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823531

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many parents have accessed tax-free child care since April 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	122999
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member to my Written Statement (HCWS401), made on 15 January which contains the number of parents with a Tax-Free Childcare account.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 19/01/2018 12:53:26 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

754507

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Courts: Modernisation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost of plans to modernise the courts system.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	6491
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>The government is investing approximately £1 billion in modernising our courts and tribunals, and improving the digital infrastructure for our criminal courts.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 06/09/2017 13:41:51 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

755600

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the total cost of the second phase of High Speed 2 from Birmingham to Manchester and Leeds.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	7157
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2017 answer text <p>At the 2015 Spending Review, the Government set a funding envelope for High Speed 2 Phase Two of £28.55bn in 2015 prices</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 08/09/2017 12:54:56 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

755601

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the total cost of High Speed 2.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	7158
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2017 answer text <p>At the 2015 Spending Review, the Government restated the long-term funding envelope for delivery of the full High Speed 2 scheme of £55.7bn in 2015 prices.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 08/09/2017 12:57:23 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1138438

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Infrastructure: Capital Investment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many capital infrastructure projects have been completed as part of the Government’s National Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	276213
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>Since 2010, over 4,900 public and private infrastructure projects have been successfully delivered.</p><p>In particular, since 2010, the government has earmarked 158 major projects as being of national significance and a priority, including 90 listed in the National Infrastructure Delivery Plan 2016-2021. IPA tracks and publishes the delivery progress of all 158 projects, publishing a National Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline document each year. As reported in the current edition of the Pipeline, published in November 2018, the vast majority are being delivered, with 98% completed or on track to deliver.</p><p>In 2018 alone, over 400 infrastructure projects were completed and moved into operation across a number of sectors. In the North West, for example, these included major investments such as the Walney Extension wind farm capable of powering over 600,000 homes; 2km of new flood defences to protect thousands of homes in Rossall on the coast of Lancashire; and the UK’s first Proton Beam Therapy centre at Christie Hospital in Manchester.</p><p>But it is not just major projects such as these which are having a real impact on people’s lives. We are also delivering hundreds of smaller projects across the UK.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 16/07/2019 11:48:28 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

760634

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers
	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 potential effect on employers of increasing the immigration skills charge levied on migrant workers.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	105096
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The Migration Advisory Committee consulted with employers on implementing the charge in 2015; the published report is available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/migration-advisory-committee-mac-review-tier-2-migration" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/migration-advisory-committee-mac-review-tier-2-migration</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 09/10/2017 15:44:49 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1126895

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Parental Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in employment claimed (a) statutory paternity pay and (b) statutory shared parental pay in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	254831
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>The number of Statutory Paternity Pay (SPP) and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (ShPP) claimants in the last five years can be found in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Tax Year</p></td><td><p>Number of SPP Claimants</p></td><td><p>Number of ShPP Claimants</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15/16</p></td><td><p>215,100</p></td><td><p>6,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16/17</p></td><td><p>219,900</p></td><td><p>8,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17/18</p></td><td><p>212,700</p></td><td><p>9,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18/19</p></td><td><p>202,800</p></td><td><p>10,700</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li><p>Data collected using HMRC Real Time Information (RTI) and extracted in May 2019. RTI is subject to revision or updates.</p></li><li><p>Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred.</p></li><li><p>In the 2015/16 tax year, those receiving Additional Statutory Paternity Pay (ASPP) for children born before 6 April 2015 cannot be distinguished from those claiming ShPP within RTI data.</p></li></ol> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 20/05/2019 16:25:42 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

910212

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date he plans to publish the 2019 Spending Review which was announced in the 2018 Spring Statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	147475
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text As the PM confirmed in Cabinet on 23rd January, the government will undertake the next Spending Review in 2019, so that budgets can be set out in advance for 2020 onwards. The exact publication date will be confirmed in due course. answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 04/06/2018 12:47:49 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

753979

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	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, what information his Department holds on the proportion of public sector employees who are (a) at the top of their relevant pay scale or (b) did not receive progression pay for any other reason in the most recent financial year for which data exists.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	6319
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>Departments are responsible for collecting relevant data for the workforces in their areas and it would be for them to confirm the precise data.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 05/09/2017 12:53:47 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

760638

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	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, what assessment he has made of the cost to the Exchequer of removing the public sector pay cap.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	105134
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>I set out the Government’s position on public sector pay in the House of Commons on 12 September 2017. A copy of this statement is available at: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2017-09-12/HCWS127" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2017-09-12/HCWS127</a>.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 09/10/2017 13:08:03 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd