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693648

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date	23/02/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to NHS Improvement's quarterly performance data, published most recently in September 2016, what steps his Department plans to take to reduce the deficit in the NHS budget.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	65436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement together set out their plan for balancing the books of the National Health Service in its Strengthening Financial Performance and Accountability document in July 2016. This includes the agreement of control totals, controls on agency spending, and the introduction of a new financial special measures regime. The NHS has worked hard to manage its finances in response to this plan and the latest quarterly performance data shows the majority of hospitals are on track to hit their targets by the end of the year. NHS Improvement will be working closely with those providers that are off plan, to bring them back as close as possible back to plan this year.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 28/02/2017 15:01:31 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

693649

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Bank Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to ensure that the UK's Open Banking Standard can be leveraged internationally.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	65367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>The Treasury is supportive of open banking standards, and other jurisdictions that wish to follow this initiative. The government has taken steps to explore how open data could be used and shared, in particular:</p><p> </p><p>In September 2015, the Treasury requested for the Open Banking Working Group (OBWG) to be set up, to explore how data could be used to help consumers transact, save, borrow, lend and invest their money. The group published a report on Open Banking Standards, which has since been picked up by governments and organisations globally.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury welcomes the Competition and Market Authority’s (CMA’s) remedies on Open Banking, which has the potential to bring significant benefits to consumers and SMEs by promoting competition in the retail banking sector.</p><p> </p><p>Currently the government has no plans of requiring open data sharing standards beyond the banking sector.</p><p> </p><p>The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will continue to provide a key supervisory function to protect consumers from the harm that can be caused by firm misconduct. As the competent authority under the EU Payment Systems Directive, the FCA will have a key role in monitoring the Open Banking Standard.</p><p> </p><p>The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) will continue to safeguard personal data and provide advice to banks to ensure data is shared in a secure and responsible manner.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby grouped question UIN 65333 65334 question first answered 28/02/2017 14:56:19 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

693653

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what alternative office locations were considered for use in Yorkshire by HM Revenue and Customs as part of its transformation programme.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	65401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>As part of its Building our Future Locations programme, originally announced in November 2015, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) considered a number of possible locations for its regional centres.</p><p>In Yorkshire, HMRC considered three locations – Leeds, Bradford and Sheffield – before deciding that Leeds met its location principles more comprehensively than the other two locations.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 28/02/2017 14:58:12 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

693655

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Bank Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of introducing open data sharing standards for markets other than banking.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	65333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>The Treasury is supportive of open banking standards, and other jurisdictions that wish to follow this initiative. The government has taken steps to explore how open data could be used and shared, in particular:</p><p> </p><p>In September 2015, the Treasury requested for the Open Banking Working Group (OBWG) to be set up, to explore how data could be used to help consumers transact, save, borrow, lend and invest their money. The group published a report on Open Banking Standards, which has since been picked up by governments and organisations globally.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury welcomes the Competition and Market Authority’s (CMA’s) remedies on Open Banking, which has the potential to bring significant benefits to consumers and SMEs by promoting competition in the retail banking sector.</p><p> </p><p>Currently the government has no plans of requiring open data sharing standards beyond the banking sector.</p><p> </p><p>The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will continue to provide a key supervisory function to protect consumers from the harm that can be caused by firm misconduct. As the competent authority under the EU Payment Systems Directive, the FCA will have a key role in monitoring the Open Banking Standard.</p><p> </p><p>The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) will continue to safeguard personal data and provide advice to banks to ensure data is shared in a secure and responsible manner.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby grouped question UIN 65334 65367 question first answered 28/02/2017 14:56:19 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

693657

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Bank Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what role the Government envisages for the (a) Financial Conduct Authority and (b) Information Commissioner's Office in an open banking environment.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	65334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>The Treasury is supportive of open banking standards, and other jurisdictions that wish to follow this initiative. The government has taken steps to explore how open data could be used and shared, in particular:</p><p> </p><p>In September 2015, the Treasury requested for the Open Banking Working Group (OBWG) to be set up, to explore how data could be used to help consumers transact, save, borrow, lend and invest their money. The group published a report on Open Banking Standards, which has since been picked up by governments and organisations globally.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury welcomes the Competition and Market Authority’s (CMA’s) remedies on Open Banking, which has the potential to bring significant benefits to consumers and SMEs by promoting competition in the retail banking sector.</p><p> </p><p>Currently the government has no plans of requiring open data sharing standards beyond the banking sector.</p><p> </p><p>The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will continue to provide a key supervisory function to protect consumers from the harm that can be caused by firm misconduct. As the competent authority under the EU Payment Systems Directive, the FCA will have a key role in monitoring the Open Banking Standard.</p><p> </p><p>The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) will continue to safeguard personal data and provide advice to banks to ensure data is shared in a secure and responsible manner.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby grouped question UIN 65333 65367 question first answered 28/02/2017 14:56:19 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

693659

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Debts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will launch a consultation on an England and Wales-wide debt breathing space scheme similar to the Debt Arrangement Scheme run by the Scottish Government.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	65339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>The government has committed to exploring whether some form of “breathing space” would be a useful and viable addition to the current range of debt solutions available to consumers and creditors. Work is continuing on this review, and the government plans to report back shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 28/02/2017 15:00:11 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

693664

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Economic Situation: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings he has had with (a) business, (b) local government and (c) trade union representatives (i) in and (ii) from the West Midlands to discuss the effect of the UK leaving the EU on the regional economy.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	65287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers meet with a wide variety of organisations as part of the process of policy development and delivery. Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis. The government will publish a Midlands Engine Strategy shortly. This will set out plans to address productivity barriers across the region. The Midlands will also benefit from £392 million of Local Growth Fund allocations. The government has provided a guarantee for all European Structural and Investment Fund projects signed before the UK’s departure from the European Union. Officials are beginning the longer-term work of considering how best to support our regions following the UK’s departure from the European Union.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 28/02/2017 14:48:21 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

693671

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: USA
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the statement by the Secretary of State for Health in his speech to the Conservative Party Conference that "a country that works for everyone takes special care of the public service closest to everyone’s heart", what was the outcome of his recent visit to New York to discuss links and collaboration between the UK and US health sectors.
tabling member printed	Lord Pendry
uin	HL5575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>After the referendum vote to leave the European Union, the Secretary of State for Health committed to meeting the Chief Executives of the global top 10 pharmaceutical companies. As part of this, he visited New York to deliver assurance of the United Kingdom’s commitment to life sciences, research and innovation and to encourage United States investment in the UK life sciences sector.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 27/02/2017 12:18:25 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	457 label Biography information for Lord Pendry

693684

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Owner Occupation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of trends in home ownership for people on low incomes (a) nationally and (b) in Coventry South constituency over the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	65261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>The Department's English Housing Survey provides analysis on home ownership by household income. This is published in Live Table FA1331 (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/tenure-trends-and-cross-tenure-analysis" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/tenure-trends-and-cross-tenure-analysis</a>) for England from 2008-09 to 2014-15</p><p>The information is not available at constituency level.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 28/02/2017 16:22:58 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

693688

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government: Dorset
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library a copy of the business plan and cost benefit analysis submitted by some Dorset councils on 9 February 2017 in support of their proposal for local government reorganisation in Dorset.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	65270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>The documents submitted by the six councils on 9 February in support of their proposal have been published by the councils on <a href="https://futuredorset.co.uk/" target="_blank">https://futuredorset.co.uk/</a></p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 28/02/2017 15:57:23 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope