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1063998

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cider: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect that an increase in the small producer's relief scheme to 30,000 litres would have on the growth of small cider producers in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Chris Green
uin	223196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>HM Treasury keeps all taxes, including alcohol duty, under review.</p><p> </p><p>However, HM Treasury currently has no plans to expand the small cider maker’s exemption. The exemption aims to remove small scale, non-commercial cider production from the duty system and we consider that a limit of 7,000 litres remains appropriate for this.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 22/02/2019 13:47:06 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

1064051

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Productivity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to increase the productivity of the UK economy.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	223249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>Autumn Budget announced the next steps we are taking to boost productivity. This includes increasing the National Productivity Investment Fund to more than £37bn to fund important investments in our infrastructure. We are also setting up the National Roads Fund which will provide vital improvements to our road network, piloting new approaches to rural fibre rollout, and supporting new technologies such as artificial intelligence.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 22/02/2019 13:43:02 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1064082

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Productivity
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 recent trends in economic productivity in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	223482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>The only sustainable way to raise wages, boost living standards, and increase growth is to boost UK productivity.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2010 we have provided over half a trillion pounds in capital investment, increased investment in skills, and reduced taxes for businesses. At the Autumn Budget, we took further action to increase productivity.</p><p> </p><p>Productivity grew by 0.2% in the last quarter (Q4 2018) and is now 1.9% above its pre-crisis peak. Slow productivity growth since the crisis has not been a phenomenon exclusive to the UK, but across the G7.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 22/02/2019 13:45:12 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1063695

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Bullying
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff in his Department reported experiencing bullying or harassment at work in the most recent Civil Service People Survey.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	222819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>Bullying and harassment has no place in any workplace, including the Civil Service.</p><p> </p><p>In the most recent People Survey, 11% of respondents, on average across the Civil Service, told us that they'd experienced bullying or harassment at work in the 12 months preceding the survey.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst this figure has remained stable since 2016, we recognise that certain groups of staff are more like to say they have experienced this type of unacceptable behaviour than others. This includes staff members with long-term limiting conditions who, in the vast majority of departments and agencies, were more likely to say they'd been bullied or harassed in the last 12 months than staff members with no long-term limiting conditions.</p><p> </p><p>We are strengthening the routes for staff to report bullying and harassment to ensure that all staff are fully supported throughout the process, and to ensure cultures are positive and inclusive. HM Treasury has just published new Dispute Resolution and Discipline policies. The products have been designed to be more supportive and to promote a culture where people feel able to raise a concern, confident that they will be listened to and that their concerns will be taken seriously.</p><p> </p><p>The high level People Survey results for each organisation, including reported rates of bullying and harassment, were published last December on gov.uk.</p><p> </p><p>Each spring the Cabinet Office conducts and publishes a range of further analysis on the People Survey responses, including the results by gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation and health status. Similar analysis will be conducted again this year and made available on gov.uk.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 22/02/2019 13:50:18 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1061024

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: East Kilbride
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 implications for his policies of the IMF estimate that the closure of the East Kilbride HMRC centre will result in a loss of up to £30 million to the East Kilbride economy and more than 2,000 jobs.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	221661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>HMRC expects the vast majority of staff in East Kilbride to move with HMRC to the Glasgow Regional Centre when the transitional site, at Queensway House, closes in 2025-26 as referenced in UIN <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-10-18/181245/" target="_blank">181245</a>.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has not undertaken an economic impact assessment of the closure of its office in East Kilbride, as it is an operational decision to move to regional centres in order to improve the efficiency and delivery of HMRC’s objectives. It expects the economic impact on East Kilbride to be limited as the majority of staff will still be employed by HMRC, in Glasgow, but will remain resident in or near East Kilbride.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 22/02/2019 12:17:35 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

1060644

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Enterprise Investment Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether community benefit societies are eligible for the enterprise investment scheme.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	220944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>Community Benefit Societies are eligible to receive investments under the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS), subject to meeting all the EIS rules. The rules include a requirement for the company to trade commercially with a view to profit, including where the company intends to use its profits to benefit the community.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 22/02/2019 12:10:28 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1060657

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Stamp Duty Land Tax: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress he has made in raising stamp duty for foreign buyers of UK property.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	220784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>At Budget 2018, the government announced it would consult on a new one per cent Stamp Duty Land Tax surcharge for non-UK residents purchasing residential property in England and Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation, published on 11 February 2019, sets out the proposed design of the surcharge. The government welcomes comments from individuals, companies, advisers, representative bodies and others who would be affected by these changes. The consultation will run until 6 May 2019 and is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/stamp-duty-land-tax-non-uk-resident-surcharge-consultation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/stamp-duty-land-tax-non-uk-resident-surcharge-consultation</a>.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 22/02/2019 12:08:44 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1060793

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Automation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when small businesses will be able to automate the payment to HMRC of National Insurance and PAYE for employees.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
uin	221008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>HMRC currently enables employers to pay their PAYE/NIC liability by Direct Debit. Guidance on how to do this can be found on the gov.uk website at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/pay-paye-tax/direct-debit" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/pay-paye-tax/direct-debit</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Employers can currently only make single Direct Debit payments, meaning they must set up a payment each time they pay. This is because the amount owed can include elements which do not have to be reported to HMRC until too close to the payment deadline to allow us to automatically collect by Direct Debit.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC recognises the benefits of payment by Direct Debit and will continue to look at how to enable customers to set up ongoing Direct Debit arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 22/02/2019 12:14:15 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

1060926

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Overseas Loans: Republic of Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the cost to the UK of assisting Irish banks and financial institutions during the financial crisis; and whether the cost of such assistance and money provided has been repaid.
tabling member printed	Lord Morris of Aberavon
uin	HL13702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>HM Government did not provide any direct financial assistance to banks or financial institutions headquartered in Ireland during the financial crisis.</p><p> </p><p>Ulster Bank, which is headquartered in Dublin, is part of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) Group and indirectly benefitted from the recapitalisation of its parent company in 2008-9.</p><p> </p><p>In 2010, Parliament authorised a bilateral loan of £3.2 billion to be lent to the Irish Government as part of a wider international assistance package. Disbursements were made in 8 tranches between 2011 and 2013. Principal repayments will begin in April 2019 and the Government expects the loan to be repaid on time and in full with interest. The most recent statutory report on the loan was laid in Parliament on 15 October 2018 and is available to view online.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 22/02/2019 12:35:14 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	565 label Biography information for Lord Morris of Aberavon

1059650

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Loans
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to work with banks to ensure that there is an emergency funding programme for small businesses in the event of a no-deal Brexit scenario.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL13669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government has regular engagement with banks and other financial services providers, including on their plans to support business customers in the event of a no-deal Brexit. This includes a Government-Industry roundtable in January.</p><p> </p><p>As the independent Bank of England has set out in its Financial Stability Report and Annual Stress Tests, UK banks are prepared and strong enough to continue to serve UK households and businesses even through a disorderly Brexit. The Bank’s stress test shows that UK banks could continue to lend in a scenario more severe than the financial crisis.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is already providing financing support for smaller businesses, with British Business Bank programmes supporting £5.5bn finance to 78,000 smaller businesses.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 22/02/2019 12:35:36 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick