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747703

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Foreign Exchange: Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 18 April 2017 to Question 69488, if he will place in the Library the results of the research commissioned by his Department on the effect of current pricing structures used by foreign exchange providers on consumer value choices.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	2375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>In its Answer of 18 April 2017 to Question 69488, the Government stated that it was conducting research on the effects of transparency in overseas money transfers (involving foreign exchange), on consumer decisions. This research will help to inform the Government's response to the consultation on draft regulations for the implementation of the Second Payment Services Directive. This response will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 06/07/2017 07:26:43 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

747042

registered interest
date	30/06/2017
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 proportion of public sector workers have received a pay rise limited to one per cent since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	2338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The pay for an individual public sector worker is affected by several factors including progression pay, allowances and the one per cent pay policy. It will therefore vary by individual. HMT does not collect this data centrally.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 04/07/2017 14:31:01 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

747062

registered interest
date	30/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Foreign Exchange
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 18 April 2017 to Question 69488, if he will publish the results of the research commissioned by his Department on the effect of pricing structures used by foreign exchange providers on consumer value choices.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	2292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>In its Answer of 18 April 2017 to Question 69488, the Government stated that it was conducting research on the effects of transparency in overseas money transfers (involving foreign exchange), on consumer decisions. This research will help to inform the Government's response to the consultation on draft regulations for the implementation of the Second Payment Services Directive. This response will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 2291 question first answered 05/07/2017 16:02:41 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

747137

registered interest
date	30/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	EU Grants and Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to introduce a UK shared prosperity fund; how much such a fund will contain; to whom that funding will be made available; and how those eligible for funding will apply for access to that funding.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	2268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>The government’s manifesto committed to create a UK Shared Prosperity Fund. Further details will be set out in due course. The government has provided a guarantee for all European Structural and Investment Fund projects signed before the UK leaves the European Union (EU) if they provide good value for money and are in line with domestic strategic priorities. This includes projects that continue beyond the UK’s departure from the EU.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 05/07/2017 15:42:34 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

747149

registered interest
date	30/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Foreign Exchange
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the results of the research commissioned by his Department on the effect of current pricing structures used by foreign exchange providers on consumer value choices.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	2291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>In its Answer of 18 April 2017 to Question 69488, the Government stated that it was conducting research on the effects of transparency in overseas money transfers (involving foreign exchange), on consumer decisions. This research will help to inform the Government's response to the consultation on draft regulations for the implementation of the Second Payment Services Directive. This response will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 2292 question first answered 05/07/2017 16:02:41 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

746697

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Financial Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to prevent UK-based companies in the financial sector moving abroad when the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
uin	1965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>We are engaging with firms on a regular basis, and reassuring them of the Government’s aim to agree a bold and ambitious free-trade agreement. Transitional arrangements to avoid unnecessary disruption and dangerous cliff edges will be mutually beneficial. This will give firms more time before they have to make permanent decisions regarding their future plans, and minimise the need for them to restructure their operations. We will also ensure that EU legislation is brought into UK law in good time to ensure firms have certainty about their regulatory environment once the UK leaves the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 04/07/2017 16:38:54 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

746698

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Financial Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the effect has been on (a) employment and (b) UK public finances of financial sector companies moving abroad since the vote to leave the EU.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
uin	1966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The Office of National Statistics (ONS) publishes regular updates on employment figures, including by sector. In terms of the economy as a whole, the ONS has calculated that the employment rate from February to April 2017 was 74.8%, the joint highest since comparable records began in 1971. The Office for Budget Responsibility is due to publish its next report on the public finances later this month.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 04/07/2017 16:39:54 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

746699

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Financial Services
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 number of UK-based financial sector companies that (a) have moved certain operations abroad since the vote to leave the EU and (b) are planning to move operations abroad when the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
uin	1967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>We understand the issues that the UK’s departure from the EU creates for the financial sector as a whole and for specific firms. The government believes that an implementation period agreed early in the process would help both sides to minimise unnecessary disruption. The Office of National Statistics (ONS) publishes regular updates on employment figures, including by sector.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 04/07/2017 16:40:41 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

746719

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish HM Revenue and Customs' review of its Needs Extra Support service; and if he will make a statement before the summer recess.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	1929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>As part of their continuous improvement process, HM Revenue and Customs is undertaking an internal review of its Needs Extra Support (NES) service to ensure that it continues to provide the same high level of service. There are no plans to publish this externally.</p><p> </p><p>The NES Service was not launched until May 2014. The number of NES staff that were in post at the start of each of the last four tax years are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Mobile Advisers (who visit customers)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Telephony Advisers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>169</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>139</p></td><td><p>152</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>147</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>142</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The number of face to face appointments booked in each of the last three full tax years are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Face to face appointments</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>17,556</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>25,641</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>25,171</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 1930 1931 question first answered 06/07/2017 15:13:15 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

746720

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Needs Extra Support advisers were employed by HM Revenue ad Customs in each tax year since 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	1930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>As part of their continuous improvement process, HM Revenue and Customs is undertaking an internal review of its Needs Extra Support (NES) service to ensure that it continues to provide the same high level of service. There are no plans to publish this externally.</p><p> </p><p>The NES Service was not launched until May 2014. The number of NES staff that were in post at the start of each of the last four tax years are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Mobile Advisers (who visit customers)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Telephony Advisers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>169</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>139</p></td><td><p>152</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>147</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>142</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The number of face to face appointments booked in each of the last three full tax years are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Face to face appointments</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>17,556</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>25,641</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>25,171</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 1929 1931 question first answered 06/07/2017 15:13:15 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law