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1136089

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the proposals announced by the Prime Minister since 23 May 2019.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	911689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has made a number of announcements since 23 May, including on modern slavery and mental health. Where announcements have additional costs in 2019/20, they will be funded from existing departmental budgets.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 02/07/2019 12:45:19 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1136090

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Economic Situation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment his Department has made of the short-term economic effect of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	911690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government has prepared extensively for a range of Brexit scenarios.</p><p> </p><p>But even with these preparations, leaving with “No Deal” would entail significant disruption in the short term. And in the long-term, the government’s analysis shows clearly that regions, nations and sectors of the UK would have lower economic output compared to today’s arrangements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 02/07/2019 14:11:29 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1136091

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Economic Growth and Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What fiscal steps he is taking to increase (a) jobs and (b) economic growth.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	911691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>We have worked hard to build a stronger, fairer economy – dealing with the deficit, helping people into work, and cutting taxes for people, families, and businesses.</p><p> </p><p>The economy has grown continuously for the past nine years, employment is currently at a record high, unemployment is currently at the joint lowest rate since 1975, and real wages are rising.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 02/07/2019 15:23:45 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1136092

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Personal Savings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to increase incentives for people to save.
tabling member constituency	New Forest West
tabling member printed	Sir Desmond Swayne
uin	911692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government has introduced a range of measures to support savers.</p><p>We have increased the amount of money that people can save into their ISAs each year to a record £20,000 and introduced a Personal Savings Allowance of up to £1,000 for basic rate taxpayers and up to £500 for higher rate taxpayers.</p><p>Thanks to these measures, over 95% of people with savings income pay no tax on that income.</p><p> </p><p>The new Help to Save scheme is supporting working families on low incomes to build up a rainy-day fund by offering a 50% bonus on up to £50 of monthly saving.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 02/07/2019 14:13:36 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

1136093

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What fiscal steps he is taking to grow the digital economy.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
uin	911693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The UK's digital economy is thriving - growing ten times as fast as the wider economy - and we are pursuing a range of measures to reinforce its world-leading position. These include:</p><ul><li>Implementing a 10-year action plan to unlock over £20 billion to finance growth in innovative firms;</li><li>Committing a further £7 billion for research and development since 2016, with major investments in artificial intelligence and quantum technologies; and</li><li>Providing internationally competitive research and development tax reliefs to support investment.</li></ul><p>We are also embracing the opportunities presented by Distributed Ledger Technologies, including by:</p><ul><li>Investing over £10 million through Innovate UK and the research councils; and</li><li>Creating the £20 million GovTech Catalyst Fund, to explore technology-based solutions for public sector challenges.</li></ul> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 02/07/2019 15:33:01 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

1136233

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what preparations his Department is making for the UK leaving the EU without an agreement; and how much funding has been allocated to those preparations.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	272108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>We remain focused on ensuring our smooth and orderly withdrawal from the EU with a deal. However, a responsible government prepares for all contingencies, and since the referendum.</p><p>The Treasury has allocated over £4.2 billion of additional funding to departments and Devolved Administrations for EU exit preparations so far. This breaks down as £412m over the spending review period for the Department for Exiting the European Union, Department for International Trade and the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office (Autumn Statement 2016); £286m of additional funding for 2017/18 (a full breakdown of which can be found in Supplementary Estimates 2017/18); over £1.5 billion for 2018/19 (Supplementary Estimates 2018/19); and over £2 billion for 2019/20 (Main Estimates 2019/20).</p><p>This funding is to cover all exit scenarios and is in addition to departmental efforts to reprioritise from business as usual toward preparations for the UK’s departure from the EU. Work on no-deal exit preparations cannot be readily separated from other EU exit work, given the significant overlap in plans in many cases.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 08/07/2019 10:24:26 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1136299

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Offshore Industry: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Written Statement of 21 March 2019 on Decommissioning Relief Deeds, HCWS1435, what the name is of the oil company that defaulted on its decommissioning obligations causing the Government to make two payments totaling £45.4 million in 2017-18; what the circumstances were of that default; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the evidential basis for calculating the provision of £357.1 million for future defaults.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	272255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>HM Treasury’s 2018-19 accounts recognise a provision of £357m payable to MCX Dunlin and MCX Osprey in respect of decommissioning expenditure in relation to the Dunlin cluster of fields, created as a result of Fairfield Energy defaulting on their decommissioning obligations. The decision to decommission the Dunlin cluster was a commercial decision made by Fairfield Energy, MCX Dunlin and MCX Osprey after reaching agreement with the Oil and Gas Authority that maximised economic recovery had been achieved for these assets.</p><p> </p><p>The provision is based on the tax relief due on the estimated remaining costs of decommissioning the defaulted fields, discounted for the time value of money.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 08/07/2019 16:45:50 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1136300

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Dementia: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of social care funding for people living with dementia.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	272256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>Dementia care is supported by both NHS and adult social care finding. As part of the NHS’s cash increase of £33.9bn a year by 2023-24 and outlined in their long-term plan, the NHS will provide better support for people with dementia through a more active focus on supporting people in the community. And over three years (2017-18 to 2019-20) we have given councils access to up to around £10bn more dedicated funding for adult social care.</p>The Spending Review represents an opportunity to consider public spending priorities in the round, and the Treasury will be working closely with departments on funding issues, and with a renewed focus on delivering outcomes. answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 04/07/2019 11:04:58 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1136385

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Fuels: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the tax duty revenue was from (a) aviation gasoline, (b) aviation turbine fuel, (c) unleaded petrol and (d) diesel in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	272300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>Total tax receipts from aviation gasoline, aviation turbine fuel, unleaded petrol and diesel are shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Aviation gasoline (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Aviation turbine fuel (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Unleaded petrol (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Diesel (£m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>9.3</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>11,465</p></td><td><p>14,826</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>9.4</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>10,862</p></td><td><p>14,944</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>7.6</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>10,247</p></td><td><p>15,247</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>7.7</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>9,959</p></td><td><p>15,822</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>7.8</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>9,706</p></td><td><p>16,341</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>7.7</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>9,562</p></td><td><p>16,965</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>8.0</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>9,420</p></td><td><p>17,448</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>7.8</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>9,192</p></td><td><p>17,621</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19 (provisional)</p></td><td><p>7.8</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>9,280</p></td><td><p>17,657</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 08/07/2019 10:27:37 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1136393

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Gaming Machines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Finance Bill, what steps his Department is taking to require a review of the public health effects of fixed odds betting terminals.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	272307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>Public Health England were asked to conduct an evidence review of the health aspects of gambling-related harm to inform action on prevention and treatment and are due to report back in Spring 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will shortly publish the report into the public health effects of the two gambling duty provisions as required by Finance Act 2019.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 08/07/2019 10:30:12 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan