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1093435

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Cybersecurity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many mandatory cyber security training sessions civil servants working in his Department are required to undertake.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	235795
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>All HM Treasury staff are mandated to undertake a “Responsible for Information” online training course relating to information security, which includes content on cyber security.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, an element of cyber security awareness is included in staff induction training and guidance on security culture, including cyber security and managing digital footprints, is available to staff through the department’s intranet.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 01/04/2019 13:44:45 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1093489

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Cybersecurity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many recent discussions he has had with the Minister for the Cabinet Office on Government cybersecurity funding in the 2019 Spending Review.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	235808
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of ministerial discussions on government cyber security funding are not normally disclosed.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 27/03/2019 14:39:18 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

861123

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Owner Occupation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2017 to Question 112340 on Owner Occupation, if his Department will take steps to ensure that lenders take into account (a) council tax and (b) rental payments when assessing a borrower's creditworthiness.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	132272
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government believes that it is right that a history of paying rent should be recorded and recognised in tenants’ credit scores and in affordability assessments.</p><p> </p><p>That is why, at the Autumn Budget 2017, the Government announced the Rent Recognition Challenge, a £2m competition challenging the UK’s world-leading technology firms to develop innovative new applications to enable rental tenants to share their rent payment data with lenders and credit reference agencies. The winning applications will be announced shortly.</p><p> </p><p>Data on individuals’ council tax payments are not currently made available to lenders or credit reference agencies by local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 20/03/2018 15:03:25 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

902223

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	EU Grants and Loans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made on establishing a UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	143241
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>Following the UK’s departure from the European Union, we will launch the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. The fund will support all parts of the UK to achieve sustainable, inclusive growth, based on the Industrial Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>The Industrial Strategy White Paper set out that we intend to consult this year on the precise design and priorities for the fund. Further decisions on the final design of the fund will be made following this consultation.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 16/05/2018 13:16:46 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

907172

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	EU Grants and Loans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2018 to Question 143241, whether Shared Prosperity Fund will be operational on 30 March 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	145618
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2018 answer text <p>We will launch the UK Shared Prosperity Fund following the UK’s departure from the European Union.</p><p>The implementation period included within the draft Withdrawal Agreement with the EU means that we will see all parts of the UK receive their full allocation of structural funds from the EU’s 2014-2020 budget.</p><p>The Industrial Strategy White Paper set out that we intend to consult this year on the precise design and priorities for the fund. Further details on the operation of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund will be set out following this consultation.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 23/05/2018 13:07:07 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

943075

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 16b on page 17 of the white paper, The Future Relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union, cm. 9593, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) financial cost and (b) potential job losses resulting from the Government's policy to require refunding of tariffs on four per cent of UK goods trade.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	165181
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>On 12 July, the government published a White Paper setting out a clear proposal for the future relationship the UK wants to build with the European Union. In this paper the government proposed a new Facilitated Customs Arrangement (FCA) with the EU. The FCA seeks to ensure that we promote the greatest possible trade with both the EU and the rest of the world.</p><p> </p><p>The government is seeking to maximise the number of traders who will not need to interact with a voluntary repayment mechanism. For businesses that would be eligible for a tariff repayment, the government assesses that this would lead to neither net costs nor job losses for these businesses. This is because businesses would only enter into the voluntary repayment mechanism if they stand to benefit overall from the UK’s independent trade policy. The Government assesses that the eligibility for a repayment is most likely relevant to imports of intermediate goods from non-EU countries for which a tariff differential could arise which is equivalent to around 4% of total UK trade in goods. Further detail is set out in section 1.2.1 of the publication.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 23/07/2018 15:49:46 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

943077

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the document The future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union, page 49, paragraph 162, what preparations are being made to create an enforcement system to prevent the wrongful payment of tariffs; and how much the Government has allocated to fund those preparations.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	165182
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>Under the Facilitated Customs Arrangement, where there is a material risk of circumvention of the higher UK tariff, the UK would make it illegal to pay the wrong tariff.</p><p> </p><p>To enforce this, HMRC would carry out risk-based and targeted checks across the country, rather than at the border, according to intelligence and threat assessment that draw on a variety of information sources. This would protect against fraud, ensure that the UK has an effective trade remedies regime and strengthen the UK’s position in trade negotiations.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has a strong track record in tackling all kinds of avoidance, evasion and non-compliance and already has an established approach to customs compliance involving pre and post clearance activity away from the border, and would use this approach for the Facilitated Customs Arrangement.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has been allocated £260m of funding in 2018-19 to support the department in preparing for departure from the EU. The finalised allocation for 2018-19 will be confirmed at Supplementary Estimates in early 2019.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 23/07/2018 15:51:41 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

947379

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2018 to Question 165182, by what means HMRC plans to distinguish between a good settled in its final destination in the UK and a good destined to travel on to the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	168130
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>Under the Facilitated Customs Arrangement, the UK will apply the EU’s tariffs and trade policy for goods intended for the EU; while applying its own tariffs and trade policy for goods intended for the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Where a good reaches the UK border, and the destination can be robustly demonstrated by a trusted trader, it will pay the UK tariff if it is destined for the UK and the EU tariff if it is destined for the EU. This is most likely to be relevant to finished goods, and we will seek to maximise the number of trusted traders who can pay the correct tariff at the border.</p><p> </p><p>Where the destination of the good cannot be demonstrated at the point of import, the higher of the UK or EU tariff will be due. Where the good’s destination is later identified to be the lower tariff jurisdiction, it will be eligible for a repayment from the UK equal to the difference between the two tariffs. This is most likely to be relevant to intermediate goods.</p><p> </p><p>The FCA, including how goods destined for the UK and the EU will be distinguished, will be designed to make it as simple as possible for businesses to engage with. The final details will be subject to negotiations with the EU.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 05/09/2018 09:37:33 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

964634

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Electronic Government: Cybersecurity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps have been taken to secure the Government Gateway service from cyber attack.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	169870
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government Gateway infrastructure has been deployed and developed in line with security principles and best practice. It has also been reviewed by Security Accredited Professionals. In addition, regular health checks and software upgrades are undertaken to maximise system security and reduce vulnerability to cyber-attack.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 11/09/2018 10:21:19 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

990440

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	National Cyber Security Centre: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many representations for additional funding he has received from the National Cyber Security Centre in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	181356
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The National Cyber Security Centre receives part of its funding from the National Cyber Security Programme, which received a £1.9bn investment for 2016-2021. The only representation that the National Cyber Security Centre has made for funding is as part of the standard National Cyber Security Programme annual funding allocation process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 23/10/2018 12:53:20 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt