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1182010

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2020
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will suspend the use of sanctions on benefit claimants in the event of a covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	23571
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>The department has no plans to suspend the use of sanctions in the event of an outbreak because – as is the case now - the decision to apply a sanction is considered on a case by case basis and takes into consideration the claimant’s capability and circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>When claimants tell us that they are self-isolating or that they have been diagnosed with covid-19, we will review the claimant’s conditionality requirements to ensure that they remain reasonable, helping them avoid sanctions.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 10/03/2020 10:36:13 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1183037

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2020
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will reduce the five-week waiting time to receive a first payment of universal credit in the event of an outbreak of covid-19.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	25665
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>DWP has contingency plans in place that prioritise activities to protect payments to claimants and access to new claims when capacity is compromised.</p><p> </p><p>Our jobcentre staff gauge claimants’ financial need and as part of this, every claimant can access an advance of up to 100% of the total expected monthly award, which they can pay back over a period of up to 12 months.</p><p> </p><p>Proposed repayments of the advance are explained, and all claimants are advised to request a level of advance which is manageable both now and when considering the repayments required. We have announced that from October 2021, the repayment period for these advances will be extended further, to 16 months.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants can discuss queries about how fluctuating income effects Universal Credit with jobcentre staff and case managers, who can also signpost to services appropriate to the individual circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit takes earnings into account in a way that is fair and transparent. The amount paid reflects, as closely as possible, the actual circumstances of a household during each monthly assessment period. This allows Universal Credit awards to be adjusted on a monthly basis, ensuring that if claimant’s incomes falls, they do not have to wait several months for a rise in their Universal Credit award. Currently there are no plans to change assessment periods.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 10/03/2020 13:31:38 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1623808

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2023
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Prisons: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of prisons have a job coach.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	182586
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2023 answer text <p>This department has over 200 prison Work Coaches who provide benefit and employment support to prisoners in every prison across England, Scotland and Wales.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 03/05/2023 16:27:22 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1143125

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding from the public purse his Department spent on the production of the graphic tweeted by his Department on 31 July 2019 entitled We’re announcing £2.1bn funding new funding to prepare for no deal.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	284791
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>The graphic tweeted by HM Treasury on no deal funding was produced in-house by the digital communications team.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 05/09/2019 15:17:34 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1170621

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty: Carbon Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of reducing Air Passenger Duty on domestic flights on the UK's carbon emissions.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	3226
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>As announced on 14 January, HM Treasury is undertaking a review of Air Passenger Duty to ensure regional connectivity is strengthened while meeting the UK’s climate change commitments to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.</p><p> </p><p>The government takes its environmental responsibilities very seriously and uses a range of levers at its disposal, including spending, taxation and regulatory policy, to meet its climate and environmental objectives.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 20/01/2020 09:24:07 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1174256

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of staff employed by his Department are apprentices.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	9693
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text 3.8% of staff employed by HM Treasury as at 31<sup>st</sup> December 2019 are apprentices. (based on headcount) answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 03/02/2020 13:51:48 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1179724

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Housing: Capital Gains Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the revenue that will accrue to the public purse from ending the exemption on primary or sole residences from capital gains tax.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	19883
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>The estimated cost of the exemption of Capital Gains Tax on gains on the disposal of a person’s main or only residence was £26.7bn for 2017-18. Further information is provided in the official statistics on non-structural tax reliefs that are available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs</a></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 27/02/2020 11:50:33 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1224544

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Local Government Finance: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2020 to Question 68708, on Local Government Finance: Coronavirus, whether Barnett Consequentials will flow from his Department's covid-19 local authority funding scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	73849
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>Any new funding for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government will have the Barnett formula applied to it in the usual way.</p><p>This would be on top of the £8.9 billion of additional funding that we have already confirmed for the devolved administrations in relation to Covid-19.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 20/07/2020 10:19:54 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1230337

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Property Development
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many meetings Ministers in his Department have had with commercial property companies since 1 March 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	83826
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2020 answer text <p>Treasury ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery.</p><p> </p><p>Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 07/09/2020 15:22:58 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1289613

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Towns Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether funding from the proposed 0.2 per cent reduction in the Official Development Assistance budget will be used to fund Town Deals.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	158069
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>As the Chancellor said at the 2020 Spending Review, sticking to the target to spend 0.7% of GNI as Official Development Assistance (ODA) is not an appropriate prioritisation of resources at a time of emergency.</p><p> </p><p>The reduction in planned ODA expenditure was included in the overall spending plans that the government set out at the 2020 Spending Review, which prioritised funding to support the government’s response to Covid-19, invest in the UK’s recovery for all nations and regions and deliver on promises to the British people. This includes the provision of £621 million in 2021-22 towards the continuation of investment from the Towns Fund to regenerate high streets, town centres and communities.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 01/03/2021 11:38:38 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed