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753278

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many convictions there were of persons charged with smuggling offences along the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland for the last two years for which figures are available.
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	uin	HL966
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) records statistics for smuggling offences does not have that level of detail required to answer. Therefore without referencing individual cases it is not possible to identify which ones involved smuggling.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 28/07/2017 12:36:54 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

753274

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what are the sources of funds for the additional £1 billon investment announced for Northern Ireland in June.
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	uin	HL962
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government routinely makes adjustments to public spending throughout the year and will deal with the cost of additional resources for the Northern Ireland Executive within our overall plans in this way.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 28/07/2017 12:33:11 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

753276

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which home heating oil is replacing red diesel as the main hydrocarbon fuel smuggled across the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	uin	HL964
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) do not have a breakdown of the level of smuggling or the value of smuggled items along the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC publishes estimates of tax gap for fuel and other excise goods. The latest estimates are included at pages 33 to 49 of ‘Measuring Tax Gaps 2016’</p><p> </p><p>These estimates cannot be disaggregated by type of fraud, such as smuggling. The estimate of the market share for illicit diesel in Northern Ireland is 8%, which amounts to about £50m in lost revenue.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC continually reviews its approach to tackling tax fraud. In respect of the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, HMRC plays a proactive role in the Organised Crime Taskforce, chairing the Cross Border Enforcement Groups on tobacco and fuel fraud.</p><p>HMRC continually monitors the threat from the smuggling of heating oil. There is currently no evidence to suggest that home heating oil has become the main hydrocarbon fuel smuggled across the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 31/07/2017 12:48:15 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

753275

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the level of smuggling of fuel and other items along the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	uin	HL963
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) do not have a breakdown of the level of smuggling or the value of smuggled items along the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC publishes estimates of tax gap for fuel and other excise goods. The latest estimates are included at pages 33 to 49 of ‘Measuring Tax Gaps 2016’</p><p> </p><p>These estimates cannot be disaggregated by type of fraud, such as smuggling. The estimate of the market share for illicit diesel in Northern Ireland is 8%, which amounts to about £50m in lost revenue.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC continually reviews its approach to tackling tax fraud. In respect of the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, HMRC plays a proactive role in the Organised Crime Taskforce, chairing the Cross Border Enforcement Groups on tobacco and fuel fraud.</p><p>HMRC continually monitors the threat from the smuggling of heating oil. There is currently no evidence to suggest that home heating oil has become the main hydrocarbon fuel smuggled across the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 31/07/2017 11:24:24 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

753277

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what were the volumes and nature of smuggled goods seized along the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in the last five years for which figures are available; and what estimate they have made of the amount of duty evaded.
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	uin	HL965
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) records statistics for smuggling seized goods does not have that level of detail required to answer. Therefore without referencing individual cases it is not possible to identify which ones involved smuggling.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 28/07/2017 12:36:43 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

755123

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Libya: Overseas Aid
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they have provided any resources to persons or organisations in Libya from the budget of the Department for International Development; and if so, to which projects those resources were allocated.
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	uin	HL1131
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department for International Development (DFID) supports Libyan authorities and civil society organisations to provide humanitarian assistance to vulnerable Libyans, migrants and refugees, working with trusted humanitarian agencies including the International Organisation for Migration (IoM). In addition, DFID is funding a project with the World Bank to improve public financial management in Libya’s key financial institutions, as part of the cross-Departmental Conflict, Security and Stability Fund for Libya.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 27/07/2017 15:53:11 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

753279

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government, in the last five years for which figures are available, what items have been seized from smugglers along the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland; and what was the value of those items.
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	uin	HL967
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) do not have a breakdown of the level of smuggling or the value of smuggled items along the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC publishes estimates of tax gap for fuel and other excise goods. The latest estimates are included at pages 33 to 49 of ‘Measuring Tax Gaps 2016’</p><p> </p><p>These estimates cannot be disaggregated by type of fraud, such as smuggling. The estimate of the market share for illicit diesel in Northern Ireland is 8%, which amounts to about £50m in lost revenue.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC continually reviews its approach to tackling tax fraud. In respect of the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, HMRC plays a proactive role in the Organised Crime Taskforce, chairing the Cross Border Enforcement Groups on tobacco and fuel fraud.</p><p>HMRC continually monitors the threat from the smuggling of heating oil. There is currently no evidence to suggest that home heating oil has become the main hydrocarbon fuel smuggled across the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 31/07/2017 12:48:45 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

906008

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government by how much the Northern Ireland Block Grant was reduced to allow the Northern Ireland Executive to set a nil rate of Air Passenger Duty on transatlantic flights from Northern Ireland in the last three financial years for which figures are available.
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	uin	HL7936
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2018 answer text <p>Reductions to the Northern Ireland Executive’ Block Grant to reflect the devolution of long haul Air Passenger Duty in Northern Ireland for 2015/16, 2016/17 and 2017/19 are set out in the table below :</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£2.269 m</p></td><td><p>£2.166 m</p></td><td><p>£ 2.224m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These figures are not cumulative.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 24/05/2018 14:08:35 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1028323

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Freezing of Assets: Libya
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much interest has accrued to Libyan assets frozen by UN resolutions while in London; and what is the current total value of those assets.
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	uin	HL12397
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>The Treasury does not hold comprehensive information about how much interest has accrued or the current total value of that interest.</p><p> </p><p>The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) undertakes an annual frozen asset review requiring all persons or institutions that hold or control frozen funds in the UK to report to OFSI.</p><p> </p><p>At close of business on 29 September 2017 the approximate total value of frozen Libyan assets in the UK was £12.061 billion. The figures for 2018 have not yet been finalised.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 21/12/2018 13:44:05 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1037599

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much money has been allocated to Northern Ireland in the current financial year as a result of Barnett consequentials.
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	uin	HL12656
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>The Barnett Formula was applied at the 2015 Spending Review to changes to each UK government department’s overall Departmental Expenditure Limits (DEL) budget. The 2015 Spending Review set the baseline block grant allocation for Northern Ireland in 2015/16 at £10.7bn. This is set out in 2015 Spending Review documents published on the gov.uk website</p><p> </p><p>In addition to that, HM Treasury’s Block Grant Transparency publication sets out the breakdown of changes in the Northern Ireland block grant since the 2015 Spending Review, including all further Barnett consequentials as follows.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£ million</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Barnett Consequentials</p></td><td><p>9.7</p></td><td><p>251.2</p></td><td><p>435.1*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* Any adjustments for 2018-19 will be presented to Parliament through the Supplementary Estimates Process</p><p>The Block Grant Transparency publication can be found on the gov.uk website</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL12654 question first answered 22/01/2019 12:15:44 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey