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631067

registered interest
date	07/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Childcare Vouchers: Extracurricular Activities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons parents are unable to use childcare vouchers to pay for the cost of a school residential trip; and if he will amend the rules to permit parents to do so.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	52189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>Childcare vouchers can only be used to pay for qualifying childcare which is registered or approved. Vouchers can be used to pay for approved childcare on school premises, provided it is outside of school hours for children who have reached compulsory school age. School residential trips do not qualify as registered or approved childcare because they occur outside of the school premises. The government does not have any plans to extend the use of childcare vouchers.</p><p> </p><p>Parents in receipt of certain benefits are exempt from paying the cost of board and lodging for residential school visits.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 14/11/2016 16:07:18 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

623395

registered interest
date	28/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Charities: Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the national living wage on charities who are not subject to corporation tax in the (a) care home and (b) heritage sector.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	50913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>The introduction of the National Living Wage marked an important step towards building an economy that works for everyone. It ensures that low-wage workers are fairly rewarded for their contribution to a growing economy. At £7.20, it is a 50p increase on the National Minimum Wage and means a pay rise for over a million workers aged 25 and over across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s assessment of the effects of the National Living Wage is contained within the published impact assessment, which is available at http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2016/9780111141625/impacts/2016/3.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 02/11/2016 17:10:05 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

620029

registered interest
date	24/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many prosecutions there have been for tobacco smuggling in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	50019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) does not break down statistics for tobacco prosecutions to separate out those solely resulting from smuggling activity. Total prosecutions for tobacco offences for the last complete five years for which figures are available were as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Acquittals</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Prosecutions</strong> <strong>(Convictions + Acquittals)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>165</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>159</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>169</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>261</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>276</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>237</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>263</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>268</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>294</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The figures for previous years are not available, as they belong to the prosecuting authorities and are not on a comparable basis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 27/10/2016 13:45:27 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

584029

registered interest
date	15/09/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	National Insurance Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the surplus/deficit in the National Insurance Fund is.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	46560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2016 answer text <p>There are two separate National Insurance Funds (NIF) one for Great Britain and a significantly smaller Northern Ireland Fund.</p><p> </p><p>The balance on the GB NIF as at 31 March 2015 was £20.9bn and the Northern Ireland NIF was £0.5bn. These balance can be found in the accounts which were published on 29 October 2015, available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-insurance-fund-accounts.</p><p> </p><p>The NIF accounts for the year ending 31 March 2016 are currently in the process of being audited prior to publication.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 10/10/2016 15:27:27 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

448221

registered interest
date	27/01/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Members for East Worthing and Shoreham and Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle on the British Mercantile Marine Memorial Collection which was sent on 28 October 2015 and resent on 5 January 2016.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	24559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2016 answer text <p>I replied to the Hon. Member on 19 November 2015. A copy of my reply has been resent.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 01/02/2016 15:09:19 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

444553

registered interest
date	13/01/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Wines: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much HM Revenue and Customs received in wine duty between April and December (a) 2015 and (b) 2014.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	22413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <p>Monthly receipts from duties on wine that is released for consumption in the UK are published in HMRC’s monthly publication ‘HMRC Tax Receipts and National Insurance Contributions for the UK’:</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><br /><p>Receipts for December 2015 have not yet been published. In compliance with the UK Statistics Code of Practice, the provisional figures for December 2015 receipts will be released in the next publication on 22 January 2016.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 18/01/2016 17:46:09 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

444554

registered interest
date	13/01/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will support the UK's wine and spirit industry with further duty cuts in 2016.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	22414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <p>The government continues to keep all taxes under review and decisions on tax policy are made by the Chancellor as part of the Budget process. Any changes to alcohol duties would need to take account of a wide range of factors, including the Exchequer impact, the impact on businesses, public health and the distributional impact of reform.</p><br /><p>The government is committed to supporting the UK wine andspirits industry. The duty onspirits was cut by 2% at March Budget 2015, building on the duty freeze at Budget 2014. The duty on wines below 22% abv has been frozen since March Budget 2015.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 18/01/2016 17:44:12 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

443813

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Treasury: UK Membership of EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what contingency arrangements his Department has made for the eventuality of a majority leave vote in the upcoming EU referendum.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	21955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government is fighting hard to fix the aspects of our EU membership that cause so much frustration in the United Kingdom - so we can get a better deal for our country and secure our future. We are confident that the right agreement can be reached.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 20/01/2016 16:32:59 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

427516

registered interest
date	10/11/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the funding offer for the Pioneer Communities Project was withdrawn; and what the basis was for the withdrawal.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	15763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government announced at Autumn Statement 2014 funding for the Department for Education for an “Early intervention pilot for 0-2 year olds – to pilot a new approach to ensure that the most effective early intervention actions are taken during a child’s earliest years, to prevent avoidable problems later.”</p><br /><p>This measure was to be delivered by the Department for Education, who worked with a number of stakeholders including Her Majesty’s Treasury, the Wave Trust and the Early Intervention Foundation to identify options to deliver the project.</p><br /><p>As no contract has been signed for this measure, in June 2015 the Department for Education undertook not to proceed with the measure in this financial year.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 15761 15762 15764 question first answered 16/11/2015 16:20:03 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

427517

registered interest
date	10/11/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions took place between his Department and the Department for Education about the allocation of funds to the Pioneer Communities Project.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	15764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government announced at Autumn Statement 2014 funding for the Department for Education for an “Early intervention pilot for 0-2 year olds – to pilot a new approach to ensure that the most effective early intervention actions are taken during a child’s earliest years, to prevent avoidable problems later.”</p><br /><p>This measure was to be delivered by the Department for Education, who worked with a number of stakeholders including Her Majesty’s Treasury, the Wave Trust and the Early Intervention Foundation to identify options to deliver the project.</p><br /><p>As no contract has been signed for this measure, in June 2015 the Department for Education undertook not to proceed with the measure in this financial year.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 15761 15762 15763 question first answered 16/11/2015 16:20:03 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton