Asked by: Rosie Cooper (Labour - West Lancashire)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will hold discussions with the Chief Executive of HM Revenue and Customs on when he plans to respond to the correspondence of 19 May 2022 from the hon. Member for West Lancashire on a query about tax credits, reference ZA59766.
Answered by Simon Clarke
Treasury Minister's maintain a regular dialogue with HMRC’s CEO about all aspects of HMRC’s performance, including correspondence.
I have been assured that a response to the honourable Member’s letter will be issued imminently.
Asked by: Rosie Cooper (Labour - West Lancashire)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the correspondence of 30 March 2022 from the hon. member for West Lancashire on food insecurity, reference ZA59357.
Answered by Simon Clarke
I responded to the honourable member’s correspondence on 15 June.
Asked by: Rosie Cooper (Labour - West Lancashire)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the letter dated 10 February 2022 from the hon. Member for West Lancashire regarding pay-per-mile road charging, reference ZA58897, which was transferred to his Department from the Department for Transport on 23 February 2022.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
I have responded to the hon. Member's correspondence.
Asked by: Rosie Cooper (Labour - West Lancashire)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for West Lancashire, dated 27 October 2021, on Lord Morse's review of the Loan Charge, reference ZA58107.
Answered by Lucy Frazer - Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
The Honourable Member’s correspondence was responded to on 9 February 2022.
Asked by: Rosie Cooper (Labour - West Lancashire)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the letter dated 13 August 2021 from the hon. Member for West Lancashire, regarding funeral plan regulation, reference ZA56841.
Answered by John Glen - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
I responded to the Honourable Member’s correspondence on 18 October 2021.
Asked by: Rosie Cooper (Labour - West Lancashire)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress his Department has made on spending £9.2 billion on energy efficiency measures over the course of the 2019 Parliament.
Answered by Kemi Badenoch - President of the Board of Trade
We have so far invested over £2.5bn to support both low-income households and public sector organisations to install energy efficiency measures, while also expanding the Energy Company Obligation to £1bn per year. This is significantly above the £1.28bn originally included in the 2019 manifesto covering the first two years of this Parliament.
The investment made by this government has resulted in considerable wider economic benefits. For example, our support for low-income households alone is estimated to support over 25,000 jobs and save households an average of £350-450 per year on their energy bills.
Further spending decisions will be made at the upcoming Comprehensive Spending Review.
Asked by: Rosie Cooper (Labour - West Lancashire)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking in preparation for the upcoming Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) regulations of prepaid funeral plans to ensure that people who have purchased plans from suppliers that fail to receive FCA approval will receive an equal plan from another provider or get a refund.
Answered by John Glen - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
Following consultation with industry the Government concluded that the majority of providers operating in the pre-paid funeral plan market are well run with properly funded trusts.
The Government also found that the reports of poor practices have largely been attributed to providers that had chosen not to register with the sector’s voluntary regulatory body – the Funeral Planning Authority – thereby demonstrating that a voluntary system of regulation cannot be fully effective because providers can simply choose not to comply.
It is a regrettable fact that bringing a previously unregulated sector into regulation creates a possibility that some providers are not able to meet the threshold for authorisation
The Government therefore cannot rule out that in authorising these firms under the new regime, it is revealed that some funeral plan providers are unable to deliver on the promises they have made to their customers.
However, the Government and the FCA are monitoring the situation very closely and, subject to the facts at the time, stand ready to take any appropriate action.
Asked by: Rosie Cooper (Labour - West Lancashire)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for West Lancashire of 16 April 2021 on NHS pay rise, reference ZA56278.
Answered by Steve Barclay - Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
HM Treasury responded to the Member on 4 May 2021. A further copy has been sent by email.
Asked by: Rosie Cooper (Labour - West Lancashire)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for West Lancashire of 1 March 2021, on financial support for sufferers of long covid, reference ZA54924.
Answered by Jesse Norman
The Financial Secretary responded to the Honourable Member’s correspondence on 23 April 2021.Asked by: Rosie Cooper (Labour - West Lancashire)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for West Lancashire of 27 November 2020 on business rates, reference ZA54614.
Answered by Jesse Norman
HM Treasury has no record of receiving the letter of 27 November from the Honourable Member. The Member's follow up correspondence of 18 February is now receiving attention. HM Treasury apologises for the delay in responding and will respond to the Member as soon as possible.