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1167806

registered interest
date	01/11/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what technologies will be used to monitor trade flows over the Irish border after the UK leaves the EU; and whether his Department plans to introduce track-and-trace technology for at-risk flows of goods.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	8601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The new deal agreed with the EU ensures that there will be no infrastructure, controls or checks at the border between Northern Ireland and Ireland; goods in Northern Ireland will continue to move freely into Ireland and the rest of the EU without any customs processes. In respect of the rest of the UK, the Government will continue to consider the use of technology-based solutions where these support the administration of customs systems or support traders to meet their obligations.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 05/11/2019 08:35:36 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1167668

registered interest
date	31/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Brighton and Hove
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 effect of business rates on small and independent businesses in Brighton and Hove; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	8230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The Government has taken repeated action to reduce business rates for all ratepayers including small businesses. Reforms and reliefs announced since Budget 2016 are saving businesses more than £13 billion over the next five years. This includes making 100 per cent Small Business Rate Relief permanent, doubling the rateable value (RV) threshold for 100% relief to £12,000, and raising the taper for properties with a RV up to £15,000. This means more than 675,000 of the smallest businesses do not pay business rates at all, which is over one-third of non-domestic properties in England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 8231 question first answered 05/11/2019 08:13:57 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1167669

registered interest
date	31/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Tax Allowances
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 the (a) small business rates relief threshold and (b) taper thresholds for that relief; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	8231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The Government has taken repeated action to reduce business rates for all ratepayers including small businesses. Reforms and reliefs announced since Budget 2016 are saving businesses more than £13 billion over the next five years. This includes making 100 per cent Small Business Rate Relief permanent, doubling the rateable value (RV) threshold for 100% relief to £12,000, and raising the taper for properties with a RV up to £15,000. This means more than 675,000 of the smallest businesses do not pay business rates at all, which is over one-third of non-domestic properties in England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 8230 question first answered 05/11/2019 08:13:57 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1167255

registered interest
date	29/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Ministerial Powers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government on how many occasions since 24 July Permanent Secretaries or Senior Civil Servants required ministerial direction to act, broken down by Government Department.
tabling member printed	Lord Myners
uin	HL523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2019 answer text <p>Ministerial directions are published on gov.uk.</p><p> </p><p>There have been no ministerial directions since 24<sup>th</sup> July 2019.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Courtown question first answered 01/11/2019 09:28:48 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown
tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

1166690

registered interest
date	28/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Economic Growth: Forecasts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when updated growth forecasts will next be published.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	6479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2019 answer text <p>The government’s medium-term economic and fiscal forecasting is undertaken by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility in line with its statutory duty.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent growth forecast was published in March 2019 in the OBR’s Economic and Fiscal Outlook. They will produce a new economic and fiscal forecast at the next fiscal event.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 01/11/2019 08:43:39 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1166732

registered interest
date	28/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Equal Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether (a) his Department and (b) HMRC has set a target date for the elimination of the gender pay gap.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	6375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2019 answer text <p>HM Treasury and HMRC are committed to reducing the gender pay gap as quickly as reasonably possible but have not set a target date. For further details on how this is being achieved please read <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/766237/Gender_Pay_Gap_report_-_PDF_1.pdf" target="_blank">HM Treasury’s latest gender pay gap report</a> and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-and-valuation-office-agency-gender-pay-gap-report-and-data-2018/hm-revenue-and-customs-and-valuation-office-agency-gender-pay-gap-report-2018" target="_blank">HMRC’s gender pay gap report</a>.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 01/11/2019 08:50:21 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1166789

registered interest
date	28/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Freezing of Assets: Yemen
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which Yemeni institutions and individuals have funds frozen in the Bank of England.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	6195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>Responsibility for the implementation of financial sanctions transferred from the Bank of England to Her Majesty’s Treasury in 2007. The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), which is part of HM Treasury, ensures that financial sanctions are properly understood and implemented in the UK. It is for holders of assets subject to sanctions to ensure that they are frozen under the regulations.</p><p> </p><p>The Yemen sanctions regime imposes an asset freeze against five individuals. Details of the Yemen regime, including the designated persons, can be publicly accessed on GOV.UK at the following web address: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/financial-sanctions-yemen" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/financial-sanctions-yemen</a>.</p><p> </p><p>OFSI undertakes an Annual Review of frozen assets in the UK, requiring all persons or institutions that hold or control frozen assets in the UK to report to OFSI. As of 28 September 2018, the value of frozen funds associated with designated persons on the Yemen regime was some £3,500,000 (see OFSI Annual Review 2018 – 2019, available at: <a href="https://gov.uk/ofsi" target="_blank">https://gov.uk/ofsi</a>.) HM Treasury does not provide a breakdown of the value of frozen assets held by certain individuals or entities, nor does it provide detailed information of frozen assets associated with specific designated persons.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 6196 question first answered 31/10/2019 17:30:27 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1166790

registered interest
date	28/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Freezing of Assets: Yemen
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value is of funds frozen of Yemeni institutions and individuals in the Bank of England.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	6196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>Responsibility for the implementation of financial sanctions transferred from the Bank of England to Her Majesty’s Treasury in 2007. The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), which is part of HM Treasury, ensures that financial sanctions are properly understood and implemented in the UK. It is for holders of assets subject to sanctions to ensure that they are frozen under the regulations.</p><p> </p><p>The Yemen sanctions regime imposes an asset freeze against five individuals. Details of the Yemen regime, including the designated persons, can be publicly accessed on GOV.UK at the following web address: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/financial-sanctions-yemen" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/financial-sanctions-yemen</a>.</p><p> </p><p>OFSI undertakes an Annual Review of frozen assets in the UK, requiring all persons or institutions that hold or control frozen assets in the UK to report to OFSI. As of 28 September 2018, the value of frozen funds associated with designated persons on the Yemen regime was some £3,500,000 (see OFSI Annual Review 2018 – 2019, available at: <a href="https://gov.uk/ofsi" target="_blank">https://gov.uk/ofsi</a>.) HM Treasury does not provide a breakdown of the value of frozen assets held by certain individuals or entities, nor does it provide detailed information of frozen assets associated with specific designated persons.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 6195 question first answered 31/10/2019 17:30:26 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1166938

registered interest
date	28/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Soft Drinks: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue has been raised from the soft drinks industry levy since the inception of that levy; and what estimate he has made of the revenue from that levy in the next three years.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	6277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2019 answer text <p>Since its inception, the amount of revenue raised from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy up to and including September 2019 is £403m. This figure includes £240m of revenue raised during the 2018/19 financial year and £163m raised during 2019/20. This figure was published in the ‘HMRC Tax &amp; NIC Receipts (September 2019)’ publication at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmrc-tax-and-nics-receipts-for-the-uk" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmrc-tax-and-nics-receipts-for-the-uk</a></p><p>The current forecast for SDIL revenue over the next three years was published in the Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) March 2019 Economic and Fiscal Outlook. The publication tables can be found on the OBR’s website at: <a href="https://obr.uk/download/march-2019-economic-and-fiscal-outlook-supplementary-fiscal-tables-receipts-and-other/" target="_blank">https://obr.uk/download/march-2019-economic-and-fiscal-outlook-supplementary-fiscal-tables-receipts-and-other/</a></p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 01/11/2019 08:53:26 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1156319

registered interest
date	24/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Works Loan Board: Interest Rates
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect of the one per cent interest rate rise on the Public Works Loan Board 50-year new maturity loan.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2019 answer text <p>In raising interest rates for new loans from the Public Works Loan Board, the Treasury assessed the potential impact on local government capital plans. Local authorities continue to benefit from very favourable interest rates on Public Works Loan Board loans. This increase returned Public Works Loan Board rates to levels that were available in 2018.</p><p>The Government will continue to work with individual authorities on a case-by-case basis if they raise concerns over their financial position.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Courtown question first answered 01/11/2019 09:28:09 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark