Asked by: Tommy Sheppard (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh East)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any grant in aid is planned to be provided to the trustees of Dorneywood during the 2017 Parliament.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
Dorneywood is a private charitable trust. There is no grant in aid given to Dorneywood from the Treasury.
Asked by: Tommy Sheppard (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh East)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the running costs of No.11 Downing Street were in each of the last ten years.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The No.11 Downing Street running costs for the last ten years are in the table below. The figures cover a service charge payable to the Cabinet Office, maintenance, furniture & fittings and official entertainment
Year | Spend (£) |
2007-08 | 430,596 |
2008-09 | 519,992 |
2009-10 | 436,909 |
2010-11 | 351,054 |
2011-12 | 553,903 |
2012-13 | 545,073 |
2013-14 | 643,414 |
2014-15 | 561,089 |
2015-16 | 524,381 |
2016-17 | 698,672 |
2017-18* | 594,142 |
*2017-18 spend represents April 2017 to February 2018.
Asked by: Tommy Sheppard (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh East)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been spent on Dorneywood (a) in total and (b) trustees in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The Treasury has not funded the Dorneywood Trust in the last 10 years. It does make payments to the Trust for goods and services consumed by Treasury Ministers such as newspapers, conferences and catering and, in 2016-17, made a contribution to the costs of installing Wi-Fi. These payments are set out below:
2007-08 | £4,864.00 |
2008-09 | £1,581.83 |
2009-10 | £7,957.64 |
2010-11 | £1,102.84 |
2011-12 | £2,124.67 |
2012-13 | £3,671.30 |
2013-14 | £3,149.90 |
2014-15 | £2,443.38 |
2015-16 | £2,540.47 |
2016-17 | £7,849.84 |
Asked by: Tommy Sheppard (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh East)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to process tax credits claims for terminally ill people; and if he will consider introducing a fast track system as applied to claims for other allowances.
Answered by David Gauke
HMRC provide a tailored support service for vulnerable customers. If a customer who is terminally ill advises HMRC that they require extra help, HMRC's 'Needs Enhanced Support' team will help the customer throughout the claims procedure, accelerating the process where appropriate.
There are no current plans for HMRC to introduce a specific fast track service for tax credit customers who are terminally ill.
Asked by: Tommy Sheppard (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh East)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 12 February 2016 to Question 26015, when he plans to undertake a comprehensive review of the performance of HM Revenue and Customs in dealing with correspondence and telephone calls from members of the public.
Answered by David Gauke
HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC) customer service performance was comprehensively reviewed by the independent National Audit Office in a report published on May 25th 2016.
HMRC have publically acknowledged and apologised for the deterioration in performance early in 2015. Since then HMRC have recovered and are now providing their best service levels in years.
Asked by: Tommy Sheppard (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh East)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with Ministers in the Scottish Government on the transfer of responsibility for Air Passenger Duty to the Scottish Government.
Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)
The government is devolving Air Passenger Duty to the Scottish Parliament through the Scotland Bill. Ministers are in ongoing discussions with the Scottish Government about all aspects of the Scotland Bill and the terms of the fiscal framework.