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	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	A303 and Lower Thames Crossing: Private Finance Initiative
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2018 to Question 185590 on A303 and Lower Thames Crossing: Private Finance Initiative, whether private finance will be used for the upgrade of the A303 and the Lower Thames Crossing.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	188205
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>The government is committed to increasing private investment in infrastructure through a range of models. The 2017 National Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline estimates that almost half of the UK’s £600 billion infrastructure pipeline is expected to be financed by the private sector.</p><p> </p><p>The Budget announced that the government will no longer use Private Finance 2 (the successor to the Private Finance Initiative) for new projects, as the model was inflexible and overly complex. Private finance will not be used for the upgrade of the A303 and the Lower Thames Crossing.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 23/11/2018 10:04:46 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1006913

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Natural England: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent (a) assessments and (b) reports have been produced by UK Government Investments on the financial management of Natural England; and if he will place a copy of those documents in the Library.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	191370
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p><strong></strong>UK Government Investments have been asked to carry out an internal governance review of Natural England. The findings of this review are currently being discussed with the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Natural England.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 23/11/2018 14:30:18 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1006938

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Taxation: Electronic Government
	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 increase public awareness on the option to pay voluntary tax payments to HMRC.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	191280
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>There is no formal mechanism for members of the public to make additional voluntary tax payments.</p><p> </p><p>Any payments made directly to HM Treasury are treated as gifts to the Crown and are surrendered to the Consolidated Fund. Payments can also be made by the public to reduce the National Debt by making a payment to the Commissioners for the Reduction of National Debt.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 23/11/2018 14:39:28 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1006875

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Energy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the quantity was of (a) electricity and (b) natural gas used by (i) HMRC, (ii) the Valuations Office Agency and (iii) the Bank of England in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
	uin	191435
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>The quantities of electricity and natural gas used by HMRC, the Valuations Office Agency and the Bank of England during 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 are shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Department</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMRC</p></td><td><p>Electricity (kWh)</p></td><td><p>131,609,522</p></td><td><p>121,652,717</p></td><td><p>118,800,248</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gas (kWh)</p></td><td><p>127,762,062</p></td><td><p>120,395,843</p></td><td><p>116,023,372</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>VOA</p></td><td><p>Electricity (kWh)</p></td><td><p>1,889,340</p></td><td><p>2,615,620</p></td><td><p>2,152,840</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Gas (kWh)</p></td><td><p>1,667,922</p></td><td><p>1,339,405</p></td><td><p>1,172,962</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bank of England</p></td><td><p>Electricity (kWh)</p></td><td><p>34,912,704</p></td><td><p>37,030,738</p></td><td><p>35,511,277</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gas (kWh)</p></td><td><p>17,068,773</p></td><td><p>15,366,608</p></td><td><p>18,467,814</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 23/11/2018 14:47:54 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1006991

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Wines: Excise Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 September to Question 172413 on Public Houses: Non-domestic Rates, what evaluation has been made of the effect of increasing the duty on wine on (a) pubs and (b) the wine industry.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	191272
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>When considering changes in alcohol duty rates, the Government models changes in consumption driven by those duty-changes, but it does not explicitly model other effects on pubs and the wine industry. The Treasury takes all issues into account when setting alcohol duty rates.</p><p> </p><p>At Budget 2018, we froze duty on beer, cider and spirits. Pubs, and other businesses, with a rateable value below £51,000 will also benefit from the business rates discount announced.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 23/11/2018 14:49:59 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe