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1148138

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date	03/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will increase the minimum wage to £10.50 in the next Budget.
tabling member constituency	Warrington South
tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
uin	294237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>Both the National Living Wage and the National Minimum Wage rates for younger workers and apprentices saw above inflation increases in April. The National Living Wage is currently on target to reach 60 per cent of median hourly earnings in 2020, subject to sustained economic growth. The independent Low Pay Commission will recommend next year’s rates to us later this month, and we will announce the rates at the next Budget.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor has also announced his intention to increase the National Living Wage to two-thirds of median hourly earnings within five years. He will confirm this at the next Budget.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 07/10/2019 14:19:20 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid

1148170

registered interest
date	03/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made on the public sector pension scheme valuation.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	294204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>Valuations of the public service pension schemes are carried out every four years. The valuations set employer contribution rates to ensure the full costs of pensions are recognised and met by employers at the point scheme liabilities arise. The last valuations of the schemes considered the position as at 31 March 2016 and were completed earlier this year. Employer contribution rates have been set and came into effect on 1 April 2019. On 19 January the then Chief Secretary to the Treasury made a written statement (HCWS1286) announcing a pause to the cost control element of the valuations. The pause was necessary following a court ruling that an element of the reforms made to schemes in 2015 gave rise to unlawful discrimination. The matter has been remitted to the Employment Tribunal to determine how the discrimination is to be remedied. The Government has confirmed that it will take steps to remedy the discrimination in all public service pension schemes. Until a remedy is agreed it is not possible to assess the value of the public service pension schemes with any certainty at this time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 07/10/2019 14:17:38 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1147849

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Low Pay: Young People
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 tackle low pay amongst workers aged 21 and below.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Hugh Gaffney
uin	293695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>Each year the Government asks the Low Pay Commission to recommend minimum wage rates for younger people that are as high as possible without damaging their employment prospects. All the National Minimum Wage rates for younger workers saw above inflation increases in April 2019. The Low Pay Commission will make recommendations for the April 2020 rates later in the autumn. Alongside changes to the minimum wage, the Government is taking action to support young people to gain the skills they need to succeed in the labour market, including the rollout of T Levels from September 2020, which will provide students with clear pathways to a well-paid skilled job.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 07/10/2019 14:19:02 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4614 label Biography information for Hugh Gaffney

1147419

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what funding his Department has allocated to Operation Kingfisher.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	292791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>HM Treasury and the Bank of England have a number of economic tools at their disposal in preparation for EU exit and stand ready to deploy them as and when necessary.</p><p> </p><p>Overall, the government has already made over £6.3bn available to prepare for EU exit. This includes £2 billion of core funding for departments for Brexit in 2020-21, which was confirmed in the recent Spending Round.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to monitor and work closely with businesses across the country to help ensure they are fully prepared for when the UK leaves the EU.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 07/10/2019 12:55:05 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1147104

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Child Benefit: Adoption
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review the child benefit rules to include support to all parents of adopted children.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	292330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>Child Benefit provides support to all parents of adopted children where those parents are responsible for the adopted children. A person is treated as being responsible for a child, whether that child is adopted or not adopted, where:</p><ul><li><p>the child living is with them;</p></li></ul><ul><li>they are contributing to the cost of providing for the child at a weekly rate not less than the weekly rate of Child Benefit payable in respect of that child for that week.</li></ul> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 07/10/2019 14:15:23 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1147154

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Chief Scientific Advisers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many meetings he had with his Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser from 1 June to 31 August 2019.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	292145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>HM Treasury is committed to ensuring that we access the very best scientific expertise. The Director for the Enterprise and Growth Unit, who is responsible for public science funding, acts as HM Treasury’s Chief Scientific Adviser and meets with the Chancellor of the Exchequer regularly.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 07/10/2019 14:13:35 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb