Asked by: Taiwo Owatemi (Labour - Coventry North West)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the recommendations in the report entitled Still nowhere near enough, published by Parkinson’s UK on 26 February 2024.
Answered by Laura Trott - Chief Secretary to the Treasury
HM Treasury ministers have regular discussions with Department for Health and Social Care ministers on a range of issues, including meetings between the Chancellor and the Secretary of State
The Government delivers a wide range of support to help those with disabilities and long-term health conditions, such as Parkinson’s. If individuals incur extra costs whilst performing tasks associated with daily living, then they may qualify for disability benefits such as Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Attendance Allowance (AA). This extra support can be worth over £8,900 per year and is due to increase from April by 6.7%. Depending on their needs, additional support for those with Parkinson’s may be available via local authorities who deliver adult social care services.
Asked by: Taiwo Owatemi (Labour - Coventry North West)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential impact of increases in the cost of living on the health of people with (a) Parkinson’s and (b) other long-term conditions.
Answered by Laura Trott - Chief Secretary to the Treasury
HM Treasury ministers have regular discussions with Department for Health and Social Care ministers on a range of issues, including meetings between the Chancellor and the Secretary of State
The Government delivers a wide range of support to help those with disabilities and long-term health conditions, such as Parkinson’s. If individuals incur extra costs whilst performing tasks associated with daily living, then they may qualify for disability benefits such as Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Attendance Allowance (AA). This extra support can be worth over £8,900 per year and is due to increase from April by 6.7%. Depending on their needs, additional support for those with Parkinson’s may be available via local authorities who deliver adult social care services.
Asked by: Taiwo Owatemi (Labour - Coventry North West)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to support people with (a) Parkinson's and (b) other long-term conditions to cover everyday expenses.
Answered by Laura Trott - Chief Secretary to the Treasury
HM Treasury ministers have regular discussions with Department for Health and Social Care ministers on a range of issues, including meetings between the Chancellor and the Secretary of State
The Government delivers a wide range of support to help those with disabilities and long-term health conditions, such as Parkinson’s. If individuals incur extra costs whilst performing tasks associated with daily living, then they may qualify for disability benefits such as Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Attendance Allowance (AA). This extra support can be worth over £8,900 per year and is due to increase from April by 6.7%. Depending on their needs, additional support for those with Parkinson’s may be available via local authorities who deliver adult social care services.
Asked by: Taiwo Owatemi (Labour - Coventry North West)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to protect consumers who have been caused financial hardship by misdirected electronic payments; and what steps his Department are taking to help consumers seek recompense.
Answered by Andrew Griffith - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
The Government is taking action to help people who are tricked into making a payment by a fraudster. The Government is legislating in the Financial Services and Markets Bill to enable the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) to mandate reimbursement to victims of Authorised Push Payment scams in relation to any payment system within its regulatory perimeter. We are confident that this will result in more consistent and comprehensive reimbursement outcomes, ensuring victims are not left out of pocket through no fault of their own.
In cases where a payment is misdirected due to an error by the payer, the payer’s payment service provider must, by law, make reasonable efforts to recover the funds involved in the erroneous payment. Moreover, the payment service provider of the mistaken payee must co-operate with the payer’s payment service provider in its efforts to recover the funds.
The Government has worked with the PSR to tackle misdirected payments at the source, by supporting the rollout of Confirmation of Payee checks. These confirm whether the name of a payee’s account matches the name and account details provided by a payer. In 2022 the PSR issued a direction which will require the vast majority of firms to rollout Confirmation of Payee, increasing coverage from 92% to 99% of all payments by October 2023.
Asked by: Taiwo Owatemi (Labour - Coventry North West)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access.
Answered by John Glen - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
Ministers and officials across government meet regularly to discuss a wide range of issues, including planning for the successor to the Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access.
Asked by: Taiwo Owatemi (Labour - Coventry North West)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on funding for implementation of the Delivery plan for recovering urgent and emergency care services published on 30 January 2023; and whether additional funding will be allocated for implementation of the plan.
Answered by John Glen - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
The Delivery plan for recovering urgent and emergency care services sets out the NHS’ plan for one of the fastest and longest sustained improvements in emergency waiting times in its history. It is backed by dedicated funding of £1 billion towards 5,000 new beds, 800 new ambulances. It also details £150 million to build 150 new facilities to support mental health in the acute setting, and £1.6 billion of additional social care discharge funding over 23/24 and 24/25. The Treasury has been closely involved in the development of the plan in the usual way.
Asked by: Taiwo Owatemi (Labour - Coventry North West)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) reducing and (b) removing VAT on the sale of new bicycles.
Answered by Lucy Frazer - Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
VAT has been designed as a broad-based tax on consumption, and the twenty per cent standard rate applies to the vast majority of goods and services, including the sale of new bicycles.
According to OBR forecasts, VAT will have raised approximately £135 billion in 2021-22, helping to fund key spending priorities. Any reduction in tax paid is a reduction in the money available to support important public services.
The Government keeps all taxes under review.
Asked by: Taiwo Owatemi (Labour - Coventry North West)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse was of his use of military transport between Birmingham and RAF Northolt.
Answered by Kemi Badenoch - President of the Board of Trade
The Treasury makes payments to suppliers, including other government departments, in line with published policies. The Treasury’s performance against these policies and further detail can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/search/transparency-and-freedom-of-information-releases?organisations%5B%5D=hm-treasury&parent=hm-treasury.Asked by: Taiwo Owatemi (Labour - Coventry North West)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will allocate additional resources to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman to help clear the backlog of cases awaiting investigation.
Answered by Steve Barclay - Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s funding is decided by Parliament and sanctioned by HM Treasury. Any additional funding will be a matter for the forthcoming spending review.
Asked by: Taiwo Owatemi (Labour - Coventry North West)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of whether the suppliers of Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services recovering VAT will potentially inflate prices to the NHS.
Answered by Jesse Norman
Transport services for sick or injured persons in vehicles specially designed for that purpose, such as ambulances, are exempt from VAT. The law also allows the supply of transport services in any vehicle with seating to carry 10 or more passengers (including the driver) to be a zero-rated supply. Other supplies of patient transport services are subject to VAT.
NHS spending settlements cover all relevant costs, including any VAT that is not otherwise recoverable.