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1130986

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/06/2019
	date	10/06/2019
	date tabled	10/06/2019
	ddp created	10/06/2019 21:59:12
	answering body	Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	ddp modified	10/06/2019 22:08:42 13/06/2019 15:30:03
	hansard heading	Taxation
	house id	1
	identifier	262410
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	13/06/2019 14:58:48
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) St Helens borough, (b) Liverpool City Region, (c) the North West and (d) the UK paid tax in the tax bands (i) up to £8,632, (ii) £8,632 to £12,500, (iii) £12,500 to £50,000, (iii) £50,000 to £100,000 and (iv) above £100,000 in the most recent period for which information is available.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 262410
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	262410
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Estimates of the number of tax paying individuals in the areas requested are provided in the attached table.</p> question first answered 13/06/2019 14:58:48 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	creator	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

532422

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/07/2016
	date	04/07/2016
	date tabled	04/07/2016
	ddp created	04/07/2016 22:51:22
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	ddp modified	04/07/2016 22:56:54 07/07/2016 14:40:03
	hansard heading	Insurance: Regulation
	house id	1
	identifier	41683
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	07/07/2016 14:08:42
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on the (a) regulation of the insurance industry and (b) implementation of the Solvency II Directive.
	session	2016/17
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2016/17 41683
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	41683
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Action taken by the Government and the Bank of England over the last six years has substantially strengthened the resilience of the financial system, and the authorities have all the necessary tools in place to protect financial stability.</p><p> </p><p>Following the referendum result, the Government must now prepare for a negotiation to exit the EU to ensure that the interests of all parts of the UK are protected and advanced. I want us to agree an economic relationship with the rest of Europe that provides for the best possible terms of trade in financial services, including insurance.</p><p> </p><p>The Prime Minister has been clear that the negotiation for Britain’s future relationship with Europe will begin under a new Prime Minister. In the meantime, and during the negotiations that follow, there will be no change to the way that insurance is sold or regulated.</p><p> </p><p>Much financial regulation currently applicable in the UK derives from EU legislation, including Solvency II. Until negotiations are concluded, we remain a full member of the EU and must meet our obligations as a member of the EU.</p> question first answered 07/07/2016 14:08:42 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	creator	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

532423

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/07/2016
	date	04/07/2016
	date tabled	04/07/2016
	ddp created	04/07/2016 22:51:23
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	ddp modified	04/07/2016 22:56:55 07/07/2016 14:52:02
	hansard heading	Banks: Regulation
	house id	1
	identifier	41690
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	07/07/2016 14:20:08
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on the transposition of the Basel III reform measures into UK law.
	session	2016/17
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2016/17 41690
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	41690
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government continues to support the need for international standards, such as the capital framework developed by the international Basel Committee on Banking Standards. These are important to ensure both financial stability and a level playing field for the UK’s world-leading financial services industry.</p><p> </p><p>The Prime Minister has been clear that the negotiation for Britain’s future relationship with Europe will begin under a new Prime Minister. Until negotiations are concluded, we remain a full member of the EU and must meet our obligations as a member of the EU.</p> question first answered 07/07/2016 14:20:08 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	creator	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

790886

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/11/2017
	date	16/11/2017
	date tabled	16/11/2017
	ddp created	16/11/2017 21:50:32
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	ddp modified	16/11/2017 21:55:52 24/11/2017 12:22:09
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure: North West
	house id	1
	identifier	113514
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	24/11/2017 11:50:28
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what per head spending from the public purse was in each financial year since 2010-11 in (a) St Helens North constituency, (b) St Helens, (c) Merseyside and (d) the North West.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 113514
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	113514
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Public sector spending per head for the St Helens North constituency, St Helens or for Merseyside are not held centrally by the UK Government. However, identifiable expenditure per head for the North West region are available from the Country and Regional Analysis (CRA) of public expenditure. Please refer to Table 1.</p><p> </p><p>Communities and Local Government do provide expenditure data at Local Authority level on the GOV.UK website. However, this only shows local government spend and not total public sector expenditure.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p><strong>Table 1 Total identifiable expenditure on services per head: North West</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£ per head</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>9,074</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>8,995</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>9,102</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>9,073</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>9,275</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>9,419</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>9,429</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Source: </strong>2010-11 data taken from CRA 2015. 2011-12 data taken from CRA 2016. 2012-13 to 2016-17 data taken from CRA 2017</p><p><strong>Note:</strong> Data for 2010-11 and 2011-12 were taken from earlier editions of the CRA so will not be fully comparable to data from 2012-13 onwards that was taken from CRA 2017 due to possible changes to methodology between editions.</p> question first answered 24/11/2017 11:50:28 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	creator	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

905632

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/05/2018
	date	16/05/2018
	date tabled	16/05/2018
	ddp created	16/05/2018 19:09:17
	answering body	Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	ddp modified	18/05/2018 10:05:05 21/05/2018 12:51:01
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	identifier	144949
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	21/05/2018 12:19:53
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many parents using the tax free childcare online application system have submitted compensation claims after not receiving a top-up from HMRC; what the average amount of those claims is; what the average response time for such claims has been; and how much compensation has been paid (a) to each such claimant and (b) in total.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 144949
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	144949
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave on 12 March 2018 (PQ 131774).</p><p> </p><p>HMRC currently processes the vast majority of payments in lieu of government top-up within 5 working days.</p><p> </p> question first answered 21/05/2018 12:19:53 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	creator	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

906298

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/05/2018
	date	17/05/2018
	date tabled	17/05/2018
	ddp created	17/05/2018 17:30:52
	answering body	Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	ddp modified	17/05/2018 17:35:33 22/05/2018 13:34:16
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	identifier	145359
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	22/05/2018 13:02:04
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which company is contracted to resolve technical issues with the tax free childcare online application system; what targets are set in that contract; and how much money that is paid to that company under that contract.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 145359
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	145359
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The vast majority of parents can use the childcare service (through which they apply for Tax-Free Childcare and 30 hours free childcare) without any problems. HMRC has been working with their delivery partner National Savings &amp; Investments (NS&amp;I) and NS&amp;I’s supplier Atos to make improvements to the service. As a result over 99% of parents are now receiving their eligibility decision within 5 working days.</p><p>It is not the Government’s usual practice to comment on contractual matters between departments and their contactors since they may be commercially sensitive.</p> question first answered 22/05/2018 13:02:04 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	creator	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

385931

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	01/07/2015
	date	26/06/2015
	date tabled	26/06/2015
	ddp created	26/06/2015 16:40:31
	ddp modified	01/07/2015 11:54:02
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: St Helens North
	house id	1
	identifier	4440
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	01/07/2015 11:22:05
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many telephone calls to HM Revenue and Customs from residents and businesses in St Helens North constituency were unanswered in 2014-15.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 4440
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	4440
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does not hold this data by constituency.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC handles around 50 million telephone calls annually and regularly publishes general performance reports on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p> question first answered 01/07/2015 11:22:05 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	creator	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1244689

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/10/2020
	date	19/10/2020
	date tabled	19/10/2020
	ddp created	19/10/2020 22:03:16
	answering body	Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	ddp modified	19/10/2020 22:20:29 22/10/2020 10:27:11
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Liverpool City Region
	house id	1
	identifier	105434
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	22/10/2020 09:56:02
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the economic effect of the tier-3 local covid restrictions on (a) the Liverpool City Region and (b) the six individual boroughs in that combined authority, in the event that those restrictions last (i) 28, (ii) 56, (iii) 112 and (iv) 224 days.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 105434
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	105434
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The UK, along with many other countries around the world, has experienced a severe recession caused by coronavirus, and no major economy has avoided a dramatic fall in GDP. In response to those restrictions, the government took action to protect jobs and livelihoods and support businesses through the deepest global recession in decades.</p><p> </p><p>Since they were classed as Very High Alert, the government has also recently provided local authorities in Liverpool City Region with £44m to support businesses and public health. The government had already provided businesses in the Liverpool City Region with £1.3bn in direct support through grants and loans, and local authorities with £136m of additional support to address Covid-related pressures.</p> question first answered 22/10/2020 09:56:02 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	creator	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1454822

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	31/03/2022
	date	28/03/2022
	date tabled	28/03/2022
	ddp created	28/03/2022 21:32:39
	answering body	Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	ddp modified	28/03/2022 21:57:22 31/03/2022 15:31:11
	hansard heading	Cash Dispensing: St Helens North
	house id	1
	identifier	148257
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	31/03/2022 14:59:13
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions his Department has had with commercial banks operating in St Helens North constituency on protecting (a) free to use ATMs and (b) wider access to cash.
	session	2021/22
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2021/22 148257
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	148257
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The government recognises that cash remains an important part of daily life for millions of people across the UK, particularly those in vulnerable groups, and has committed to legislate to protect access to cash.</p><p> </p><p>From 1 July to 23 September last year, the government held an Access to Cash Consultation on proposals for new laws to make sure people only need to travel a reasonable distance to pay in or take out cash. The government’s proposals intend to support the continued use of cash in people’s daily lives and help to enable local businesses to continue accepting cash by ensuring they can access deposit facilities. The government has carefully considered responses to the consultation and will set out next steps in due course.</p><p> </p><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><p> </p><p>On access to free-to-use ATMs specifically, free-to-use ATMs, LINK (the scheme that runs the UK's largest ATM network) has commitments to protect the broad geographic spread of free-to-use ATMs and is held to account against these commitments by the Payment Systems Regulator. LINK has committed to protect free-to-use ATMs more than one kilometre away from the next nearest free ATM or Post Office, and free access to cash on high streets (where there is a cluster of five or more retailers) that do not have a free-to-use ATM or a Post Office counter within one kilometre.</p><p> </p><p>Following the Government’s commitment to legislate, firms are working together through the Cash Action Group to develop new initiatives to provide shared services. The Government welcomes the direction set by industry’s commitments at the end of last year and looks forward to seeing what results they deliver in protecting cash facilities for local communities across the UK.</p><p> </p> question first answered 31/03/2022 14:59:13 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	creator	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1454823

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	31/03/2022
	date	28/03/2022
	date tabled	28/03/2022
	ddp created	28/03/2022 21:32:42
	answering body	Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	ddp modified	28/03/2022 21:57:26 31/03/2022 15:31:13
	hansard heading	Cash Dispensing
	house id	1
	identifier	148258
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	31/03/2022 14:59:12
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the status is of the Access to Cash consultation; and when his Department plans to respond to it.
	session	2021/22
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2021/22 148258
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	148258
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The government recognises that cash remains an important part of daily life for millions of people across the UK, particularly those in vulnerable groups, and has committed to legislate to protect access to cash.</p><p> </p><p>From 1 July to 23 September last year, the government held an Access to Cash Consultation on proposals for new laws to make sure people only need to travel a reasonable distance to pay in or take out cash. The government’s proposals intend to support the continued use of cash in people’s daily lives and help to enable local businesses to continue accepting cash by ensuring they can access deposit facilities. The government has carefully considered responses to the consultation and will set out next steps in due course.</p><p> </p><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><p> </p><p>On access to free-to-use ATMs specifically, free-to-use ATMs, LINK (the scheme that runs the UK's largest ATM network) has commitments to protect the broad geographic spread of free-to-use ATMs and is held to account against these commitments by the Payment Systems Regulator. LINK has committed to protect free-to-use ATMs more than one kilometre away from the next nearest free ATM or Post Office, and free access to cash on high streets (where there is a cluster of five or more retailers) that do not have a free-to-use ATM or a Post Office counter within one kilometre.</p><p> </p><p>Following the Government’s commitment to legislate, firms are working together through the Cash Action Group to develop new initiatives to provide shared services. The Government welcomes the direction set by industry’s commitments at the end of last year and looks forward to seeing what results they deliver in protecting cash facilities for local communities across the UK.</p><p> </p> question first answered 31/03/2022 14:59:12 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	creator	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn