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1172044

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Capital Investment: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the (a) Welsh Government and (b) Scottish Government on the £1 billion of new resource and capital spending announced for Northern Ireland on 15 January 2020.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	5509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>I and my officials engage on a regular basis with the Scottish and Welsh Governments on their funding settlements. The New Decade, New Approach financial agreement recognises the unique circumstances faced in Northern Ireland. The Scottish and Welsh Governments will both benefit from Barnett consequentials as a result of the decisions that Chancellor will take on devolved matters in England at the Budget and Comprehensive Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 5510 question first answered 23/01/2020 08:54:48 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1172045

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Capital Investment: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the announcement of £1 billion of new resource and capital spending for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the need for new capital spending in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	5510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>I and my officials engage on a regular basis with the Scottish and Welsh Governments on their funding settlements. The New Decade, New Approach financial agreement recognises the unique circumstances faced in Northern Ireland. The Scottish and Welsh Governments will both benefit from Barnett consequentials as a result of the decisions that Chancellor will take on devolved matters in England at the Budget and Comprehensive Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 5509 question first answered 23/01/2020 08:54:48 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1171330

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	City Region Deals: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Audit Scotland's report on Scotland's City Region and Growth Deals, published 16 January 2020, what steps his Department is taking to ensure (a) effective auditing of Scottish City Region Deals and (b) funding from the Inverness and Highlands City Region Deal benefits the whole region.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	4437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>The UKG committed £53.1m to an Inverness and Highlands City Region Deal in March 2016 which covers the Highlands area. This is part of the £1.4bn the UK Government has announced for the funding of ten City and Growth Deals in Scotland. More recently, the Government has committed to provide 100% coverage of City and Growth Deals for Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>The Scottish Government is accountable for City and Growth Deals funding in the usual way and in line with the fiscal framework. Audits will be undertaken by Audit Scotland and the National Audit Office in the usual way. Detailed accountability and working arrangements are currently being agreed between the UK Government and Scotland Government via a Memorandum of Understanding which will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 4438 question first answered 21/01/2020 15:31:25 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

1171331

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	City Region Deals and Local Growth Deals: Highlands of Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to implement a Highlands specific Region and Growth Deal to work alongside the Inverness and Highlands City Region Deal.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	4438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>The UKG committed £53.1m to an Inverness and Highlands City Region Deal in March 2016 which covers the Highlands area. This is part of the £1.4bn the UK Government has announced for the funding of ten City and Growth Deals in Scotland. More recently, the Government has committed to provide 100% coverage of City and Growth Deals for Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>The Scottish Government is accountable for City and Growth Deals funding in the usual way and in line with the fiscal framework. Audits will be undertaken by Audit Scotland and the National Audit Office in the usual way. Detailed accountability and working arrangements are currently being agreed between the UK Government and Scotland Government via a Memorandum of Understanding which will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 4437 question first answered 21/01/2020 15:31:25 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

1170593

registered interest
date	14/01/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to ensure Departments have adequate funding to the pay the increase in the National Living Wage announced by the Government on 31 December 2019.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	3179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>Spending Round 2019 delivered the fastest planned increase in day-to-day departmental spending in 15 years. Resource spending is set to rise by 4.1% in real terms from 2019-20 to 2020-21.</p><p> </p><p>As usual, departments are responsible for managing changes to pay. Where this policy change might have cost implications in years beyond 2020-21, these should be incorporated into departments’ workforce strategies and will be considered at the Spending Review in 2020 alongside other bids and pressures in their budgets.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 22/01/2020 15:13:06 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1169005

registered interest
date	07/01/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Broadband: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What fiscal steps he is taking to improve broadband connections in rural communities.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	900054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2020 answer text <p>We want to deliver gigabit-capable broadband across the country as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p>We have already committed over £1 billion to support the rollout of next-generation digital infrastructure, and, at Conference, the Chancellor announced an ambition to invest £5bn to support gigabit broadband rollout in the hardest to reach areas.</p><p> </p><p>We will set out further details of our approach in our National Infrastructure Strategy later this year.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 900057 question first answered 07/01/2020 16:14:13 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

1169006

registered interest
date	07/01/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Broadband: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What fiscal steps he is taking to improve broadband connections in rural communities.
tabling member constituency	Witney
tabling member printed	Robert Courts
uin	900057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2020 answer text <p>We want to deliver gigabit-capable broadband across the country as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p>We have already committed over £1 billion to support the rollout of next-generation digital infrastructure, and, at Conference, the Chancellor announced an ambition to invest £5bn to support gigabit broadband rollout in the hardest to reach areas.</p><p> </p><p>We will set out further details of our approach in our National Infrastructure Strategy later this year.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 900054 question first answered 07/01/2020 16:14:13 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts

1168871

registered interest
date	06/01/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pupils: Per Capita Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to increase the level of per pupil funding.
tabling member constituency	Sedgefield
tabling member printed	Paul Howell
uin	900040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2020 answer text <p>At last year’s Spending Round, the Chancellor announced a £7.1 billion increase in schools funding by 2022-23 compared to this year.</p><p> </p><p>This will level up funding across the country and ensure at least £5,000 a year for every secondary school pupil next year, and £4,000 a year for every primary school pupil by 2021-22.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 07/01/2020 14:41:48 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4830 label Biography information for Paul Howell

1168890

registered interest
date	06/01/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Sleeping Rough
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 Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the adequacy of funding allocated to tackling rough sleeping.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2020 answer text <p>This Government is committed to ending rough sleeping by the end of the Parliament. That is why last year’s Spending Round announced total resource funding of £422m to reduce rough sleeping and homelessness in 2020/21. This followed on from discussions with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government and represents a £54m increase in funding – a real terms increase of 13%.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 09/01/2020 10:02:53 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1168914

registered interest
date	06/01/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Northern Ireland Executive will receive the full £1 billion extra funding agreed in the Confidence and Supply Agreement between the Conservative and Unionist Party and the Democratic Unionist Party during the last Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2020 answer text <p>The Confidence and Supply financial annex committed the UK Government to providing £1 billion to Northern Ireland. £<del class="ministerial">736</del> <ins class="ministerial">763 </ins> million has been released so far and the release of further funding would take place following Parliament’s approval in the normal way through the Estimates process.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 10/01/2020 08:41:24 question first ministerially corrected 21/01/2020 15:12:48 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak previous answer version 432 answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones