Question follow-through · 3320
Public Works Loan Board
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of reducing the onward interest charge of the Public Works Loan Board to local councils on (a) housing growth, (b) economic growth, (c) job creation and (d) loc
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 30 Aug 2024
- Target answer date
- 3 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 9 Sept 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Aug 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of reducing the onward interest charge of the Public Works Loan Board to local councils on (a) housing growth, (b) economic growth, (c) job creation and (d) loc
3 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Sept 2024
Answer published
The PWLB lending facility exists to provide cost effective loans to local authorities to support investment and service delivery. HM Treasury keeps the interest rates of PWLB loans under review to ensure that PWLB lending remains supportive of prudent inv...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Housing: Taxation
4 Oct 2024 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of a levy on foreign ownership of residential properties.
Treasury: Paternity Leave
8 Oct 2024 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average length of paternity leave taken by staff in (a) her Department and (b) HMRC was in each of the last three years.
Imports: Plastic Packaging Tax
7 May 2025 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether (a) she and (b) officials in her Department have met with (i) the Environment Agency and (ii) His Majesty's Revenue and Customs to discuss the enforcement of the Plastic Packaging Tax on imports.
Imports: Plastic Packaging Tax
7 May 2025 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with representatives of the UK plastics industry on the enforcement of the Plastic Packaging Tax on imports.
Plastic Packaging Tax
7 May 2025 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to (a) enforce the Plastic Packaging Tax and (b) prevent illegal imports.
Imports: Plastic Packaging Tax
7 May 2025 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Plastic Packaging Tax on imports.
Bank Services
8 May 2025 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money is held in dormant bank accounts, broken down by (a) bank and (b) region.
Child Benefit
16 Jun 2025 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households stopped receiving child benefit following the introduction of (a) the two child benefit cap and (b) means testing in (i) Telford constituency, (ii) the West Midlands and (iii) England.
Small Businesses: Parental Pay
7 Jul 2025 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much and what proportion of parental leave payments were paid to employers claiming Small Employers Relief in each of the last five years.
Small Businesses: Employers' Contributions
7 Jul 2025 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses (a) claim Small Employers Relief and (b) have more than 100 employees in each (i) region and (ii) nation.
Parental Pay
7 Jul 2025 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was paid in parental leave by recipient's income decile for each of the last five years.
Small Businesses: Parental Pay
7 Jul 2025 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employers claimed parental leave pay through Small Employers Relief in each of the last five years.