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598878

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Workplace Pensions: Tax Allowances
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they have taken to ensure that (1) employers, and (2) employees earning under £11,000 a year, understand the consequences of using a net pay arrangement on entitlement to tax relief.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL2186
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2016 answer text <p>The Pensions Regulator provides guidance to employers on choosing a pension scheme for their staff in order to discharge their statutory obligations under automatic enrolment. This guidance covers the choice between net pay and relief at source schemes, and the implications of net pay schemes for employees who do not pay tax.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s latest analysis of the eligibility of workers for automatic enrolment was published on 13 October 2016 in ‘Workplace Pensions: Update of analysis on Automatic Enrolment’. Information on age and earnings breakdowns for all workers can be found in table 3a on page 6, and is available in the report titled: Workplace pensions: Update of Analysis on Automatic Enrolment 2016, which is available on the gov.uk website.</p><p> </p><p>The Government does not collect data on the number of workers earning less than the personal allowance who are also members of pension schemes that operate a net pay system. The Government does not hold employee level data on employees enrolled in net pay pension schemes, as such schemes are not obliged to report pension contributions to HM Revenue and Customs. The Government does not therefore hold information on the value of tax reliefs paid out to employees in net pay schemes.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL2187 HL2188 question first answered 25/10/2016 16:51:27 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

598879

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Workplace Pensions: Tax Allowances
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to ensure that workers who are contributing to a workplace pension, and who earn less than £11,000 a year, are able to receive the government contribution to their pension for which they are eligible; and what action they are taking to ensure that such earners are not disadvantaged by losing out on the 25 per cent top-up to which they are entitled.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL2187
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2016 answer text <p>The Pensions Regulator provides guidance to employers on choosing a pension scheme for their staff in order to discharge their statutory obligations under automatic enrolment. This guidance covers the choice between net pay and relief at source schemes, and the implications of net pay schemes for employees who do not pay tax.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s latest analysis of the eligibility of workers for automatic enrolment was published on 13 October 2016 in ‘Workplace Pensions: Update of analysis on Automatic Enrolment’. Information on age and earnings breakdowns for all workers can be found in table 3a on page 6, and is available in the report titled: Workplace pensions: Update of Analysis on Automatic Enrolment 2016, which is available on the gov.uk website.</p><p> </p><p>The Government does not collect data on the number of workers earning less than the personal allowance who are also members of pension schemes that operate a net pay system. The Government does not hold employee level data on employees enrolled in net pay pension schemes, as such schemes are not obliged to report pension contributions to HM Revenue and Customs. The Government does not therefore hold information on the value of tax reliefs paid out to employees in net pay schemes.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL2186 HL2188 question first answered 25/10/2016 16:51:27 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

598880

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Workplace Pensions: Tax Allowances
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to assess the number of people earning less than £11,000 a year who are auto-enrolled or paying into net pay arrangement workplace pension schemes.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL2188
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2016 answer text <p>The Pensions Regulator provides guidance to employers on choosing a pension scheme for their staff in order to discharge their statutory obligations under automatic enrolment. This guidance covers the choice between net pay and relief at source schemes, and the implications of net pay schemes for employees who do not pay tax.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s latest analysis of the eligibility of workers for automatic enrolment was published on 13 October 2016 in ‘Workplace Pensions: Update of analysis on Automatic Enrolment’. Information on age and earnings breakdowns for all workers can be found in table 3a on page 6, and is available in the report titled: Workplace pensions: Update of Analysis on Automatic Enrolment 2016, which is available on the gov.uk website.</p><p> </p><p>The Government does not collect data on the number of workers earning less than the personal allowance who are also members of pension schemes that operate a net pay system. The Government does not hold employee level data on employees enrolled in net pay pension schemes, as such schemes are not obliged to report pension contributions to HM Revenue and Customs. The Government does not therefore hold information on the value of tax reliefs paid out to employees in net pay schemes.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL2186 HL2187 question first answered 25/10/2016 16:51:27 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

592883

	registered interest
	date	03/10/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Cider: Excise Duties
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to change the current duty structure for cider in the light of their statement that alcohol duties should be directly proportional to alcohol content.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
	uin	HL2009
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>Current rules require that cider duty is structured in bands according to the strength of the product.</p><p> </p><p>The government continues to keep all taxes under review, and in that context is considering the views of stakeholders.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 17/10/2016 15:50:03 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	3609 label Biography information for Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

583937

	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	Overseas Aid
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage of the International Aid budget is spent by departments other than the Department for International Development, and which are those departments and how much they are spending.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
	uin	HL1984
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2016 answer text <p>The estimated proportion of Official Development Assistance (ODA) to be spent by Departments other than the Department for International Development based on the Spending Review 2015 settlement is 18% in 2016/17. The other departments spending ODA (including allocations from cross-Government funds) are: the Department of Health; the Department of Business, Energy &amp; Industrial Strategy; the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office; the Department for Energy, Food &amp; Rural Affairs; HM Revenue &amp; Customs; HM Treasury; the Office of National Statistics; the Department for Education; the Department for Work and Pensions; Department for Culture, Media &amp; Sport; the Ministry of Defence; the Department for Transport; and the Home Office.</p><p> </p><p>Outturn figures are not yet available, but a detailed breakdown of the 2016 ODA spend by department will be published in April 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 29/09/2016 13:04:17 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

583939

	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	Overseas Aid
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the procedures and priorities to agree the spending of public money on international aid are the same across all government departments, and if there are differences, what they are.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
	uin	HL1986
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2016 answer text <p>The allocation of Official Development Assistance (ODA) funding was agreed at the 2015 Spending Review in line with the strategic objectives set out in the UK aid strategy. Departments spending ODA are required to demonstrate how they are using rigorous evidence to underpin spending decisions. There must be clear lines of accountability for all ODA projects, and project performance must be regularly assessed. Poor performing programmes will be closed and funds redeployed. In addition, all ODA spend is subject to scrutiny by the Independent Commission for Aid Impact.</p><p> </p><p>Spending on ODA is also subject to the principles of sound financial management set out in ‘Managing Public Money’. Within these constraints departments have discretion over how they organise, direct and manage the resources at their disposal.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 29/09/2016 13:03:37 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

598107

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	M20: Large Goods Vehicles
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the National Infrastructure Commission will examine the economic impact of (1) the deployment of Operation Stack in 2015, and (2) their plans for a lorry area to address problems caused by Operation Stack.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
	uin	HL2136
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) will examine strategic transport infrastructure when it conducts its first National Infrastructure Assessment.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor, together with the NIC, has launched a call for ideas to give stakeholders an opportunity to contribute their ideas for issues which could form the subject of future NIC studies. This process will help us ensure the NIC is focused on the country’s most critical infrastructure challenges.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 18/10/2016 11:47:52 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

598057

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Financial Services: North Korea
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the government of North Korea, or any of its state-owned companies, has access to the London Stock Exchange or holds financial interests in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL2086
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>As part of UN and EU sanctions, banks are required to close existing branches, subsidiaries or accounts in North Korea where it has been determined that they contribute to North Korea’s ballistic missile programmes. The sanctions also prohibit any commercial activity by the Government of North Korea (including legal persons, entities or bodies owned or controlled by them).</p><p>Assets owned or controlled in the EU by designated DPRK persons, entities or bodies, including government bodies, are subject to an asset freeze and cannot be traded on the London Stock Exchange. A list of designations which has been placed in the Library includes a number of DPRK government and state-owned bodies. HM Treasury implements these financial sanctions in the UK. Non-compliance with financial sanctions is a criminal offence and HM Treasury works closely with law enforcement to ensure sanctions breaches are dealt with appropriately. For reasons of confidentiality, the Treasury does not make public the details of individual reports of frozen assets.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 24/10/2016 13:49:21 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

598073

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Exchange Rates
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether the drop in the value of sterling in recent months reflects the markets' view of the likely future health of the UK economy.
	tabling member printed	Lord Birt
	uin	HL2102
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>The UK has an inflation target, not an exchange rate target, and Her Majesty’s Government does not express a view on the level of exchange rates. Instead, the exchange rate is allowed to adjust flexibly in response to economic conditions and movements in sterling are determined by market forces.</p><p> </p><p>This framework means we do not need to introduce exchange rate controls.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL2120 question first answered 18/10/2016 14:25:15 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

598892

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Taxation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in the light of Brexit, they are considering using a more flexible and variable approach to setting VAT and Excise duties for different goods and services to improve the nation's health and wellbeing.
	tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
	uin	HL2200
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2016 answer text <p>Until the UK has left the EU, we will remain a member of the EU with all the rights and obligations that membership entails.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will work hard to get the best deal for Britain, including for VAT and excise, and is determined to make the most of the opportunities that are presented.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 25/10/2016 16:03:53 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe