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1175366

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Duchy of Lancaster
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Earl of Courtown on 28 January (HL444), how much money each member of the Royal family received from the Duchy of Lancaster in the last financial year; whether any such money was for Royal or private purposes; and whether any such funds are tax deductible.
	tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
	uin	HL1180
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government does not hold this information as income from the Duchy of Lancaster forms part of The Queen's private income. It is largely used to meet official expenditure incurred by Her Majesty and other members of the Royal Family which is not met by the Sovereign Grant, and is taxed to the extent that the income is not used for official purposes.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Courtown question first answered 13/02/2020 11:21:29 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown
	tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1175367

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Royal Family: Helicopters
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Earl of Courtown on 28 January (HL443), how much of funding provided by the Sovereign Grant was spent on official trips by helicopter between royal residences.
	tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
	uin	HL1181
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>A list of journeys undertaken by members of the Royal Family and their staff during 2018-19 which had travel costs of £15,000 or more, met from the Sovereign Grant, is available on the Monarchy website – in the Royal Travel Appendix<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>. The Royal Travel Appendix also sets out that a further 204 journeys were undertaken by helicopter at a total cost of £688,845. Details of journeys below the £15,000 threshold are not published.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.royal.uk/sites/default/files/media/royal_travel_-_journeys_costing_ps15000_or_more_final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.royal.uk/sites/default/files/media/royal_travel_-_journeys_costing_ps15000_or_more_final.pdf</a></p> answering member printed The Earl of Courtown question first answered 13/02/2020 11:16:11 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown
	tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1175368

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Royal Family: Travel
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any travel costs for the Royal family funded by the Duchy of Cornwall can be claimed as an allowable business expense.
	tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
	uin	HL1182
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>Appendix B of the Memorandum of Understanding on Royal Taxation <sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup> sets out the rules for determining the income of the Duchy of Cornwall on which tax is to be paid.</p><p> </p><p>Among the expenses to be taken into account are payments made to meet official expenses incurred by The Prince of Wales and any members of his family in assisting The Queen in carrying out Her official duties.</p><p> </p><p>[1] https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/208633/mou_royal_taxation.pdf</p> answering member printed The Earl of Courtown question first answered 13/02/2020 11:29:38 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown attachment 1 file name mou_royal_taxation.pdf title MoU Royal Taxation.
	tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1175369

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Royal Family: Charter Flights
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Earl of Courtown on 21 January (HL288), what advice they have given to the Royal Household about the relative environmental impact of chartering planes for long distance flights when scheduled services are available for the same, or similar, routes.
	tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
	uin	HL1183
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>I refer the Noble Lord to the answer I gave him on 21 January 2020 to Question HL288.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Courtown question first answered 13/02/2020 11:17:48 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown
	tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1175370

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Duchy of Cornwall: Taxation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in light of the fact that the Duchy of Cornwall operates in the private sector, how much (1) capital gains, and (2) corporation, tax has been paid by the Duchy in each of the past five years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
	uin	HL1184
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>The Duchy of Cornwall is a private estate and is not subject to corporation tax. The Duke of Cornwall (The Prince of Wales) pays tax as agreed in the Memorandum of Understanding on Royal Taxation <sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>. He does not pay capital gains tax since he does not receive the Duchy’s capital gains. The Duke pays income tax voluntarily on his income from the Duchy of Cornwall to the extent that is not used to meet official expenditure.</p><p> </p><p>There is no requirement placed upon private individuals to disclose their accounts or tax to public scrutiny. However, it should be noted that HRH The Prince of Wales does publish an Annual Review <sup><sup>[2]</sup></sup>.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/208633/mou_royal_taxation.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/208633/mou_royal_taxation.pdf</a></p><p>[2] <a href="https://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/annual-review/2018-2019" target="_blank">https://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/annual-review/2018-2019</a></p> answering member printed The Earl of Courtown question first answered 13/02/2020 11:26:26 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown attachment 1 file name mou_royal_taxation.pdf title MoU Royal Taxation
	tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1175377

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
	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 impact on alcohol consumption from the changes in duty policy since 2012.
	tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
	uin	HL1191
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>HMRC publishes a Tax Information Impact Note explaining the impact of alcohol consumption, each time a duty rate is amended. Tax Information Impact Notes are published on GOV.UK website.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Courtown question first answered 13/02/2020 11:16:29 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown
	tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

1175497

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	NHS: VAT
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect to publish the review into the application of VAT as applied to the NHS.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL1269
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government is currently working on the section 41 VAT policy paper and this will be published in due course.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Courtown question first answered 13/02/2020 16:38:31 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1175522

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of what the expenditure on HS2 could otherwise have been spent on; and whether any such assessment included consideration of the number of affordable homes which could be built with the equivalent funds.
	tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
	uin	HL1294
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to delivering value for taxpayers’ money and all decisions on spending take account of a range of factors including costs, benefits, and alternatives.</p><p> </p><p>The Prime Minister has now confirmed that the Government will proceed with HS2 to deliver essential North-South connectivity, greater capacity, and shorter journey times. Investment in infrastructure will level up opportunity and connectivity across the country.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also committed to increasing the supply of affordable housing and has made £9bn available through the Affordable Homes Programme to March 2022 and in 2018 announced an additional £2bn beyond that. In the manifesto the government committed to renewing the Affordable Homes Programme. In 18/19, 57,485 affordable homes were completed in England, up 22% on the previous year.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Courtown question first answered 13/02/2020 17:53:22 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown
	tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1174074

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Financial Services: UK Trade with EU
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consultations they have undertaken with (1) central clearing parties, (2) asset managers, (3) investment banks, and (4) insurance firms, about regulations for future market access to the EU; whether they intend to undertake a public consultation on future EU market access for financial services; and if so, when.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Falkner of Margravine
	uin	HL845
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government is in regular contact with the financial services industry on a range of EU issues, including the future relationship. This has included ministerial and official meetings with a wide range of central clearing parties, asset managers, investment banks, and insurance firms, among others, in order to inform our negotiations with the EU.</p><p>HM Treasury will continue to engage with the financial services sector as negotiations with the EU progress.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Courtown question first answered 11/02/2020 12:12:41 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown
	tabling member	3670 label Biography information for Baroness Falkner of Margravine

1174102

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Brexit: Coinage
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the total cost of the destruction of the coins minted to commemorate the UK's withdrawal from the EU which stated the incorrect exit day.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL873
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>Approximately 1 million coins were minted in October to mark the UK’s exit from the European Union.</p><p> </p><p>Coins bearing this date are to be recycled and the value from the materials will be recouped by the Exchequer. The value gained from recycling these coins is commercially sensitive.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Courtown question first answered 11/02/2020 12:13:01 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno