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845605

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/02/2018
	date	20/02/2018
	date tabled	20/02/2018
	ddp created	20/02/2018 23:48:50
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	ddp modified	20/02/2018 23:58:40 28/02/2018 13:43:02
	hansard heading	Treasury: Welsh Language
	house id	1
	identifier	128577
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	28/02/2018 13:11:35
	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.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 128577
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	128577
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction 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>
	creator	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

834859

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/02/2018
	date	01/02/2018
	date tabled	01/02/2018
	ddp created	01/02/2018 19:02:52
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	ddp modified	01/02/2018 19:26:12 06/02/2018 17:21:06
	hansard heading	Treasury: Childcare Vouchers
	house id	1
	identifier	126281
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	06/02/2018 16:46:24
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employees in his Department make use of the childcare voucher scheme.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 126281
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	126281
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>112 employees of HM Treasury make use of the childcare voucher scheme. The childcare voucher scheme is a salary sacrifice scheme which means that an employee agrees to a reduction in their taxable salary, and receives the equivalent amount in childcare vouchers instead.</p><p> </p>
	creator	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

839016

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/02/2018
	date	08/02/2018
	date tabled	08/02/2018
	ddp created	08/02/2018 19:14:18
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	ddp modified	08/02/2018 19:30:50 20/02/2018 09:15:05
	hansard heading	Energy Drinks: Taxation
	house id	1
	identifier	127576
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	20/02/2018 08:43:17
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the sum accrued to the public purse from tax on the sale of energy drinks in each of the last five years.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
	tabling member printed	Nick Smith
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 127576
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	127576
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Energy drinks, that is drinks that are high in caffeine and/or other stimulants, will typically be standard rated for VAT. However, no data is available on how much VAT is raised on their sale as this level of detail is not requested on VAT returns.</p><p>Energy drinks are often also high in sugar. From April this year, the Soft Drinks Industry Levy will take effect, which is forecast to raise nearly £1.5billion over the next five years. This levy directly targets the producers and importers of sugary soft drinks to encourage them to remove added sugar, promote diet drinks, and reduce portion sizes for high sugar drinks.</p><p> </p>
	creator	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

846179

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	26/02/2018
	date	21/02/2018
	date tabled	21/02/2018
	ddp created	21/02/2018 21:35:25
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	ddp modified	22/02/2018 12:35:07 26/02/2018 15:26:11
	hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty: Exemptions
	house id	1
	identifier	128867
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	26/02/2018 14:54:32
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received relief from air passenger duty for cabin crew in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017-18.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 128867
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	128867
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Air passenger duty (APD) is payable by airlines in respect of each liable passenger departing from the UK and is dependent on the class of travel and final destination of the passengers.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC do not have numbers for the cabin crew exemption specifically because airlines are only required to declare an aggregate number of exempt passengers on their return.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC does publish estimates of the cost of the exemption from APD for cabin crew. (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tax-relief-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tax-relief-statistics</a>) These estimates are based on published APD revenue statistics and assumptions on the size and class configuration of airplanes for various destinations. (<a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Tax" target="_blank">https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Tax</a>)</p><p><strong> </strong></p>
	creator	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

838371

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/02/2018
	date	07/02/2018
	date tabled	07/02/2018
	ddp created	07/02/2018 20:59:04
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	ddp modified	08/02/2018 16:09:37 20/02/2018 12:40:07
	hansard heading	Plastics: Waste
	house id	1
	identifier	127232
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	20/02/2018 12:08:56
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the timetable is for starting his Department's call for evidence on tax changes and single-use plastic waste.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 127232
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	127232
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>At Autumn Budget, the government announced a call for evidence on how changes to the tax system or charges could cut down on the use of single-use plastics.</p><p>The call for evidence will be launched shortly. The government will outline how it plans to proceed once we have analysed the responses to this call for evidence.</p><p> </p>
	creator	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

847186

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	27/02/2018
	date	22/02/2018
	date tabled	22/02/2018
	ddp created	22/02/2018 19:57:42
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	ddp modified	22/02/2018 20:17:48 27/02/2018 16:55:02
	hansard heading	Treasury: Recruitment
	house id	1
	identifier	129360
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	27/02/2018 16:23:22
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which external recruitment agencies are used by his Department's non-departmental public bodies.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 129360
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	129360
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Neither of Treasury’s non-departmental public bodies: the Royal Mint Advisory Committee or the Office of Budget Responsibility use any external recruitment agencies.</p>
	creator	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

837837

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/02/2018
	date	06/02/2018
	date tabled	06/02/2018
	ddp created	06/02/2018 21:22:51
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	ddp modified	06/02/2018 21:40:52 20/02/2018 09:15:03
	hansard heading	Fracking
	house id	1
	identifier	126868
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	20/02/2018 08:43:38
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the potential future value of shale gas reserves to the public purse; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 126868
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	126868
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) produces forecasts for UK oil &amp; gas tax receipts. Its latest Economic and Fiscal Outlook was published on 22 November 2017:</p><p> </p><p>http://obr.uk/efo/economic-fiscal-outlook-november-2017/</p><p> </p><p>The OBR also produces regular reports on wider trends in the economy that may affect tax revenues in the longer term.</p><p> </p>
	creator	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

845705

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/02/2018
	date	20/02/2018
	date tabled	20/02/2018
	ddp created	20/02/2018 23:51:43
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	ddp modified	21/02/2018 00:02:14 23/02/2018 15:22:02
	hansard heading	Gift Aid
	house id	1
	identifier	128677
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	23/02/2018 14:50:11
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money has been paid out in Gift Aid in each of the past five financial years.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Derbyshire Dales
	tabling member printed	Sir Patrick McLoughlin
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 128677
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	128677
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Statistical information about the amount of Gift Aid tax relief repayments to charities over the last five tax years is available on gov.uk - <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/cost-of-tax-relief" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/cost-of-tax-relief</a>.</p><p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs cannot disclose the names of Gift Aid tax relief recipients due to taxpayer confidentiality.</p>
	creator	333 label Biography information for Lord McLoughlin
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	333 label Biography information for Lord McLoughlin

845706

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/02/2018
	date	20/02/2018
	date tabled	20/02/2018
	ddp created	20/02/2018 23:51:45
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	ddp modified	21/02/2018 00:02:15 23/02/2018 15:22:01
	hansard heading	Gift Aid
	house id	1
	identifier	128678
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	23/02/2018 14:50:11
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, who the top ten recipients of Gift Aid from single payments were in each of the last five financial years.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Derbyshire Dales
	tabling member printed	Sir Patrick McLoughlin
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 128678
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	128678
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Statistical information about the amount of Gift Aid tax relief repayments to charities over the last five tax years is available on gov.uk - <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/cost-of-tax-relief" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/cost-of-tax-relief</a>.</p><p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs cannot disclose the names of Gift Aid tax relief recipients due to taxpayer confidentiality.</p>
	creator	333 label Biography information for Lord McLoughlin
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	333 label Biography information for Lord McLoughlin

836036

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/02/2018
	date	02/02/2018
	date tabled	02/02/2018
	ddp created	02/02/2018 16:09:06
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	ddp modified	02/02/2018 16:22:46 12/02/2018 10:49:04
	hansard heading	Treasury: Land
	house id	1
	identifier	126391
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	12/02/2018 10:18:02
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much land (a) his Department, (b) its agencies, and (c) its non-departmental public bodies owns in (i) England, and (ii) the South West; and how much of that land has been identified as being surplus to requirements.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Filton and Bradley Stoke
	tabling member printed	Jack Lopresti
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 126391
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	126391
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The UK Government is a significant landowner. The current Government Estate Strategy sets out the Government's vision to create an efficient, fit-for-purpose and sustainable estate whose performance matches the best of the private sector. As a Government we are delivering this vision, ensuring that the estate is fit for purpose, is frequently reviewed and aligned to the Estate Strategy, and is managed in an efficient and effective way.</p><p> </p><p>The current landholdings of HM Treasury are shown in the table below. This does not include land previously identified as surplus that has now been disposed. The information is correct at time of publication.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Land in square metres*</p></td><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>South West</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department</p></td><td><p>24,540.33</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Agencies</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-departmental public bodies</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>24,540.33</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The core department owns property that it both occupies and sublets to agencies, non-departmental public bodies and other government departments.</p><p> </p><p>Of the total land HM Treasury holds in England, zero hectares are currently declared as surplus. These figures include agencies and non-departmental public bodies.</p><p> </p><p>* We have interpreted this PQ to require information regarding freehold property only. No information quantifying hectares is available as HM Treasury’s property comprises only buildings.</p>
	creator	3989 label Biography information for Jack Lopresti
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3989 label Biography information for Jack Lopresti