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845756

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2018
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps are required before the Government will ratify the World Health Organisation Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	128728
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>It is UK policy that international treaties will not be ratified until all legislation required for implementation has been passed by parliament. We have now met this requirement with the introduction of legislation for the licensing of tobacco manufacturing machinery. This was included in the Finance (No 2) Act 2017 and a statutory instrument for The Tobacco Products Manufacturing Machinery (Licensing Scheme) Regulations 2018 was laid before the House of Commons on 25 January 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Now that legislation has been passed, the text of the Protocol can be laid before Parliament as a Command Paper with an Explanatory Memorandum. Unless Parliament resolves against it, the UK can begin the formal ratification process, which we expect to start shortly.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 128729 128730 question first answered 28/02/2018 13:20:45 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

845757

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2018
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Government plans to ratify the World Health Organisation Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	128729
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>It is UK policy that international treaties will not be ratified until all legislation required for implementation has been passed by parliament. We have now met this requirement with the introduction of legislation for the licensing of tobacco manufacturing machinery. This was included in the Finance (No 2) Act 2017 and a statutory instrument for The Tobacco Products Manufacturing Machinery (Licensing Scheme) Regulations 2018 was laid before the House of Commons on 25 January 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Now that legislation has been passed, the text of the Protocol can be laid before Parliament as a Command Paper with an Explanatory Memorandum. Unless Parliament resolves against it, the UK can begin the formal ratification process, which we expect to start shortly.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 128728 128730 question first answered 28/02/2018 13:20:45 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

845758

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2018
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the Government has not yet ratified the World Health Organisation Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	128730
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>It is UK policy that international treaties will not be ratified until all legislation required for implementation has been passed by parliament. We have now met this requirement with the introduction of legislation for the licensing of tobacco manufacturing machinery. This was included in the Finance (No 2) Act 2017 and a statutory instrument for The Tobacco Products Manufacturing Machinery (Licensing Scheme) Regulations 2018 was laid before the House of Commons on 25 January 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Now that legislation has been passed, the text of the Protocol can be laid before Parliament as a Command Paper with an Explanatory Memorandum. Unless Parliament resolves against it, the UK can begin the formal ratification process, which we expect to start shortly.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 128728 128729 question first answered 28/02/2018 13:20:46 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

884868

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the UK will have completed all preliminary steps to allow ratification of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products before 2 July 2018; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	135856
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The government is fully committed to the Protocol and its ratification and I can confirm that the preliminary steps to achieve this have begun. Subject to Parliamentary approval, the government plans to complete the ratification process before 2 July 2018.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 23/04/2018 12:11:52 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

892335

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for that reasons the UK has not ratified the WHO Protocol to Eliminate the Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	138456
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>The government is fully committed to the Protocol and preliminary steps to achieve ratification have begun. Subject to Parliamentary approval, the government plans to complete the ratification process by 2 July 2018. This will enable the UK to participate in the first Meeting of the Parties later this year.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 01/05/2018 14:37:06 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

833779

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2018
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Voting Rights: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to mark the centenary of women getting the right to vote in 1918.
	tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
	tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
	uin	125537
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>There are plans to have an internal event organised by HMT staff to mark 100 years since some women were given the right to vote in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 02/02/2018 08:59:31 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

860690

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Video Games: Tax Allowances
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many firms claimed video games tax relief in each year since its introduction.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	132047
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>HMRC publishes reports on the number of claims for video games tax relief. Information for the period 2014-15 to 2016-17 can be found in Table 4.1 here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/creative-industries-statistics-july-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/creative-industries-statistics-july-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>Companies have a period of one year to submit returns after the end of the accounting period and another year to amend or withdraw a claim. Therefore, the data for 2016-17 remains provisional and subject to change due to claims not yet received.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/03/2018 16:33:03 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

816808

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Valuation Office Agency: Equal Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the transparency document entitled Valuation Office Agency's Gender Pay Gap Report 2017, if he will set out the pay gap data for median, mean and bonus pay by (a) grade and (b) profession.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	121235
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text Gender pay gap data for the Valuation Office Agency for median, mean and bonus pay by (a) grade is set out in the attached table below. The Valuation Office Agency does not have any analysis of gender pay gap by (b) profession. A positive figure denotes that the mean, or median, figure for women is lower than for men; a negative figure denotes that the mean, or median, figure is higher for women than men. Both SCS and Fast Stream populations are fairly small and the median gap figures for bonus awards are affected by the fact that there are a limited number of bonus award levels.<p> </p><p>2017 VOA Gender Pay Gap by Grade</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Grade</p></td><td><p>Mean gender pay gap Ordinary pay 31 March 2017</p></td><td><p>Median gender pay gap Ordinary pay 31 March 2017</p></td><td><p>Mean gender pay gap Bonus pay in the 12 months ending 31 March 2017</p></td><td><p>Median gender pay gap Bonus pay in the 12 months ending 31 March 2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AA</p></td><td><p>-4.5%</p></td><td><p>-13.5%</p></td><td><p>-2.6%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AO</p></td><td><p>-5.6%</p></td><td><p>-10.4%</p></td><td><p>0.9%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EO</p></td><td><p>-4.0%</p></td><td><p>-4.0%</p></td><td><p>-17.2%</p></td><td><p>-33.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HEO</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td><td><p>-0.5%</p></td><td><p>-10.7%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fast Stream</p></td><td><p>-6.3%</p></td><td><p>-5.8%</p></td><td><p>-41.2%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SEO</p></td><td><p>2.1%</p></td><td><p>-0.4%</p></td><td><p>-3.0%</p></td><td><p>-50.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>G7</p></td><td><p>-0.4%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>-8.5%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>G6</p></td><td><p>-0.8%</p></td><td><p>-4.7%</p></td><td><p>3.5%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS</p></td><td><p>3.6%</p></td><td><p>9.9%</p></td><td><p>13.6%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 10/01/2018 16:23:44 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

847169

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Zero Hours Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) full-time staff, (b) part-time staff, (c) temporary staff and (d) any other staff were employed directly by his Department on zero-hours contracts in each of the last eight years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	129343
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>The department has not employed anyone on a zero hours contract in the last 8 years</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 02/03/2018 13:15:28 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

845605

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2018
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Welsh Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what translation arrangements his Department has put in place to enable efficient and accurate handling of Welsh language correspondence from (a) MPs and (b) the general public.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	128577
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>HM Treasury does not have a dedicated Welsh language translation unit in-house. Other Government Departments have dedicated Welsh language translation teams and translate letters from Welsh to English, and replies from English to Welsh, for HM Treasury free of charge on an ad-hoc basis.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 28/02/2018 13:11:35 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams