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To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce a 10 per cent levy on estates at death to fund adult social care.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce a 10 per cent levy on estates at death to fund adult social care.
The Prime Minister has set out his commitment to end decades of political drift on social care and fix the system with a National Care Service that gives people dignity, security and the support they deserve.
Reforms to social care will be fully and sustainably funded – the government will meet its fiscal rules. However, it is right that Baroness Casey’s Commission, which will now report in summer 2027, considers all options for the National Care Service. Funding options will be an important part of that conversation, and the government is not going to pre-empt Baroness Casey’s work.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they are considering the introduction of a levy to fund adult social care.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they are considering the introduction of a levy to fund adult social care.
The Prime Minister has set out his commitment to end decades of political drift on social care and fix the system with a National Care Service that gives people dignity, security and the support they deserve.
Reforms to social care will be fully and sustainably funded – the government will meet its fiscal rules. However, it is right that Baroness Casey’s Commission, which will now report in summer 2027, considers all options for the National Care Service. Funding options will be an important part of that conversation, and the government is not going to pre-empt Baroness Casey’s work.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect of the decline in UK birth rates on levels of pension spending.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect of the decline in UK birth rates on levels of pension spending.
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) is the Government's official forecaster responsible for assessing the UK economic and fiscal outlook. Its annual publication the Fiscal Risks and Sustainability (FRS) report incorporates biennial long-term projections
The OBR has noted that demographic change can affect future spending and revenues, including the pressures that demographic changes create on state pension spending
The Government keeps these issues under review as part of its wider consideration of the public finances. In July 2025, the Government announced the launch of the Third State Pension age review to consider whether the rules around pensionable age are appropriate, based on the latest life expectancy data and other evidence. The review is ongoing.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the £4.7 billion of uncommitted funding in the Defence Investment Plan will be met at the next Budget.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the £4.7 billion of uncommitted funding in the Defence Investment Plan will be met at the next Budget.
The Defence Investment Plan allocates a further £15 billion to defence spending over the next four years, funded by reprioritising public spending, with £10.3 billion already identified and a further £4.7 billion to be confirmed at Budget 2026 in a fair and balanced way.
A Defence Investment Plan Funding Explainer can be found on the government website.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have to allocate further funding to the Defence Investment Plan.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have to allocate further funding to the Defence Investment Plan.
The Defence Investment Plan allocates a further £15 billion to defence spending over the next four years, funded by reprioritising public spending, with £10.3 billion already identified and a further £4.7 billion to be confirmed at Budget 2026 in a fair and balanced way. This brings total defence spending to almost £300 billion over the next four years and by 2027-28, the UK will spend 2.7% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on core NATO defence spending.
The Government has committed to increasing defence spending to 3% of GDP in the next Parliament, with funding and plans to be set out in due course.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to meet the efficiency savings outlined in the funding package for the Defence Investment Plan.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to meet the efficiency savings outlined in the funding package for the Defence Investment Plan.
Defence will deliver £10.7 billion of efficiencies and savings over the Parliament, including through a reshaped civilian workforce, accelerated use of AI, £1 billion of savings from reduced reliance on consultancies, and rationalisation of the MOD estate. This will be underpinned by a £500m Transformation Fund to deliver productivity improving investments in AI and workforce transformation
The plan will be subject to an annual update to Parliament before summer recess, audited by the NAO, with the first update due by July 2027.
A further breakdown of the Defence Reform and Efficiency Plan can be found on page 73 of the Defence Investment Plan, available on the government website.
To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to using war bonds to fund defence and the impact on public debt.
To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to using war bonds to fund defence and the impact on public debt.
To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made towards forming the Multilateral Defence Mechanism to fund defence
To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made towards forming the Multilateral Defence Mechanism to fund defence
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether (1) joining the Defence, Security and Resilience Bank, (2) joining the Security Action for Europe scheme, or (3) forming the Multilateral Defence Mechanism, would have an impact on (a) borrowing, (b) public sector debt, or (c) public sector...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether (1) joining the Defence, Security and Resilience Bank, (2) joining the Security Action for Europe scheme, or (3) forming the Multilateral Defence Mechanism, would have an impact on (a) borrowing, (b) public sector debt, or (c) public sector...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 10 July 2026 to question 16168 on Investment: Strait of Hormuz, how much has she approved from the HMT reserve to deploy additional capabilities in the Middle East for the Multinational Hormuz Mission.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 10 July 2026 to question 16168 on Investment: Strait of Hormuz, how much has she approved from the HMT reserve to deploy additional capabilities in the Middle East for the Multinational Hormuz Mission.
As set out in the Defence Investment Plan, the UK and France stand ready to deploy the wider Multinational Military Mission to support freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of classifying Access to Work expenditure as Annually Managed Expenditure to help ensure the scheme can respond to demand from new and sustained employment of disabled people.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of classifying Access to Work expenditure as Annually Managed Expenditure to help ensure the scheme can respond to demand from new and sustained employment of disabled people.
Access to Work is an important programme that supports many people to start and stay in work. We are committed to ensuring it can respond to demand. That is why we announced in May that we would recruit and train 480 additional staff to speed up decisions and tackle the existing backlog by September 2027. That is a 72.5% increase to the existing 658 staff already working on Access to Work.
Access to Work is funded within DWP’s Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) to support effective management of expenditure. Annually Managed Expenditure (AME) is generally reserved for spending that is particularly volatile or cannot reasonably be managed within departmental DEL budgets.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the implications for the UK's NATO commitments of current planned levels of defence expenditure.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the implications for the UK's NATO commitments of current planned levels of defence expenditure.
The Defence Investment Plan is backed by nearly £300bn of investment of the next four years, meaning the UK will now spend 2.7% of GDP on core NATO defence spending by 2027-28. Funding and plans for increasing defence spending to 3% of GDP in the next Parliament will be set out at the next spending review, where defence will be the number one priority
Alongside NATO allies, the UK has committed to reach 3.5% of GDP on defence spending by 2035, meeting its obligations to the Defence Investment Pledge. All allies will review trajectory and spend in 2029, when NATO next reviews its capability plans.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of HMRC guidance on business rates valuations for pubs in 'attractive locations', including rural and community pubs, on the financial viability of those establishments in North Yorkshire.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of HMRC guidance on business rates valuations for pubs in 'attractive locations', including rural and community pubs, on the financial viability of those establishments in North Yorkshire.
The guidance referred to sets out how pubs were to be valued for the previous valuation exercise which took place under the previous government, with valuation date of April 2024. This government is reviewing the methodology used to calculate rateable values for pubs.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Autumn 2025 Budget on transport accessibility for disabled people through the Motability Scheme.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Autumn 2025 Budget on transport accessibility for disabled people through the Motability Scheme.
The Motability Scheme provides a vital lifeline to those who need it, however it historically benefitted from tax breaks which supported provision beyond the scheme’s core objectives, such as the lease of luxury cars. That is why at Budget 2025 the Government made tax changes to the scheme to ensure it delivers fairness for the taxpayer.
Prior to Budget 2025, the Government engaged closely with the Motability Foundation to ensure the Scheme would continue to provide access to transport for its customers, including the provision of a range of affordable vehicles which suit customers’ varying needs. This means customers are still able to access a range of vehicles using only their disability benefit, in line with pre-Budget provision. Additionally, vehicles designed or substantially and permanently adapted for wheelchair and stretcher users were not impacted by tax changes.
The Government consulted closely with the Motability Foundation charity to understand in depth how tax changes would impact the Motability Scheme and their customers. Our assessment of these impacts has been published on GOV.UK and can be found here: Motability Scheme: reforming tax reliefs - GOV.UK.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risks to financial stability arising from the increasing use of artificial intelligence agents in financial markets.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risks to financial stability arising from the increasing use of artificial intelligence agents in financial markets.
The Government’s ambition is to make the UK a global leader in AI. Encouraging safe adoption is an essential part of realising that ambition. We will continue to work closely with regulators and industry to ensure innovation proceeds safely and responsibly and that any risks to financial markets are identified and mitigated.
The Bank of England’s Financial Policy Committee (FPC) is responsible for identifying, monitoring and taking action to remove or reduce systemic risks to the UK financial system. The FPC’s April 2025 Financial Stability in Focus publication set out potential risks to financial stability that could result from increasing AI use, including market related risks, and their response to these.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 16 July to question 17649, what specific departments have contributed to the 1.5% of GDP spend on security-related spend.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 16 July to question 17649, what specific departments have contributed to the 1.5% of GDP spend on security-related spend.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 16 July to question 17649, what date it was determined that the UK has met NATO's 1.5% defence and security-related spending target.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 16 July to question 17649, what date it was determined that the UK has met NATO's 1.5% defence and security-related spending target.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 16 July to question 17649, what funding has been allocated to meeting the NATO 1.5% defence and security-related spending target since 26 January 2026.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 16 July to question 17649, what funding has been allocated to meeting the NATO 1.5% defence and security-related spending target since 26 January 2026.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 13 July 2026 to question 16362, whether her Department maintains (a) a central register and (b) an estimate of funding allocated for civil contingencies and emergency planning across departments during the spending review period.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 13 July 2026 to question 16362, whether her Department maintains (a) a central register and (b) an estimate of funding allocated for civil contingencies and emergency planning across departments during the spending review period.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, given the Prime Minister's confirmation at the NATO summit that the UK has met the NATO target of spending 1.5% of GDP on security-related investment, if she will set out (a) which departments' budgets contributed to reaching that figure, (b) in what proportion,...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, given the Prime Minister's confirmation at the NATO summit that the UK has met the NATO target of spending 1.5% of GDP on security-related investment, if she will set out (a) which departments' budgets contributed to reaching that figure, (b) in what proportion,...
The UK has met NATO’s 1.5% defence and security-related spending target, as defined by NATO. NATO’s definition sets out that spend should be to protect our critical infrastructure, defend our networks, ensure our civil preparedness and resilience, unleash innovation and strengthen our defence industrial base. Given this definition, contributions came from a number of departments. All spending captured as part of the 1.5% is determined through the Spending Review and set out to Parliament via the Estimates process in the usual way.