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Written Question
Developing Countries: Debts
Tuesday 4th November 2025

Asked by: Chris Bloore (Labour - Redditch)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value is of outstanding (a) loans and (b) debts liable to the UK from lower-income countries.

Answered by Lucy Rigby - Economic Secretary (HM Treasury)

The value of outstanding debt from Low Income Countries to the UK is approximately £2.1bn as of August 2024.

This data is publicly available in the ‘Report on outstanding debt owed by other countries to His Majesty’s Government in 2024’, published on gov.uk in December 2024. Low Income Countries are defined in this response using the Development Assistance Committee list of Least Developed Countries from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.


Written Question
Treasury: Carers
Tuesday 4th March 2025

Asked by: Chris Bloore (Labour - Redditch)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether their Department offers (a) paid time off work and (b) other support to employees who become kinship carers.

Answered by James Murray - Chief Secretary to the Treasury

HM Treasury recognises the importance of providing a supportive workplace for employees who have caring responsibilities. We do not have a policy which explicitly covers (a) paid time off work and (b) other support to employees who become kinship carers. Employees are able to take time off work to deal with an emergency involving a dependant or are able to request other leave, paid and unpaid, as well as annual and flexi leave as required to support them when they become a kinship carer. Employees are also able to request flexible working to support both short term and longer term care arrangements. Each case is considered on an individual basis.
Written Question
Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
Monday 13th January 2025

Asked by: Chris Bloore (Labour - Redditch)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to review the list price at which motorists are required to pay additional car tax.

Answered by James Murray - Chief Secretary to the Treasury

The Expensive Car Supplement is an additional VED charge for new cars with a list price of £40,000 or more, which is payable in year 2 – 6 of a car’s lifecycle.

As set out at Autumn Budget 2024, the government recognises the disproportionate impact of the current VED Expensive Car Supplement threshold for those purchasing zero emission cars and will consider raising the threshold for zero emission cars only at a future fiscal event, to make it easier to buy electric cars.