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date	15/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Development Aid: Migrant Camps
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential link between the level of UK aid spending between 2020 and 2021 on the spread of antimicrobial resistance and the risk of drug-resistant infections in refugee camps in low and middle-income countries.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	166254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2023 answer text <p>In 2021, the UK was the third largest development donor in the G7 as a percentage of GNI, spending over £11 billion on aid. The UK is committed to the global eradication of antimicrobial resistance and supports a wide range of activities to do this.</p><p> </p><p>Through our £265m ODA Fleming Fund, the UK builds partnerships with LMICs to strengthen AMR surveillance, diagnostics and laboratory capacity. The Global AMR Innovation Fund (GAMRIF), another UK aid fund, supports early-stage innovative research in underfunded areas of AMR research and development for the benefit of people in low- and middle-income countries.</p><p> </p><p>We have also used our aid budget to reduce the risks of antimicrobial resistance by helping prevent the emergence and spread of infectious diseases. Between April 2020 and December 2021, in partnership with Unilever the UK reached over 4 million refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) with handwashing messages to prevent the spread of infection in countries such as Bangladesh, Cameroon, Syria, South Sudan and Yemen. The UK also supports the work of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Organisation for Migration and the Red Cross Movement, each of which include work on water, sanitation and hygiene as part of their programming and support displaced persons, including refugees and migrants in camps.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 20/03/2023 17:56:51 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1604600

registered interest
date	15/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Childcare: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing the full or partial value of the free childcare hours entitlement to be paid to informal childcare providers such as grandparents.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Miriam Cates
uin	166399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>The government is committed to supporting the early years sector and, at Spring Budget, announced an extra £4.4 billion of investment by 27-28 for the free hours offers in England. Through this package, the government will be more than doubling its spend on free childcare hours.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are required by legislation to deliver free early education entitlements places through providers registered on the Ofsted Early Years Register. This can include nurseries, childminders (including those registered with a childminder agency) and schools which take children aged two and over and which are therefore exempt from registration with Ofsted as early years providers.</p><p> </p><p>The government recognises that relatives do an incredibly important job in a child’s upbringing and can also help families meet their childcare needs. However, to ensure quality early education, free childcare entitlements cannot be used to pay family members to look after children.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 23/03/2023 09:45:15 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4865 label Biography information for Miriam Cates

1604619

registered interest
date	15/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Arts: Government Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he is taking to provide support for (a) creative industries and (b) digital creative industries.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	166282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>The government recognises the value of the UK’s world leading creative industries.</p><p> </p><p>The eight creative industries tax reliefs support and incentivise the production of culturally British content. At Spring Budget 2023, the government went further to support the creative industries through the tax reliefs.</p><p> </p><p>The government extended the 45% (for non-touring productions) and 50% (for touring productions) rates of the theatre, orchestra and museums and galleries reliefs for two years. The sunset clause of the museums and galleries exhibition tax relief was also extended for two years.</p><p> </p><p>The audio-visual tax reliefs will be reformed to refundable expenditure credits, which will provide a greater benefit than the current reliefs. Film, high end TV productions and video games will be eligible for a credit rate of 34% and animation and children’s TV productions will receive a rate of 39%.</p><p> </p><p>At Spending Review 2021 the government announced £50 million over the next three years to support the creative industries, including supporting SMEs to scale up and providing bespoke support for the UK’s independent film and video game industries.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 21/03/2023 16:31:23 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1604631

registered interest
date	15/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Research: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Financial Statement of 15 March, what the evidential basis is for Research and Development tax credit changes helping 20,000 cutting-edge companies.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	166216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises the value of R&amp;D intensive SMEs to the UK’s wider innovation ecosystem, and at Autumn Statement 2022 committed to working with industry ahead of Budget to understand whether further support is necessary for R&amp;D intensive SMEs.</p><p> </p><p>It is the most R&amp;D intensive loss-making companies that are most affected by the AS22 rate changes, and which the additional tax relief is seeking to target.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has estimated around 20,000 SMEs will benefit from this scheme per year. This estimate and the estimated cost of the measure are based on HMRC administrative data. The costing has been independently certified by the Office for Budget Responsibility and the process to calculate the costing can be found here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1142824/Costing_Document_-_Spring_Budget_2023.pdf" target="_blank"><em>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/Government /uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1142824/Costing_Document_-_Spring_Budget_2023.pdf</em></a></p><p> </p><p>Further detail on the economic impact of the scheme will be published in the tax information and impact note ahead of being legislated for in an upcoming Finance Bill, in the usual way.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will keep the scheme design under review to ensure it is effective and delivering value for money.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 166214 question first answered 20/03/2023 16:56:48 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah