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1006098

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Private Finance Initiative
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's definition is of privately financed in relation to infrastructure projects.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
	uin	190874
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>Private finance is a way to deliver infrastructure projects in which the private sector invests equity and/or lends in order to facilitate the development, delivery, and/or operation of a project, asset or entity with the expectation of earning a return on the investment.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 19/11/2018 13:38:37 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

1006884

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Railways
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what level of capital funding he plans to allocate for the delivery of improvements to rail access related to the expansion of Heathrow Airport.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
	uin	191406
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s position in relation to funding Surface Access at airports is set out in the 2013 Aviation Policy Framework and reiterated in the Airports National Policy Statement which was designated in June 2018. Where a scheme is not solely required to deliver airport capacity and has a wider range of beneficiaries, the Government, along with relevant stakeholders, will consider the need for a public funding contribution alongside an appropriate contribution from the airport on a case by case basis. The Government is supporting Heathrow Surface Access schemes subject to the development of a satisfactory business case and the agreement of acceptable terms with the Heathrow aviation industry.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 19/11/2018 13:29:30 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

1023108

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Bankruptcy: Tax Avoidance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What estimate he has made of the number of people who will be made bankrupt as a result of the 2019 Loan Charge.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
	uin	908142
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises the charge on DR loans will have a significant impact on some people who have used schemes where loans were used to avoid paying tax on earnings.</p><p> </p><p>An impact assessment was published when the measure was announced at Budget 2016.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC wants to help people put things right and has an outstanding track record of helping people, but it can only help those who come forward.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 11/12/2018 17:37:22 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

1012161

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Gold and Foreign Exchange Reserves: Venezuela
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the benefits to the UK of holding gold reserves for the central bank of Venezuela, and (2) the value of gold held by the Bank of England for the central bank of Venezuela; and whether they have a role in intervening if a request is made to repatriate any such gold.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL11688
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>HM Treasury is unable to substantiate whether the Bank of England holds gold for the Central Bank of Venezuela as that is a matter for the Bank of England. HM Treasury has not made an assessment of the benefits to the UK of the Bank of England holding gold reserves for other central banks. Holding gold reserves on behalf of any foreign central bank is a matter for the Bank of England. The Bank of England does not share information on which central banks it holds gold reserves on behalf of or the value of that gold as this would contradict their customer confidentiality obligations.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 05/12/2018 16:54:39 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1012162

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Gold and Foreign Exchange Reserves
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the benefits to the UK of holding gold reserves for other central banks, and (2) the value of gold held by the Bank of England for other central banks.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL11689
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>HM Treasury is unable to substantiate whether the Bank of England holds gold for other central banks as that is a matter for the Bank of England. HM Treasury has not made an assessment of the benefits to the UK of the Bank of England holding gold reserves for other central banks. Holding gold reserves on behalf of any foreign central bank is a matter for the Bank of England. The Bank of England does not share information on which central banks it holds gold reserves on behalf of or the value of that gold as this would contradict their customer confidentiality obligations.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 05/12/2018 16:48:15 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1012163

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Gold and Foreign Exchange Reserves
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have a role in deciding for which foreign governments and central banks the Bank of England should hold gold reserves; and if so, for which foreign governments and central banks the Bank of England holds gold reserves, and in what quantities.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL11690
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>HM Treasury does not have a role in deciding whether the Bank of England holds gold for foreign governments and central banks. HM Treasury is unable to substantiate whether the Bank of England holds gold for particular foreign governments and central banks as that is a matter for the Bank of England. The Bank of England does not share information on which foreign governments and central banks it holds gold reserves on behalf of or the value of that gold as this would contradict their customer confidentiality obligations.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 05/12/2018 16:55:10 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1012545

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Gold and Foreign Exchange Reserves: Venezuela
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will consider a moratorium on any repatriation of gold held by the Bank of England to the government or Central Bank of Venezuela until such time as they are satisfied that any repatriation meets the best interests of the people of that country.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL11737
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>Holding gold reserves on behalf of any foreign central bank is a matter for the Bank of England. The Bank of England does not share information on which central banks it holds gold reserves on behalf of or the value of that gold as this would contradict their customer confidentiality obligations. Repatriation of any gold held at the Bank of England is ultimately a matter for the Bank of England. HM Treasury only has direct control over Government holdings of gold within its official reserves, which are held at the Bank of England.</p><p>The UK fully implements UN, EU and UK domestic sanctions law. The EU sanctions regime on Venezuela, introduced in November 2017, includes targeted asset freezes applied to a number of senior Government officials in the Maduro regime.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 06/12/2018 17:43:17 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1015102

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Mortgages
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what equality impact assessments his Department has made of the provisions in buy to let mortgages to exclude the property from being let to tenants in receipt of benefits.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	195641
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>Decisions around the availability of Buy-to-Let mortgages, including any restrictions, are commercial decisions for lenders, and the Government does not seek to intervene in these decisions.</p><p> </p><p>We are aware that some lenders include restrictions in their mortgage terms that mean the properties against which they lend are not available to tenants who depend on welfare payments to meet the rental costs.</p><p> </p><p>UK Finance has assured us, however, that the majority of active Buy-to-Let lenders do not prevent landlords leasing properties to tenants in receipt of welfare payments. Therefore, any landlord who wants to let to benefit claimants should be able to easily find a lender who will allow that.</p><p> </p><p>The Royal Bank of Scotland, which operates the restriction for landlords with fewer than ten properties, has also announced that it will be conducting a review of its Buy-to-Let policies.</p><p> </p><p>It is also worth noting that only around one third of properties in the private rental sector are owned by Buy-to-Let landlords. The majority are owned outright or financed through other means.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 195642 195643 question first answered 04/12/2018 15:55:22 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1015104

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Mortgages
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations his Department has made of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group in relation to exclusory conditions in that company's Buy To Let mortgages that prevent properties from being let to tenants in receipt of benefits.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	195642
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>Decisions around the availability of Buy-to-Let mortgages, including any restrictions, are commercial decisions for lenders, and the Government does not seek to intervene in these decisions.</p><p> </p><p>We are aware that some lenders include restrictions in their mortgage terms that mean the properties against which they lend are not available to tenants who depend on welfare payments to meet the rental costs.</p><p> </p><p>UK Finance has assured us, however, that the majority of active Buy-to-Let lenders do not prevent landlords leasing properties to tenants in receipt of welfare payments. Therefore, any landlord who wants to let to benefit claimants should be able to easily find a lender who will allow that.</p><p> </p><p>The Royal Bank of Scotland, which operates the restriction for landlords with fewer than ten properties, has also announced that it will be conducting a review of its Buy-to-Let policies.</p><p> </p><p>It is also worth noting that only around one third of properties in the private rental sector are owned by Buy-to-Let landlords. The majority are owned outright or financed through other means.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 195641 195643 question first answered 04/12/2018 15:55:22 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1015105

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Mortgages
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ban provisions in buy to let mortgages that exclude properties from being let to tenants in receipt of benefits.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	195643
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>Decisions around the availability of Buy-to-Let mortgages, including any restrictions, are commercial decisions for lenders, and the Government does not seek to intervene in these decisions.</p><p> </p><p>We are aware that some lenders include restrictions in their mortgage terms that mean the properties against which they lend are not available to tenants who depend on welfare payments to meet the rental costs.</p><p> </p><p>UK Finance has assured us, however, that the majority of active Buy-to-Let lenders do not prevent landlords leasing properties to tenants in receipt of welfare payments. Therefore, any landlord who wants to let to benefit claimants should be able to easily find a lender who will allow that.</p><p> </p><p>The Royal Bank of Scotland, which operates the restriction for landlords with fewer than ten properties, has also announced that it will be conducting a review of its Buy-to-Let policies.</p><p> </p><p>It is also worth noting that only around one third of properties in the private rental sector are owned by Buy-to-Let landlords. The majority are owned outright or financed through other means.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 195641 195642 question first answered 04/12/2018 15:55:22 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft