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1000315

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Gaming Machines: Excise Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the money to be accrued to the public purse in tax from the profits made by gambling companies from fixed odds betting terminals between April 2019 and October 2019.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	187320
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>As the Chancellor set out to the Treasury Select Committee on 5 November, changes to Fixed Odds Betting Terminals and Remote Gaming Duty will be implemented simultaneously. This ensures that regardless of when changes to Fixed Odds Betting Terminals and Remote Gaming Duty are implemented, there will be no significant change to the exchequer impact.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 12/11/2018 17:22:41 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1000319

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Gaming Machines: Excise Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department conducted impact assessments on levels of taxation of different implementation dates for reducing the maximum stakes on fixed odds betting terminals.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	187393
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The government made clear in May that the timing of implementation does not make a difference to the public finances. Remote Gaming Duty will be increased at the same time to offset the foregone revenue.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 12/11/2018 17:31:25 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1005867

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Gaming Machines: Excise Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the report prepared by KPMG on behalf of the Association of British Bookmakers which was submitted to his Department as part of its consultations on the reduction in maximum stakes on fixed odds betting terminals and increasing remote gaming duty.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	190390
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The report was commissioned by the Association of British Bookmakers and was provided in confidence to HM Treasury due to its commercial sensitivity.</p><p> </p><p>It is imperative that stakeholders can provide information in confidence for the government to critically analyse to ensure policy making can be evidence-based.</p><p> </p><p>Releasing the report and breaching that confidence would discourage stakeholders from engaging with government and harm future policy-making<strong>.</strong></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 15/11/2018 17:06:28 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

909228

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Sugar: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to extend the sugar levy to (a) milk drinks containing sugar and (b) confectionery; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	146155
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2018 answer text <p>The government will review the exemption for milk drinks containing added sugar from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy in 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Given the nature of the Soft Drinks Industry Levy it would not be possible to extend it from drinks to food, a new tax would be required. The government does not have any plans to create such a sugar tax at this time.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 24/05/2018 13:56:49 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

918392

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Customs Unions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of customs brokers that would be required in the event that the UK leaves the EU (a) without a deal, (b) with a new customs partnership and (c) with a maximum facilitation agreement.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	150606
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>The government recognises the importance of customs brokers in supporting business through the importing and exporting process.</p><p> </p><p>Future customs arrangements will depend on the outcome of the negotiations. In some scenarios, following the UK’s exit from the EU, we expect that there would need to be an increase in capacity in the customs broker sector to meet business needs.</p><p> </p><p>We are considering capacity and capability requirements for future customs arrangements as part of our EU exit planning.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 11/06/2018 16:24:53 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

918393

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Customs Unions
	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 potential effect on (a) the economy and (b) revenue to the public purse of not recruiting an adequate number of customs brokers in the event that the UK leaves the EU (i) without a deal (ii) with a new customs partnership and (iii) with a maximum facilitation agreement.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	150607
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>The government recognises the importance of customs brokers in supporting business through the importing and exporting process.</p><p> </p><p>Future customs arrangements will depend on the outcome of the negotiations. In some scenarios, following the UK’s exit from the EU, we expect that there would need to be an increase in capacity in the customs broker sector to meet business needs.</p><p> </p><p>We are considering capacity and capability requirements for future customs arrangements as part of our EU exit planning.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 11/06/2018 16:27:27 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

944658

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2018
	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, whether his Department has made an estimate of how much money would be generated annually were the soft drinks levy to be extended to milk-based drinks; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	166105
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>As set out in Phase 2 of the Childhood Obesity Strategy, HMT will review the Soft Drinks Industry Levy exemption for milk-based drinks in 2020. At this stage, we have not made an assessment of the revenue that would be generated.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Levy is designed to tackle childhood obesity by incentivising producers and importers to reduce the amount of added-sugar in the drinks they sell. So far, over half of all drinks that would otherwise have been in-scope have reduced their sugar content before the introduction of the levy, meaning expected revenues have reduced from over £500m pa to £240m pa.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 24/07/2018 16:52:59 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest