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1665289

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure that any underspend of the allocated Equitable Life compensation will be distributed amongst policyholders.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	203001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government allocated £1.5 billion to the Equitable Life Payment Scheme. Before it ceased operations in 2016, the Scheme issued £1.12 billion in tax-free payments to nearly 933,000 policyholders. The remainder of the £1.5 billion has been set aside for future payments to the With-Profits Annuitants. Further information is available in the Final Report on the Scheme (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/equitable-life-payment-scheme-final-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/equitable-life-payment-scheme-final-report</a>).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 25/10/2023 07:40:38 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

1665303

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	North Sea Oil: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the value of tax relief available for the development of the Rosebank oil field under the investment allowance; and if he will place a copy of that estimate in the Library of the House.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	202954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>Estimates of the cost of tax reliefs available to oil and gas companies under the Ring-Fence Corporation Tax (RFCT) and the Supplementary Charge (SC) are published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tax-relief-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tax-relief-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p>These estimates do not separate out specific projects or taxpayers to protect taxpayer confidentiality.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 25/10/2023 07:40:26 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1665380

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to vote in support of initiating multilateral negotiations on a framework convention on tax at the UN General Assembly in November 2023.
tabling member constituency	Barking
tabling member printed	Dame Margaret Hodge
uin	202863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government believes international cooperation is important in tackling global tax challenges, and actively engages with the OECD’s and UN’s work on tax policy.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to ensuring internationalensuring international tax rules and standards are effective as well as inclusive. To this end, the Government has supported consensus-based reform of the international tax rules through the OECD, including through the G20/OECD Inclusive Framework (with over 130 members) and the Global Forum (with over 160 members), in which non-OECD members participate on an equal footing. This reflects the strong expertise that sits within the OECD and the steps taken in recent years to become ever more inclusive of the needs of developing countries.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 202864 202865 question first answered 25/10/2023 07:40:16 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge

1665381

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government supports the creation of a tax framework at the (a) UN and (b) OECD level.
tabling member constituency	Barking
tabling member printed	Dame Margaret Hodge
uin	202864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government believes international cooperation is important in tackling global tax challenges, and actively engages with the OECD’s and UN’s work on tax policy.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to ensuring internationalensuring international tax rules and standards are effective as well as inclusive. To this end, the Government has supported consensus-based reform of the international tax rules through the OECD, including through the G20/OECD Inclusive Framework (with over 130 members) and the Global Forum (with over 160 members), in which non-OECD members participate on an equal footing. This reflects the strong expertise that sits within the OECD and the steps taken in recent years to become ever more inclusive of the needs of developing countries.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 202863 202865 question first answered 25/10/2023 07:40:16 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge

1665382

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 61 of the report of the United Nations Secretary-General on Promotion of inclusive and effective international tax cooperation at the United Nations, published on 8 August 2023, whether the Government has made an assessment of the compatibility of the options in the table with UK tax policy.
tabling member constituency	Barking
tabling member printed	Dame Margaret Hodge
uin	202865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government believes international cooperation is important in tackling global tax challenges, and actively engages with the OECD’s and UN’s work on tax policy.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to ensuring internationalensuring international tax rules and standards are effective as well as inclusive. To this end, the Government has supported consensus-based reform of the international tax rules through the OECD, including through the G20/OECD Inclusive Framework (with over 130 members) and the Global Forum (with over 160 members), in which non-OECD members participate on an equal footing. This reflects the strong expertise that sits within the OECD and the steps taken in recent years to become ever more inclusive of the needs of developing countries.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 202863 202864 question first answered 25/10/2023 07:40:16 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge

1665471

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Plastics: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what revenue was generated by the Plastic Packaging Tax in 2022-23.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	203120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>The data requested is available in the HM Revenue and Customs publication: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/plastic-packaging-tax-ppt-statistics" target="_blank">Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT) Statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Please refer to Table 1 &amp; 2 of the Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT) statistics tables in this publication.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 25/10/2023 07:40:54 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1665472

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Plastics: Taxation
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 effectiveness of the Plastic Packaging Tax in raising the volume of recycled plastic used in packaging materials.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	203121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>The Plastic Packaging Tax was introduced in April 2022 to encourage businesses to include more recycled plastic in packaging. This will increase demand for recycled plastic, which will stimulate increased levels of recycling and collection of plastic waste.</p><p> </p><p>In April 2023 the government announced it will evaluate the Plastic Packaging Tax, using analysis of environmental and tax data to assess the impact of the measure.</p><p> </p><p>Further information will be available in the evaluation plan, which will be published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 25/10/2023 07:41:00 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1665477

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to fund pay increases for public sector workers at the rate of inflation or greater in the Autumn Statement 2023.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	203134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>Pay for most frontline workforces is set through an independent Pay Review Body (PRB) process. The PRBs consider a range of evidence when forming their recommendations, including the need to recruit, retain and motivate suitably able and qualified people; the financial circumstances of Government; the Government's policies for improving public services; and the Government's inflation target.</p><p> </p><p>The Government values the expert advice of the PRBs and accepted their headline recommendations in full for the 2023-24 pay round, leading to some of the highest public sector pay uplifts in three decades. We will be remitting the PRBs for the 2024-25 pay round in due course</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 203136 question first answered 25/10/2023 07:41:09 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1665480

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to increase public sector pay in 2024-25 by at least the September 2023 growth in average earnings.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	203136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>Pay for most frontline workforces is set through an independent Pay Review Body (PRB) process. The PRBs consider a range of evidence when forming their recommendations, including the need to recruit, retain and motivate suitably able and qualified people; the financial circumstances of Government; the Government's policies for improving public services; and the Government's inflation target.</p><p> </p><p>The Government values the expert advice of the PRBs and accepted their headline recommendations in full for the 2023-24 pay round, leading to some of the highest public sector pay uplifts in three decades. We will be remitting the PRBs for the 2024-25 pay round in due course</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 203134 question first answered 25/10/2023 07:41:09 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1665594

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Press and Television
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what subscriptions to (a) magazines, (b) television channels and (c) newspaper his Department pays for.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	203041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>HMT does not hold the level of detail requested when related to the expenditure on its subscriptions.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 25/10/2023 07:40:46 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith