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1024734

registered interest
date	13/12/2018
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, what sum the UK is obliged by treaty to pay the EU when the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	202067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government has always recognised that the UK has obligations to the EU, and the EU obligations to the UK, that will survive the UK’s withdrawal – and that these would need to be resolved. The UK is a nation that honours its obligations, and we will honour the commitments we made during our membership. We have reached a fair financial settlement with the EU, honouring commitments we made during our period of membership, and have ensured a fair deal for UK taxpayers.</p><p>The OBR updated their central forecast in the October Economic and Fiscal Outlook publication, to incorporate the latest information on the cost of the financial settlement, the estimate remains within the £35 – 39bn range.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 19/12/2018 15:48:30 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1024794

registered interest
date	13/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business: Economic Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Attorney General on proposals to reform the law on corporate liability for economic crime.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	202131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice carried out a call for evidence on corporate criminal liability for economic crime in 2017, to establish whether further reform of the law was necessary. The response is expected to issue in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 202132 question first answered 19/12/2018 15:46:51 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1024795

registered interest
date	13/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business: Economic Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on proposals to reform the law on corporate liability for economic crime.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	202132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice carried out a call for evidence on corporate criminal liability for economic crime in 2017, to establish whether further reform of the law was necessary. The response is expected to issue in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 202131 question first answered 19/12/2018 15:46:51 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1024804

registered interest
date	13/12/2018
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, what proportion of public expenditure is spent on children’s services delivered by local government.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	202165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>As outlined in the Office for Budget Responsibility’s October 2018 Economic and Fiscal Outlook, total managed expenditure was £793.8bn in 2017/18 and will increase to £812.8bn in 2018/19.</p><p>Local authority spending on children’s services in 2017/18 was £9.4bn. Councils have access to over £200 billion to deliver local services, including children’s services, between 2015/16 and 2019/20 and local government core spending power will increase in real terms next year.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 200077 question first answered 17/12/2018 13:51:20 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1024808

registered interest
date	13/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Electronic Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether all preparations for the introduction of the Making Tax Digital scheme in April 2019 are complete.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	202086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>Preparations for the introduction of Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT in April 2019 are progressing well. MTD will make it easier for businesses to get their tax right, reducing the tax gap caused by avoidable errors and saving businesses time which can be devoted to maximising business opportunities, and helping foster good financial planning.</p><p> </p><p>In October, HMRC opened the pilot to over 500,000 customers who will be required to join the service from April, and they are on track to open up the service to the remainder of mandated customers early in the New Year.</p><p> </p><p>There has also been excellent progress with the software that businesses will use to keep their records and send HMRC their VAT information. A variety of products at different price points are available (including some that are free), and some can be used with a spreadsheet for those who prefer not to make the move to a fuller software product.</p><p> </p><p>Businesses will need to join the new service in time to send HMRC their VAT return information before their first deadline for a return period which starts after 1 April. For the majority who file quarterly that will be by 7 August 2019 at the earliest. HMRC is continuing to send letters to all businesses in scope, raising their awareness and inviting them to join early so that they can test the service before mandation.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 18/12/2018 14:45:14 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1024809

registered interest
date	13/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	British Business Bank: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to increase funding for the British Business Bank to make up the difference between the £200 million it was allocated in Budget 2018 and the £1.89 billion that the European Investment Bank allocated to UK projects in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	202139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>Businesses and infrastructure projects raise finance from the private market, with important UK government support.</p><p> </p><p>The European Investment Bank Group provides finance alongside other market participants. In 2017, the European Investment Bank, which predominantly invests in infrastructure projects, invested EUR 1.84bn in the UK. Its SME risk-finance focused subsidiary, the European Investment Fund, invested EUR 61.05m in UK operations in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>As we leave the EU, we continue to actively explore options for a future relationship with the European Investment Bank Group. However, as the Chancellor has been clear, if we do not maintain our relationship with the EIB group, we will be prepared.</p><p> </p><p>The government has a range of existing tools in place to support infrastructure and SME finance. This includes, the £40 billion UK Guarantees Scheme and the British Business Bank. British Business Bank programmes are supporting more than £5.5bn of finance to over 78,000 smaller businesses. The British Business Bank has capacity to make commitments this year exceeding the combined average annual commitments from the European Investment Fund and British Business Bank in the three years preceding the referendum.</p><p> </p><p>The government announced at the Budget that we will review our support for infrastructure finance, to ensure good projects continue to be able to access the finance they need. If no future relationship with the EIB Group is in place when the UK leaves the EU on 29 March 2019, the government will provide the British Business Bank with new resources to enable it to make up to £200m additional investment in venture capital and growth finance in 2019/20.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 18/12/2018 16:53:05 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1024810

registered interest
date	13/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Research: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2018 to Question 191916 on Research: Finance, how the Government plans to guarantee that funding after the end of the implementation period.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	202140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>In the event the UK leaves the EU without an overall withdrawal agreement, HMG will guarantee the payment of awards for UK organisations which successfully bid directly to EU programmes (including research and innovation programmes such as Horizon 2020), until the end of 2020, for the whole lifetime of projects agreed. This includes where a project continues beyond the end of 2020.</p><p> </p><p>As the Political Declaration states, the UK wishes to explore the option of association to EU research and innovation programmes post-2020, including Horizon Europe, Euratom R&amp;T, JET, ITER and Copernicus. The UK’s future participation in EU research and innovation programmes is subject to negotiations on the future UK-EU relationship. The Government will take a longer term look at spending through the Spending Review in 2019 to ensure it is in line with policy objectives. This includes replacements for EU programmes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 18/12/2018 12:38:46 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1024823

registered interest
date	13/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Infrastructure: Northern Ireland
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 assess the value for money of the spending of funds he has allocated for infrastructure in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	202149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>Assessing value for money of infrastructure projects is a devolved matter. Assessments should be made in line with published HM Treasury guidance.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 19/12/2018 18:18:46 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1024824

registered interest
date	13/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Married People: Tax Allowances
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 (a) promote the marriage allowance to people who are entitled to it and (b) encourage such people to take up that allowance.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	202150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>Marriage Allowance was introduced in April 2015, to recognise the importance of marriage in the tax system, and support those on low incomes by helping them keep more of the money they earn. HMRC ran a number of advertising campaigns to raise awareness of the savings Marriage Allowance can bring to eligible couples. The first campaign ran from October 2015 to March 2016, and the second ran from November 2016 to March 2017. A variety of channels were used including press, radio adverts, and digital advertising.</p><p>HMRC continues to promote the availability of Marriage Allowance through ongoing and targeted communications.</p><p> </p><p>Information on how to claim Marriage Allowance is available on the GOV.UK website and it can be claimed through the personal tax account, on GOV.UK, or by telephone to HMRC. Any couples who have yet to claim will not lose out as they have until 5 April 2020 to backdate it.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 19/12/2018 12:22:05 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1023903

registered interest
date	12/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
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 validity of the Equitable Members Action Group statement that former Equitable policyholders are owed £2.5 billion; and whether he plans to allocate that amount to the Equitable Life Compensation Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	201688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>There are no plans to allocate any further funds to the Equitable Life Payment Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 17/12/2018 13:48:52 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones