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968803

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2018
	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 whether air passenger duty is applied to flights from Northern Ireland to other parts of the UK; and if so, what plans they have to introduce a rate of 0 per cent.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kilclooney
	uin	HL10087
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>Flights between regions of the UK are subject to the short haul rate of Air Passenger Duty. Under State aid rules, it is not possible to vary tax rates for domestic flights only.</p><p> </p><p>The government has made a number of reforms to reduce the effect of APD on consumers, including exempting children on economy flights. This could save a family of four £52 on a roundtrip within the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Like all taxes, Air Passenger Duty remains under review. In June we closed a call for evidence on ‘VAT, Air Passenger Duty and tourism in Northern Ireland’. It is the government’s intention to report at Budget.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 14/09/2018 13:35:00 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	657 label Biography information for Lord Kilclooney

968805

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Construction: VAT
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure prompt repayment of VAT to small building contractors where zero-rated supplies are made in connection with constructing new housing; and whether they will ensure that HMRC adheres to the 30 day target for refunds unless it has first provided compelling reasons for not doing so.
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Lytton
	uin	HL10089
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>On receipt of a VAT claim return, HMRC will issue an automated refund within 6 working days for the vast majority of customers, including most small business contractors.</p><p> </p><p>Where there is an exception to this automated process and the customer has provided all the required information, HMRC will strive to adhere to the 30 day turnaround. Current performance level is over 95% of refunds issued within 30 days.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 14/09/2018 13:34:46 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	1864 label Biography information for The Earl of Lytton

971230

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Economic Situation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that the UK economy may face a short-term slowdown in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL10226
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government has published its White Paper on the future relationship, which is our vision for a bold, ambitious and innovative new partnership with the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The Government remains confident the UK and EU will agree a mutually advantageous deal. Leaving the EU without a deal is in neither side’s interests.</p><p> </p><p>Once the Government has agreed a deal with the EU we will provide Parliament with the appropriate analysis of that deal ahead of the vote on the final deal.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 19/09/2018 11:20:09 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

971918

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Financial Services: VAT
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to recover any VAT tax receipts from City businesses lost in the event of a no-deal Brexit; and what estimate they have made of the amount of any such loss.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL10278
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text <p>It is our duty as a responsible Government to prepare for all possible outcomes of negotiations with the EU, including the unlikely scenario in which no mutually satisfactory agreement can be reached. This is why the Government will continue to publish a series of Technical Notices to help businesses and citizens prepare in the event of a ‘no deal’ scenario. However, the Government does not want, nor expect, this scenario to arise.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 19/09/2018 11:19:51 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

972745

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Fuels: Excise Duties
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the estimated annual cost of their decision to suspend annual increases on fuel duty since 2010.
	tabling member printed	Lord Snape
	uin	HL10326
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text <p>The freeze in fuel duty announced at Autumn Budget 2017 is forecast to cost the Exchequer £830 million in its first year. These costs continue in future years.</p><p> </p><p>Freezes since 2011 have meant the Exchequer has not collected around £46 billion in revenues through to 2018-19, and a further £38 billion will be foregone over the Budget forecast period as a result of these previously announced freezes.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 19/09/2018 11:21:06 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	319 label Biography information for Lord Snape

973435

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Cooperatives
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase the number of co-operative companies and institutes in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL10361
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text <p>This Government recognises the value of co-operatives and other mutually owned businesses. The Government’s policy is to maintain a level playing field between co-operatives and other legal forms.</p><p> </p><p>In 2014, the coalition government introduced a number of measures to support the co-operative sector, including consolidating all the existing laws, to make it easier for societies to understand and apply the legislative framework and the rules governing them. The coalition government also simplified the electronic registration process to help new societies start up.</p><p> </p><p>In February 2018 the Government brought forward a measure to bring audit requirements for small co-operatives into line with those for small companies. This measure came into force on 6 April, and will save growing societies thousands of pounds in auditors’ fees that companies of the same size do not have to pay.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 19/09/2018 11:24:25 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

979710

	registered interest
	date	01/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Pre-payment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will conduct a review of providers of pre-payment plans, and of the sales practices of such providers, with a view to appropriate regulation of this sector.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Goudie
	uin	HL10367
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>I have interpreted this question as relating to the pre-paid funeral plan market. The government launched a call for evidence into the regulation of the pre-paid funeral plan market in June 2018, having concluded that the current framework of self-regulation is not sufficient to ensure the fair treatment of consumers. We are currently reviewing the submissions and a response will be published in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 16/10/2018 12:34:14 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	3575 label Biography information for Baroness Goudie

980117

	registered interest
	date	01/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Probate
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they made of the efficiency of the probate processing by HMRC.
	tabling member printed	Lord Birt
	uin	HL10386
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>HMRC is responsible for processing Inheritance Tax accounts, required before probate can be applied for. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has recently commissioned the Office of Tax Simplification to look at ways in which the overall process can be simplified.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 16/10/2018 12:33:35 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

980118

	registered interest
	date	01/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Inheritance Tax
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, from the date they are first received, what is the current average time taken by HMRC to agree the IHT400 return calculations for estates in the bands (1) up to £1 million, (2) from £1–5 million, and (3) from £5–10 million; and in each band, what is the average time taken to issue a clearance.
	tabling member printed	Lord Birt
	uin	HL10387
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>HMRC cannot provide average times or break the data down into bands for the value of the estate as this information is not readily available and could only be compiled at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Since 6 April 2018 over 95% of IHT400 returns submitted to HMRC were processed within 15 working days of receipt.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 16/10/2018 12:33:10 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

980119

	registered interest
	date	01/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Inheritance Tax
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average time taken by the Valuation Office to provide advice to HMRC on estates valued in the bands (1) up to £1 million, (2) from £1–5 million, and (3) from £5–10 million.
	tabling member printed	Lord Birt
	uin	HL10388
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The Valuation Office Agency does not hold the information requested.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017-18, the VOA cleared its initial appraisals of inheritance tax cases, referred to it by HMRC, within an average of five working days, meeting its target.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 16/10/2018 12:33:53 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt