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date	17/05/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Further Education: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to exempt further education colleges from paying VAT.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	145376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2018 answer text <p>Education provided by further education (FE) colleges is either outside the scope of VAT or classified as ‘exempt’ under the VAT Act 1994. This means that FE colleges do not apply VAT on the education they provide to their pupils.</p><p> </p><p>Under European law, it is not possible to recover tax incurred on activities outside the scope of VAT or in the course of making ‘exempt’ supplies. Our future relationship with the EU, including on VAT, is subject to negotiation and any future decisions on VAT will continue to be taken in line with the normal Budget process.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 23/05/2018 13:50:23 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

906386

registered interest
date	17/05/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the sale of illegal tobacco.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	145407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2018 answer text <p>The joint HMRC/Border Force strategy to tackle illicit tobacco (‘Tackling Illicit Tobacco: From leaf to light’) published on 24 March 2015 reinforced the government’s commitment to tackle illicit tobacco at all points in the supply chain. This was further demonstrated by increased investment in resources to fight this fraud announced at Summer Budget 2015 and Budget 2016.</p><p> </p><p>Effective action requires collaboration across government and HMRC and Border Force work closely with other enforcement agencies, including Trading Standards and the police to target those involved in the fraud. In the last two years alone, over 2.8 billion illicit cigarettes and over 660 tonnes of hand-rolling tobacco have been seized resulting in approximately 700 prosecutions.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has also reviewed the impact of sanctions and is currently developing options, with particular focus on the approach taken to repeat offenders.</p><p> </p><p>In accordance with international commitments, HMRC is also developing a new track and trace system for tobacco products. This will go live in May 2019 and will make it easier to identify where genuine product has been diverted into the illicit market and more difficult for illicit goods to enter the legitimate market.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 24/05/2018 13:20:12 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

905547

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Instalment Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2018 to Question 141345 on Instalment Credit, whether (a) he, (b) Ministers of his Department and (c) officials of his Department have discussed the feasibility of introducing a total cap on the cost of rent-to-own goods with the Financial Conduct Authority.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	144880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2018 answer text <p>Treasury ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery. This includes regular meetings with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to discuss relevant regulatory issues.</p><p> </p><p>The government has given the FCA strong powers to protect consumers, including the power to cap the cost of credit, and the FCA can do so if it thinks it is necessary to protect consumers. In 2015, the FCA capped the cost of payday lending, and the FCA has said that it will keep the issue of capping the cost of credit in other markets under review.</p><p> </p><p>The government welcomes the ongoing work of the FCA to review the high-cost credit market, including the rent-to-own sector. The FCA will publish an update later this month.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 24/05/2018 11:16:40 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

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registered interest
date	16/05/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Monetary Policy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he is taking steps to ensure that the liquidity introduced into long-term credit markets by Bank of England quantitative easing is disbursed to the real economy.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	144906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2018 answer text <p>Monetary policy, including quantitative easing, is the responsibility of the independent Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England, which has the primary objective, set out in law, of maintaining price stability, the value of money relative to the goods and services it is used to purchase.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 23/05/2018 15:40:34 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah