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1693886

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Fraud and Maladministration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of money lost to fraud and error by his Department in each of the last three financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	17205
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) publish annual statistical estimates of the size of the tax gap and money lost to fraud and error.</p><p> </p><p>The latest estimates of the tax gap were published in <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/measuring-tax-gaps" target="_blank">Measuring tax gaps 2023 edition: tax gap estimates for 2021 to 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The latest error and fraud estimates for the Corporation Tax Research and Development relief schemes and for Child Benefit were published in <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-annual-report-and-accounts-2022-to-2023" target="_blank">HMRC annual report and accounts: 2022 to 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The latest published Tax Credits Error and Fraud statistics were published in <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fchild-and-working-tax-credits-error-and-fraud-statistics-2021-to-2022&amp;data=05%7C02%7Csteve.robinson1%40hmrc.gov.uk%7Ca13ad89a775b488aab7a08dc3dd10a32%7Cac52f73cfd1a4a9a8e7a4a248f3139e1%7C0%7C0%7C638453215241472132%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=n%2BdbVuMfHd%2BC8n3CRw8tuUirqtqdS%2F2nG%2FmqHETOU%2Bs%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Child and Working Tax Credits error and fraud statistics 2021 to 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 12/03/2024 09:50:23 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1691402

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Software
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding his Department has (a) budgeted for and (b) spent on software updates to legacy computer systems in each of the last three financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	15455
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>The Department has incurred some costs in relation to software updates to legacy computer systems; however, this information is not readily available, and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 29/02/2024 13:39:23 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1691665

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Vacancies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of digital roles within his Department were vacant as of 26 February 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	15701
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>As part of the 2022 to 2025 roadmap for digital and data, all departments made a commitment to reduce their digital and data vacancies to under 10% of total Government Digital and Data headcount by 2025</p><p>This is to drive modernisation and digitisation in Government, improving public services for the British people and saving taxpayer money</p><p>Overall good progress has been made, with total vacancies now at 15%</p><p>The Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework, defining the scope of the digital and data profession, outlines capability standards for roles and skills in the profession. It enables professionals, line managers and hiring managers to have a common understanding of roles and provides a strong foundation for recruitment</p><p>In our latest assessment in October 2023, we had 11 vacancies which is 13% of Digital roles in HM Treasury.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 04/03/2024 12:18:35 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1691995

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Press
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what subscriptions to (a) newspapers, (b) magazines and (c) online journals his Department has paid for in each of the last three financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	15961
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2024 answer text <p>HMT’s expenditure on these areas is published as part of the departments on-going support of the transparency reporting programme. These can be viewed using the links below.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/gpc-spend" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/gpc-spend</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/25000-spend" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/25000-spend</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder</a></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 05/03/2024 10:14:44 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1692375

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Magazine Press
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding their Department (a) allocated for (b) spent on magazine subscriptions in each of the last three financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	16191
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>HMT’s expenditure on these areas is published as part of the departments on-going support of the transparency reporting programme. These can be viewed using the links below .</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/gpc-spend" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/gpc-spend</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/25000-spend" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/25000-spend</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder</a></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 06/03/2024 15:08:31 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1692806

	registered interest
	date	29/02/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Advertising
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding his Department has (a) budgeted for and (b) spent on advertising in each of the last three financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	16376
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>HM Treasury publishes data on spend over £25,000 as part of the transparency agenda, which can be found on gov.uk: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/25000-spend" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/25000-spend</a></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 07/03/2024 14:06:53 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1693002

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Publishing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what reports and guidance their Department has produced in the last three financial years; and how much was spent on their (a) printing and (b) distribution.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	16485
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>The requested information is not centrally held, and complying with this request would incur a disproportionate cost to the department. Reports and guidance that the Treasury has published can be found on gov.uk</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 11/03/2024 16:51:38 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1693482

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: WhatsApp
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance his Department issues on the use of WhatsApp.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	16892
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>The Department follows the Cabinet Office policy on non-corporate communication channels for Government business <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/non-corporate-communication-channels-for-government-business" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/non-corporate-communication-channels-for-government-business</a></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 11/03/2024 09:24:33 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1694478

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Domestic Visits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many domestic overnight visits Ministers within their Department have taken in each of the last three financial years; and what the cost to the public purse was of those visits.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	17621
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government publishes on GOV.UK details of the cost of overseas Ministerial travel, including costs of travel, and on other costs (visas, accommodation, meals).</p><p>However, as has been the case under successive administrations, the Government does not publish granular detail on Ministers’ travel at home or abroad.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 13/03/2024 10:34:05 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1695134

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Domestic Visits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the destinations were of domestic overnight visits undertaken by Ministers within their Department in each of the last three financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	18001
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government publishes on GOV.UK details of the cost of overseas Ministerial travel, including costs of travel, and on other costs (visas, accommodation, meals).</p><p>But as has been the case under successive administrations, the Government does not publish granular detail on Ministers’ travel at home or abroad.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 18/03/2024 15:57:17 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds