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61587

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Private Finance Initiative
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to introduce a clause into private finance initiative contracts to limit the ability of contractors to move offshore.
	tabling member constituency	Dover
	tabling member printed	Charlie Elphicke
	uin	200422
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government is committed to effective anti-avoidance rules to ensure that profits arising on UK activities are not artificially diverted to low tax jurisdictions. At the same time, it needs to ensure that the tax system is competitive for all companies and has set out its plans to make the UK an attractive place to do business while retaining proportionate anti-avoidance protection.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>UK resident PFI contractors regardless of their shareholders' registered jurisdiction will be charged UK corporation tax on profits earned within the UK. To limit the freedoms properly available to investors would be anti-competitive and contrary to European Union law. These points are not unique to the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) but apply equally to non-PFI companies and investors.</p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 17/06/2014 15:16:51 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
	tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

61978

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Network Rail
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects Network Rail to be officially re-classified as a public sector company.
	tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
	tabling member printed	John McDonnell
	uin	200861
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p><strong>On 17 December 2013, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) announced that Network Rail will be classified as a central government body in the public sector. This is an independent statistical decision taken by the Office for National Statistics in light of the European System of National Accounts 2010 (ESA10) manual from Eurostat. The reclassification will be effective from 1 September 2014 when ESA10 comes into force across the European Union. </strong></p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 24/06/2014 14:31:03 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
	tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

62578

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Infrastructure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2014, Official Report, column 598W, on infrastructure, which projects included in the UK Guarantees Scheme have required additional emergency funding from the Exchequer.
	tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
	uin	201327
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>No additional emergency funding has been provided to any of the signed projects that have received support under the UK Guarantees Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 24/06/2014 14:32:08 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
	tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

63038

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Infrastructure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Government has invested in national infrastructure as a percentage share of gross domestic product in each year since 2000.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	201660
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government do not publish outturn or forecast data for expenditure on infrastructure projects as a proportion of GDP.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for Budget Responsibility publishes historical data on public sector gross investment (PSGI) as a percentage of GDP— this can be accessed at the following address;</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://budgetresponsibility.org.uk/pubs/PSF_aggregates_databank_Jun_2014.xls" target="_blank">http://budgetresponsibility.org.uk/pubs/PSF_aggregates_databank_Jun_2014.xls</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Further information on infrastructure investment can be found in the National Infrastructure Plan 2013, which is available on the Infrastructure UK website.</p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 26/06/2014 15:37:05 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

63186

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Welfare State: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the current value is of all financial penalties imposed on the Northern Ireland Executive as a result of that body not implementing the Government's welfare reform policy.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
	uin	201864
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>I wrote to the Northern Ireland Minister for Finance and Personnel on 31 March to set out that that the Northern Ireland Executive's funding allocations would be reduced by £13m, £87m and £114m for 2013/14, 2014/15 and 2015/16 respectively.</p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 30/06/2014 14:48:15 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
	tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

63846

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Speeches
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the speech delivered by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury in New York on 25 June 2014 represents the policy of the Government.
	tabling member constituency	Harwich and North Essex
	tabling member printed	Mr Bernard Jenkin
	uin	202346
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>I recently visited the USA in my capacity as Chief Secretary to the Treasury, where I delivered speeches to audiences in New York and Washington on 23<sup>rd</sup> and 25<sup>th</sup> June respectively.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Transcripts are available on the Treasury website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/chief-secretary-on-investing-in-the-uk" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/chief-secretary-on-investing-in-the-uk</a> and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/chief-secretarys-speech-to-the-centre-for-transatlantic-relations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/chief-secretarys-speech-to-the-centre-for-transatlantic-relations</a>.</p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 30/06/2014 14:49:49 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
	tabling member	40 label Biography information for Sir Bernard Jenkin

64898

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Development Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much Official Development Assistance was spent by each Government department in 2009-10 and in each year since (a) in cash terms, (b) at current prices and (c) as a proportion of Gross National Income.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
	uin	203236
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>Information on the amount of Official Development Assistance spent by each Government department since 2009-10 is available publicly at: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-international-development/about/statistics.</p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 07/07/2014 15:16:37 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

76260

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Meningitis: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department received the business case for the meningococcal B vaccine; and when he expects to make a decision whether or not to approve the business case.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Sir Tony Cunningham
	uin	204485
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>On 21 March 2014, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) recommended that there should be a national Meningococcal B immunisation programme for infants, if the vaccine, Bexsero ®, could be purchased at a cost-effective price. The Treasury is working closely with the Department of Health on this business case. The Government would like to secure the vaccine from the supplier at the cost-effective price recommended by the JCVI.</p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 16/07/2014 15:37:31 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander previous answer version 10186 answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
	tabling member	1469 label Biography information for Sir Tony Cunningham

76261

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Housing: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has been made of the effect on the Scottish economy of house prices in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	204501
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>Scotland's economy has performed well within the UK and the Scottish housing market is recovering alongside the rest of the UK's housing market. As in previous recoveries house prices have risen but still remain below their pre-crisis peak in real terms in Scotland. As a result of increased confidence in the housing market, property transactions in Scotland were 21 per cent higher in 2013 than the lows seen in 2011. With the creation of the Financial Policy Committee, we now have the tools to guard against risks in the housing market.</p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 16/07/2014 14:44:11 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

76268

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Housing: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the differences in the level of change in house prices in Scotland compared to the rest of the UK in the second quarter of 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	204544
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>The Scottish housing market is recovering alongside the rest of the Scottish economy. Changes in regional house prices will partly depend on regional factors supporting supply and demand. House prices in Scotland rose 4.8 per cent in the 12 months to April. In the same period, house prices across the UK rose by 9.9 per cent, and excluding London house prices in the UK rose 7 per cent. In real terms house prices remain well below their peak, and the Office for Budget Responsibility noted in March that they will still remain below this peak at the end of their forecast in 2018/19. With the creation of the Financial Policy Committee, we can ensure emerging risks and vulnerabilities across the financial system as a whole are identified, monitored and effectively addressed.</p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 16/07/2014 14:46:18 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander previous answer version 10179 answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson