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1487581

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Living Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will ensure that staff who work (a) directly or (b) indirectly in his Department and its relevant agencies and public bodies are paid at least (i) the UK real living wage outside Greater London or (ii) the London living wage inside Greater London, as determined by the Living Wage Foundation.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing North
	tabling member printed	James Murray
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	33025
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2022 answer text <p>The Living Wage Foundation provides a suggested rate of pay, rather than a legislated minimum wage. All HM Treasury employees are paid above the statutory minimum wage. HM Treasury are currently reviewing their 2022-23 London and National rates of pay in conjunction with this year’s Cabinet Office remit guidance. We are planning to implement new pay ranges across the department in August this year.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury does indirectly employ a number of agency workers and contractors. The rate of pay for agency workers and contractors will be determined by the company for which they work and not HM Treasury in line with The Crown Commercial Service’s minimum pay requirements which all suppliers must adhere to when negotiating contracts with Government Departments.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 13/07/2022 16:27:08 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	4797 label Biography information for James Murray

1486253

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2022
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many (a) direct employees, (b) contractors and (c) agency workers who work in her Department and relevant agencies and public bodies receive a wage below that of the (i) UK Real Living Wage outside of Greater London and (ii) London Living Wage inside of Greater London, as determined by the Living Wage Foundation.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing North
	tabling member printed	James Murray
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	30168
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2022 answer text <p>The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office can confirm that no direct employee is paid an hourly rate less than that determined by the Living Wage Foundation.</p><p>Records for contractors and agency workers are not held centrally. To produce this data would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>Details of hourly rates of pay, for directly employed staff, contractors and agency workers in our Agencies and Public Bodies is not held centrally. To obtain and produce this data would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Cannock Chase answering member printed Amanda Milling question first answered 07/07/2022 16:56:15 answering member 4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling
	tabling member	4797 label Biography information for James Murray

1538288

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Fees and Charges
	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 potential impact of late payment fees charged by (a) companies and (b) banks on people during the cost of living crisis.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing North
	tabling member printed	James Murray
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	76132
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>Individual lenders, both banks and companies that offer credit products, make their own commercial decisions on late payment fees for their products. In doing so, they must comply with the rules and principles of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), as the regulator for consumer credit firms. This includes ensuring firms are ‘treating customers fairly’ and that any fees and charges levied on borrowers in financial difficulty are fair and do no more than cover their costs. The FCA can impose tough sanctions, such as banning products, imposing unlimited fines and ordering firms to pay money back to customers, where wrongdoing is found.</p><p> </p><p>The FCA also issued ‘Tailored Support Guidance’ in January 2021 which was based on FCA rules and principles and provides guidance on the FCA’s expectations of firms when supporting borrowers in financial difficulty, including providing tailored forbearance. In June 2022, the FCA confirmed that this guidance remains relevant for borrowers in financial difficulties due to the rising cost of living.</p><p> </p><p>More broadly, the government understands that people across the UK are worried about the cost of living, and are seeing their disposable incomes decrease as they spend more on the essentials. That is why the government has announced £37 billion of support for the cost of living this financial year. The government is continuing to keep cost of living pressures under review and focus support on the most vulnerable whilst also ensuring that any actions are fiscally responsible.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 07/11/2022 16:43:26 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	4797 label Biography information for James Murray

1564176

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Cryptoassets: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the House of Commons Library a summary of responses and government response to the taxation of decentralised finance involving the lending and staking of cryptoassets consultation, which closed in August 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing North
	tabling member printed	James Murray
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	117815
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2023 answer text <p>As you are aware, the Government ran a call for evidence on the tax treatment of decentralised finance (DeFi) lending and staking activities from 5 July to 31 August 2022. The Government will respond to the call for evidence and publish a summary of responses in due course.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 11/01/2023 14:51:34 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	4797 label Biography information for James Murray

1604995

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Pensions: Workplace Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Spring Budget 2023, HC1183, published on 15 March, if he will publish an estimate of how many (a) people and \b) NHS Doctors will benefit from the (i) increase in the Pension Annual Allowance from £40,000 to £60,000 and (ii) charge removal and abolition of the Pension Lifetime Allowance in each year of the forecast period.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing North
	tabling member printed	James Murray
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	167244
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>Information on the abolition of the lifetime allowance can be found in the Pension Tax Limits Policy paper <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/abolition-of-lifetime-allowance-and-increases-to-pension-tax-limits/pension-tax-limits" target="_blank">Pension Tax Limits - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 167245 question first answered 21/03/2023 15:40:58 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	4797 label Biography information for James Murray

1604998

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Doctors: Workplace Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) the increase in the pension annual allowance, (b) the charge removal and (c) abolishing of the pension lifetime allowance on the level of employment of NHS doctors; and if he will place a copy of this assessment in the House of Commons Library.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing North
	tabling member printed	James Murray
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	167245
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>Information on the abolition of the lifetime allowance can be found in the Pension Tax Limits Policy paper <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/abolition-of-lifetime-allowance-and-increases-to-pension-tax-limits/pension-tax-limits" target="_blank">Pension Tax Limits - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 167244 question first answered 21/03/2023 15:40:58 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	4797 label Biography information for James Murray

1605000

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Pensions: Tax Allowances
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the House of Commons Library a breakdown of the estimated costs of increasing the Pension Annual Allowance from £40,000 to £60,000 and the charge removal and abolishing of the Pension Lifetime Allowance, as announced in the Spring Budget 2023, HC 1183, published on 15 March 2023, in each year of the forecast period broken down by individual tax and by different tax heads including (a) Income Tax, (b) National Insurance, (c) Inheritance Tax and (d) Capital Gains Tax.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing North
	tabling member printed	James Murray
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	167246
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>Information on the estimated cost breakdown of increasing the Pension Annual Allowance and the abolition of the Lifetime Allowance will be published in the supplementary fiscal tables of the <a href="https://obr.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-march-2023/" target="_blank">Economic and fiscal outlook</a> by the Office for Budget Responsibility at a later date.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 21/03/2023 17:36:10 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	4797 label Biography information for James Murray

1486250

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Department for Transport: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) direct employees, (b) contractors and (c) agency workers who work in his Department and relevant agencies and public bodies receive a wage below that of the (i) UK Real Living Wage outside of Greater London and (ii) London Living Wage inside of Greater London, as determined by the Living Wage Foundation.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing North
	tabling member printed	James Murray
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	30165
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2022 answer text <p>DfT pay staff in line with the statutory National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As separate employers, information on DfT’s Arm’s Length Bodies is not held centrally, although all adhere to the statutory National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage.</p><p> </p><p>Information for contractors and agency workers is not readily available and can only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 07/07/2022 07:48:35 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4797 label Biography information for James Murray

1273052

	registered interest
	date	30/12/2020
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Green Homes Grant Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Green Homes Grant is spent effectively.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing North
	tabling member printed	James Murray
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	133247
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2021 answer text <p>We are continually evaluating the Green Homes Grant Voucher Scheme against broad policy criteria (including value for money, job creation and carbon savings) and will make improvements to the scheme on an ongoing basis.</p><p> </p><p>The Scheme also has robust measures in place against fraud, as well as requiring installers to be Trustmark registered and carry the appropriate (PAS/MCS) certification, ensuring work is done to a high-quality standard.</p><p> </p><p>There will be an evaluation of the processes and outcomes of the Voucher Scheme. An independent research organisation, Ipsos MORI, was contracted in December 2020 to undertake the evaluation. This will run until 2023, with interim publications released prior to the final evaluation report.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 18/01/2021 17:07:29 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4797 label Biography information for James Murray

1671439

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2023
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Bangladesh: Rohingya
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how much financial support his Department has provided to Rohingya refugees in the Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh in each of the last five financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing North
	tabling member printed	James Murray
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	2652
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2023 answer text <p>The UK has been a leading donor to the Rohingya response in Bangladesh, providing over £373 million in humanitarian support for the crisis since 2017. This includes direct funding to the refugee camp at Cox's Bazar and to UNHCR, the World Food Programme and other agencies that work on refugee issues.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 23/11/2023 10:25:12 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4797 label Biography information for James Murray