Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will place in the House of Commons Library a copy of each (a) equality assessment and (b) environmental principles assessment released by her Department under the (i) Freedom of Information Act 2000 and (ii) Environmental Information Regulations since 4 July 2024, redacting the name of individual applicants.

Since 4 July 2024, HM Treasury has released two impact assessments in response to Freedom of Information requests.

The first, on targeting the Winter Fuel Allowance is available publicly on GOV.UK at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/responses-to-freedom-of-information-requests-on-equality-impact-assessments-produced-for-targeting-winter-fuel-payment.

The second, on removing the temporary £20-per-week uplift for Universal Credit during the Covid-19 pandemic March 2020 has been provided to the House of Lords library.