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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claims for refunds from Wonga customers who were mis-sold higher risk loans remain outstanding; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing support from the public purse to those customers who only received 4.3 per cent...

Asked by
Zarah Sultana (Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
4 June 2020
Reference
52558
House
House of Commons

In the last month we have seen the Financial Times predicting that the Chancellor will miss his balanced budget target, and today we have seen zero growth in the economy. At the same time, Mr Dominic Cummings has demanded cuts in taxes and massive spending commitments, so the Chancellor has resorted to floating a possible raid on middle-income pensions, a mansion tax—once described as Marxist—and a 5% cuts round to find some money to pay for Mr Cummings’s demands. Yet in the real world out there, the victims of Wonga, the payday loan company, were told a fortnight ago that they would receive less than 5% of the compensation that they are owed. Will the Chancellor take a break from his arm-wrestling with Mr Cummings, and introduce measures to compensate the Wonga victims fully?

Asked by
John McDonnell (Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Topical questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
11 February 2020
Reference
671 c704
House
House of Commons

I think that I have to correct myself. I said that there was talent throughout the country, but, judging by what we have just heard, I do not think that that includes the Labour party.

There is all sorts of speculation about the Budget, and I am not going to respond to that. However, the right hon. Gentleman will know that when the Budget is published, it will be published alongside a report by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility. Those are the figures that are going to matter, not the ones that are speculated about in the press. As for growth, the right hon. Gentleman will also know that although there has been a fall in global growth, the International Monetary Fund forecasts that Britain will grow faster this year than France, Germany, Italy and Japan.

Answered by
Sajid Javid (Conservative)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
11 February 2020
Reference
671 c705
House
House of Commons
Member
Chris Bryant (Labour)
Type
Business questions
Date
30 January 2020
Reference
670 c947
House
House of Commons
Member
Jacob Rees-Mogg (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
30 January 2020
Reference
670 c947
House
House of Commons