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652396

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2016
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Bank Services: Non-binary People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will take steps to encourage banks to include a non-binary gender option on their official documents.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	56057
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Equality and Human Rights Commission is the regulator for the public sector equality duty set out in section 149 of the Equality Act 2010. The Commission uses a range of levers to ensure local authorities and other public bodies comply with the requirements of the duty, from provision of guidance through to enforcement activity where it considers there to be a strategic benefit.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">In light of the Brighton University report highlighted by the Honourable Member, the Commission will be writing to the Local Government Association (LGA) drawing its attention to the findings of the research and of the Commission’s evidence of the key equality challenges facing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, and asking the LGA to remind local authorities of their legal obligations under the public sector equality duty.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We encourage all service providers, including financial services, to provide a welcoming environment for all customers, including transgender and non-binary customers.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">To support this aim, we published ‘Providing services for transgender customers: a guide’ in November 2015 to help service providers ensure transgender people are welcomed, included and valued as customers, clients, users or members, and to ensure they are treated fairly and appropriately. It also aims to help service providers comply with the law.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We welcome the fact that some banks, such as the Metro Bank, allow customers to select non-binary as a gender option.</ins></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 08/12/2016 09:25:50 question first ministerially corrected 13/12/2016 13:16:34 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage previous answer version 25173 answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

419004

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2015
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Block Grant: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what plans the Government has for the future of the block grant to Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington South
	tabling member printed	David Mowat
	uin	901183
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>The Government is committed to delivering in full the St David's Day Agreement for Wales. </strong></ins></p><p> </p><p>This includes a commitment to introduce a funding floor at the Spending Review to ensure for the first time that Wales has a funding framework that will stand the test of time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Preseli Pembrokeshire answering member printed Stephen Crabb question first answered 16/09/2015 14:20:06 question first ministerially corrected 24/09/2015 10:45:29 answering member 1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb previous answer version 21790 answering member constituency Preseli Pembrokeshire answering member printed Stephen Crabb answering member 1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb
	tabling member	4080 label Biography information for David Mowat

533000

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2016
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	EU Grants and Loans: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what plans he has to ensure that the Government commits to providing the same level of funding to Wales after the UK leaves the EU that is received from the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	41923
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Prime Minister has been clear that the negotiation for Britain's future relationship with Europe will need to begin under a new Prime Minister, and we have now got to look at all the detailed arrangements. In the meantime, Departments continue working to deliver the Government agenda</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The current EU funding rules will continue to apply until the UK has left the EU, following the successful conclusion of exit negotiations. It will be for the new Prime Minister and their Cabinet to discuss development funding in the future.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 13/07/2016 09:23:16 question first ministerially corrected 13/07/2016 10:19:45 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns previous answer version 6838 answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1064412

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Inheritance Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of (a) the number of beneficiaries of the main residence nil rate band of Inheritance Tax exemption in 2018, (b) where those beneficiaries are located and (c) what is the average income of those beneficiaries was.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	223937
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer that I gave on <ins class="ministerial">6 March</ins> <del class="ministerial">26 February</del> 2018 to the Hon. Member for Leeds West for the number of beneficiaries of the main residence nil rate band.</p><p> </p><p>Estimates of the location and average income of beneficiaries of the main residence nil rate band in 2018 are not readily available and could only be provided at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 25/02/2019 17:20:11 question first ministerially corrected 19/03/2019 13:21:59 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride previous answer version 104359 answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1089493

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Coinage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the commemorative 50 pence coin issued to mark the UK's departure from the EU has been minted.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	233006
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>Currently, no commemorative coins to mark the UK’s departure from the <del class="ministerial">UK</del> <ins class="ministerial">EU </ins>have been minted. However, as is standard procedure at The Royal Mint, a small number of trial coins have been produced. The production of trial coins does not incur any cost to the taxpayer.<ins class="ministerial"> The commemorative 50 pence coin to mark the UK leaving the European Union will be made available following our departure.</ins></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/03/2019 17:00:04 question first ministerially corrected 27/03/2019 11:27:19 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 109098 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1092207

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Coinage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the commemorative 50 pence coin to mark the UK's departure from the EU with the date of 29 March 2019 has been minted.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	234738
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>Currently, no commemorative coins to mark the UK’s departure from the<del class="ministerial"> UK</del> <ins class="ministerial">EU </ins>have been minted. However, as is standard procedure at The Royal Mint, a small number of trial coins have been produced. The production of trial coins does not incur any cost to the taxpayer. <ins class="ministerial">The commemorative 50 pence coin to mark the UK leaving the European Union will be made available following our departure.</ins></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 25/03/2019 08:34:45 question first ministerially corrected 27/03/2019 11:27:10 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 109608 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

874356

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Low Pay
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of (1) employees, and (2) other workers, in the UK who earn less than the personal tax threshold in any one job; and of those, how many are (a) male, and (b) female.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL6742
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2018 answer text <p>Estimates of the number of individuals with earnings less than the Income Tax Personal Allowance in any one job are shown in the table below. The table relates to the 2015-16 tax year when the Personal Allowance was £10,600.</p><p> </p><p>The figures are for people employed and taxed through Pay As You Earn Income Tax and with self-employment income taxed through Self Assessment. Individuals included in the table may have had more than one job in the year where they earnt below the Personal Allowance. The figures also include individuals with an income above £10,600 in one job, but who also had at least one job with PAYE or self-employment earnings below £10,600 in 2015-16.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Individuals with earnings less than the Income Tax Personal Allowance in any one job, 2015-16 tax year (millions)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Employees <sup>(1)</sup></p></td><td><p>Self employed <sup>(2)(3)</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">8.34</del><ins class="ministerial">6.83</ins></p></td><td><p>2.11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">6.83</del><ins class="ministerial">8.34</ins></p></td><td><p>1.55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All</p></td><td><p>15.17</p></td><td><p>3.66</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes</p><ol><li><p>Based on Pay As You Earn data. The earnings definition used is the same as used in the publication, <em>UK Real Time Information, Experimental Statistics</em>.</p></li><li><p>The figures for self-employment income sources are based on the 2015-16 Survey of Personal</p><p>Incomes and consistent with information published in tables 3.9 and 3.10 of HMRC’s Personal Incomes statistics, tables 3.1 to 3.11.</p></li><li><p>Includes those who were trading but made a loss for the tax year.</p></li></ol><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 09/04/2018 13:27:34 question first ministerially corrected 28/06/2018 16:24:54 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates previous answer version 51495 answering member printed Lord Bates answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

884922

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Bank Services: Small Businesses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure that banks maintain records for longer than five years in response to possible legal actions on the mis-selling of (a) tailored business loans and (b) other financial products to small businesses.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
	uin	135910
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>Oversight of banks’ <ins class="ministerial">record-keeping </ins>processes <ins class="ministerial">for regulated activities, certain related activities, and other ancillary services specifically covered under EU law </ins> <del class="ministerial">and redress schemes regarding the mis-selling of tailored business loans and other financial products to small businesses</del> is the responsibility of the operationally independent Financial Conduct Authority.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">For other activities, such as traditional commercial lending, including Tailored Business Loans, record keeping processes are not subject to FCA requirements and are therefore legal and commercial decisions for banks.</ins></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 23/04/2018 13:12:12 question first ministerially corrected 15/06/2018 13:21:14 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen previous answer version 53154 answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

946853

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Public Bodies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many contractors employed in (a) the Government Actuary's Department, (b) HM Revenue and Customs,(c) HM Treasury Group, (d) National Savings & Investments, (e) Office for National Statistics, (f) Royal Mint, and (g) Valuation Office Agency are paid £1,000 or more per day.
	tabling member constituency	Dundee West
	tabling member printed	Chris Law
	uin	167300
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs<del class="ministerial"> currently</del> makes use of <del class="ministerial">2</del> <ins class="ministerial">one </ins>contractor<del class="ministerial">s</del> in that category. There are none being employed at the others.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 04/09/2018 14:09:39 question first ministerially corrected 10/09/2018 13:27:53 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 73089 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

988717

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many parents in Northern Ireland applied for tax free childcare in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	180155
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The table below provides the number of parents in Northern Ireland who have applied for Tax-Free Childcare (TFC) in each of the last three years. TFC was trialled in 2016 and launched in April 2017.</p><p>We are promoting the scheme across the UK, including a marketing campaign which launched on 10 September 2018, to increase awareness and take-up of Tax-Free Childcare.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Years</p></td><td><p>Total Number of Applications</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,039</del> <ins class="ministerial">1,044</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2,093</del> <ins class="ministerial">1,301</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 23/10/2018 14:22:46 question first ministerially corrected 14/11/2018 13:36:18 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss previous answer version 80216 answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson