Laura Trott MP: written questions
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Written questions
Pension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5657More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Table 2, page 9, footnote 2 of his Department's report entitled Fixing the foundations: Public spending audit 2024-25, published in July 2024, what estimate his Department has made of
Answer: Fixing the Foundations showed Annually Managed Expenditure (AME) Winter Fuel Payments (WFP) savings of £1.4bn, for 2024/2025, for Great Britain. These included an assumption about increased take-up of Pension Credit which is in line with the highest level...
Answered 7 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordIan CorfieldTreasuryTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5656More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings Ian Corfeld has held with businesses since his appointment as an unpaid adviser.
Answer: This information is not centrally collated.
Answered 7 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTreasury: Senior Civil ServantsTreasuryTabled 11 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5369More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who line-manages the Director of Special Advisers and Chancellor Engagement.
Answer: The Director of Special Advisers and Chancellor Engagement is managed by the Second Permanent Secretary.
Answered 7 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTreasury: StaffTreasuryTabled 11 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5368More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will publish (a) an organogram of the Private Office Group in her Department and a (b) breakdown by grade of the staff in that group.
Answer: Within private offices, the Director of Special Advisers and Chancellor Engagement is an SCS pay band 2. All other Treasury staff in private offices are at Deputy Director or below and we do not comment on individual roles and appointments at this level.
Answered 7 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordIan CorfieldTreasuryTabled 11 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5367More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the civil service grade is of the Director of Investment.
Answer: There is no member of HM Treasury staff with the job title Director of Investment.
Answered 7 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordIan CorfieldCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5366More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Ian Corfield (a) has had and (b) has a Downing Street pass.
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon Members to the answer given by the then Prime Minister on 7 February 2017, Official Report, PQ 62542.Following the practice followed by past administrations, the Government does not comment on security matters.
Answered 7 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTreasury: DirectorsTreasuryTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4796More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who the non-executive directors are in her Department.
Answer: The information regarding the non-executive directors for HM Treasury can be found in the Annual Report and Accounts and on the front page of HMTreasury.gov.uk.
Answered 12 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordTreasury: Civil ServantsTreasuryTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4795More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the civil service grade is of the Head of Business Engagement in her Department.
Answer: The Treasury does not comment on individual appointments at Deputy Director level or below.
Answered 12 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordIan CorfieldTreasuryTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4427More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her donation from Ian Corfield was declared to the Permanent Secretary of her Department within 14 days of her appointment.
Answer: Ian Corfield was appointed on a short-term basis to carry out urgent work in support of the government’s International Investment Summit in October. A full recruitment process could not have been completed in the time available. The donation was included ...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordIan CorfieldTreasuryTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4426More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her donation from Ian Corfield was declared to the Cabinet Office prior to his appointment as a Director in her Department.
Answer: Ian Corfield was appointed on a short-term basis to carry out urgent work in support of the government’s International Investment Summit in October. A full recruitment process could not have been completed in the time available. The donation was included ...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordIan CorfieldTreasuryTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4425More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether Ian Corfield's involvement with the Labour Party was declared to the Civil Service Commission before its approval of his appointment to the Civil Service.
Answer: Ian Corfield was appointed on a short-term basis to carry out urgent work in support of the government’s International Investment Summit in October. A full recruitment process could not have been completed in the time available. The donation was included ...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordIan CorfieldTreasuryTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4424More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will publish the exceptional appointment form for Ian Corfield that was submitted to the Civil Service Commission.
Answer: Ian Corfield was appointed on a short-term basis to carry out urgent work in support of the government’s International Investment Summit in October. A full recruitment process could not have been completed in the time available. The donation was included ...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordTreasury: Special AdvisersTreasuryTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4259More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many special advisers have been appointed in her Department since 4 July 2024; and how many appointments there have been to the Council of Economic Advisers since that date.
Answer: Since 4th July 2024, 9 special advisers have been appointed to HM Treasury, of which 4 are members of the Council of Economic Advisers. These special advisers are appointed to add a political dimension to the advice and support the Chancellor of the Exche...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordTreasury: RecruitmentTreasuryTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4258More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will publish a list of appointments to her Department made by exception since 30 May 2024, by grade.
Answer: From 30 May to 5 September 2024, 25 staff were appointed to HM Treasury by exception. The breakdown of these appointments by grade is as below.• Student – 16• AO (Range B) – Fewer than 5• EO (Range C) – Fewer than 5• HEO – Fewer than 5• SEO – Fewer than 5...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordTreasury: Civil ServantsTreasuryTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4257More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will publish the (a) names and (b) job titles of all senior civil service jobs in her Department at Deputy Director level and above (i) offered and (ii) appointed since 30 May 2024.
Answer: The below appointments to Senior Civil Service roles at Director level and above have been made since 4 July 2024: 1. Louise Tinsley - Director of Special Advisers & Chancellor Engagement2. Timothy Power - Director, Business and International Tax Ian ...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordTreasury: Senior Civil ServantsTreasuryTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4256More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will publish the (a) names and (b) job titles of all senior civil service jobs in her Department at director level and above (i) offered and (ii) appointed since 30 May 2024.
Answer: The below appointments to Senior Civil Service roles at Director level and above have been made since 4 July 2024: 1. Louise Tinsley - Director of Special Advisers & Chancellor Engagement2. Timothy Power - Director, Business and International Tax Ian ...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordTreasury: Senior Civil ServantsTreasuryTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4027More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, (a) how many and (b) of which grades staff are line managed by the Director of Special Advisers and Chancellor Engagement.
Answer: The correct processes were followed in the appointment of the Director of Special Advisers and Chancellor Engagement. Louise Tinsley has been a civil servant for 7 years. She had passed a selection board for a role at director level prior to the election ...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordTreasury: RecruitmentTreasuryTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4026More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether a job evaluation for senior posts was conducted for the role of Director of Special Advisers and Chancellor Engagement.
Answer: The correct processes were followed in the appointment of the Director of Special Advisers and Chancellor Engagement. Louise Tinsley has been a civil servant for 7 years. She had passed a selection board for a role at director level prior to the election ...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordTreasury: SecurityCabinet OfficeTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4025More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many passes for HM Treasury have been issued to (a) civil servants and (b) special advisers since 4 July 2024.
Answer: Following the practice followed by past administrations, the government does not comment on security matters.
Answered 11 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordTreasury: RecruitmentTreasuryTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4024More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the post of Director of Special Advisers and Chancellor Engagement was advertised openly.
Answer: The correct processes were followed in the appointment of the Director of Special Advisers and Chancellor Engagement. Louise Tinsley has been a civil servant for 7 years. She had passed a selection board for a role at director level prior to the election ...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordLouise TinsleyTreasuryTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4023More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she requested the promotion of Louise Tinsley.
Answer: The correct processes were followed in the appointment of the Director of Special Advisers and Chancellor Engagement. Louise Tinsley has been a civil servant for 7 years. She had passed a selection board for a role at director level prior to the election ...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPublic FinanceTreasuryTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3116More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 29 July 2024 to Question 1370 on Public Finances, if she will publish assumptions made by the Government's (a) special advisers and (b) Ministers used as the basis for financial estimates o
Answer: On 29th July, the Chancellor set out the £21.9bn pressure on departmental budgets in the 2024-25 financial year. This was accompanied by the ‘Fixing the Foundations’ paper you refer to, which sets out the detail of the pressures on the public finances tha...
Answered 4 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPublic FinanceTreasuryTabled 24 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1628More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has had access to papers produced (a) for and (b) by the previous Administration in the course of her review of public finances.
Answer: The guidance on access to papers of a previous administration is set out in in the Cabinet Manual and the Directory of Civil Service Guidance and has been followed.
Answered 29 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordPublic FinanceTreasuryTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1370More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her speech of 8 July 2024, whether her review of public finances has been based on assumptions made by (a) special advisers and (b) Ministers; and if she will publish any such assumptions provided
Answer: The Chancellor has made a statement to Parliament on 29 July. The details of the spending audit are published in the Command Paper, ‘Fixing the foundations’.
Answered 29 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordEconomic GrowthTreasuryTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1369More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her speech of 8 July 2024, whether estimates of growth were based on assumptions made by (a) special advisers and (b) Ministers; and if she will publish assumptions provided to officials to underta
Answer: The Chancellor said that, had the UK economy grown at the average rate of OECD economies over the fourteen years from 2010, it would be £143.3 billion larger. This is a comparison based on outturn data, not requiring assumptions. A methodological note set...
Answered 29 Jul 2024
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