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1248528

registered interest
date	03/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cash Dispensing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure the future of cash machine networks in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Goodlad
uin	HL9914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises that cash remains important to millions of people across the UK, which is why it has committed to legislate to protect access to cash and to ensure that the UK’s cash infrastructure is sustainable in the long term.</p><p> </p><p>To inform the development of this legislation, the Government published a Call for Evidence on 15 October seeking views on the key considerations associated with cash access, including deposit and withdrawal facilities, cash acceptance, and regulatory oversight of the cash system.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside the development of legislation, LINK, the scheme that runs the UK’s largest ATM network, has existing arrangements in place to protect free-to-use ATMs that do not have another free-to-use ATM or Post Office within 1 kilometre. LINK’s members have also made £5 million available to fund ATMs at the request of communities with poor access to cash. The Government established the Payment Systems Regulator, which has powers to regulate LINK, the scheme that runs the UK’s largest ATM network. The Payment Systems Regulator is holding LINK to account over their commitments to protect the broad geographic spread of free-to-use ATMs.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 17/11/2020 15:36:14 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	670 label Biography information for Lord Goodlad

1248000

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Environment Protection: Capital Investment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of their decision to conduct a one-year Spending Review on the levels of funding available for green investment projects, including hydrogen projects.
tabling member printed	Lord Judd
uin	HL9849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government continues to take its environmental responsibilities very seriously and is committed to ensure a green recovery with concern for our environment at its heart.</p><p> </p><p>At Spring Budget 2020, the Chancellor announced at least £800m to establish Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) in at least two sites. This will play an important role in the production of low carbon hydrogen.</p><p> </p><p>In 2019 the Government announced a £100m Low Carbon Hydrogen Production Fund to encourage private sector investment in hydrogen. We are also investing in innovation, providing up to £121m to support a range of projects to explore and develop the potential of low carbon hydrogen. This includes production, storage and end use in heat, industry and transport.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 16/11/2020 12:38:44 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

1248001

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Hydrogen: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) what discussions they have had and with whom, and (2) what evaluations they have undertaken, in relation to (a) investing in hydrogen projects, and (b) supporting a UK hydrogen strategy, through the upcoming Spending Review.
tabling member printed	Lord Judd
uin	HL9850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government has been working closely with industry and expert groups on hydrogen, including through the Hydrogen Advisory Council.</p><p> </p><p>At Spring Budget 2020, the Chancellor announced at least £800m to establish Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) in at least two sites. This will play an important role in the production of low carbon hydrogen.</p><p> </p><p>In 2019 the Government announced a £100m Low Carbon Hydrogen Production Fund to encourage private sector investment in hydrogen. We are also investing in innovation, providing up to £121m to support a range of projects to explore and develop the potential of low carbon hydrogen. This includes production, storage and end use in heat, industry and transport.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 16/11/2020 12:38:25 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

1248029

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Quad Bikes: Exports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the feasibility of HMRC investigating all quad bikes exported from the UK in ISO shipping containers using search technology like backscatter X-ray scanners.
tabling member printed	Earl Attlee
uin	HL9813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2020 answer text <p>Responsibility for customs detection activity at the border was transferred from HMRC to UK Border Agency (UKBA), now Border Force in 2009. From that time Border Force has been responsible for frontline operations at the border, including enforcing customs regulations and conducting anti-smuggling activity. This includes anti-smuggling activity directed against illicit exports.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL9814 HL9815 HL9816 question first answered 16/11/2020 16:34:56 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

1248030

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Equipment: Smuggling
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many shipping containers have been found by HMRC to contain stolen construction equipment for export in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Earl Attlee
uin	HL9814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2020 answer text <p>Responsibility for customs detection activity at the border was transferred from HMRC to UK Border Agency (UKBA), now Border Force in 2009. From that time Border Force has been responsible for frontline operations at the border, including enforcing customs regulations and conducting anti-smuggling activity. This includes anti-smuggling activity directed against illicit exports.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL9813 HL9815 HL9816 question first answered 16/11/2020 16:34:57 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

1248031

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Quad Bikes: Smuggling
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many shipping containers have been found by HMRC to contain stolen quad bikes for export in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Earl Attlee
uin	HL9815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2020 answer text <p>Responsibility for customs detection activity at the border was transferred from HMRC to UK Border Agency (UKBA), now Border Force in 2009. From that time Border Force has been responsible for frontline operations at the border, including enforcing customs regulations and conducting anti-smuggling activity. This includes anti-smuggling activity directed against illicit exports.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL9813 HL9814 HL9816 question first answered 16/11/2020 16:34:57 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

1248032

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cars: Smuggling
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many shipping containers have been found by HMRC to contain stolen cars for export in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Earl Attlee
uin	HL9816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2020 answer text <p>Responsibility for customs detection activity at the border was transferred from HMRC to UK Border Agency (UKBA), now Border Force in 2009. From that time Border Force has been responsible for frontline operations at the border, including enforcing customs regulations and conducting anti-smuggling activity. This includes anti-smuggling activity directed against illicit exports.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL9813 HL9814 HL9815 question first answered 16/11/2020 16:34:57 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

1248049

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business Rates: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to extend the business rates holiday beyond April 2021 for (1) retail, and (2) hospitality and leisure, businesses.
tabling member printed	Lord Rose of Monewden
uin	HL9868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2020 answer text The Government will consider all reliefs in due course through the Business Rates Review. answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 16/11/2020 12:38:10 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4326 label Biography information for Lord Rose of Monewden

1248050

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Exports: VAT
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the withdrawal of the VAT retail export scheme from 1 January 2021 on levels of employment in (1) the retail sector, (2) the hospitality and leisure sector, (3) the creative sector, and (4) across all sectors.
tabling member printed	Lord Rose of Monewden
uin	HL9869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2020 answer text <p>Ahead of the end of the transition period, the Government has announced the VAT and excise duty treatment of goods purchased by individuals for personal use and carried in their luggage arriving from or going overseas (passengers). The following rules will apply from 1 January 2021:</p><p>- Passengers travelling from Great Britain to any destination outside the United Kingdom (UK) will be able to purchase duty-free excise goods once they have passed security controls at ports, airports, and international rail stations.</p><p>- Personal allowances will apply to passengers entering Great Britain from a destination outside of the UK, with alcohol allowances significantly increased.</p><p>- The VAT Retail Export Scheme (RES) in Great Britain will not be extended to EU residents and will be withdrawn for all passengers.</p><p>- The concessionary treatment on tax-free sales for non-excise goods will be removed across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Government published a consultation which ran from 11 March to 20 May. During this time the Government held a number of virtual meetings with stakeholders to hear their views and received 73 responses to the consultation. The Government is also continuing to meet and discuss with stakeholders following the announcement of these policies.</p><p> </p><p>The detailed rationale for these changes are included in the written ministerial statement and summary of responses to the recent consultation. A technical note has also been issued to stakeholders to expand on this document and to respond to issues raised by stakeholders.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC estimate that VAT RES refunds cost around £0.5 billion in VAT in 2019 for around 1.2 million non-EU visitors. In 2019 the ONS estimate there were substantially more EU visitors (24.8 million) than non-EU passengers (16.0 million) to the UK. This implies an extension to EU residents would significantly increase the cost by up to an estimated £0.9 billion. This would result in a large amount of deadweight loss by subsidising spending from EU visitors which already happens without a refund mechanism in place, potentially taking the total cost up to around £1.4 billion per annum.</p><p> </p><p>The final costings will be subject to scrutiny by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility and will be set out at the next forecast.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 16/11/2020 12:38:02 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4326 label Biography information for Lord Rose of Monewden

1246958

registered interest
date	29/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Musical Instruments: Customs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what will be the threshold number of (1) musical instruments, and (2) other related equipment, at which the holder will be required to purchase an ATA carnet for temporary export and import.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Clancarty
uin	HL9766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2020 answer text <p>The current process for ATA Carnets with convention countries outside the EU will apply to relevant imports and exports with the EU at the end of the transition period. This means that from January 2021, ATA Carnets will become one of the options available to both businesses and individuals when temporarily moving goods between the UK and EU countries.</p><p> </p><p>Use of an ATA Carnet is optional and is a commercial decision on whether it is the most cost-effective method in each specific circumstance. There is no specific threshold for the use of an ATA Carnet.</p><p> </p><p>In the UK, ATA Carnets are administered by the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI). Further information on obtaining and using an ATA Carnet can be found by contacting the LCCI.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 12/11/2020 14:36:02 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3391 label Biography information for The Earl of Clancarty