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1039004

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Help to Save Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have live savings accounts under the Help to Save scheme in (a) the UK and (b) Preseli Pembrokeshire at 31 December 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Preseli Pembrokeshire
	tabling member printed	Stephen Crabb
	uin	207182
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <ol><li><p>As of 31<sup>st</sup> December 2018 the total number of Help to Save accounts open across the UK was 80,810.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>The number of Help to Save accounts open in the Preseli Pembrokeshire constituency totaled 125.</p></li></ol> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 18/01/2019 13:32:25 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb

1038982

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Music Venues: Non-domestic Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has plans to assess the eligibility of music venues for discounted business rates.
	tabling member constituency	Wantage
	tabling member printed	Mr Edward Vaizey
	uin	207178
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>Budget 2018 announced a two-year business rates discount of one third for small retailers. As set out in the published guidance, the government considers retail to mean properties being used as shops, cafes, restaurants, and drinking establishments. It will be for local authorities to implement the discount and decide whether properties are similar in nature to those listed as eligible in the guidance. Music venues will only be eligible where they are similar in nature to those properties listed as eligible.</p><p> </p><p>This discount is part of Our Plan for the High Street, a £1.5bn support package. All ratepayers are benefitting from recent wide-ranging reductions to business rates; in total, cuts announced since Budget 2016 are worth more than £13bn to businesses over the next five years.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 17/01/2019 16:02:56 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot

1039113

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	VAT: Electronic Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 January 2019 to Question 205403, what the total to date is of businesses signed up for making tax digital for VAT; and what estimate he has made of what that total represents as a proportion of eligible businesses.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	207321
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>Further to my response on 9 January 2019 to PQ 205403, daily take-up during this pilot stage has now increased to over 100 businesses a day, in line with initial expectations. There are currently over 4,000 businesses in the pilot. This is enabling HMRC to test the service fully for all business types. HMRC informed stakeholder groups of the numbers participating in the pilot by email on 10 January.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC is also continuing to issue letters to all businesses in scope inviting them to join early, alongside a range of other communications activity. HMRC’s assessment is that progress with testing and take-up remains on track to mandate the service from April 2019, and support all businesses in scope to join the service in time for their first VAT return due after that date.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC continues to work with a wide range of business groups, agents and software providers to support business readiness for this change.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 15/01/2019 13:53:05 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1038988

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money has been raised for the public purse from vehicle excise duties from the Greater London Authority area in each year for which information is available; and what assessment he has made of the potential merits of devolving the proceeds of vehicle excise duties raised in the Greater London Authority area to London local authorities.
	tabling member constituency	Hornchurch and Upminster
	tabling member printed	Julia Lopez
	uin	207290
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>In 2017-18, Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) raised a total of around £6.2 billion in revenue.</p><p> </p><p>VED is collected nationwide and since it is tied to where individuals choose to register their vehicles, there is no official methodology to identify the VED collected in any particular region. As such, VED does not lend itself to devolution as vehicle registrations do not necessarily correlate with either emissions or vehicle use<em>.</em></p><p> </p><p>VED revenues will be hypothecated to the National Roads Fund (NRF) in England from 2020-21. The NRF will provide certainty for roads investment, including in London.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 17/01/2019 14:06:02 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez

1039079

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge: Lone Parents
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the high income child benefit tax charge on single-parent families.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
	uin	207312
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government introduced the High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) from January 2013 to ensure that support is targeted at those who need it most. It applies to anyone with an individual income over £50,000, who claims Child Benefit or whose partner claims it, regardless of the make-up of their household.</p><p> </p><p>The impacts on individuals and households were published in the Tax Information and Impact Note at Budget 2012 when HICBC was announced:</p><p><a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20141007023213/http:/www.hmrc.gov.uk/budget2012/tiin-0620.pdf" target="_blank">https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20141007023213/http:/www.hmrc.gov.uk/budget2012/tiin-0620.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 15/01/2019 12:31:11 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

1038899

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Electronic Publishing: VAT
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 26 November (HL11364), whether they have begun assessing the equalities impact of applying a zero VAT rate to e-publications; and whether any such assessments will include the impact on literacy rates in relation to children from disadvantaged backgrounds.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bird
	uin	HL12736
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government keeps all taxes under review, including VAT on e-publications.</p><p>Any amendments to the VAT regime as it applies to physical publications and e-publications must be carefully assessed against policy, economic, and fiscal considerations.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 24/01/2019 12:28:38 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

1039060

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Import 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 effect on the amount of customs revenue accruing to the public purse of (a) leaving the EU, (b) leaving the EU without a deal and (b) the Department for Transport’s decision to prioritise speed of goods processing over revenue collection at the border.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
	tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
	uin	207245
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The amount of customs revenue collected will be dependent on the rates of import duty set and our relationship with the EU. In the event of “no deal” the Government will publish new UK duty rates, in due course, before we leave the EU.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 15/01/2019 15:14:58 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

1038965

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Coinage: British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department's announcement entitled New pound coin goes global with rollout to British overseas nations, published on 6 January 2019, if he will list which authority in each of the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies that will be responsible for commissioning new £1 coins.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	207221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>We are committed to our Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies around the globe. Enabling them to design and mint their own versions of the iconic new £1 coin is a demonstration of that commitment.</p><p>Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies will now be able to apply to the Royal Mint for permission to produce their own 12-sided pound coins. It is for the coin issuing authority in each of the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies to seek permission, if they wish to do so.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 15/01/2019 14:14:53 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady