Asked by: Rushanara Ali (Labour - Bethnal Green and Bow)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation take to help ensure that money donated by the British people to the Disasters Emergences Committee appeal for Ukraine is able to reach vulnerable people inside Ukraine without being stopped by sanctions.
Answered by John Glen - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) prioritises licence applications made for humanitarian purposes to help ensure that funds can get to where they are needed most as quickly as possible. This includes applications to permit humanitarian activities in Ukraine, where there is specific provision in the regulations for OFSI to grant such licences.
OFSI is proactively engaging with humanitarian organisations to understand their needs in delivering activities in Ukraine and will continue to closely monitor the situation.
Asked by: Rushanara Ali (Labour - Bethnal Green and Bow)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2022 to Question 94388 on Treasury: USA, where he stayed on that trip to California.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given on 11th January 2022. As stated, information on Ministerial travel and costs are published regularly at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-giftsand-overseas-travel
Asked by: Rushanara Ali (Labour - Bethnal Green and Bow)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2022 to Question 94388 on Treasury: USA, who accompanied him on that trip to California.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Chancellor was accompanied by two Special Advisors and two Private Secretaries.
Asked by: Rushanara Ali (Labour - Bethnal Green and Bow)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, where he stayed on his recent trip to California.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Chancellor was in the US on a long-planned business trip. He met with industry leaders from the tech and investment sectors to discuss the global economic recovery, investment in the UK, as well as the latest trends and innovations in the global tech sector.
The Chancellor travelled to San Francisco on Tuesday 14th December and departed on Thursday 16th December. The Chancellor returned to the UK earlier than planned.
The remainder of the information will be published in the usual way in the quarterly transparency returns, available here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel. The next publication is due February 2022.
Asked by: Rushanara Ali (Labour - Bethnal Green and Bow)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the itemised costs of his recent trip to California.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Chancellor was in the US on a long-planned business trip. He met with industry leaders from the tech and investment sectors to discuss the global economic recovery, investment in the UK, as well as the latest trends and innovations in the global tech sector.
The Chancellor travelled to San Francisco on Tuesday 14th December and departed on Thursday 16th December. The Chancellor returned to the UK earlier than planned.
The remainder of the information will be published in the usual way in the quarterly transparency returns, available here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel. The next publication is due February 2022.
Asked by: Rushanara Ali (Labour - Bethnal Green and Bow)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the dates of his recent (a) outbound and (b) return fights to California were.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Chancellor was in the US on a long-planned business trip. He met with industry leaders from the tech and investment sectors to discuss the global economic recovery, investment in the UK, as well as the latest trends and innovations in the global tech sector.
The Chancellor travelled to San Francisco on Tuesday 14th December and departed on Thursday 16th December. The Chancellor returned to the UK earlier than planned.
The remainder of the information will be published in the usual way in the quarterly transparency returns, available here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel. The next publication is due February 2022.
Asked by: Rushanara Ali (Labour - Bethnal Green and Bow)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his recent trip to California (a) began and (b) ended; and whether those dates are different to his original itinerary.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Chancellor was in the US on a long-planned business trip. He met with industry leaders from the tech and investment sectors to discuss the global economic recovery, investment in the UK, as well as the latest trends and innovations in the global tech sector.
The Chancellor travelled to San Francisco on Tuesday 14th December and departed on Thursday 16th December. The Chancellor returned to the UK earlier than planned.
The remainder of the information will be published in the usual way in the quarterly transparency returns, available here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel. The next publication is due February 2022.
Asked by: Rushanara Ali (Labour - Bethnal Green and Bow)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his recent visit to California was purely for the purposes of conducting official business.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Chancellor was in the US on a long-planned business trip. He met with industry leaders from the tech and investment sectors to discuss the global economic recovery, investment in the UK, as well as the latest trends and innovations in the global tech sector.
The Chancellor travelled to San Francisco on Tuesday 14th December and departed on Thursday 16th December. The Chancellor returned to the UK earlier than planned.
The remainder of the information will be published in the usual way in the quarterly transparency returns, available here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel. The next publication is due February 2022.
Asked by: Rushanara Ali (Labour - Bethnal Green and Bow)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who he met on his recent trip to California; and who accompanied him on that trip.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Chancellor was in the US on a long-planned business trip. He met with industry leaders from the tech and investment sectors to discuss the global economic recovery, investment in the UK, as well as the latest trends and innovations in the global tech sector.
The Chancellor travelled to San Francisco on Tuesday 14th December and departed on Thursday 16th December. The Chancellor returned to the UK earlier than planned.
The remainder of the information will be published in the usual way in the quarterly transparency returns, available here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel. The next publication is due February 2022.