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851547

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2018
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Business Interests
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which members of his Department's board are responsible for ensuring the proper application of the business appointment rules for former Ministers and senior civil servants.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	130310
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2018 answer text <p>Applications by former Ministers are considered by the independent Advisory Committee on Business Appointments directly.</p><p> </p><p>For applications from former Civil Servants: Departmental Audit and Risk Committees, which are chaired by Departmental Non-Executive Directors, will monitor compliance issues relating to the Business Appointment Rules at regular intervals.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 09/03/2018 11:10:58 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

851594

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2018
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the level of Air Passenger Duty on the UK’s global aviation connectivity (a) nationally and (b) by region compared to other European countries.
	tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
	uin	130357
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2018 answer text <p>International treaties ensure that there is no taxation of international aviation fuel, and the Government does not levy VAT on flights. APD ensures the aviation sector contributes its fair share to general taxation. Even at the current rates of APD, UK airports have enjoyed strong passenger growth: exceeding 15% in the previous five years.</p><p>The Government has not conducted an assessment of route opportunities under the specific scenarios mentioned. However, the Government is working with the sector to understand better how they believe any reduced APD rates might support new routes and increase connectivity.</p><p>The government will also look at the effects of APD and VAT on tourism in Northern Ireland. A call for evidence on this issue was announced at Autumn Budget 2017 and will be published in due course. Respondents in the aviation industry will be able to submit evidence on the wider impacts of APD upon UK tourism.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 130358 130359 130490 question first answered 09/03/2018 11:15:57 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

851595

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2018
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the rate of Air Passenger Duty on trade links after the UK leaves the EU; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
	uin	130358
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2018 answer text <p>International treaties ensure that there is no taxation of international aviation fuel, and the Government does not levy VAT on flights. APD ensures the aviation sector contributes its fair share to general taxation. Even at the current rates of APD, UK airports have enjoyed strong passenger growth: exceeding 15% in the previous five years.</p><p>The Government has not conducted an assessment of route opportunities under the specific scenarios mentioned. However, the Government is working with the sector to understand better how they believe any reduced APD rates might support new routes and increase connectivity.</p><p>The government will also look at the effects of APD and VAT on tourism in Northern Ireland. A call for evidence on this issue was announced at Autumn Budget 2017 and will be published in due course. Respondents in the aviation industry will be able to submit evidence on the wider impacts of APD upon UK tourism.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 130357 130359 130490 question first answered 09/03/2018 11:15:57 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

851596

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2018
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of Air Passenger Duty rates on the development of new routes from UK airports compared with such development from other EU airports; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
	uin	130359
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2018 answer text <p>International treaties ensure that there is no taxation of international aviation fuel, and the Government does not levy VAT on flights. APD ensures the aviation sector contributes its fair share to general taxation. Even at the current rates of APD, UK airports have enjoyed strong passenger growth: exceeding 15% in the previous five years.</p><p>The Government has not conducted an assessment of route opportunities under the specific scenarios mentioned. However, the Government is working with the sector to understand better how they believe any reduced APD rates might support new routes and increase connectivity.</p><p>The government will also look at the effects of APD and VAT on tourism in Northern Ireland. A call for evidence on this issue was announced at Autumn Budget 2017 and will be published in due course. Respondents in the aviation industry will be able to submit evidence on the wider impacts of APD upon UK tourism.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 130357 130358 130490 question first answered 09/03/2018 11:15:57 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

851727

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2018
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty
	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 reducing Air Passenger Duty by 50 per cent on (a) the number of passenger journeys and (b) air routes.
	tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
	uin	130490
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2018 answer text <p>International treaties ensure that there is no taxation of international aviation fuel, and the Government does not levy VAT on flights. APD ensures the aviation sector contributes its fair share to general taxation. Even at the current rates of APD, UK airports have enjoyed strong passenger growth: exceeding 15% in the previous five years.</p><p>The Government has not conducted an assessment of route opportunities under the specific scenarios mentioned. However, the Government is working with the sector to understand better how they believe any reduced APD rates might support new routes and increase connectivity.</p><p>The government will also look at the effects of APD and VAT on tourism in Northern Ireland. A call for evidence on this issue was announced at Autumn Budget 2017 and will be published in due course. Respondents in the aviation industry will be able to submit evidence on the wider impacts of APD upon UK tourism.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 130357 130358 130359 question first answered 09/03/2018 11:15:57 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

850696

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2018
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Internet
	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 volume of UK citizens’ data held by companies (a) supplying cloud services to his Department and (b) contracted to deliver cloud services on behalf of his Department which is subject to information requests from US Government bodies.
	tabling member constituency	North Wiltshire
	tabling member printed	James Gray
	uin	129941
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>Our estimate is that no UK citizens’ data held through cloud services is subject to information requests from US Government bodies. Our records of our personal data holdings, as well procurement review process, are currently under review as part of the forthcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 07/03/2018 13:50:54 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	261 label Biography information for James Gray

850246

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2018
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Fuels: Excise Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, If he will make it his policy to reduce duties on petrol as people switch to electric cars.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
	uin	129814
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>The government recognises that, in the long-term, revenues from a number of the current transport taxes may decline as vehicles use less liquid fuels. HM Treasury keeps all transport taxes under review, as it does with all taxes, and if the Chancellor decides to make changes, he will announce them at fiscal events.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 06/03/2018 17:48:42 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena