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1719340

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	Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on utilising the reserves in resource funding for 2024-25.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	27104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>The Reserve is used for genuinely unforeseen, unaffordable and unavoidable pressures, or certain special cases of expenditure that would otherwise be difficult to manage. Chapter 2 of <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/consolidated-budgeting-guidance-2024-to-2025" target="_blank">Consolidated Budgeting Guidance</a> sets out further information on the criteria for Reserve funding.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott grouped question UIN 27105 question first answered 24/05/2024 10:02:48 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1719341

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	Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on utilising the reserves in capital funding for 2024-25.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	27105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>The Reserve is used for genuinely unforeseen, unaffordable and unavoidable pressures, or certain special cases of expenditure that would otherwise be difficult to manage. Chapter 2 of <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/consolidated-budgeting-guidance-2024-to-2025" target="_blank">Consolidated Budgeting Guidance</a> sets out further information on the criteria for Reserve funding.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott grouped question UIN 27104 question first answered 24/05/2024 10:02:48 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1698960

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
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, with reference to his Department's contingent liability approval framework guidance, updated on 20 April 2023, how many applications for contingent liability approval his Department has (a) received and (b) approved have fallen in the reasonable worst case exposure category of (i) less than £10 million, (ii) £10 million to £50 million, (iii) £50 million to £100 million, (iv) £100 million to £500 million, (v) £500 million to £1 billion and (vi) more than £1 billion in each financial year from (A) 2017-18 to (B) 2023-24 to date.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	20568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>The contingent liability approval framework sets out government’s policy framework for new contingent liabilities and a delegation approach.</p><p> </p><p>The government is committed to transparency on its contingent liability portfolio. For that reason, at the 2023 Autumn Statement UKGI published a comprehensive assessment of government exposure to contingent liabilities, the “Annual Report on the UK Government’s Contingent Liabilities, November 2023”.</p><p> </p><p>Government also reports individual liabilities to parliament, as set out in Managing Public Money.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott grouped question UIN 20569 20570 question first answered 17/04/2024 16:55:02 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1698961

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
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, with reference to his Department's contingent liability approval framework guidance, updated on 20 April 2023, how many applications for contingent liability approval his Department has (a) received and (b) approved have fallen in the average cost per crystallisation category of (i) less than £10 million, (ii) £10 million to £50 million, (iii) £50 million to £100 million, (iv) £100 million to £500 million, (v) £500 million to £1 billion and (vi) more than £1 billion in each financial year from (a) 2017-18 to (B) 2023-24 to date.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	20569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>The contingent liability approval framework sets out government’s policy framework for new contingent liabilities and a delegation approach.</p><p> </p><p>The government is committed to transparency on its contingent liability portfolio. For that reason, at the 2023 Autumn Statement UKGI published a comprehensive assessment of government exposure to contingent liabilities, the “Annual Report on the UK Government’s Contingent Liabilities, November 2023”.</p><p> </p><p>Government also reports individual liabilities to parliament, as set out in Managing Public Money.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott grouped question UIN 20568 20570 question first answered 17/04/2024 16:55:02 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1698962

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
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, with reference to his Department's contingent liability approval framework guidance, updated on 20 April 2023, what the total lifetime expected net cost was of all the applications for contingent liability approved by his Department in each financial year from (a) 2017-18 to (b) 2023-24 to date.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	20570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>The contingent liability approval framework sets out government’s policy framework for new contingent liabilities and a delegation approach.</p><p> </p><p>The government is committed to transparency on its contingent liability portfolio. For that reason, at the 2023 Autumn Statement UKGI published a comprehensive assessment of government exposure to contingent liabilities, the “Annual Report on the UK Government’s Contingent Liabilities, November 2023”.</p><p> </p><p>Government also reports individual liabilities to parliament, as set out in Managing Public Money.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott grouped question UIN 20568 20569 question first answered 17/04/2024 16:55:02 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1698979

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
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, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the use of different economic forecasts by (a) the Bank of England and (b) the OBR on (i) monetary and (ii) fiscal decisions.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	20676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>Monetary policy is the responsibility of the independent Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of England, so the government rightly does not comment on the conduct of monetary policy. The MPC publishes its forecasts on a quarterly basis to inform its monetary policy decisions.</p><p>The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) is the UK government’s independent official forecaster and publishes economic and fiscal forecasts at least twice per year alongside fiscal events. The OBR provides independence, transparency and credibility via its assessment of the economic and fiscal position and as the official forecaster it is right that it is the basis for government fiscal policy decisions.</p><p>The MPC and the OBR have different responsibilities, so it is right that they produce their own forecasts. The MPC’s forecasts reflect policy announced by the government and fiscal assumptions from the OBR and HM Treasury.</p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 17/04/2024 09:08:05 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1699057

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
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, with reference to the Spring Budget 2024, whether he has made an estimate of the potential return on investment of (a) violence reduction units, (b) hot spot policing, (c) increasing the capacity of children's homes and (d) the building of 15 new special free schools.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	20664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>These measures are part of the Public Sector Productivity Review, which will deliver up to £1.8 billion worth of benefits by 2029.</p><p> </p><p>We have committed £75 million to expand the Violence Reduction Unit model across England and Wales, supporting a prevention-first approach to serious violence. Violence Reduction Units enable local public services such as health boards, schools and police leaders to coordinate their joint strategy to tackle serious violence among young people, preventing violent crime and reducing burdens on healthcare, schools and criminal justice.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Anti-Social Behaviour Action Plan, we committed £66.3 million to scale up hotspot enforcement. From April 2024, hotspot response will be rolled out across every police force area in England and Wales, which will see thousands of additional high visibility patrols in the places most affected by Serious Violence and Anti-Social Behaviour.</p><p> </p><p>An independent evaluation found that in 2022/23, VRUs and hotspot policing prevented 3,220 hospital admissions from violent injury – a statistically significant drop. Please find a link to the evaluation here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/violence-reduction-units-year-ending-march-2023-evaluation-report/violence-reduction-units-2022-to-2023#:~:text=In%202022%2C%20a%20further%202,data%20sharing%20and%20analysis" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/violence-reduction-units-year-ending-march-2023-evaluation-report/violence-reduction-units-2022-to-2023#:~:text=In%202022%2C%20a%20further%202,data%20sharing%20and%20analysis</a>.</p><p> </p><p>On increasing the capacity of children’s homes, the Government announced £165 million of funding over the next 4 years to reduce the reliance of local authorities on costly emergency provision.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, the building of 15 new special free schools through £105 million of investment over the next 4 years will deliver over 2,000 additional special places for children with special education needs and disabilities.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 17/04/2024 13:04:14 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1696127

registered interest
date	14/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the additional funding provided to the police in the Spring Budget 2024, HC 560, published on 6 March 2024, will have a consequential impact on the police allocation formula.
tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Alistair Strathern
uin	18826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government has announced an additional £234m will be invested in police productivity over the next four years.</p><p>This funding will be used to pilot or roll out cutting-edge technology such as live facial recognition, automation and the use of drones as first responders. It will also set up a Centre for Police Productivity to support police forces’ use of data and deliver this technology, maximising productivity and the use of AI.</p><p>Funding will be distributed to specific programmes and we are working with policing partners to allocate this funding. This funding will help all forces to free-up police officer time and improve performance.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 18/03/2024 17:21:59 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	5000 label Biography information for Alistair Strathern

1671323

registered interest
date	20/11/2023
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 cost to the public purse was for (a) the civil service and (b) public administration in the financial years (i) 2019-20, (ii) 2022-23 and (iii) 2023-24 as of 20 November 2023.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	John Redwood
uin	2440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <p>To answer part (a) of the question: The total salary bill for the civil service can be approximately calculated using data from Cabinet Office owned national statistics, Civil Service Statistics. A link to the latest Civil Service Statistics is available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-service-statistics-2023/statistical-bulletin-civil-service-statistics-2023" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-service-statistics-2023/statistical-bulletin-civil-service-statistics-2023</a></p><p> </p><p>Part (b) asks about public administration from budgetary tables published in HM Treasury’s Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses (PESA) it is possible to obtain administrative spending by government departmental group. Please refer to Table 1.7 within the link to PESA 2023 below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/public-expenditure-statistical-analyses-2023" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/public-expenditure-statistical-analyses-2023</a></p><p> </p><p>In-year expenditure data for 2023-24, from which it is possible to obtain administration budgets, are available from HM Treasury’s OSCAR Transparency release. A link is provided below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/oscar-ii-publishing-data-from-the-database-september-2023" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/oscar-ii-publishing-data-from-the-database-september-2023</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 28/11/2023 16:15:03 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

1656001

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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 review the Barnett Formula.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	196058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>Whilst the effective operation of the funding arrangements for the devolved administrations is monitored on an ongoing basis, the UK Government currently has no plans to undertake a formal review of the Barnett formula.</p><p>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>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.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 11/09/2023 09:30:12 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight