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887107

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Buildings: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to improve disabled access to public buildings through the tax system.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	136672
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2018 answer text <p>The government is committed to combatting all types of discrimination in the workplace and wider society.</p><p> </p><p>Many public-sector bodies are exempt from corporation tax and can either reclaim VAT on their purchases or are funded to cover their VAT liabilities. Therefore, they could not be incentivised through tax reliefs to invest further in accessibility to public buildings.</p><p> </p><p>The Equality Act 2010 requires all companies and organisations to make reasonable adjustments to remove the barriers faced by the disabled to ensure they have access to the same services as someone who is not disabled.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 25/04/2018 12:53:26 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

887108

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Charities: Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to support charities undertaking building works through the tax system.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	136673
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises the vitally important work the charity sector does in the UK, which is why we currently provide tax relief to charities and donors worth over £5 billion per year. This includes over £1.3 billion for Gift Aid alone and a zero rate of VAT for the construction of buildings used for relevant charitable purposes. The zero rate means that charities do not pay tax on the construction of new buildings or services closely connected to the construction of a new building.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 25/04/2018 12:51:44 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

886236

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is taking steps to encourage homeowners to install charging infrastructure for electric vehicles; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	136431
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government currently provides assistance to drivers of new and used electric vehicles to support the cost of installing chargepoints in their homes under the Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme. This grant provides funding of up to 75% (capped at £500) towards the cost of installing dedicated electric vehicle chargepoints at domestic properties across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, as announced in November 2017 in the Industrial Strategy, building regulations will be amended to ensure that cabling infrastructure is provided for chargepoints when new dwellings are built, to help future-proof new homes and avoid retrofitting costs.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s forthcoming strategy on the transition to zero emission road transport will detail the role of Government in supporting electric vehicle infrastructure for homeowners as well as more widely.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/04/2018 14:26:28 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

885329

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Overseas Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans the Government has in place to ensure the efficiency of border arrangements for the import of components in complex supply chains from non-EU countries.
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	John Redwood
	uin	136192
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2018 answer text <p>Future customs arrangements depend on the outcome of the negotiations. The Government remains clear that the UK’s future customs arrangements should be as frictionless as possible, ensuring that traffic continues to flow as freely as possible at all ports. HM Revenue and Customs has engaged with a large number of businesses and ports to understand what may impact them in future, to identify any customs challenges they may face and to support businesses with the necessary education and guidance structures to be ready for future customs arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 25/04/2018 13:07:00 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	14 label Biography information for John Redwood

885340

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Ports: Exports and Imports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure a friction-free border for non-EU (a) imports and (b) exports at UK ports.
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	John Redwood
	uin	136203
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2018 answer text <p>The UK delivers a highly effective customs service and is well-respected across the world, using procedures that are risk based and which maximise automation to deliver a swift and seamless service to the UK’s legitimate international trade. The UK has sought consistently to minimise business burdens and make trade as frictionless as possible.</p><p>As the UK leaves the EU, we remain on course to deliver an effective customs, VAT and excise system that enables trade to flow, HMRC to collect revenues, and the UK to have a secure border.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 25/04/2018 12:59:16 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	14 label Biography information for John Redwood

885347

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Smuggling: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps his Department has taken to control smuggling at the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	John Redwood
	uin	136210
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2018 answer text <p>HMRC is not a border agency and does not police the Irish Land Boundary however, it deploys a wide range of intervention measures to ensure that it can effectively detect, deter and disrupt attacks on the tax system. Any anti smuggling operations at the Border are highly targeted and are undertaken on the basis of intelligence and risk profiling. Multi-agency cross border cooperation is a key element in combatting Cross Border smuggling and HMRC work closely with partner law enforcement agencies on both sides of the border. HMRC are a key partner in the Joint Agency Taskforce (JATF) established in 2016 under the auspices of the Stormont House Agreement (SHA). The JATF comprises Law Enforcement Agencies from across the island of Ireland is focussed on tackling border criminality and HMRC are active participants in both the strategic oversight and operational groups. HMRC also play a proactive role in the Organised Crime Task Force, chairing the Cross Border Fuel Fraud Group and also co-chair a Cross Border Excise Fraud Group.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 25/04/2018 12:55:42 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	14 label Biography information for John Redwood

885372

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to have in place a customs system to deal with trade on WTO terms.
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	John Redwood
	uin	136235
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2018 answer text <p>In August 2017, the Government published two future customs proposals, which are dependent on the outcome of the negotiations with the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The UK and the EU have agreed on the terms of an implementation period, which will start on 30 March 2019 and last until 31 December 2020. However, as a responsible government, we continue to plan for all scenarios. We remain on course to deliver a functioning customs, VAT and excise system that enables trade to flow, HMRC to collect revenues, and the UK to have a secure border.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 25/04/2018 13:05:32 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	14 label Biography information for John Redwood

885341

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Aviation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to ensure the maintenance of commercial air services after 30 March 2019 in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a Withdrawal and Future Partnership Agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	John Redwood
	uin	136204
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2018 answer text <p>The importance of air services to the UK economy is recognised across Government and we are working closely with the aviation sector to ensure its ongoing success. This includes through securing a good deal with the EU and third countries where air services are currently governed by EU agreements.</p><p> </p><p>We are also, as a matter of common sense, working on alternatives to a negotiated agreement, to ensure that no matter the outcome flights will continue.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling question first answered 25/04/2018 13:13:41 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
	tabling member	14 label Biography information for John Redwood

887170

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motorways: Inspections
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the minimum standards are for inspection covers embedded in live lanes of motorways.
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	John Redwood
	uin	136734
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2018 answer text <p>The minimum standards for inspection covers embedded in live lanes of smart motorways are set out in Highways England’s Interim Advice Note (IAN 161/15) and Chief Highway Engineer’s Memorandum (CHE Memo 397/17).</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The M3 between junction 3 and the M25 has a number of drainage pipes and associated inspection chambers located under the inside lane. During the upgrade to smart motorway, which included converting the hard shoulder into the new inside running lane, Highways England strengthened the inspection chambers and replaced the inspection covers where necessary in order that they meet the required wheel loading and skid resistance standards.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 136735 question first answered 25/04/2018 14:02:13 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	14 label Biography information for John Redwood

887171

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motorways: Inspections
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason inspection covers have been embedded in the inside lane of the M3 between junction 3 and the M25.
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	John Redwood
	uin	136735
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2018 answer text <p>The minimum standards for inspection covers embedded in live lanes of smart motorways are set out in Highways England’s Interim Advice Note (IAN 161/15) and Chief Highway Engineer’s Memorandum (CHE Memo 397/17).</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The M3 between junction 3 and the M25 has a number of drainage pipes and associated inspection chambers located under the inside lane. During the upgrade to smart motorway, which included converting the hard shoulder into the new inside running lane, Highways England strengthened the inspection chambers and replaced the inspection covers where necessary in order that they meet the required wheel loading and skid resistance standards.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 136734 question first answered 25/04/2018 14:02:13 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	14 label Biography information for John Redwood