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1134958

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date	26/06/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Electricity Generation: Private Sector
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 merits of private sector ownership of electricity networks.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	269795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government is fully committed to a model of private ownership with strong independent economic regulation and ensuring this model delivers for consumers. The Government has not conducted a recent assessment of the merits of private sector ownership of electricity networks; nor an assessment of the potential effect of the re-nationalisation of electricity networks on the level of personal pensions.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 269796 question first answered 01/07/2019 14:57:50 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1086661

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Film: 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 adequacy of the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme in helping domestic film production companies raise funding.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	230892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>The Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme was introduced in 2012 to support investment in very early-stage companies, which often struggle to access growth capital.</p><p> </p><p>As a non-sectoral scheme, no assessment has been made of the application of the SEIS to specific industries or sectors. Since its introduction, the scheme has helped over 8,000 companies from a range of industries to raise around £800 million in investment.</p><p> </p><p>The government recognises the importance of the film industry to the UK economy, which is why it offers specific support for the production of culturally British films. Last year alone the film tax relief provided support worth £469 million, in addition to nearly £70 million in direct funding.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 19/03/2019 16:54:33 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1083542

registered interest
date	07/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 5.16 of Budget 2018, what proportion of the £410 million for adult and children's social care will be allocated to children’s social care.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	229732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>Autumn Budget 2018 provided a further £410 million in 2019-20 for adults and children’s social care. Where necessary, local councils should use this funding to ensure that adult social care pressures do not create additional demand on the NHS. Local councils can also use it to improve their social care offer for older people, people with disabilities and children.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 13/03/2019 14:08:19 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1063982

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Film: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans his Department has to support domestic film production companies to raise funding.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	223175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>The UK film industry is a great success story, contributing an estimated £4 billion a year to the economy and supporting nearly 70,000 jobs. Last year the government provided £469 million worth of support through the film tax relief and almost £70 million in grant in aid and national lottery funding through the British Film Institute.</p><p> </p><p>The film tax relief supports the production of culturally British films. 2,420 films have benefitted from the film tax relief since it was introduced in 2007.</p><p> </p><p>The British Film Institute supports UK film production companies through the BFI Film Fund, investing in the production of films from adventurous storytellers, the BFI Locked Box initiative, enabling production companies to benefit from the success of their films, and the BFI Vision Awards, supporting new film producers to build their companies.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 27/02/2019 10:12:14 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling