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693050

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Fuels: Tax Evasion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many persons in the UK have been convicted of fuel laundering offences during the last three years for which figures are available; and in what regions of the UK were those offences committed.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL5537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) operational data does not break down statistics for oils convictions to separate out those arising from fuel laundering. Total convictions for oils offences in the UK for the last complete three years for which figures are available were as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Convictions</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Great Britain</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total UK</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The latest tax gap figures published on 20 October 2016 estimate losses from all fuel fraud in the UK to be less than £100m in 2014-15. These estimates cannot be disaggregated by type of fraud such as smuggling or laundering.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC does not separately identify the amounts of laundered fuel seized as part of its activity to combat fuel fraud.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC works closely with the Revenue Commissioners in the Republic of Ireland to fight fuel fraud on a wide range of fronts. This multi-agency approach includes regular exchange of information and joint operational activity.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the UK has implemented an improved marker for rebated fuel, which is making it much harder to launder marked fuel and sell it at a profit. The Republic of Ireland has also introduced the same new marker.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL5538 HL5539 HL5540 question first answered 07/03/2017 15:15:14 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

693051

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Fuels: Tax Evasion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what volume of laundered fuel has been seized in the United Kingdom in the last three years for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL5538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) operational data does not break down statistics for oils convictions to separate out those arising from fuel laundering. Total convictions for oils offences in the UK for the last complete three years for which figures are available were as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Convictions</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Great Britain</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total UK</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The latest tax gap figures published on 20 October 2016 estimate losses from all fuel fraud in the UK to be less than £100m in 2014-15. These estimates cannot be disaggregated by type of fraud such as smuggling or laundering.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC does not separately identify the amounts of laundered fuel seized as part of its activity to combat fuel fraud.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC works closely with the Revenue Commissioners in the Republic of Ireland to fight fuel fraud on a wide range of fronts. This multi-agency approach includes regular exchange of information and joint operational activity.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the UK has implemented an improved marker for rebated fuel, which is making it much harder to launder marked fuel and sell it at a profit. The Republic of Ireland has also introduced the same new marker.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL5537 HL5539 HL5540 question first answered 07/03/2017 15:15:14 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

693052

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Fuels: Tax Evasion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of how much revenue is being lost to HM Treasury as a result of fuel smuggling and laundering in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL5539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) operational data does not break down statistics for oils convictions to separate out those arising from fuel laundering. Total convictions for oils offences in the UK for the last complete three years for which figures are available were as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Convictions</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Great Britain</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total UK</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The latest tax gap figures published on 20 October 2016 estimate losses from all fuel fraud in the UK to be less than £100m in 2014-15. These estimates cannot be disaggregated by type of fraud such as smuggling or laundering.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC does not separately identify the amounts of laundered fuel seized as part of its activity to combat fuel fraud.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC works closely with the Revenue Commissioners in the Republic of Ireland to fight fuel fraud on a wide range of fronts. This multi-agency approach includes regular exchange of information and joint operational activity.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the UK has implemented an improved marker for rebated fuel, which is making it much harder to launder marked fuel and sell it at a profit. The Republic of Ireland has also introduced the same new marker.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL5537 HL5538 HL5540 question first answered 07/03/2017 15:15:14 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

693053

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Fuels: Tax Evasion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking with the government of the Republic of Ireland to disrupt the activities of persons engaged in fuel laundering and smuggling in the border areas of both jurisdictions.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL5540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) operational data does not break down statistics for oils convictions to separate out those arising from fuel laundering. Total convictions for oils offences in the UK for the last complete three years for which figures are available were as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Convictions</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Great Britain</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total UK</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The latest tax gap figures published on 20 October 2016 estimate losses from all fuel fraud in the UK to be less than £100m in 2014-15. These estimates cannot be disaggregated by type of fraud such as smuggling or laundering.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC does not separately identify the amounts of laundered fuel seized as part of its activity to combat fuel fraud.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC works closely with the Revenue Commissioners in the Republic of Ireland to fight fuel fraud on a wide range of fronts. This multi-agency approach includes regular exchange of information and joint operational activity.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the UK has implemented an improved marker for rebated fuel, which is making it much harder to launder marked fuel and sell it at a profit. The Republic of Ireland has also introduced the same new marker.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL5537 HL5538 HL5539 question first answered 07/03/2017 15:15:14 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

693063

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Fuels: Tax Evasion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much revenue was lost to HM Revenue and Customs due to (1) the smuggling of diesel oil from the Republic of Ireland, and (2) illegal fuel laundering within Northern Ireland, in financial year 2015–16.
tabling member printed	Lord Rogan
uin	HL5550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2017 answer text <p>The latest tax gap figures published on 20 October 2016 in ‘Measuring Tax Gaps 2016' estimate the 2014-15 market share for illicit diesel in Northern Ireland as 8%. This amounts to about £50m in lost revenue. Petrol fraud is negligible.</p><p> </p><p>These estimates cannot be disaggregated by type of fraud such as smuggling or laundering.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for 2015-16 will not be available until autumn 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL5551 question first answered 07/03/2017 15:36:15 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2478 label Biography information for Lord Rogan

693064

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Fuels: Tax Evasion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage of the fuel market in Northern Ireland was made up of smuggled and fuel-laundered products in financial year 2015–16.
tabling member printed	Lord Rogan
uin	HL5551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2017 answer text <p>The latest tax gap figures published on 20 October 2016 in ‘Measuring Tax Gaps 2016' estimate the 2014-15 market share for illicit diesel in Northern Ireland as 8%. This amounts to about £50m in lost revenue. Petrol fraud is negligible.</p><p> </p><p>These estimates cannot be disaggregated by type of fraud such as smuggling or laundering.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for 2015-16 will not be available until autumn 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL5550 question first answered 07/03/2017 15:36:15 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2478 label Biography information for Lord Rogan

693073

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of (1) the total rateable value of commercial property (a) before, and (b) after, the current revaluation as at 1 April 2015, and (2) the percentage change as a result of the revaluation, in (i) each local authority area, (ii) each parliamentary constituency, and (iii) each standard region in England and Wales.
tabling member printed	Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay
uin	HL5560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2017 answer text <p>1 April 2015 is the point in time at which the rateable values are set, known as the antecedent valuation date. The new rating lists come into effect following revaluation after 1 April 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Official statistics were published on 6 October 2016 on the change in rateable values between the 2010 and 2017 rating lists following revaluation<sup> <sup>[1]</sup></sup>. These include the change in percentage terms of the total rateable value for England, Wales and each region of England (Table RV1.1) and for local authorities (Table 1.0).</p><p> </p><p>Valuation Office Agency data is not held in a way that easily allows data to be shown by parliamentary constituency.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/non-domestic-rating-change-in-rateable-value-of-rating-lists-england-and-wales-2017-revaluation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/non-domestic-rating-change-in-rateable-value-of-rating-lists-england-and-wales-2017-revaluation</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 07/03/2017 15:20:02 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2536 label Biography information for Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay

693145

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2017 to Question 62819, what estimate his Department has made of the effect of each increase of one per cent in excise duty charged on tobacco products on the (a) size and (b) value of the illicit tobacco market; and what the fiscal effect of changes in that market are.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	65217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has made no assessment of the market or revenue effects of an increase of one per cent in excise duty charged on tobacco products that is restricted only to the illicit market. Consumers are expected to respond to price increases by reducing their consumption of duty-paid tobacco. They may also switch to lower priced products. Reducing consumption of duty-paid tobacco will include reducing consumption of tobacco as well as switching to the illicit market.</p><p>This behavioural response to a rise in prices is captured by the price elasticity of demand. More information on HMRC’s long-run estimate of the price elasticity of demand for cigarettes can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/econometric-analysis-of-cigarette-consumption-in-the-uk" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/econometric-analysis-of-cigarette-consumption-in-the-uk</a>.</p><p>Information on the size of the illicit market for cigarettes and hand rolling tobacco is available in HM Revenue and Custom’s ‘Tobacco tax gap estimates 2015-16’ publication, which is available to view at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/561322/HMRC-tobacco-tax-gap-estimates-2016.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/561322/HMRC-tobacco-tax-gap-estimates-2016.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 27/02/2017 15:43:39 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

693146

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Debts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will make an assessment of the (a) effectiveness of the Scottish Government's Debt Arrangement Scheme and (b) potential merits of introducing a similar scheme elsewhere in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	65198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>In its response to the Independent Review of the Money Advice Service (March 2015), the coalition government agreed to review the legal framework for debt administration, and to consider the impacts of additional statutory protections for consumers. The work on this review is ongoing. The government intends to report back shortly.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 28/02/2017 14:59:13 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

693147

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Budgets: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with Ministers of the Scottish Government on delivering the Budget in the Autumn and the effect of that on the Scottish Government and Parliament's annual budget process.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	64961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>I have regular discussions with Ministers from the Devolved Administrations on a range of issues of mutual interest. At the most recent meeting of the Finance Ministers’ Quadrilateral held in Edinburgh on 14 February this year, we discussed the interactions between UK Government budgets and devolved administration budget-setting procedures.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 27/02/2017 14:09:41 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady