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date	13/10/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of (a) implementing additional tax measures for the tobacco industry and (b) ringfencing tax receipts from the tobacco industry to help fund steps the Government is taking to reduce smoking prevalence to 5% or less by 2030.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	200968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government is unable to speculate on tax matters outside of fiscal events. As with all taxes, the Government keeps the tobacco duty system under review during its yearly Budget process.</p><p> </p><p>As announced by the Prime Minister on 4 October 2023, the Government is creating the first smokefree generation, by bringing forward legislation so that children turning 14 this year or younger will never be legally sold tobacco products. This will prevent future generations from ever taking up smoking, as there is no safe age to smoke. The command paper sets out the proposed actions the Government will take to tackle smoking and youth vaping including an additional £70 million per year to support local authority-led stop smoking services and can be accessed here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/stopping-the-start-our-new-plan-to-create-a-smokefree-generation#:~:text=This%20publication%20sets%20out%20proposed,ensure%20the%20law%20is%20enforced" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/stopping-the-start-our-new-plan-to-create-a-smokefree-generation#:~:text=This%20publication%20sets%20out%20proposed,ensure%20the%20law%20is%20enforced</a></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 19/10/2023 09:28:52 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1658020

registered interest
date	29/08/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Services
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 support the growth of the financial services sector.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	906211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2023 answer text <p>In July, the Chancellor set out his ambitious Mansion House Reforms package, which will help to support the growth of the financial services sector by:</p><p>o reforming the pensions market to boost returns and improve outcomes for pension fund holders whilst increasing funding liquidity for high-growth companies;</p><p>o helping companies grow and list in the UK; and</p><p>o enabling us to seize the opportunities of the future by reforming and simplifying our regulatory rulebook.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 05/09/2023 13:52:33 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1653883

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
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, how much his Department (a) forecasted would be spent and (b) spent on compensation for Equitable Life policyholders at 2011 prices in each financial year since 2011.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	194751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2023 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><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 26/07/2023 12:58:26 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1643431

registered interest
date	09/06/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Income Tax: Exemptions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many companies make use of the Section 317 exemption of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	188704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>This information is not collected as the provision of these benefits are not subject to Income Tax or National Insurance contributions, therefore there is nothing for employers to report to HM Revenue &amp; Customs.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 19/06/2023 15:41:38 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman