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776327

registered interest
date	18/10/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Emergency Services: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to change VAT charges for Scotland's police and fire and rescue services.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	901376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>The Scottish government was aware that Police Scotland and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service would not be entitled to recover VAT when they decided to restructure their services into national bodies in 2012.</p><p> </p><p>The Scottish Government considered this information at the time, but decided to proceed with the restructuring because the estimated financial savings outweighed the costs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 24/10/2017 14:25:47 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

765882

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Child Tax Credit: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many child tax credit applications by reunited refugee families have been approved through fast track procedures.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	105979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs do not hold the requested data.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/10/2017 11:21:06 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

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

683094

registered interest
date	01/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Aviation: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will respond to EDM 572, Frequent Flyer Levy campaign.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	62791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government believes that Air Passenger Duty fulfils effectively the same function as a Frequent Flier Levy as the nature of the tax is that those who fly more and further pay more than those who do not. For example, a business passenger who makes a long-haul journey four times a year pays £571 more in tax than an economy passenger who flies only once to a short-haul destination.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 09/02/2017 16:06:15 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

673736

registered interest
date	11/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Development Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which government departments' budgets included expenditure counted towards UK Official Development Assistance in 2016.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	908220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>The Official Development Assistance rules, governed by the OECD Development Assistance Committee, state that spending by all departments on eligible activities can be counted towards UK Official Development Assistance. Therefore, we will count expenditure in 2016 from the following Departments:</p><p> </p><p>The Department for International Development, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, HM Treasury, the Department of Health, the Home Office, the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Department for Education, The Department of Work and Pensions, the Department for Transport, The Department for Culture, Media and Sport, the Ministry of Defence, HM Revenue and Customs and the Office of National Statistics. The Scottish Government and Welsh Government also undertake activity for which expenditure is counted as UK Official Development Assistance.</p><p> </p><p>Provisional spending on ODA for 2016 will be published in Statistics on International Development in Spring 2017.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 17/01/2017 16:38:06 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

647378

registered interest
date	23/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much and what proportion of public spending from departments other than the Department for International Development will be classified as official development assistance in 2016-17 for the purpose of the International Development Act 2002.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	907557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>Based on Spending Review 2015 assumptions, departments other than the Department for International Development will spend £2.51 billion on Official Development Assistance. This is approximately 18% of DEL spending and does not include Cross-Government Funds, some of which may be spent by DFID. Provisional spending on ODA for 2016 will be published in Statistics on International Development in Spring 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Departments can spend Official Development Assistance under legal bases other than the International Development Act 2002.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 29/11/2016 17:39:33 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

641175

registered interest
date	21/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Assets: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will issue a response to Early Day Motion 689, Sale of Public Assets.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	53912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>Where there is no longer a strong policy reason for continued public ownership or where there is potential for an asset to operate more sensibly and efficiently in the private sector, the Government will look into the potential sale of public sector assets. Asset sales help achieve stronger public finances, reduce national debt and encourage economic growth through investment. The Government is committed to ensuring the effective and efficient management of publicly owned assets and keeps ownership of all assets under review.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 24/11/2016 17:26:40 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

573376

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Company Accounts: Multinational Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of country-by-country reporting regulations on the competitiveness of the UK economy.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	44141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government has consistently pushed for broad international agreement on public country-by-country reporting. This will ensure that public country-by-country reporting achieves its transparency objectives of requiring multinationals to disclose information on their activities, profits and taxes paid across the full range of countries in which they operate.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 12/09/2016 14:50:05 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

479061

registered interest
date	16/03/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Debts: Developing Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will issue a response to Early Day Motion 68, Prevention of debt crisis in developing countries.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	31311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government agrees that the maintenance of sustainable debt levels is a critical factor for achieving poverty reduction. The UK has provided more than £5 billion in debt relief since 1996 under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries and Multilateral Debt Relief Initiatives, and will continue to promote debt sustainability internationally.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also committed to supporting developing countries to access their domestic tax revenues through our efforts in driving the G20-OECD Base Erosion and Profit Shifting project and our commitment to funding tax capacity building in developing countries bilaterally and multilaterally - including through the direct provision of technical assistance by the UK to tackle tax avoidance.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 22/03/2016 14:10:44 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

456697

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Malawi
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 representatives of the government of Malawi on the content of the new tax treaty with that country in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	29163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>Discussions with Malawi over a new tax treaty began some years ago, and substantive agreement has been reached at official level. We expect that the treaty will be concluded shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 04/03/2016 11:49:35 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady