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1148138

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	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

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

1145781

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Low Incomes: Garston and Halewood
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU without a deal on the cost of living for low-income families in Garston and Halewood constituency.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	290683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>We would prefer to leave with a deal, and we will work in an energetic and determined way to get that better deal.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is turbocharging preparations to ensure we are ready to leave on 31 October, and all necessary funds will be made available.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury routinely monitors economic conditions and risks, and the Government has a range of mechanisms available to support vulnerable people and low resilience places. Furthermore, officials estimate the direct impact of spending decisions on household living standards, and this is a central consideration when allocating public funds. The most recent published record of this is at Budget 2018, and is available here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/budget-2018-documents" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/budget-2018-documents</a></p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 03/10/2019 16:41:48 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1146009

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Food and Fuel: Prices
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 mitigate for the effect of potential price rises in fuel and food for low-income families in the North West in the event the UK leaving the EU with no deal.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	290687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text The Government has been clear that should there be no deal, we would support the economy through whatever appropriate action is necessary.<p> </p>HM Treasury routinely monitors existing economic conditions and risks, and the Government has a range of mechanisms available to support vulnerable people from price rises. answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 04/10/2019 12:58:02 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1144806

registered interest
date	04/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Agriculture: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the £160 million announced in Spending Round 2019 as a result of the Bew Review will be ringfenced for agriculture so that the Scottish Parliament can decide how it is allocated within that sector.
tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
tabling member printed	Luke Graham
uin	286834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Chancellor announced at the recent Spending Round that we will provide £160m to the Scottish Government in 2020-21 in relation to historic allocations of Common Agricultural Policy ‘convergence’ funding. The additional funding will be ring-fenced for farmers and land managers in Scotland. The review led by Lord Bew of Donegore has considered a separate but related matter.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 09/09/2019 09:17:35 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4622 label Biography information for Luke Graham

1144828

registered interest
date	04/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Transport: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the recommendation of the National Infrastructure Assessment to provide devolved, long-term transport funding to all city regions.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	286791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The government is carefully considering the National Infrastructure Commission’s recommendations, including on transport funding for cities. It is already investing significantly in intra-city transport with the £2.5 billion Transforming Cities Fund set up in 2017 which provides devolved funding to six Mayoral Combined Authorities outside of London and competitive funding to up to twelve shortlisted city regions.</p><p>The National Infrastructure Strategy will be published later in the autumn setting out the government’s assessment of the NIC’s recommendations, alongside ambitious plans for future capital spending.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 09/09/2019 09:20:42 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1144849

registered interest
date	04/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Schools: 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 additional funding for schools announced in his oral statement on 4 September on Spending Review 2019 will be allocated to school budgets in Northern Ireland in the absence of a functioning Assembly and Executive.
tabling member constituency	Lagan Valley
tabling member printed	Sir Jeffrey M. Donaldson
uin	286658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The UK Government has taken steps to ensure funding is made available to support education in Northern Ireland. As part of the Fresh Start and Stormont House Agreements, the Government committed to provide up to £300m to support shared and integrated cross-community education programmes in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>As education is a devolved matter, the Barnett formula will be applied in Northern Ireland with respect to the funding announced for schools in the Spending Round 2019. The allocation of the Northern Ireland block grant is a devolved matter.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 09/09/2019 09:23:28 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	650 label Biography information for Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson