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771384

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made on the effect on the wine and spirit industry of the 3.9 per cent increase in duty paid.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	107904
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>As for every Finance Bill measure, HMRC provided a Tax Impact Information Note which included an impact assessment of alcohol duty changes. This can be found online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/alcohol-duty-rate-changes/alcohol-duty-rate-changes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/alcohol-duty-rate-changes/alcohol-duty-rate-changes</a></p><p> </p><p>The government keeps all taxes under review at fiscal events, and we will consider this issue carefully as part of the Autumn Budget process. Any changes to alcohol duties need to take account of a wide range of factors, including the Exchequer impact, the impact on businesses and consumers, public health and the distributional impact of reform.</p><p> </p><p>Until exit negotiations are concluded, the UK remains a full member of the European Union and all the rights and obligations of EU membership remain in force. We will seek to achieve the right deal for Britain and for the EU.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 107905 107906 107907 question first answered 19/10/2017 15:10:16 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

771386

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps his Department is taking to support the wine and spirits industry after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	107905
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>As for every Finance Bill measure, HMRC provided a Tax Impact Information Note which included an impact assessment of alcohol duty changes. This can be found online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/alcohol-duty-rate-changes/alcohol-duty-rate-changes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/alcohol-duty-rate-changes/alcohol-duty-rate-changes</a></p><p> </p><p>The government keeps all taxes under review at fiscal events, and we will consider this issue carefully as part of the Autumn Budget process. Any changes to alcohol duties need to take account of a wide range of factors, including the Exchequer impact, the impact on businesses and consumers, public health and the distributional impact of reform.</p><p> </p><p>Until exit negotiations are concluded, the UK remains a full member of the European Union and all the rights and obligations of EU membership remain in force. We will seek to achieve the right deal for Britain and for the EU.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 107904 107906 107907 question first answered 19/10/2017 15:10:16 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

771388

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to halt the planned increases in wine and spirits duty.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	107906
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>As for every Finance Bill measure, HMRC provided a Tax Impact Information Note which included an impact assessment of alcohol duty changes. This can be found online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/alcohol-duty-rate-changes/alcohol-duty-rate-changes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/alcohol-duty-rate-changes/alcohol-duty-rate-changes</a></p><p> </p><p>The government keeps all taxes under review at fiscal events, and we will consider this issue carefully as part of the Autumn Budget process. Any changes to alcohol duties need to take account of a wide range of factors, including the Exchequer impact, the impact on businesses and consumers, public health and the distributional impact of reform.</p><p> </p><p>Until exit negotiations are concluded, the UK remains a full member of the European Union and all the rights and obligations of EU membership remain in force. We will seek to achieve the right deal for Britain and for the EU.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 107904 107905 107907 question first answered 19/10/2017 15:10:16 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

771389

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review the planned increases to the duty applied to wines and spirits in the November budget.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	107907
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>As for every Finance Bill measure, HMRC provided a Tax Impact Information Note which included an impact assessment of alcohol duty changes. This can be found online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/alcohol-duty-rate-changes/alcohol-duty-rate-changes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/alcohol-duty-rate-changes/alcohol-duty-rate-changes</a></p><p> </p><p>The government keeps all taxes under review at fiscal events, and we will consider this issue carefully as part of the Autumn Budget process. Any changes to alcohol duties need to take account of a wide range of factors, including the Exchequer impact, the impact on businesses and consumers, public health and the distributional impact of reform.</p><p> </p><p>Until exit negotiations are concluded, the UK remains a full member of the European Union and all the rights and obligations of EU membership remain in force. We will seek to achieve the right deal for Britain and for the EU.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 107904 107905 107906 question first answered 19/10/2017 15:10:16 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

750844

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Sick Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost of sickness pay to staff in his Department was in the most recent year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Dundee East
	tabling member printed	Stewart Hosie
	uin	4275
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>We are unable to provide a figure for the actual cost of sickness pay - this information could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>However, from 1 January to 31 December 2016, 3,289 days were lost to sickness absence by employees in the Treasury. This equates to a figure of 2.6 days average working day lost per employee.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 19/07/2017 15:07:46 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	1514 label Biography information for Stewart Hosie

753390

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Consultants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether, and at what cost, his Department contracted consultants to carry out (a) marketing, (b) focus group, (c) polling and (d) other promotional activity relating to his Department's responsibilities in 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Dundee East
	tabling member printed	Stewart Hosie
	uin	5672
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2017 answer text <p>The total marketing spend in 2016/17 was £785,261. This is for invoices paid during the period April 2016 to March 2017. Any spend over £25,000 can be found by following the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/25000-spend" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/25000-spend</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 21/07/2017 12:46:54 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	1514 label Biography information for Stewart Hosie

750847

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Advertising
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was spent on advertising by (a) his Department and (b) each of its (i) non-departmental public bodies and (ii) executive agencies in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Dundee East
	tabling member printed	Stewart Hosie
	uin	4278
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The total Treasury’s spending on advertising since 2010 was £18,877,108 which is split as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Department</p></td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HM Treasury (1)</p></td><td><p>331,366</p></td><td><p>21,240</p></td><td><p>35,745</p></td><td><p>210,217</p></td><td><p>2,020,920</p></td><td><p>5,983,746</p></td><td><p>7,750,402</p></td><td><p>12,154</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Debt Management Office (2)</p></td><td><p>130,250</p></td><td><p>56,650</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>1,194</p></td><td><p>878</p></td><td><p>13,355</p></td><td><p>3,536</p></td><td><p>7,518</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Office for Budget Responsibility</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1,230</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Government Internal Audit Agency</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>33,036</p></td><td><p>11,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asset Protection Agency</p></td><td><p>28,767</p></td><td><p>130,150</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1,495</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Office of Government Commerce</p></td><td><p>64,685</p></td><td><p>26,003</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>(1) 2013-14 includes advertising for Help to Buy – 2013-14 (£1.69m), 2014-15 (£2.28m), 2015-16 (£0.14m) and Pension Wise – 2014-15 (£3.74m), 2015-16 (£4.77m), 2016-17 (£0.06m)</p><p>(2) Includes advertising costs for gilt auctions which are now discontinued</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 17/07/2017 12:39:25 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	1514 label Biography information for Stewart Hosie

751656

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Soft Drinks: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the Soft Drinks Industry Levy to include milk-based products.
	tabling member constituency	Dundee East
	tabling member printed	Stewart Hosie
	uin	4785
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The government has committed to review the exemption for milk-based products in 2020 based on evidence from Public Health England on the progress the industry has made on reformulating their products.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 18/07/2017 14:52:46 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	1514 label Biography information for Stewart Hosie

750843

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Information Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse was of his Department's communications team in 2016-17, and what the projected costs are for 2017-18.
	tabling member constituency	Dundee East
	tabling member printed	Stewart Hosie
	uin	4279
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The cost for running HM Treasury Communication department, including all staff and running costs in 2016-17 was £1,950,886 , a reduction of over a quarter of the 2009/10 spend<strong><strong><br> <br> </strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 17/07/2017 11:33:10 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	1514 label Biography information for Stewart Hosie

753391

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Administration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which administrative functions of his Department are carried out on premises in (a) England and (b) London; and what administration costs were associated with those functions in each of those two areas in 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Dundee East
	tabling member printed	Stewart Hosie
	uin	5673
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2017 answer text <p>The Treasury has two office locations (1Horse Guards Road, London and Norwich).</p><p> </p><p>The 2016-17 cost of the administrative functions can be found in the Annual Report and Accounts under operating expenditure, on the Financial Statements, which will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 21/07/2017 12:44:53 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	1514 label Biography information for Stewart Hosie