Written Answers — HM Treasury: Public Private Partnerships (30 Nov 2016)
David Gauke: All public procurements are governed by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The bidding process for projects suitable for delivery through PF2 will follow these regulations. The...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Health Services: Greater Manchester (30 Nov 2016)
David Gauke: Current programmes run by the British Business Bank support £560m of lending to and investment into firms in the Greater Manchester area. While the new £400m investment into venture...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Research: Finance (30 Nov 2016)
David Gauke: UK R&D funding is awarded at a national level, using robust processes on the basis of scientific excellence, by bringing in independent academics who select the best proposals using...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Combined Authorities: Finance (30 Nov 2016)
David Gauke: The government has agreed multiple mayoral devolution agreements across England. These agreements will give mayoral combined authorities significant new powers over improved transport,...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Treasury: Departmental Responsibilities (30...
David Gauke: The Treasury is working closely with others, including the Department for Exiting the EU, to ensure that the full range of opportunities are taken, and risks mitigated as the UK leaves the...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Housing (30 Nov 2016)
David Gauke: Supported housing provides valuable support to some of our country’s most vulnerable people, including those with social care needs. The Government is committed to protecting and...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: ICT: Rural Areas (30 Nov 2016)
David Gauke: The government is taking a range of steps to provide rural areas with the digital infrastructure they need. The £1.7bn superfast broadband programme, will deliver at least 24 Mbps speeds...
View ArticleUpcoming Business – Commons: Select Committee (6 Dec 2016)
Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs: Inquiry into Government Accounts. 10:30 amWitnesses: Craig McKinlay MP John Pugh MP Rt Hon David Gauke MP, Chief Secretrary to the Treasury Julian...
View ArticleChilcot Inquiry and Parliamentary Accountability (30 Nov 2016)
Division number 99 See full list of votes (From The Public Whip)Aye Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh David Amess Richard Arkless Hannah Bardell Mhairi Black Ian Blackford Bob Blackman Kirsty Blackman Phil Boswell...
View ArticleState Pension Age: Women (30 Nov 2016)
...Andy Burnham Ruth Cadbury Alan Campbell Ronnie Campbell Sarah Champion Douglas Chapman Joanna Cherry Nick Clegg Ann Clwyd Ann Coffey Julie Cooper Rosie Cooper Yvette Cooper Ronnie Cowan Neil Coyle...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Child Tax Credit (1 Dec 2016)
David Gauke: In future, all families - those in receipt of benefits and those supporting themselves solely through work - will be faced with the same sorts of financial considerations when making...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Infrastructure (1 Dec 2016)
David Gauke: Paragraph 3.9 of the Autumn Statement details the allocation approach for the National Productivity and Investment Fund.
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Sanitary Products: VAT (1 Dec 2016)
David Gauke: Last year, the government announced an annual £15m Tampon Tax Fund to support women’s charities across the UK. This is the estimated amount raised from VAT on women’s sanitary products. At...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Social Security Benefits (1 Dec 2016)
David Gauke: The freeze on working-age benefits came into effect in April 2016. The Government does not hold a costing of this measure based on the Autumn Statement inflation assumptions, as neither it...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: National Productivity Investment Fund (1 Dec...
David Gauke: The government has established a National Productivity Investment Fund (NPIF) to provide £23bn of additional spending between 2017/18 and 2021/22. Every penny spent by the UK government is...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Flood Control: Finance (1 Dec 2016)
David Gauke: This is answered on the basis that ‘developing’ should read ‘devolving’ in the question above: such that the question refers to the potential to devolve flood risk management funding for...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: West Midlands Combined Authority: Finance (1...
David Gauke: The government agreed a mayoral devolution deal with the West Midlands on 17 November 2015, which will give the West Midlands Mayoral Combined Authority additional powers and funding....
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Railways: South East (1 Dec 2016)
David Gauke: The former Chancellor commissioned the London South Coast Rail Corridor Study in 2015, which looks at the region’s rail transport needs broadly. The Study considers the case for investment...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Local Government: Public Private Partnerships...
David Gauke: The values of the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) liabilities included in the Statement of Financial Position of the Whole of Government Accounts (WGA) are: Financial year English local...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Telecommunications: Finance (1 Dec 2016)
David Gauke: The Autumn Statement 2016 announced over £1 billion to be invested in digital communications. This includes £400 million for a new Digital Infrastructure Investment Fund, with investment...
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