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date	10/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Electronic Publishing: VAT
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 26 November (HL11364), whether they have begun assessing the equalities impact of applying a zero VAT rate to e-publications; and whether any such assessments will include the impact on literacy rates in relation to children from disadvantaged backgrounds.
tabling member printed	Lord Bird
uin	HL12736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government keeps all taxes under review, including VAT on e-publications.</p><p>Any amendments to the VAT regime as it applies to physical publications and e-publications must be carefully assessed against policy, economic, and fiscal considerations.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 24/01/2019 12:28:38 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

1038982

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Music Venues: Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has plans to assess the eligibility of music venues for discounted business rates.
tabling member constituency	Wantage
tabling member printed	Mr Edward Vaizey
uin	207178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>Budget 2018 announced a two-year business rates discount of one third for small retailers. As set out in the published guidance, the government considers retail to mean properties being used as shops, cafes, restaurants, and drinking establishments. It will be for local authorities to implement the discount and decide whether properties are similar in nature to those listed as eligible in the guidance. Music venues will only be eligible where they are similar in nature to those properties listed as eligible.</p><p> </p><p>This discount is part of Our Plan for the High Street, a £1.5bn support package. All ratepayers are benefitting from recent wide-ranging reductions to business rates; in total, cuts announced since Budget 2016 are worth more than £13bn to businesses over the next five years.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 17/01/2019 16:02:56 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot

1039004

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Help to Save Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have live savings accounts under the Help to Save scheme in (a) the UK and (b) Preseli Pembrokeshire at 31 December 2018.
tabling member constituency	Preseli Pembrokeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Crabb
uin	207182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <ol><li><p>As of 31<sup>st</sup> December 2018 the total number of Help to Save accounts open across the UK was 80,810.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>The number of Help to Save accounts open in the Preseli Pembrokeshire constituency totaled 125.</p></li></ol> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 18/01/2019 13:32:25 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb