure Statistical Analysis (PESA) 2022. Data for 1996-97 are as at PESA 2020. 1978-79 data taken from HoC Briefing Paper on NHS Funding and expenditure.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>(3) Data published by the Office for National Statistics consistent with PESA 2022.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 30/11/2022 12:00:01 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	4586 label Biography information for Lord Macpherson of Earl's Court

1538085

registered interest
date	01/11/2022
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, if he will publish an equalities impact of the Autumn Spending Review along with the other official documents published on the day of the review.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	75855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>In developing proposals at fiscal events, including previous and forthcoming events, such as the Autumn Budget planned for 17 November, the Treasury takes care to ensure compliance with legal requirements under the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) in the Equality Act 2010 to consider the impact of its decisions on those sharing protected characteristics.</p><p> </p><p>This is in line with both our legal obligations to pay “due regard” to equality impacts and with our strong commitment to promoting fairness.</p><p> </p><p>In the interests of transparency and going beyond legal requirements, HMRC publishes a summary of equality impacts for tax measures within the Tax Information and Impact Notes (TIINs) alongside the associated legislation.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 07/11/2022 16:43:06 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1538216

registered interest
date	01/11/2022
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, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a loss and damage fund as part of his Autumn Statement.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	75907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government is working with vulnerable countries to improve their resilience and response to climate shocks and is already funding activities that avert, minimise and address losses and damages incurred from climate shocks, including: adaptation, disaster risk reduction and improving responses following climate shocks and disasters.</p><p> </p><p>In response to discussions with vulnerable countries, the Prime Minister announced at COP27 that the UK was tripling its adaptation spend to £1.5bn by 2025 to help communities be better prepared and reduce the impacts of climate change.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to helping developing countries deliver on their own green growth pathways. The UK, as the world leading sustainable finance centre, is helping developing countries raise finance for their green growth, including COP27 host Egypt’s $750mn first sovereign green bond issuance on the London Stock Exchange in 2020. We have also continued to build on the commitments we made at COP26 in Glasgow to support countries’ green growth, through Just Energy Transition Partnerships. The UK is delivering a $1.8bn guarantee for South Africa, as the largest sovereign donor in the total $8.5bn package, which will support coal plant decommissioning, ensuring affected communities are not left behind, and investing in renewables.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is a strong supporter of Disaster Risk Finance (DRF) helping people better manage the impacts of disasters. The UK committed £120m at Carbis Bay and have invested over £200m in DRF since 2014. Pre-arranged finance such as contingent credit or insurance enable quicker responses that can pre-empt damage. Early action is more cost-efficient and enables communities to recover more quickly.</p><p> </p><p>The UK government has also led in measures to help improve the financial resilience of vulnerable countries such as low-income countries and small island developing states in the face of severe climate shocks. At COP27, UK Export Finance announced they would become the first export credit agency in the world to offer climate resilient debt clauses (CRDCs) in its direct sovereign lending. CRDCs will allow countries to defer debt payments in the event of a severe climate shock or natural disaster and enable them to focus on responding and recovering from a crisis. The UK is working the multilateral development banks and the private sector to embed CRDCs into standard loan and bond contracts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 10/11/2022 14:06:24 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1524366

registered interest
date	19/10/2022
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, whether he could place a copy of expected annual spend on the following projects (a) GSS HMRC Led Cluster Programme, (b) Single Customer Account, (c) Debt Transformation, (d) Data Protection Remediation Programme, (e) Making Tax Digital, (f) Trader Support Service, (g) Infrastructure Programme, (h) Debt Respite Programme, (i) Single Trade Window Programme, (j) Payments, (k) Building Our Future Locations Programme, (l) Enterprise Security Programme ESP, (m) Borders & Trade Programme, (n) Protect Connect, (o) Critical Platform Transformation CPT, (p) Unique Customer Record, (q) Contact Engagement Programme, (r) Technology Sourcing Programme, and (s) Securing our Technical Future in each of the financial years from the current year until the end year of each project, and divided into resource and capital spending, in the House of Commons Library.
tabling member constituency	Ealing North
tabling member printed	James Murray
uin	67231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>It is not possible to provide reliable data for expected future spend on an annual basis as all future spend remains subject to HMRC internal business planning rounds, which are currently in progress. Costs for some programmes beyond this year at least may change as a result.</p><p> </p><p>Data is available on each of the projects listed, which are part of the Government Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP). This is published at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-government-major-projects-portfolio-data-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-government-major-projects-portfolio-data-2022</a>.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Richard Fuller question first answered 24/10/2022 16:26:04 answering member 3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller
tabling member	4797 label Biography information for James Murray

1521688

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
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, if he will undertake a zero-based review of all Departmental spending.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	62794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>Last year’s Spending Review (‘SR21’) set departmental budgets for three years from 2022/23 to 2024/25: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1043688/Budget_AB2021_Print.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1043688/Budget_AB2021_Print.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>As the Chancellor has set out, difficult decisions will be needed on taxation and spending in order to deliver debt falling as a share of the economy over the medium term. This will include finding efficiencies and savings from within plans set at the last Spending Review. The Government will not be undertaking another Spending Review or zero-based review at this time.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor will provide more detail on the Government’s planned approach to public spending at the Medium-Term Fiscal Plan on 31 October.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 20/10/2022 16:29:05 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1507314

registered interest
date	21/09/2022
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, what the underspend in each financial year in the total budget of Departments was as a percentage of the total Government budget; and what the equivalent figures are for the Scottish DEL for each year for which figures are available since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Dundee East
tabling member printed	Stewart Hosie
uin	53312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2022 answer text <p>Analysis of DEL underspends since 2010 are provided below for total central government (departments and devolved administrations) and for the Scottish government only. Note that these underspends represent the funding that departments return to the Exchequer after accounting for carry forward under Budget Exchange rules (as departmental Budget Exchange carry forward is processed at Supplementary Estimates based on forecasts), whereas the figures for the Scottish Government are before carry forward as this is processed for the devolved administrations using outturn information. The figures are not therefore directly comparable.</p><p> </p><p>Data for this analysis are taken from recent editions of the Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses (PESA) command paper using tables in chapter three.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>*RDEL</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>CDEL</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total Government Underspend as % final provision</p></td><td><p>Scottish Government underspend as % final provision</p></td><td><p>Total Government Underspend as % final provision</p></td><td><p>Scottish Government underspend as % final provision</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>-1.1%</p></td><td><p>-0.4%</p></td><td><p>-2.4%</p></td><td><p>-0.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>-1.7%</p></td><td><p>-0.5%</p></td><td><p>-3.8%</p></td><td><p>-1.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>-1.6%</p></td><td><p>-0.6%</p></td><td><p>-4.4%</p></td><td><p>-1.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>-0.7%</p></td><td><p>-0.6%</p></td><td><p>-2.5%</p></td><td><p>-1.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>-0.6%</p></td><td><p>-0.6%</p></td><td><p>-5.5%</p></td><td><p>-10.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>-0.3%</p></td><td><p>-0.3%</p></td><td><p>-3.2%</p></td><td><p>-2.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>-0.8%</p></td><td><p>-0.5%</p></td><td><p>-3.8%</p></td><td><p>-2.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>-0.8%</p></td><td><p>-2.1%</p></td><td><p>-4.6%</p></td><td><p>-0.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>-0.9%</p></td><td><p>-2.1%</p></td><td><p>-4.3%</p></td><td><p>-3.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td><td><p>-1.3%</p></td><td><p>-3.2%</p></td><td><p>-2.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>-5.1%</p></td><td><p>-0.9%</p></td><td><p>-6.4%</p></td><td><p>-4.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>-2.9%</p></td><td><p>-1.9%</p></td><td><p>-5.6%</p></td><td><p>-7.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>*For 2010-11 and 2011-12 figures presented are RDEL. From 2012-13 onwards</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>presented as RDEL excluding depreciation.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 29/09/2022 13:36:00 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1514 label Biography information for Stewart Hosie