Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury

– in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 6 November 2012.

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The Chancellor of the Exchequer was asked—

  • Affordable Housing (10 speeches)

    What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on fiscal incentives to encourage the construction of affordable housing.

  • Job Creation: Private Sector (15 speeches, 1 annotation)

    What fiscal steps he is taking to encourage job creation in the private sector.

  • Labour Statistics (10 speeches, 1 annotation)

    What recent assessment he has made of the level of employment in (a) Kettering constituency, (b) Northamptonshire and (c) England.

  • Employee Ownership (13 speeches)

    What assessment he has made of the fiscal implications of the Government’s proposed employee-owner scheme.

  • Public Sector Borrowing (15 speeches)

    What the level of public sector net borrowing was in the (a) first six months of 2012-13 and (b) equivalent period in 2011-12.

  • Long-term Unemployment (16 speeches)

    What recent assessment he has made of the effect of the Government’s fiscal policies on the level of long-term unemployment.

  • Affordable Housing (21 speeches)

    If he will use the revenue received by the Exchequer from the forthcoming auction of the 4G mobile telephone spectrum for the purpose of building affordable homes over the next two years.

  • Cost of Living (6 speeches)

    What fiscal steps he has taken to reduce the cost of living.

  • Banking Reform (10 speeches)

    What recent steps he has taken to reform banking and to redirect banking fines to the public purse.

  • Tax Evasion and Avoidance (8 speeches)

    What recent steps he has taken to tackle tax evasion and reduce tax avoidance.

  • Economic Growth (7 speeches)

    What estimate he has made of the level of economic growth since the October 2010 spending review.

  • Unearned Wealth (4 speeches)

    What his policy is on taxation on unearned wealth; and if he will make a statement.

  • Bank Lending (4 speeches)

    What recent assessment he has made of the effect on economic growth of the level of bank lending to businesses.

  • Topical Questions (40 speeches)

    If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

  • Child Abuse Allegations (North Wales) (75 speeches, 2 annotations)

    With permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement on historic allegations of child abuse in the North Wales police force area. In 1991, North Wales police conducted an investigation...

Chancellor of the Exchequer

The chancellor of the exchequer is the government's chief financial minister and as such is responsible for raising government revenue through taxation or borrowing and for controlling overall government spending.

The chancellor's plans for the economy are delivered to the House of Commons every year in the Budget speech.

The chancellor is the most senior figure at the Treasury, even though the prime minister holds an additional title of 'First Lord of the Treasury'. He normally resides at Number 11 Downing Street.