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1486918

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Legal Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much their Department and its associated agencies spent on legal disputes in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	31734
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>HMT receives its legal services from the Government Legal Department (GLD) and external contractors. We do not disaggregate the costs of disputes as opposed to other legal advice. The amount we pay for the GLD is shown in the table below, and legal expenses for external consultants can be found here as part of HMT’s transparency reporting with links shown below.</p><p> </p><p>Contract finder - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" target="_blank">Contracts Finder - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>Over £25k transparency reporting - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/25000-spend" target="_blank">HM Treasury spend over £25,000 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Calendar Year</p></td><td><p>Total GLD Expenditure</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>£9,244,162</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>£10,073,235</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022 (Jan-May)</p></td><td><p>£2,531,686</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 15/07/2022 11:05:56 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1488362

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Climate Change
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he is taking to mitigate against climate change.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	34962
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government is fully committed to achieving its net zero emissions targets under the Climate Change Act. The Net Zero Strategy sets out the Government’s plans to meet these targets, including on empowering the public and business to make green choices.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Budget and Spending Review 2021 confirmed that since March 2021 the Government has committed a total of £30bn of domestic investment for the green industrial revolution.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside investment in green infrastructure set out in Spending Review 2021, the Government has also established the UK Infrastructure Bank with £22 billion of financial capacity to invest in infrastructure to help tackle climate change and to support regional and local economic growth across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Following the publication of the UK’s Third Climate Change Risk Assessment earlier this year, the Government is now developing the third National Adaptation Programme, to be laid in Parliament in 2023, which will address the risks facing the UK from climate change. This work is led by the Department for Environment, Food &amp; Rural Affairs in consultation with relevant departments, including HM Treasury.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak grouped question UIN 34964 34965 34967 question first answered 15/07/2022 11:21:59 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1488365

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Climate Change: Infrastructure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to invest in infrastructure to mitigate against climate change.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	34964
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government is fully committed to achieving its net zero emissions targets under the Climate Change Act. The Net Zero Strategy sets out the Government’s plans to meet these targets, including on empowering the public and business to make green choices.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Budget and Spending Review 2021 confirmed that since March 2021 the Government has committed a total of £30bn of domestic investment for the green industrial revolution.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside investment in green infrastructure set out in Spending Review 2021, the Government has also established the UK Infrastructure Bank with £22 billion of financial capacity to invest in infrastructure to help tackle climate change and to support regional and local economic growth across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Following the publication of the UK’s Third Climate Change Risk Assessment earlier this year, the Government is now developing the third National Adaptation Programme, to be laid in Parliament in 2023, which will address the risks facing the UK from climate change. This work is led by the Department for Environment, Food &amp; Rural Affairs in consultation with relevant departments, including HM Treasury.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak grouped question UIN 34962 34965 34967 question first answered 15/07/2022 11:21:59 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1488366

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Climate Change
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take fiscal steps to support behaviour that mitigates against climate change.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	34965
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government is fully committed to achieving its net zero emissions targets under the Climate Change Act. The Net Zero Strategy sets out the Government’s plans to meet these targets, including on empowering the public and business to make green choices.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Budget and Spending Review 2021 confirmed that since March 2021 the Government has committed a total of £30bn of domestic investment for the green industrial revolution.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside investment in green infrastructure set out in Spending Review 2021, the Government has also established the UK Infrastructure Bank with £22 billion of financial capacity to invest in infrastructure to help tackle climate change and to support regional and local economic growth across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Following the publication of the UK’s Third Climate Change Risk Assessment earlier this year, the Government is now developing the third National Adaptation Programme, to be laid in Parliament in 2023, which will address the risks facing the UK from climate change. This work is led by the Department for Environment, Food &amp; Rural Affairs in consultation with relevant departments, including HM Treasury.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak grouped question UIN 34962 34964 34967 question first answered 15/07/2022 11:21:59 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1488368

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Water: Investment
	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 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the scale of investment needed to (a) prevent drought and (b) maintain adequate irrigation.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	34967
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government is fully committed to achieving its net zero emissions targets under the Climate Change Act. The Net Zero Strategy sets out the Government’s plans to meet these targets, including on empowering the public and business to make green choices.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Budget and Spending Review 2021 confirmed that since March 2021 the Government has committed a total of £30bn of domestic investment for the green industrial revolution.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside investment in green infrastructure set out in Spending Review 2021, the Government has also established the UK Infrastructure Bank with £22 billion of financial capacity to invest in infrastructure to help tackle climate change and to support regional and local economic growth across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Following the publication of the UK’s Third Climate Change Risk Assessment earlier this year, the Government is now developing the third National Adaptation Programme, to be laid in Parliament in 2023, which will address the risks facing the UK from climate change. This work is led by the Department for Environment, Food &amp; Rural Affairs in consultation with relevant departments, including HM Treasury.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak grouped question UIN 34962 34964 34965 question first answered 15/07/2022 11:21:59 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1488386

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Fuels: Excise Duties and VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) reducing fuel duty and (b) cutting the rate of VAT on petrol and diesel.
	tabling member constituency	Chippenham
	tabling member printed	Michelle Donelan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	35005
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>The temporary 5p cut to duty on petrol and diesel represents a £2.4 billion tax cut in 2022-23, to help consumers with high fuel prices.</p><p> </p><p>VAT is a broad-based tax on consumption and the 20 per cent standard rate applies to most goods and services. It would cost over £6 billion to cut VAT on road fuel from 20% to 5%.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps all taxes under review.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak grouped question UIN 34915 question first answered 15/07/2022 11:10:51 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan

1488418

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Fuels: Excise Duties and VAT
	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 merits of (a) lowering the rate of VAT on motor fuel for low paid workers and (b) abolishing fuel duty.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	34915
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>The temporary 5p cut to duty on petrol and diesel represents a £2.4 billion tax cut in 2022-23, to help consumers with high fuel prices.</p><p> </p><p>VAT is a broad-based tax on consumption and the 20 per cent standard rate applies to most goods and services. It would cost over £6 billion to cut VAT on road fuel from 20% to 5%.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps all taxes under review.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak grouped question UIN 35005 question first answered 15/07/2022 11:10:51 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

1488452

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Public Consultation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) consultations and (b) calls for evidence issued by his Department are closed but have not been responded to as on 12 July 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds West
	tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	34912
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>All Government consultations and calls for evidence are published on gov.uk, which also provides an update on whether Government has responded to these.</p><p> </p><p>In this Parliament, we have identified 15 calls for evidence or consultations which are closed, but which Government has not yet responded to.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 15/07/2022 11:09:20 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

1486917

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2022
	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: Legal Costs
	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 much their Department and its associated agencies spent on legal disputes in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	31733
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>The FCDO does not hold detailed information centrally regarding spend on legal disputes.</p> answering member constituency Cannock Chase answering member printed Amanda Milling question first answered 15/07/2022 13:55:45 answering member 4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1487056

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2022
	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	Development Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the reduction in the percentage of Official Development Assistance allocated to multilateral organisations on the targets set out in the International Development Strategy.
	tabling member constituency	North East Fife
	tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	31922
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>The FCDO is rebalancing its ODA investments from multilateral to bilateral channels to ensure money goes on the key priorities set out in the International Development Strategy: investment, women and girls, humanitarian, climate change, nature and global health. The shift will empower the UK to deliver more aid directly to where it is needed. We will maintain a wide range of partnerships with multilateral organisations, and they will remain key partners for achieving our objectives and tackling global challenges that the UK cannot solve alone.</p> answering member constituency Cannock Chase answering member printed Amanda Milling question first answered 15/07/2022 13:52:30 answering member 4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling
	tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain