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1002067

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to conduct economic modelling on the effect of air passenger duty on the UK's global connectivity and competitiveness.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	188167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2018 answer text <p>Like all taxes, Air Passenger Duty remains under review. The UK aviation sector has demonstrated strong growth and remains competitive with our neighbours.</p><p>Since 2010 passenger numbers at UK airports have grown by more than 15%. With the exception of Heathrow - which has been constrained due to capacity - the UK’s biggest airports have all achieved growth in line with their EU counterparts since 2010.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 16/11/2018 12:31:44 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

984791

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Credit: Interest Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what Steps his Department is taking to ensure that the Financial Conduct Authority enforces rules on affordability checks for payday loans.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	177763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government has fundamentally reformed regulation of the consumer credit market, transferring regulatory responsibility to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on 1 April 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Although the Treasury sets the legal framework for the regulation of financial services, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is an independent body.</p><p> </p><p>The FCA has tough enforcement powers – criminal, civil and regulatory – to protect consumers and to take action against firms and individuals that do not meet its standards. In 2017, the FCA issued total fines of £229 million. Since the transfer, the FCA has taken a proactive approach on consumer credit, to ensure that all consumers who use high-cost credit products are treated fairly.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 19/10/2018 10:38:07 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

984459

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
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, what recent discussions his Department has had with representatives of Equitable Life on payment of the outstanding balance of compensation to policyholders.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	177347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p>Equitable Life Assurance Society is entirely separate from the Equitable Life Payment Scheme. The Treasury has therefore had no recent meetings with the representatives of Equitable Life on this issue.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 17/10/2018 16:13:45 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

944698

registered interest
date	19/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Infrastructure: Public Private Partnerships
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what infrastructure projects were built in (a) 2017 and (b) 2008 using Private Finance 2; and how much funding there was for each such project.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	166220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2018 answer text <p>In 2017 the North West, Yorkshire and Midlands batches of the Priority School Building Programme (PSBP) and the Midland Metropolitan Hospital were in construction and using Private Finance 2 (PF2). In 2018 the Yorkshire batch of the PSBP and the Midland Metropolitan Hospital were in construction using PF2. No specific funding was made available by HM Treasury for these projects. They were funded from general departmental resources.</p><p> </p><p>Full details of all PFI and PF2 projects can be found at:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/private-finance-initiative-and-private-finance-2-projects-2017-summary-data</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 26/07/2018 09:06:26 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

934097

registered interest
date	02/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Ports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that waiting times at UK ports do not increase as a result of the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	906285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of trade fluidity through the UK’s key ports to the country’s economy, and is committed to ensuring that trade is as frictionless as possible through those locations after we leave the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The cross-government Border Delivery Group are engaging with authorities, port users and operators domestically and at key EU ports to understand what the synergies and constraints are in different locations, and to discuss how to ensure locations are operationally ready to meet with Government requirements when the UK leaves the EU.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 906278 question first answered 05/07/2018 12:43:27 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

885367

registered interest
date	17/04/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Repayments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure that businesses receive any refunds or rebates from HMRC in a timely manner.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	136230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2018 answer text <p>HMRC’s processes are designed to ensure that customers who are owed money can get that money back as quickly as possible subject to the requirements of legislation and security. Those processes are regularly reviewed to ensure that there are no unnecessary delays built into them.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 136231 136232 question first answered 25/04/2018 13:12:56 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

885368

registered interest
date	17/04/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Repayments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to streamline the real-time submissions process to support the payment of refunds from HMRC to employers.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	136231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2018 answer text <p>HMRC’s processes are designed to ensure that customers who are owed money can get that money back as quickly as possible subject to the requirements of legislation and security. Those processes are regularly reviewed to ensure that there are no unnecessary delays built into them.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 136230 136232 question first answered 25/04/2018 13:12:56 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

885369

registered interest
date	17/04/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Repayments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC has recently made an assessment of the effectiveness of its procedures for businesses obtaining refunds from either (a) the Construction Industry Scheme and (b) statutory overpayments.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	136232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2018 answer text <p>HMRC’s processes are designed to ensure that customers who are owed money can get that money back as quickly as possible subject to the requirements of legislation and security. Those processes are regularly reviewed to ensure that there are no unnecessary delays built into them.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 136230 136231 question first answered 25/04/2018 13:12:56 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan