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1011427

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date	21/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Personal Income
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what change there will be in net annual income between financial years 2018-19 and 2019-20 for a person earning £12,000 gross per annum as a result of changes to personal allowances and national insurance contributions from April 2019.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	194057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>A person earning pay of £12,000 gross per annum (evenly spread across the year) in all parts of the UK excluding Scotland will have an increase of £54.96 in their net annual income between financial years 2018-19 and 2019-20 as a result of changes to personal allowances and national insurance contributions (NICs) from April 2019.</p><p> </p><p>A typical basic rate taxpayer in all parts of the UK excluding Scotland will pay £130 less in income tax in 2019-20 than in 2018-19.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 26/11/2018 14:38:17 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1011442

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Bank Services: Fraud
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 online scams which rely on the individual voluntarily transferring money.
tabling member constituency	South Suffolk
tabling member printed	James Cartlidge
uin	194127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises that fraudulent transactions of this manner, commonly known as Authorised Push Payment (APP) scams, can significantly impact those affected.</p><p> </p><p>In 2015, the Government set up the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) with a statutory objective to, among other things, ensure that payment systems are operated in a way that takes account of users’ needs. The PSR is addressing these kinds of scams as part of a programme of work announced in December 2016, following a Which? Super-complaint on the issue.</p><p> </p><p>In April 2018, the PSR established a steering group of consumer representatives and banks to draft an industry code to help protect consumers against these kinds of scam. The code was published for consultation in September 2018, with the intention for the final code to be in place in 2019. The aim of this code is to reduce the incidence of APP scams, and it will set out rules on how industry should reimburse consumers in certain scenarios.</p><p> </p><p>It is right that industry takes the necessary steps to protect consumers against this kind of fraud. The Government supports the work the PSR is driving forward to tackle these kinds of scams in conjunction with industry, consumer groups and other regulatory and government bodies.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 28/11/2018 13:04:16 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge

1011454

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Border Delivery Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will lift the non-disclosure agreements that apply to the Border Delivery Group to enable that Group to update businesses on its contingency plans for after 29 March 2019 in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	193996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The Border Delivery Group is actively seeking agreement for communication with stakeholders about border issues to be carried out without non-disclosure agreements as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 29/11/2018 17:22:14 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1011457

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the level of financial liabilities that would arise pursuant to the provisions of Article 143 of the draft Withdrawal Agreement with the EU.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd West
tabling member printed	Mr David Jones
uin	194063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>Under Article 143 of the draft Withdrawal Agreement, the UK will continue to stand behind a share of the EU’s contingent liabilities related to financial operations up to the date of withdrawal. These contingent liabilities are reported to Parliament in the Consolidated Fund accounts as having a remote probability of crystallising. The UK will also get a share of the associated pre-paid guarantee funds and reflows from the financial operations and, in the event of a contingent liability being triggered, the UK will receive its share of any subsequent amounts recovered by the EU.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 26/11/2018 14:49:47 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones

1011549

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
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, how much he has allocated to the Home Office for 2019-20 to cover changes in relation to quadrennial valuations of the public service pension schemes.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	194173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The Budget allocated extra funding to the reserve for 2019-20 to cover an expected £4.7 billion of unforeseen additional costs arising from the ongoing valuations of public service pension schemes. The Treasury is currently working with departments to confirm departmental allocations of this funding.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 26/11/2018 13:37:51 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1011560

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the November 2018 Outline Political Declaration on the Future Relationship, whether EU equivalence decisions on UK financial services will be revocable with 30 days' notice; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	194018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The financial services section of the Political Declaration on the Future Relationship outlines that as part of the close and structured cooperation between the UK and EU on regulatory and supervisory matters that there should be initial decisions on equivalence by June 2020 and clear processes around the suspension and withdrawal of equivalence decisions in future. As of today, there are 43 equivalence provisions in EU legislation across a range of financial services sectors, of which only three<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup> state that jurisdictional equivalence can be withdrawn with 30 days’ notice. The agreement reached with the EU will establish new processes to give further confidence to firms and consumers that the equivalence relationship between the EU and UK will be a durable one.</p><p> </p><p><sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup> MiFIR Article 33, STFR Article 21 and EMIR Article 13</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 26/11/2018 14:53:05 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1011584

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Shipping: Containers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance HMRC uses to select containers from importers for entry checks; and how HMRC determines whether values declared for customs purposes are deemed to be sufficiently low as to warrant the seizure of containers.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	194194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>As part of the UK’s wider approach to tackling customs fraud HMRC and Border Force perform inland pre-clearance checks targeted at high risk traders. This is ongoing activity and it is not appropriate to share details on such operational matters.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 26/11/2018 14:26:46 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1011589

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Shipping: Containers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the locations where HMRC takes containers due to be examined for import entry checks on customs declarations.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	194197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The current sites used for these checks are at Heathrow and Bicester. As the contracts for the current sites will shortly be coming to an end, HMRC will soon be moving its inland pre-clearance operations to new purpose equipped sites at Hayes, Middlesex and Milton Keynes.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 26/11/2018 14:42:53 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1011596

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2018 to Question 185719 on Brexit and with reference to paragraph 4.111 of the OBR’s Economic and Fiscal Outlook published in October 2018, how much of the current £0.4 billion underspend estimate is within the Brexit funding pot.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	194204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>On 13 March 2018, the Treasury confirmed allocations of c.£1.6bn to departments. A full breakdown of the allocation can be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS540, which can be found at <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/</a>.</p><p>The Economic and Fiscal Outlook is produced by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility. As part of their fiscal forecast they take a judgement on how much departments will underspend on aggregate DEL spending. This information is available at <a href="https://cdn.obr.uk/EFO_October-2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://cdn.obr.uk/EFO_October-2018.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 26/11/2018 17:27:10 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

1011613

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	EU Budget: Contributions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Draft agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, what estimate he has made of the maximum amount of financial claims that the EU could make against the UK under the provisions in Article 136 and Article 140.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	194212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>Under Article 143 (formerly Article 136) of the draft Withdrawal Agreement, the UK will stand behind a share of EU contingent liabilities related to financial operations up to withdrawal. These are reported in the Consolidated Fund accounts as having a remote probability of crystallising. The UK will receive a share of the pre-paid guarantee funds and reflows from these operations and, in the event of crystallisation, the UK will receive its share of any amounts recovered by the EU.</p><p> </p><p>Under Article 147 (formerly Article 140), the UK will stand behind a share of EU contingent liabilities arising from legal cases related to the budget and linked policies and programmes up to the end of 2020. These are reported in the EU’s consolidated annual accounts of the European Union.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 26/11/2018 14:48:28 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel