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1346241

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tom Cooper
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether declarations of interest were received by UK Government Investments from Tom Cooper on his appointment as a Director in 2017 in respect of (a) Inside Track 1 LLP, (b) Inside Track 2 LLP, and (c) Ingenious Film Partners 2 LLP, when he was appointed as a Director in 2017.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	32300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2021 answer text <p>As with all external interests of its staff, UKGI discussed the disclosure of Tom Cooper’s membership and passive investment interest in film partnerships managed by Ingenious Media at the time of his appointment. Tom Cooper is not and has not been a director of these entities.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 21/07/2021 08:06:57 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1346242

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tom Cooper
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps UK Government Investments took to ensure there were no conflicts of interest in the appointment of Tom Cooper as a Director in 2017; and whether other directorships were required to be declared as part of the appointment process for that post.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	32301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2021 answer text <p>UK Government Investments (UKGI) requires all staff, including directors, to declare any external appointments on joining the organisation and on an ongoing basis where new appointments arise during the course of their appointment at UKGI. This is to ensure there are no conflicts of interest arising from its staff holding external posts and so any potential conflicts of interest can be managed appropriately.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 21/07/2021 08:05:25 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1346243

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tom Cooper
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps UK Government Investments has taken to ensure that there is no conflict of interest in UKGI director Mr Tom Cooper’s ownership and management of a private consulting firm TKGC Consulting.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	32302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>As with all external interests of its staff, UKGI discussed the disclosure of Tom Cooper’s ownership and management of private consulting firm TKGC Consulting following its incorporation.</p><p> </p><p>In considering the external interests of its staff, UKGI ensures it has asked for appropriate detail in determining whether a conflict of interest exists and so that it can satisfy itself that the external position or interest held by a staff or board member is appropriate and in line with its existing priorities.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 19/07/2021 14:05:25 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1346244

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	UK Government Investments: Directors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will require directors of UK Government Investments to publish details of their commercial clients.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	32303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2021 answer text <p>The details of external appointments and interests held by UKGI Board members, including non-executive and executive directors, are published in UKGI’s annual report. UKGI staff are required to declare the details of any external appointments internally in line with UKGI’s policy. These interests are not published. There are currently no plans to change this policy.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 21/07/2021 08:03:41 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1346245

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tom Cooper
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether UK Government Investment pays UKGI director Mr Thomas Cooper’s salary through his firm TKGC Consulting.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	32304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>All UKGI employees are remunerated directly and not via any external firm.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 19/07/2021 08:29:04 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1346256

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Borrowing: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the (a) Scottish Government, (b) Welsh Government and (c) Northern Ireland Executive either individually or collectively have requested additional borrowing capacity for the purposes of responding to the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
tabling member printed	Neale Hanvey
uin	32529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>As a result of the coronavirus pandemic and following requests from the devolved administrations for more certainty over their funding, including greater borrowing powers, the UK Government announced the unprecedented Barnett guarantee in July 2020. The guarantee initially provided £12.7bn of additional funding and was uplifted three times to reflect the changing situation – eventually reaching £16.8bn.</p><p> </p><p>The guarantee provided the devolved administrations with the necessary funding certainty to decide how and when to provide support without having to wait for the UK Government to announce new funding first. It also meant that the devolved administrations benefitted from the strength of HM Treasury and the Bank of England rather than needing to borrow themselves.</p><p> </p><p>Further information on the Barnett guarantee can be found on the following gov uk page:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/barnett-consequentials-and-the-barnett-guarantee/barnett-consequentials-and-the-barnett-guarantee</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 19/07/2021 09:33:37 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4782 label Biography information for Neale Hanvey

1346269

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
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, what assessment he has made of the cost for providers of delivering the Government's tax-free childcare scheme during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Dagenham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Jon Cruddas
uin	32294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2021 answer text <p>Tax Free Childcare (TFC) is delivered by the Childcare Service via GOV.UK. Parents and childcare providers manage their accounts via the Service.</p><p>There is not a cost to parents or providers in managing their accounts. A small number of providers may incur set up costs to ensure their processes are compatible with the online system. HM Revenue &amp; Customs, who administer TFC, do not hold this information.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 21/07/2021 12:32:49 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1406 label Biography information for Jon Cruddas

1346302

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Evasion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps he has taken to tackle tax evasion.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
tabling member printed	Stuart Anderson
uin	32515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2021 answer text <p>Since 2010, the Government has introduced over 150 new measures to tackle tax avoidance, evasion and other forms of non-compliance, and has secured and protected over £250 billion in tax revenues that would have otherwise gone unpaid. These efforts have helped to reduce the tax gap to a record low of 4.7% for the year 2018-19.</p><p> </p><p>At Spring Budget 2021, the Government announced a further 14 measures to tackle tax non-compliance, forecast to raise £2.2 billion over the next five years. The Government remains committed to reducing the tax gap and will bring forward further measures in the autumn.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/07/2021 11:26:50 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4742 label Biography information for Stuart Anderson

1346327

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Food: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to (a) reduce beer duty, (b) lower business rates for pubs and (c) introduce a permanent lower level of VAT for (i) all food and beverages sold in pubs and (ii) the tourism sector; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	32347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>The Treasury keeps all taxes under review and any changes made will be announced at the next fiscal event.</p><p> </p><p>The Fundamental Review of Business Rates will consider ideas for reform on all elements of the business rates system and will conclude in the autumn.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 19/07/2021 14:03:54 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1346347

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Wealth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made for the distribution of wealth in real terms per (a) household and (b) person among the UK population for years (i) 2019, (ii) 2020 and (iii) 2021 by quintile or decile.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	32283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>The most recent comprehensive data on the distribution of wealth is available for the period 2016-18, collected by the Office for National Statistics and published in its biennial ‘Wealth in Great Britain’ publication. Owing to the time lag in more recent data becoming available, the Treasury has not conducted analysis of the distribution of wealth by quintile or decile in the years 2019, 2020 and 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The government is committed to supporting household living standards during this difficult time for the country, and has announced an unprecedented package of support – including a boost to Universal Credit, the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) – helping to protect incomes, jobs, and support those most in need. Treasury analysis has shown that these interventions have supported the poorest working households most (as a proportion of income).</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 19/07/2021 07:29:07 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett