Written questions by Chope.

Pursuant to the answer of 2 December 2025 to question 95016, whether the hon. Member for (a) Wolverhampton North East, (b) Leeds South West, (c) Bournemouth East, (d) Luton North, (e) Bassetlaw, (f) Blyth and Ashington, (g) Mansfield, (h) Llanelli, (i) Banbury, (j) Edinburgh South West, (k) Eltham and Chislehurst, (l) Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes, (m) Leigh and Atherton, (n) Kensington and Bayswater, (o) Na-h Eileanan an Iar, (p) Whitehaven and Workington, (q) Camborne and Redruth and (r) Milton Keynes Central submitted their representations through the stakeholder representation portal.

HM Treasury did not receive written submissions via the stakeholder representation portal from those Members of Parliament. Ministers politically engage with their parliamentary colleagues on an ongoing basis without the need of an online portal.

If she will place in the Library a copy of each of the representations made by the Rt hon. and hon. Members to which she refers in the Budget statement.

The Stakeholder Representation Portal was open from 3 September 2025 until 15 October 2025 to allow members of the public, MPs and organisations to submit their views ahead of the fiscal event. HM Treasury does not publish individual representations on behalf of respondents.

When the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Christchurch of 3 April 2025, reference MC2025/08032.

The letter is being carefully considered and a response will be issued by11 July.

If she will meet with the hon. Member for Christchurch to discuss the Bank of England (Inflation Targets) Bill.

I would be happy to meet with the Honourable Member for Christchurch to discuss the private members bill he introduced on Bank of England (Inflation Targets) as the Chancellor’s parliamentary deputy on economic issues. My office will contact the Honourable Member in due course to arrange a meeting.

With reference to the Prime Minister's speech entitled Keir Starmer's speech on fixing the foundations of our country: 27 August 2024, whether she plans to increase compensation for people impacted by the regulatory maladministration of Equitable Life.

The Equitable Life Payment Scheme has been fully wound down and closed since 2016 and there are no plans to reopen any decisions relating to the Payment Scheme or review the £1.5 billion funding allocation previously made to it. Further guidance on the status of the Payment Scheme after closure is available at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/equitable-life-payment-scheme#closure-of-the-scheme.

What assessment she has made on the potential impact of VAT on private school fees on Christian schools.

On 29 July, the Government announced that, as of 1 January 2025, all education services and vocational training provided by a private school in the UK for a charge will be subject to VAT at the standard rate of 20 per cent. This will also apply to boarding services provided by private schools. A technical note setting out the details of the policy has been published online here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vat-on-private-school-fees-removing-the-charitable-rates-relief-for-private-schools(opens in a new tab). Draft VAT legislation was also published alongside this technical note, forming a technical consultation, which closed on 15 September. As part of this technical consultation, the Government engaged with a broad range of stakeholders. Whilst developing these policies, the Government has carefully considered the impact that they will have on pupils and their families across both the state and private sector, as well as the impact they will have on state and private schools. Following scrutiny of the Government's costings by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), details of the Government’s assessment of the expected impacts of these policy changes will be published at the Budget on 30 October in a Tax Information and Impact Note.