Asked by: Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 1.27 of Budget 2016, for what reason the full academisation of schools in England is not included in his Department's Budget 2016 policy costings report; and what costings his Department has related to that policy.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Budget ensured that the Department for Education is fully funded to support the additional costs of delivering a fully-academised school system.
The additional funding committed to at the Budget is in addition to considerable funding allocated at the Spending Review, supporting further growth in the academies programme.
The policy costings document published at the Budget sets out the assumptions and methodologies underlying costings for tax and AME policy decisions. It does not include DEL spending measures.
Asked by: Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many non-executive directors of his Department who were in post before May 2015 have since left the Department's board; what the names and length of tenure of such directors were; and how many and what non-executive director appointments he has made since May 2010.
Answered by Harriett Baldwin
The information requested is set out in HM Treasury’s Annual Report and Accounts, copies of which are available in the Library of the House.
Asked by: Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many recruitment and employment agencies his Department has used to source staff in each year since 2010-11.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
This information could only be provided at a disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on (a) taxis, (b) first class train tickets and (c) business class air travel in each of the last five years.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
There are two publications which are published as part of the Government’s commitment to Transparency which contain information on travel and subsistence for Senior Officials and Ministers.
These can be found on the Gov.uk website following the links below:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/senior-officials-expenses
Asked by: Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost of (a) fraud and (b) financial error in (i) his Department, (ii) its executive agencies and (iii) its non-departmental public bodies in each of the last five years.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
All members of the Treasury Group have strict procedures in place to eliminate where possible, opportunities for fraud and financial error.
Asked by: Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on (a) consultants, (b) temporary staff and (c) contingent labour in each of the last five years; how many people have been so employed; what the length of contract of each such person was; and what equivalent civil service salary band each was on.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
Spend on consultants, temporary staff, and contingent labour for each of the last five years is published monthly as part of the Workforce Management Information. These can be found at:
http://data.gov.uk/dataset/hm-treasury-workforce-management-information
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/workforce-management--2
Information on how many people have been so employed; what length of contracts of each such person was; and what equivalent civil service salary band was on which they were could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost per child of providing childcare accounts for households in receipt of Tax Free Childcare will be; and how much funding the Government has set aside for the administration and running costs of the tax free childcare system.
Answered by David Gauke
HM Treasury and Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are working closely together to ensure that HMRC is funded to deliver Tax-Free Childcare in a way that provides value for money for the taxpayer. The costs of the scheme will be confirmed once the full details have been settled.
Asked by: Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech of 15 August 2011 calling for a family test to be applied to all domestic policy, which policies of his Department have been so assessed to date.
Answered by Priti Patel
I refer the honourable member to the answer given today by the Minister of State for Pensions (Rt hon Steve Webb MP).
http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&max=20&questiontype=AllQuestions&house=commons&uin=208864
Asked by: Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether households comprising (a) one disabled parent unable to work and another parent in work and (b) a single disabled parent will be entitled to receive help through tax free childcare.
Answered by Priti Patel
Details of the eligibility criteria for Tax-Free Childcare can be found in Chapter 2 of Delivering Tax-Free Childcare: the Government’s response to the consultation on design and operation: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/318953/PU1607_Tax_free_Childcare_response.pdf
Asked by: Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op) - Manchester Central)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to ensure that parents use their tax-free childcare accounts to pay for childcare; and what additional costs such checks will place on HM Revenue and Customs.
Answered by Baroness Morgan of Cotes
Parents' payments from their Tax-Free Childcare accounts will only go to registered childcare providers. HMRC will investigate in the exceptional circumstances where it suspects the payments were not used for childcare. The Childcare Payments Bill sets out HMRC's proposed compliance powers.
The administration costs of the scheme will be settled once the scheme's design has been finalised.