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647598

registered interest
date	29/11/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Policy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which projects are currently commissioned for external policy advice (a) from the Ministerial Contestable Policy Fund and (b) by any other means; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Arundel and South Downs
tabling member printed	Nick Herbert
uin	55311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2016 answer text <p>The Contestable Policy Fund ran from June 2012- June 2015 and is now closed. A full list of projects supported by the CPF can be found on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/contestable-policy-fund" target="_blank">Gov.uk</a>.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 02/12/2016 10:30:19 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1479 label Biography information for Lord Herbert of South Downs

647599

registered interest
date	29/11/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which departments have held board meetings (a) with and (b) without their Secretary of State or ministerial head in attendance since 13 July 2016; what the date was of all such meetings; who attended each such meeting; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Arundel and South Downs
tabling member printed	Nick Herbert
uin	55312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2016 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 02/12/2016 11:07:15 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1479 label Biography information for Lord Herbert of South Downs

647600

registered interest
date	29/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	National Productivity Investment Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the National Productivity Investment Fund money will be spent in each NUTS 1 region.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	55307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2016 answer text <p>The government has established a National Productivity Investment Fund (NPIF) to provide £23bn of additional spending between 2017/18 and 2021/22. Every penny spent by the UK government is explicitly earmarked for areas that are critical to boosting productivity: economic infrastructure (transport and digital communications), Research and Development (R&amp;D), and housing.</p><p> </p><p>Further details about specifically how and where this money will be invested will be set out by the relevant departments and agencies in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Where spending on measures within the NPIF does not extend to Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, the devolved administrations will receive funding through the Barnett formula in the usual way.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 02/12/2016 11:07:10 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

647601

registered interest
date	29/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	National Productivity Investment Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full-time equivalent staff will be employed in administering the National Productivity Investment Fund; and how many such staff will be employed in each NUTS 1 region.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	55308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2016 answer text <p>The National Productivity Investment Fund will be administered by HM Treasury in collaboration with relevant departments and expert bodies, as set out in paragraph 3.9 of the Autumn Statement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 02/12/2016 11:09:24 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

647602

registered interest
date	29/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 28 November 2016 to Question 53935, on which occasions since his appointment he has discussed reducing air passenger duty with the Northern Ireland Executive.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Danny Kinahan
uin	55297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of ministerial discussions are not routinely disclosed.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 06/12/2016 14:09:22 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4381 label Biography information for Danny Kinahan

647603

registered interest
date	29/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Money Service Businesses: Bank Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds on the number of money service businesses which have had their business bank accounts withdrawn by banks in 2014-15 and 2015-16; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	55291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2016 answer text <p>The Treasury does not hold any information on the number of money service businesses which have had their business bank accounts withdrawn by banks in 2014-15 and 2015-16.</p><p>Whether to withdraw a business bank account is ultimately a commercial decision for a bank. The government continues to work with both banks and money service businesses to promote understanding of their regulatory obligations and to encourage them to take a risk-based approach in their activities, to ensure that the measures they take are effective and proportionate to the risk they face.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 07/12/2016 11:16:42 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

647605

registered interest
date	29/11/2016
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Northern Powerhouse Investment Taskforce: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many staff are employed in the Northern Powerhouse Investment Taskforce; and how many meetings that Taskforce has held since it was established.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	55283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2016 answer text <p>10 people are currently directly employed in the Northern Powerhouse Taskforce and have mobilised work across many areas of the Department for International Trade and other government departments. Members of the Taskforce have had many meetings with a wide range of partners including: Local Enterprise Partnerships; key businesses; and, institutions.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 07/12/2016 12:00:51 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

647606

registered interest
date	29/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish (a) vehicle excise duty and (b) fuel duty revenues by NUTS 1 region for each of the last three fiscal years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	55285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>Fuel duty is paid on hydrocarbon oil when it is released for consumption in the UK, either from a UK refinery or an excise warehouse. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does not collect data about the location where the tax liability arose. HMRC therefore does not hold the data to produce reliable regional estimates.</p><p> </p><p>Fuel duty receipts for the whole of the UK are published by HMRC, and are available in the Hydrocarbon Oils Bulletin:</p><p><a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/TaxAndDutybulletins.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/TaxAndDutybulletins.aspx</a></p><p> </p><p>HMRC also publishes an estimate of fuel duty receipts for each of the countries in the UK, which is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/disaggregation-of-hmrc-tax-receipts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/disaggregation-of-hmrc-tax-receipts</a></p><p> </p><p>National VED revenues are published in the annual Budget report. Figures for fiscal years 2014-15 and 2015-16 can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/508193/HMT_Budget_2016_Web_Accessible.pdf</p><p> </p><p>For fiscal year 2013-14, the figures are available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/416330/47881_Budget_2015_Web_Accessible.pdf</p><p> </p><p>The Government has no plans to publish either Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) or fuel duty revenues by NUTS 1 region.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 06/12/2016 14:29:35 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

647607

registered interest
date	29/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Infrastructure: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how (a) much funding and (b) many full-time equivalent staff the National Infrastructure Commission has allocated to its projects on (i) London transport, (ii) Transport for the North and (iii) the Cambridge-Milton Keynes- Oxford growth corridor.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	55286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2016 answer text <p>The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has its own budget, and under the terms of the Charter for the NIC published in October 2016, it has complete discretion over its work programme and resource allocation. The government does not hold exact figures on the funding and resource allocations for each of the NIC’s projects.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 07/12/2016 11:11:30 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

647608

registered interest
date	29/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Housing Infrastructure Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, from which date local authorities will be able to bid for funding from the Housing Infrastructure Fund; and how the Government plans to assess which areas have the greatest housing need in allocating those funds.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	55287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2016 answer text <p>The £2.3bn Housing Infrastructure Fund will be used to support local authorities in areas of high housing demand to deliver up to 100,000 homes through providing the vital infrastructure needed to make new housing developments possible – whether that is delivering new roads, faster broadband or improvements to gas and water supply.</p><p> </p><p>Money will be competitively allocated to the projects that deliver additional homes in areas of high housing demand. Further details will be set out next year.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 07/12/2016 11:08:37 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson