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1713401

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Interest Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Bank of England on bank rates.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	23479
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>Monetary policy is the responsibility of the independent Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England. This includes decisions on the Bank Rate.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury meet with the Bank of England regularly to discuss their assessment of the economy and financial services. This includes regular meetings between the Chancellor and the Governor of the Bank of England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 29/04/2024 14:37:35 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1695226

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Northern Ireland
	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 public sector workers in Northern Ireland are able to receive a pay award that is equal to levels in England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	18166
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>The UK Government is providing the Northern Ireland Executive with a comprehensive £3.3 billion spending settlement to stabilise public services, better manage public finances and pave the way for transformation of public services.</p><p>Within this package, the UK Government provided £846 million to support the Northern Ireland Executive’s budget pressures in 2023-24, including public sector pay pressures</p><p><br>It is the Executive’s responsibility to decide on the level of public sector pay awards for devolved areas in Northern Ireland and to balance these costs against other priorities.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 19/03/2024 12:13:05 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1691083

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	First Time Buyers: Mortgages
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had discussions with major banks on the accessibility of mortgages for first time buyers.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	15279
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government is regularly in contact with mortgage lenders on all aspects of their business, including the provision of finance to first time buyers.</p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 28/02/2024 10:22:06 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1689338

	registered interest
	date	16/02/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Companies: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will have discussions with his counterpart in the Department of Economy on helping to ensure that Northern Ireland is an attractive place for companies to invest in.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	14078
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The UK Government is committed to promoting Northern Ireland as an attractive place for foreign direct investment (FDI), and we look forward to working closely with the restored Northern Ireland Executive on ensuring that Northern Ireland is an attractive place for companies to invest in.</p><p> </p><p>The Northern Ireland Investment Summit in September 2023 brought together over 100 international investors and businesses, and profiled Northern Ireland’s innovative and technological strengths. Northern Ireland has been successful in attracting FDI, particularly in financial services, and Belfast is the world’s number one city for FinTech inward investment.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government is taking steps to improve the investment support offer to foreign investors following the Harrington Review, including making investment ambition a priority across government through the new Ministerial Investment Group, reviewing the grants landscape to make it simple and streamlined for investors, and increasing the resource available to the Office for Investment.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 26/02/2024 09:49:14 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1689339

	registered interest
	date	16/02/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Small Businesses: Strangford
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will have discussions with local authorities in Northern Ireland on the potential merits of allocating additional funding to support SMEs in Strangford constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	14079
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The allocation of funding to support Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the Northern Ireland Executive. We look forward to working closely with the restored Executive on a wide range of issues, including support for businesses in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government provides tax reliefs benefiting SMEs such as the Annual Investment Allowance and Employment Allowance, supports investment in SMEs through British Business Bank programmes, and offers the Help to Grow: Management training scheme which is delivered through business schools in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 26/02/2024 10:30:06 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon