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1011476

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Billing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what percentage of invoices received from his Department's suppliers were paid within 10 days of receipt in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	194068
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales paid 90% of undisputed and valid invoices within 10 days of receipt over the last twelve months.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 27/11/2018 12:41:56 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1011480

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what proportion of employees in his Department identify as (a) male and (b) female; and what the average hourly pay was for staff identifying as (a) male and (b) female in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	194071
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales (OSSW) is not an employer in its own right. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) provide employment services on our behalf. Currently the MoJ does not collect data on the way in which staff identify their gender, only data relating to their sex.</p><p> </p><p>As at 31 October 2018, 53% of MoJ employees assigned to OSSW were recorded as being female and 47% as being male.</p><p> </p><p>The average hourly pay for staff recorded as (a) male and (b) female at the end of each of the last 3 financial years, is set out below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Average Hourly Rate</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>(a) </strong><strong>Male</strong></p></td><td><p>£19.55</p></td><td><p>£19.02</p></td><td><p>£20.67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>(b) Female </strong></p></td><td><p>£17.48</p></td><td><p>£17.20</p></td><td><p>£19.51</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 26/11/2018 16:07:41 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1011618

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Brexit: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many (a) discussions and (b) meetings he has had with the Welsh Government on the draft Withdrawal Agreement for the UK leaving the EU since the announcement (i) of that draft Agreement (ii) that the Welsh Government does not support the draft Agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	194217
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>I have regular discussions with the Welsh Government on EU exit including at meetings of the Joint Ministerial Committee (EU Negotiations) which has met twice in the past two weeks; 13 November and 19 November. These meetings have provided an opportunity to discuss the draft Withdrawal Agreement and outline Political Declaration with the devolved administrations on a multilateral basis.</p><p>The Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office have also held several discussions with the First Ministers and Cabinet Ministers from the devolved administrations since the draft Withdrawal Agreement was announced.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 26/11/2018 17:33:28 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1011427

	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	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
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	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

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
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	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
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	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
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	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
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	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
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	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
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	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