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1724807

registered interest
date	30/07/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the publication of the Chancellor statement on public spending inheritance on gov.uk on 29 July, what edited changes were made in the "update to redacted content" on 29 July; whether a ministerial speech was originally posted on gov.uk with party political content and, if so, why; whether the Permanent Secretary was consulted on the original upload or the subsequent changes; and what steps are being taken to ensure ongoing compliance of HM Treasury’s departmental communications with both the Civil Service Code and the Government Communication Service's Propriety & Ethics Guidance for Government Communicators.
tabling member printed	Baroness Neville-Rolfe
uin	HL519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/08/2024 answer text <p>Due to an administrative error, an unredacted version of the Chancellor’s speech was uploaded to GOV.UK. This was swiftly amended as soon as the error was flagged and an updated, redacted version was uploaded having been reviewed by senior managers.</p><p>Per best practice, this was tagged as “information has been added, updated or removed” and is visible on GOV.UK as “update to redacted content.”</p> answering member printed Lord Livermore question first answered 08/08/2024 09:44:11 answering member 4559 label Biography information for Lord Livermore
tabling member	4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe

1723493

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total Government underspend is for this financial year; and what the underspend is for each Department.
tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	1813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2024 answer text <p>As the Chancellor set out in her statement on July 29, there is a forecast Resource DEL overspend of £21.9 billion against the plans set out for departments at Spring Budget 2024. This already factors in the Treasury’s assessment of a £7.1bn fallaway over the course of the year, as set out in Table 1 of Fixing the foundations: public spending audit 2024-25.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bristol North West answering member printed Darren Jones question first answered 30/07/2024 17:23:55 answering member 4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1722956

registered interest
date	23/07/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the annual budget for the proposed Office for Value for Money; whether that body will be established in statute; and how its Board will be appointed.
tabling member constituency	Droitwich and Evesham
tabling member printed	Nigel Huddleston
uin	1284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2024 answer text <p>As the Chancellor laid before the House in her speech, the government has established a new Office of Value for Money, with an immediate focus on identifying areas where we can reduce, stop, or improve the value of spending. The chair of the office will report directly to the Chancellor and Chief Secretary to the Treasury who will be appointed in due course.</p><p>The office will not be established in statute but will sit within HM Treasury.</p><p>Existing departmental resources will be reprioritised to fulfil the needs of the office where possible.</p> answering member constituency Bristol North West answering member printed Darren Jones question first answered 29/07/2024 16:03:38 answering member 4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones
tabling member	4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston

1722018

registered interest
date	18/07/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the annual deficit was (a) in percentage of GDP, (b) in 2010 real terms and (c) as a proportion of government spending in the financial year (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2023-24.
tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2024 answer text <p>The annual deficit in 2009-2010 was 10.3% of GDP and 4.5% of GDP in 2023-24.</p><p> </p><p>The Office of National Statistics (ONS) does not publish the annual deficit in real terms. In order to remove the effects of inflation and provide an indication of a country’s ability to service borrowing and debt, it is typical to compare fiscal aggregates as a percentage of GDP, which represents the scale of the aggregate in comparison to the size of the economy at the relevant time.</p><p> </p><p>In nominal terms, the annual deficit was £160.9bn in 2009-2010 and £122.1bn in 2023-24.</p><p> </p><p>As a proportion of government spending, the annual deficit was 22.2% in 2009-2010 and 10.0% in 2023-24.</p><p> </p><p>More information is available on the ONS’ website under “Public sector finances, UK Statistical bulletins”.</p> answering member constituency Bristol North West answering member printed Darren Jones question first answered 23/07/2024 17:42:52 answering member 4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1719921

registered interest
date	21/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how much each Government department has under-spent against their (1) capital, and (2) current expenditure, budgets.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL4843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>Resource and Capital Departmental Expenditure Limits (DEL) are published in Supplementary Estimates towards the end of each financial year. Treasury then publishes final outturn figures for Resource and Capital DEL usually in July.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 24/05/2024 11:48:13 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1719340

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on utilising the reserves in resource funding for 2024-25.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	27104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>The Reserve is used for genuinely unforeseen, unaffordable and unavoidable pressures, or certain special cases of expenditure that would otherwise be difficult to manage. Chapter 2 of <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/consolidated-budgeting-guidance-2024-to-2025" target="_blank">Consolidated Budgeting Guidance</a> sets out further information on the criteria for Reserve funding.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott grouped question UIN 27105 question first answered 24/05/2024 10:02:48 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1719341

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on utilising the reserves in capital funding for 2024-25.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	27105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>The Reserve is used for genuinely unforeseen, unaffordable and unavoidable pressures, or certain special cases of expenditure that would otherwise be difficult to manage. Chapter 2 of <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/consolidated-budgeting-guidance-2024-to-2025" target="_blank">Consolidated Budgeting Guidance</a> sets out further information on the criteria for Reserve funding.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott grouped question UIN 27104 question first answered 24/05/2024 10:02:48 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1698960

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department's contingent liability approval framework guidance, updated on 20 April 2023, how many applications for contingent liability approval his Department has (a) received and (b) approved have fallen in the reasonable worst case exposure category of (i) less than £10 million, (ii) £10 million to £50 million, (iii) £50 million to £100 million, (iv) £100 million to £500 million, (v) £500 million to £1 billion and (vi) more than £1 billion in each financial year from (A) 2017-18 to (B) 2023-24 to date.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	20568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>The contingent liability approval framework sets out government’s policy framework for new contingent liabilities and a delegation approach.</p><p> </p><p>The government is committed to transparency on its contingent liability portfolio. For that reason, at the 2023 Autumn Statement UKGI published a comprehensive assessment of government exposure to contingent liabilities, the “Annual Report on the UK Government’s Contingent Liabilities, November 2023”.</p><p> </p><p>Government also reports individual liabilities to parliament, as set out in Managing Public Money.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott grouped question UIN 20569 20570 question first answered 17/04/2024 16:55:02 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1698961

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department's contingent liability approval framework guidance, updated on 20 April 2023, how many applications for contingent liability approval his Department has (a) received and (b) approved have fallen in the average cost per crystallisation category of (i) less than £10 million, (ii) £10 million to £50 million, (iii) £50 million to £100 million, (iv) £100 million to £500 million, (v) £500 million to £1 billion and (vi) more than £1 billion in each financial year from (a) 2017-18 to (B) 2023-24 to date.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	20569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>The contingent liability approval framework sets out government’s policy framework for new contingent liabilities and a delegation approach.</p><p> </p><p>The government is committed to transparency on its contingent liability portfolio. For that reason, at the 2023 Autumn Statement UKGI published a comprehensive assessment of government exposure to contingent liabilities, the “Annual Report on the UK Government’s Contingent Liabilities, November 2023”.</p><p> </p><p>Government also reports individual liabilities to parliament, as set out in Managing Public Money.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott grouped question UIN 20568 20570 question first answered 17/04/2024 16:55:02 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1698962

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department's contingent liability approval framework guidance, updated on 20 April 2023, what the total lifetime expected net cost was of all the applications for contingent liability approved by his Department in each financial year from (a) 2017-18 to (b) 2023-24 to date.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	20570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>The contingent liability approval framework sets out government’s policy framework for new contingent liabilities and a delegation approach.</p><p> </p><p>The government is committed to transparency on its contingent liability portfolio. For that reason, at the 2023 Autumn Statement UKGI published a comprehensive assessment of government exposure to contingent liabilities, the “Annual Report on the UK Government’s Contingent Liabilities, November 2023”.</p><p> </p><p>Government also reports individual liabilities to parliament, as set out in Managing Public Money.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott grouped question UIN 20568 20569 question first answered 17/04/2024 16:55:02 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry