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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 29 Jan 2019
HMRC Estate Transformation

"I have a tax office in Wolverhampton South West that is going to close, and my constituents are not happy. For a start, Carillion has gone and now the tax office is going, and it does not make sense. The Minister has talked about face-to-face meetings, but there are actually …..."
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Written Question
Revenue and Customs: Wolverhampton
Thursday 21st June 2018

Asked by: Eleanor Smith (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on the effect of the move of the HMRC Office in Wolverhampton to a new office in Birmingham on the (a) women and (b) other people who (i) work and (ii) use that office in Wolverhampton South West constituency.

Answered by Mel Stride - Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer

HMRC has received representations from Wolverhampton Council, Coventry Council and the Mayor of the West Midlands about the closure of the HMRC offices in Coventry and Wolverhampton and relocation of the workforce to Birmingham. HMRC officials recently met with the Mayor and representatives from the two councils.

HMRC conducted high level People Impact and Equality Assessments to inform its initial planning and has already published a summary of this to its staff. It continues to undertake extensive work on people and equality impacts, including gender. Wolverhampton is included in impact work for the Birmingham Regional Centre.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 22 May 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"On PFI hospitals, the National Audit Office report recently found

“no evidence of operational efficiency”,

and that in the NHS,

“the cost of services, like cleaning…hospitals is higher under PFI contracts.”

Will the Chancellor explain why his Government persist with imposing higher costs than necessary on local health budgets instead …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 04 Dec 2017
Public Sector Pay

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hanson. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Warrington North (Helen Jones) for bringing this subject to us.

I have received a number of emails from constituents highlighting the effect of the public sector pay cap on them. One …..."
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Written Question
Child Tax Credit
Friday 24th November 2017

Asked by: Eleanor Smith (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has estimated how many victims of rape, following a conviction, with a third child have been successful in claiming for child tax credits.

Answered by Elizabeth Truss

Statistics relating to exceptions to the limit on support to two children in Child Tax Credit will be published in due course.