Asked by: Greg Clark (Conservative - Tunbridge Wells)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many meetings (a) they and (b) other Ministers in their Department have had with the Department's Chief Scientific Adviser from (i) 1 December 2021 to 28 February 2022, (ii) 1 March to 31 May 2022 and (iii) 1 June to 31 August 2022.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
HM Treasury is committed to ensuring that we access the very best scientific expertise. The Director General for the Enterprise and Growth Unit, who is responsible for public science funding, acts as HM Treasury’s Chief Scientific Adviser and meets with the Chancellor of the Exchequer regularly. The Chancellor of the Exchequer also meets with the Government Chief Scientific Adviser and the Chief Medical Officer when necessary.
Asked by: Greg Clark (Conservative - Tunbridge Wells)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many meetings he had with his Department's Chief Scientific Adviser from (a) 1 March to 31 May 2021, (b) 1 June to 31 August 2021 and (c) 1 September to 30 November 2021.
Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
HM Treasury is committed to ensuring that we access the very best scientific expertise. The Director for the Enterprise and Growth Unit, who is responsible for public science funding, acts as HM Treasury’s Chief Scientific Adviser and meets with the Chancellor of the Exchequer regularly. The Chancellor of the Exchequer also meets with the Government Chief Scientific Adviser and the Chief Medical Officer when necessary.
Asked by: Greg Clark (Conservative - Tunbridge Wells)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many meetings he had with his Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser from (a) 1 March 2020 to 31 May 2020, (b) 1 June 2020 to 31 August 2020, (c) 1 September 2020 to 30 November 2020 and (d) 1 December 2020 to 28 February 2021.
Answered by Kemi Badenoch - Leader of HM Official Opposition
HM Treasury is committed to ensuring that we access the very best scientific expertise. The Director for the Enterprise and Growth Unit, who is responsible for public science funding, acts as HM Treasury’s Chief Scientific Adviser and meets with the Chancellor of the Exchequer regularly.
Asked by: Greg Clark (Conservative - Tunbridge Wells)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of Inbound Tourism Resilience Fund proposal set out in UKinbound’s letter of 14 January 2021.
Answered by Kemi Badenoch - Leader of HM Official Opposition
The Government recognises the significant disruption the necessary actions to combat Covid-19 are having on sectors such as tourism.
During this difficult time the Treasury has worked intensively with employers, delivery partners, industry groups, and other government departments to understand the long-term impact of Covid-19 on all key areas of the economy and continues to do so.
We welcome views from external stakeholders such as UKinbound and encourage their continued engagement with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as the government lead for tourism.
We will continue to monitor the impact of government support on public services, businesses, individuals and sectors, including the tourism sector, throughout this pandemic. The upcoming Budget will be an opportunity to take stock of our wider support and set out the next stage of our economic response; however it must be recognised that it will not be possible to preserve every job or business indefinitely, nor stand in the way of the economy adapting and people finding new jobs or starting new businesses.