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1655956

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the number of British Citizens who were born overseas by country.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	196016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p> </p><p>A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 1 September is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 11/09/2023 14:17:09 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin attachment 1 file name PQ196016.pdf title UK Statistics Authority
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1655957

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	UK Debt Management Office
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 impact of the abolition of the Debt Management Office on the independent oversight of the UK debt market.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	196017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The UK Debt Management Office (DMO) is an Executive Agency of HM Treasury and therefore not independent.</p><p> </p><p>The DMO is the government’s actor in wholesale debt and cash markets, with the operational responsibility for implementing and delivering the government’s debt and cash management remits. More details on the main aims of the DMO are available in its Executive Agency Framework Document (available at: <a href="https://www.dmo.gov.uk/media/dtkpands/fwork040405.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.dmo.gov.uk/media/dtkpands/fwork040405.pdf</a>)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are no plans to abolish the DMO.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 11/09/2023 13:21:26 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1655958

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	Government Securities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Departments policy is on issuing more index-linked gilts in the next 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	196018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>Index-linked gilts are planned to account for around 11% of gilt sales in 2023-24. The government’s decisions on the amount of index-linked (and conventional) gilt issuance are taken as part of the annual financing remit, and in consultation with market participants. In practice, the share of total issuance will vary from year to year depending on factors including the size of the financing requirement, demand, and market conditions.</p><p> </p><p>Index-linked gilts remain a key part of the UK’s financing programme, as they have for over four decades. They have historically brought cost advantages for the government due to strong demand from, for example, the domestic pension fund industry, and they continue to do so based on current inflation expectations implied by the difference between nominal and real yields.</p><p> </p><p>At Budget 2018, the government announced that it would look to reduce the proportion of index-linked gilt issuance in a measured fashion over the medium term, to manage the inflation exposure in the debt portfolio. Since then, the proportion of index-linked gilts in the debt portfolio has fallen from 28.4% at the end of 2019 to 25.3% at the end of 2022. As set out in the 2022-23 Debt Management Report, the government is no longer looking to reduce index-linked gilt issuance as a share of total issuance on a year-on-year basis over the medium term. The 2023-24 financing remit is consistent with this.</p><p> </p><p>The proportion of index-linked gilts in the government’s wholesale debt portfolio remains consistently higher than across the G7 group of advanced economies and is around twice as large as the second highest G7 country. This is largely owing to the high level of structural demand in the UK, as a number of institutional investors hold index-linked gilts to hedge long-term inflation-linked liabilities.</p><p> </p><p>The government does not comment on specific financial market movements. Real yields have been low by historical standards over the last decade. It is normal for the yields of index-linked (and conventional) gilts to vary when there are wider movements in financial markets. The government is ultimately a price-taker, with the price of government debt determined by the market.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 196019 196020 196021 196022 question first answered 11/09/2023 13:01:43 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1655959

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	Government Securities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of issuing longer gilts on the number of index-linked gilts issued.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	196019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>Index-linked gilts are planned to account for around 11% of gilt sales in 2023-24. The government’s decisions on the amount of index-linked (and conventional) gilt issuance are taken as part of the annual financing remit, and in consultation with market participants. In practice, the share of total issuance will vary from year to year depending on factors including the size of the financing requirement, demand, and market conditions.</p><p> </p><p>Index-linked gilts remain a key part of the UK’s financing programme, as they have for over four decades. They have historically brought cost advantages for the government due to strong demand from, for example, the domestic pension fund industry, and they continue to do so based on current inflation expectations implied by the difference between nominal and real yields.</p><p> </p><p>At Budget 2018, the government announced that it would look to reduce the proportion of index-linked gilt issuance in a measured fashion over the medium term, to manage the inflation exposure in the debt portfolio. Since then, the proportion of index-linked gilts in the debt portfolio has fallen from 28.4% at the end of 2019 to 25.3% at the end of 2022. As set out in the 2022-23 Debt Management Report, the government is no longer looking to reduce index-linked gilt issuance as a share of total issuance on a year-on-year basis over the medium term. The 2023-24 financing remit is consistent with this.</p><p> </p><p>The proportion of index-linked gilts in the government’s wholesale debt portfolio remains consistently higher than across the G7 group of advanced economies and is around twice as large as the second highest G7 country. This is largely owing to the high level of structural demand in the UK, as a number of institutional investors hold index-linked gilts to hedge long-term inflation-linked liabilities.</p><p> </p><p>The government does not comment on specific financial market movements. Real yields have been low by historical standards over the last decade. It is normal for the yields of index-linked (and conventional) gilts to vary when there are wider movements in financial markets. The government is ultimately a price-taker, with the price of government debt determined by the market.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 196018 196020 196021 196022 question first answered 11/09/2023 13:01:43 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1655960

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	Government Securities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons his Department issued more inflation-linked gilts in 2023 than than other G7 countries.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	196020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>Index-linked gilts are planned to account for around 11% of gilt sales in 2023-24. The government’s decisions on the amount of index-linked (and conventional) gilt issuance are taken as part of the annual financing remit, and in consultation with market participants. In practice, the share of total issuance will vary from year to year depending on factors including the size of the financing requirement, demand, and market conditions.</p><p> </p><p>Index-linked gilts remain a key part of the UK’s financing programme, as they have for over four decades. They have historically brought cost advantages for the government due to strong demand from, for example, the domestic pension fund industry, and they continue to do so based on current inflation expectations implied by the difference between nominal and real yields.</p><p> </p><p>At Budget 2018, the government announced that it would look to reduce the proportion of index-linked gilt issuance in a measured fashion over the medium term, to manage the inflation exposure in the debt portfolio. Since then, the proportion of index-linked gilts in the debt portfolio has fallen from 28.4% at the end of 2019 to 25.3% at the end of 2022. As set out in the 2022-23 Debt Management Report, the government is no longer looking to reduce index-linked gilt issuance as a share of total issuance on a year-on-year basis over the medium term. The 2023-24 financing remit is consistent with this.</p><p> </p><p>The proportion of index-linked gilts in the government’s wholesale debt portfolio remains consistently higher than across the G7 group of advanced economies and is around twice as large as the second highest G7 country. This is largely owing to the high level of structural demand in the UK, as a number of institutional investors hold index-linked gilts to hedge long-term inflation-linked liabilities.</p><p> </p><p>The government does not comment on specific financial market movements. Real yields have been low by historical standards over the last decade. It is normal for the yields of index-linked (and conventional) gilts to vary when there are wider movements in financial markets. The government is ultimately a price-taker, with the price of government debt determined by the market.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 196018 196019 196021 196022 question first answered 11/09/2023 13:01:43 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1655961

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	Government Securities: Financial Markets
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 potential impact of reducing the amount of issue index-linked gilts on financial markets.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	196021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>Index-linked gilts are planned to account for around 11% of gilt sales in 2023-24. The government’s decisions on the amount of index-linked (and conventional) gilt issuance are taken as part of the annual financing remit, and in consultation with market participants. In practice, the share of total issuance will vary from year to year depending on factors including the size of the financing requirement, demand, and market conditions.</p><p> </p><p>Index-linked gilts remain a key part of the UK’s financing programme, as they have for over four decades. They have historically brought cost advantages for the government due to strong demand from, for example, the domestic pension fund industry, and they continue to do so based on current inflation expectations implied by the difference between nominal and real yields.</p><p> </p><p>At Budget 2018, the government announced that it would look to reduce the proportion of index-linked gilt issuance in a measured fashion over the medium term, to manage the inflation exposure in the debt portfolio. Since then, the proportion of index-linked gilts in the debt portfolio has fallen from 28.4% at the end of 2019 to 25.3% at the end of 2022. As set out in the 2022-23 Debt Management Report, the government is no longer looking to reduce index-linked gilt issuance as a share of total issuance on a year-on-year basis over the medium term. The 2023-24 financing remit is consistent with this.</p><p> </p><p>The proportion of index-linked gilts in the government’s wholesale debt portfolio remains consistently higher than across the G7 group of advanced economies and is around twice as large as the second highest G7 country. This is largely owing to the high level of structural demand in the UK, as a number of institutional investors hold index-linked gilts to hedge long-term inflation-linked liabilities.</p><p> </p><p>The government does not comment on specific financial market movements. Real yields have been low by historical standards over the last decade. It is normal for the yields of index-linked (and conventional) gilts to vary when there are wider movements in financial markets. The government is ultimately a price-taker, with the price of government debt determined by the market.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 196018 196019 196020 196022 question first answered 11/09/2023 13:01:43 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1655962

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	Government Securities
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 potential reasons for the rise in index-linked gilt yields.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	196022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>Index-linked gilts are planned to account for around 11% of gilt sales in 2023-24. The government’s decisions on the amount of index-linked (and conventional) gilt issuance are taken as part of the annual financing remit, and in consultation with market participants. In practice, the share of total issuance will vary from year to year depending on factors including the size of the financing requirement, demand, and market conditions.</p><p> </p><p>Index-linked gilts remain a key part of the UK’s financing programme, as they have for over four decades. They have historically brought cost advantages for the government due to strong demand from, for example, the domestic pension fund industry, and they continue to do so based on current inflation expectations implied by the difference between nominal and real yields.</p><p> </p><p>At Budget 2018, the government announced that it would look to reduce the proportion of index-linked gilt issuance in a measured fashion over the medium term, to manage the inflation exposure in the debt portfolio. Since then, the proportion of index-linked gilts in the debt portfolio has fallen from 28.4% at the end of 2019 to 25.3% at the end of 2022. As set out in the 2022-23 Debt Management Report, the government is no longer looking to reduce index-linked gilt issuance as a share of total issuance on a year-on-year basis over the medium term. The 2023-24 financing remit is consistent with this.</p><p> </p><p>The proportion of index-linked gilts in the government’s wholesale debt portfolio remains consistently higher than across the G7 group of advanced economies and is around twice as large as the second highest G7 country. This is largely owing to the high level of structural demand in the UK, as a number of institutional investors hold index-linked gilts to hedge long-term inflation-linked liabilities.</p><p> </p><p>The government does not comment on specific financial market movements. Real yields have been low by historical standards over the last decade. It is normal for the yields of index-linked (and conventional) gilts to vary when there are wider movements in financial markets. The government is ultimately a price-taker, with the price of government debt determined by the market.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 196018 196019 196020 196021 question first answered 11/09/2023 13:01:43 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1655963

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Swimming Pools: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many local authority swimming pools have closed in last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	196023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The government recognises the importance of ensuring public access to swimming pools, as swimming is a great way for people of all ages to stay fit and healthy. The responsibility of providing this access lies at Local Authority level, and the government continues to encourage Local Authorities to support swimming facilities.</p><p>At the Spring Budget, the government announced a package of over £60 million to support swimming pools, which is targeted at addressing cost pressures facing public swimming pool providers. It will also help provide investment in energy efficiency measures to reduce future operating costs and make facilities sustainable in the long-term.</p><p>Between September 2013 and September 2023, 294 swimming pools closed (across 162 sites owned by Local Authorities). Over a similar period from 2014 to 2023, 256 swimming pools were built by Local Authorities (across 144 sites). Facilities can close for a number of reasons, including being replaced by a new site or to align with the strategic objectives of the local authority.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 11/09/2023 16:11:18 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1655964

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much compensation has been paid out by Police Services in England to settle legal claims made against serving officers in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	196024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>Information on spend incurred by police forces to settle legal claims is not held centrally by the Home Office but may be held by individual forces.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 11/09/2023 11:57:21 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1655965

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions he has had with the EU on references to the United Kingdom being removed from EU tender.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	196025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>Following the UK’s exit from the EU, the UK is no longer bound by EU procurement laws. Through the Procurement Bill, we now have an opportunity to develop and implement a new procurement regime.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>However, UK and EU suppliers continue to enjoy reciprocal access to each other's public procurement marketplaces through our commitments in free trade agreements such as the UK/EU Trade &amp; Cooperation Agreement and the WTO Government Procurement Agreement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 11/09/2023 10:06:06 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord