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	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to lift the one per cent public sector pay cap for (a) police and (b) prison officers.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	9936
	version	2
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>I set out the Government’s response to the independent pay review body reports on police and prison officer pay for 2017-18 in the House of Commons on 12 September 2017:</p><p> </p><p>http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2017-09-12/HCWS127/</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 14/09/2017 13:12:13 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

752528

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Crossrail 2 Line
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the business case for Crossrail 2 meets the recommendations of the National Infrastructure Commission on costs, funding and housing.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	5332
	version	1
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>As with all transport scheme proposals, a thorough analysis of the Crossrail 2 strategic outline business case is being carried out by the Department for Transport, to ensure it is a robust scheme and to assess its potential economic effects. This includes examining whether the National Infrastructure Commission’s detailed recommendations on the scheme — including those on costs, funding and housing — have been met.</p><p> </p><p>These considerations are part of a normal ongoing process, and the next steps and timescales for the project will be decided as part of this analysis.</p><p> </p><p>Regular discussions between government departments continue in the usual way.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 5099 5331 question first answered 20/07/2017 13:35:20 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

752527

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Crossrail 2 Line
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Transport, (b) Ministers at the Department for Transport and (c) officials from the Department for Transport on Crossrail 2; and when he plans to make a decision on that project's business case.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	5331
	version	1
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>As with all transport scheme proposals, a thorough analysis of the Crossrail 2 strategic outline business case is being carried out by the Department for Transport, to ensure it is a robust scheme and to assess its potential economic effects. This includes examining whether the National Infrastructure Commission’s detailed recommendations on the scheme — including those on costs, funding and housing — have been met.</p><p> </p><p>These considerations are part of a normal ongoing process, and the next steps and timescales for the project will be decided as part of this analysis.</p><p> </p><p>Regular discussions between government departments continue in the usual way.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 5099 5332 question first answered 20/07/2017 13:35:20 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

752533

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Crossrail 2 Line: Haringey
	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 economic benefits of Crossrail 2 to Haringey; and what role this assessment will play in his decision on allocating funding to the project.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	5099
	version	1
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>As with all transport scheme proposals, a thorough analysis of the Crossrail 2 strategic outline business case is being carried out by the Department for Transport, to ensure it is a robust scheme and to assess its potential economic effects. This includes examining whether the National Infrastructure Commission’s detailed recommendations on the scheme — including those on costs, funding and housing — have been met.</p><p> </p><p>These considerations are part of a normal ongoing process, and the next steps and timescales for the project will be decided as part of this analysis.</p><p> </p><p>Regular discussions between government departments continue in the usual way.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 5331 5332 question first answered 20/07/2017 13:35:20 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1136709

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Redundancy Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment the Government has undertaken on the restriction of exit payments on public sector staff in (a) local authorities, (b) the Civil Service (c) the NHS, (d) the armed forces and (e) police forces.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	272909
	version	1
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The government has previously consulted and legislated on the policy for a cap of £95,000 on exit payments in the public sector. The consultation published on 10 April 2019 sought views on the draft regulations to implement this policy. An impact assessment was conducted and published in the 2016 consultation ahead of the primary legislation. Following the current consultation, a further equalities assessment will be conducted on the final version of the legislation.</p><p> </p><p>The government believes it is right to include all payments related to exit within the cap. The cap does not affect any pension that a person has earned through their years of service or have any impact on accrued pension rights. Instead the cap ensures that any additional contribution to that pension made by the employer to fund early access to a pension is limited to no more than £95,000, on account these costs are ultimately funded by the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>We accept that there will be some circumstances where it will be necessary or desirable to relax the cap. As such, a waiver system will be in place for use in exceptional situations, including where imposing the cap would cause genuine hardship.</p><p> </p><p>At the request of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), HM Treasury officials met with the TUC and their members during the consultation period. The government is currently considering responses to the consultation on the draft regulations to implement the public sector exit payment cap. The government will respond to the consultation and finalised regulations will be laid before Parliament in due course.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 272902 272903 272904 272905 272906 272907 272908 question first answered 08/07/2019 10:07:17 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1136667

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Redundancy Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that long-service public sector workers on lower pay scales are not inequitably affected by the restriction on exit payments in the public sector.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	272908
	version	1
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The government has previously consulted and legislated on the policy for a cap of £95,000 on exit payments in the public sector. The consultation published on 10 April 2019 sought views on the draft regulations to implement this policy. An impact assessment was conducted and published in the 2016 consultation ahead of the primary legislation. Following the current consultation, a further equalities assessment will be conducted on the final version of the legislation.</p><p> </p><p>The government believes it is right to include all payments related to exit within the cap. The cap does not affect any pension that a person has earned through their years of service or have any impact on accrued pension rights. Instead the cap ensures that any additional contribution to that pension made by the employer to fund early access to a pension is limited to no more than £95,000, on account these costs are ultimately funded by the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>We accept that there will be some circumstances where it will be necessary or desirable to relax the cap. As such, a waiver system will be in place for use in exceptional situations, including where imposing the cap would cause genuine hardship.</p><p> </p><p>At the request of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), HM Treasury officials met with the TUC and their members during the consultation period. The government is currently considering responses to the consultation on the draft regulations to implement the public sector exit payment cap. The government will respond to the consultation and finalised regulations will be laid before Parliament in due course.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 272902 272903 272904 272905 272906 272907 272909 question first answered 08/07/2019 10:07:17 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1136664

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Redundancy Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government has made an assessment of the effect of restricting exit payments in the public sector on the pensions of staff employed by local authorities.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	272907
	version	1
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The government has previously consulted and legislated on the policy for a cap of £95,000 on exit payments in the public sector. The consultation published on 10 April 2019 sought views on the draft regulations to implement this policy. An impact assessment was conducted and published in the 2016 consultation ahead of the primary legislation. Following the current consultation, a further equalities assessment will be conducted on the final version of the legislation.</p><p> </p><p>The government believes it is right to include all payments related to exit within the cap. The cap does not affect any pension that a person has earned through their years of service or have any impact on accrued pension rights. Instead the cap ensures that any additional contribution to that pension made by the employer to fund early access to a pension is limited to no more than £95,000, on account these costs are ultimately funded by the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>We accept that there will be some circumstances where it will be necessary or desirable to relax the cap. As such, a waiver system will be in place for use in exceptional situations, including where imposing the cap would cause genuine hardship.</p><p> </p><p>At the request of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), HM Treasury officials met with the TUC and their members during the consultation period. The government is currently considering responses to the consultation on the draft regulations to implement the public sector exit payment cap. The government will respond to the consultation and finalised regulations will be laid before Parliament in due course.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 272902 272903 272904 272905 272906 272908 272909 question first answered 08/07/2019 10:07:17 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1136663

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Redundancy Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he will undertake an equality impact assessment on the Government's plan to restrict exit payments in the public sector.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	272906
	version	1
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The government has previously consulted and legislated on the policy for a cap of £95,000 on exit payments in the public sector. The consultation published on 10 April 2019 sought views on the draft regulations to implement this policy. An impact assessment was conducted and published in the 2016 consultation ahead of the primary legislation. Following the current consultation, a further equalities assessment will be conducted on the final version of the legislation.</p><p> </p><p>The government believes it is right to include all payments related to exit within the cap. The cap does not affect any pension that a person has earned through their years of service or have any impact on accrued pension rights. Instead the cap ensures that any additional contribution to that pension made by the employer to fund early access to a pension is limited to no more than £95,000, on account these costs are ultimately funded by the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>We accept that there will be some circumstances where it will be necessary or desirable to relax the cap. As such, a waiver system will be in place for use in exceptional situations, including where imposing the cap would cause genuine hardship.</p><p> </p><p>At the request of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), HM Treasury officials met with the TUC and their members during the consultation period. The government is currently considering responses to the consultation on the draft regulations to implement the public sector exit payment cap. The government will respond to the consultation and finalised regulations will be laid before Parliament in due course.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 272902 272903 272904 272905 272907 272908 272909 question first answered 08/07/2019 10:07:17 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1136661

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Redundancy Pay
	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 merits of an exemption for low-paid workers as part of the Government's plan to restrict exit payments in the public sector.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	272905
	version	1
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The government has previously consulted and legislated on the policy for a cap of £95,000 on exit payments in the public sector. The consultation published on 10 April 2019 sought views on the draft regulations to implement this policy. An impact assessment was conducted and published in the 2016 consultation ahead of the primary legislation. Following the current consultation, a further equalities assessment will be conducted on the final version of the legislation.</p><p> </p><p>The government believes it is right to include all payments related to exit within the cap. The cap does not affect any pension that a person has earned through their years of service or have any impact on accrued pension rights. Instead the cap ensures that any additional contribution to that pension made by the employer to fund early access to a pension is limited to no more than £95,000, on account these costs are ultimately funded by the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>We accept that there will be some circumstances where it will be necessary or desirable to relax the cap. As such, a waiver system will be in place for use in exceptional situations, including where imposing the cap would cause genuine hardship.</p><p> </p><p>At the request of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), HM Treasury officials met with the TUC and their members during the consultation period. The government is currently considering responses to the consultation on the draft regulations to implement the public sector exit payment cap. The government will respond to the consultation and finalised regulations will be laid before Parliament in due course.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 272902 272903 272904 272906 272907 272908 272909 question first answered 08/07/2019 10:07:17 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1136659

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Redundancy Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to engage with (a) local authorities and (b) trade unions as part of the public consultation on restricting exit payments in the public sector.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	272904
	version	1
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The government has previously consulted and legislated on the policy for a cap of £95,000 on exit payments in the public sector. The consultation published on 10 April 2019 sought views on the draft regulations to implement this policy. An impact assessment was conducted and published in the 2016 consultation ahead of the primary legislation. Following the current consultation, a further equalities assessment will be conducted on the final version of the legislation.</p><p> </p><p>The government believes it is right to include all payments related to exit within the cap. The cap does not affect any pension that a person has earned through their years of service or have any impact on accrued pension rights. Instead the cap ensures that any additional contribution to that pension made by the employer to fund early access to a pension is limited to no more than £95,000, on account these costs are ultimately funded by the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>We accept that there will be some circumstances where it will be necessary or desirable to relax the cap. As such, a waiver system will be in place for use in exceptional situations, including where imposing the cap would cause genuine hardship.</p><p> </p><p>At the request of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), HM Treasury officials met with the TUC and their members during the consultation period. The government is currently considering responses to the consultation on the draft regulations to implement the public sector exit payment cap. The government will respond to the consultation and finalised regulations will be laid before Parliament in due course.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 272902 272903 272905 272906 272907 272908 272909 question first answered 08/07/2019 10:07:17 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West