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1045496

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Capital Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many individual capital projects were awarded to (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Wales and (c) Scotland in (i) 2017, (ii) 2018 and (iii) 2019 to date by the Government; and what was the value of those projects.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	210499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>HM Treasury does not centrally hold information on all individual capital projects approved in (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Wales and (c) Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>Capital projects in the Devolved Administrations are not funded through a single mechanism, nor is there a single decision-making body. In devolved policy areas funding comes from either i) central government, as in the case of the Belfast City Regional Deal at Autumn Budget 2018; or ii) from Devolved Administrations’ own capital budgets, which are set per the Barnett formula. Projects in reserved policy areas, such as Defence, are funded through central government. Because there is no central funding source or decision-making body, we do not hold a complete record of individual capital projects approved in (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Wales and (c) Scotland in (i) 2017, (ii) 2018 and (iii) 2019.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 29/01/2019 13:07:11 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

1045497

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	City Deals and Local Growth Deals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the Government's Growth Deal announcements in (a) 2017, (b) 2018 and (c) 2019 that included allocated funding for (i) Northern Ireland, (ii) Wales and (iii) Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	210500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The government has agreed six City and Growth Deals in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland since 2017.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017 the government announced the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Deal and Swansea City Deal. In 2018 the government announced the Stirling and Clackmannanshire City Deal, Tay Cities Deal, North Wales Growth Deal and Belfast City Region Deal.</p><p> </p><p>The government has committed to agree Growth Deals for the Borderlands, Ayrshire, Moray, Mid Wales and Derry/Londonderry City Region.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 29/01/2019 13:04:45 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

1045530

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Gambling: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a tax on the gambling industry to provide funding for people that have been made destitute as a result of gambling addiction.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	210461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The Gambling Commission is consulting on its new national strategy to reduce gambling harm, this includes a review of the financial contributions made by the industry. The license conditions of gambling companies require them to make a financial contribution to organisations that tackle gambling harm.</p><p> </p><p>As announced at Autumn Budget, Remote Gaming Duty will be increased to 21% from 1 April 2019.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 29/01/2019 15:58:21 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1045660

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Retail Trade: Urban Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department is having with the devolved Administrations on government support for high street businesses.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Kirstene Hair
uin	210716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>At Budget 2018, the Government announced a £675 million Future High Streets Fund to support local areas in England in developing and funding plans to make high streets fit for the future. Alongside this, the UK Government announced a business rates discount of one third for small retailers in England for two years from April 2019. As high streets funding and business rates are devolved, the Barnett formula has been applied to both in the normal way, and it is for the Devolved Administrations to decide how to use this additional funding.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 29/01/2019 16:13:13 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4675 label Biography information for Kirstene Hair

1045703

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of staff in his Department including those employed in executive agencies and non-ministerial Departments declared a disability in 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	210485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The Disability data for HM Treasury, Government Internal Audit, DMO, OBR, and NIC are published in the ONS Annual Civil Service Employment Survey. Numbers between 1 and 5 employees are shown as “-“.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/civilservicestatistics" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/civilservicestatistics</a></strong></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 29/01/2019 15:51:50 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1045761

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Football Pools: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on the (a) finances and (b) usage of the football pools of the reduction in pools duty from 15 per cent to 10 per cent.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	210669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>Pool Betting Duty raises around £4m in revenue for the Exchequer per year. Cutting Pool Betting Duty to 10% could pose a risk to the public finances from a reduction in General Betting Duty revenue as bookmakers would have an incentive to switch their products from fixed odds bets to pools bets.</p><p> </p><p>It is unlikely to increase usage of the football pools which has been in long term decline due to the poplularity of other gambling products.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 29/01/2019 15:53:54 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1043728

registered interest
date	18/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government's review of the loan charge is planned to (a) seek external evidence about, (b) evaluate all aspects of and (c) be able to recommend any changes to the loan charge.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	210060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>The government chose to accept New Clause 26 during the passage of the Finance Bill, and will lay a report in line with the requirements of that New Clause no later than 30 March 2019. The report will include a comparison with the time limits for the recovery of lost tax relating to disguised remuneration loans.</p><p> </p><p>The government also consulted extensively on the detail of the charge on disguised remuneration loans after it was announced at Budget 2016.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 210061 question first answered 23/01/2019 14:32:49 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

1043729

registered interest
date	18/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that members of the public can contribute to the review of the 2019 Loan Charge.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	210061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>The government chose to accept New Clause 26 during the passage of the Finance Bill, and will lay a report in line with the requirements of that New Clause no later than 30 March 2019. The report will include a comparison with the time limits for the recovery of lost tax relating to disguised remuneration loans.</p><p> </p><p>The government also consulted extensively on the detail of the charge on disguised remuneration loans after it was announced at Budget 2016.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 210060 question first answered 23/01/2019 14:32:49 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

1043708

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Insurance: Criminal Records
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with insurance companies on the potential for discrimination through the use of criminal record information for the purpose of setting policy premiums.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	210008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>It is important that consumers have access to suitable insurance products at the right price. The government remains in regular discussion with the insurance industry and other interested parties, including the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), on the provision of insurance in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Insurers make decisions about the terms on which they will offer cover following an assessment of the relevant risks. This is usually informed by the insurer’s claims experience and other industry-wide statistics.</p><p> </p><p>The Government does not intend to intervene in the commercial decisions of insurers as this could damage competition in the market. The respective capabilities of insurers to assess risk is a key element on which they compete. This competition is important and should lead to better products and lower prices for consumers overall.</p><p>In addition, on 31st October 2018 the FCA announced the details of a market study into the pricing practices used by insurers. The market study will give the FCA a deeper understanding of the scale of any harm to consumers from insurance pricing practices, who it affects and, if required, what actions are required to improve the market. The FCA expects to release its interim report in Summer 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Consumers are encouraged to shop around for the most suitable cover at the best price. The charity Unlock provides support specifically for those with previous convictions in accessing insurance services and can be found at <a href="http://www.unlock.org.uk/" target="_blank">www.unlock.org.uk</a>.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 23/01/2019 17:26:58 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew