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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

980120

	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 current average time taken to provide a full and final response to executors once the Valuation Office has provided its advice to HMRC.
	tabling member printed	Lord Birt
	uin	HL10389
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>HMRC does not hold this information. Once Valuation Office Agency has provided advice, HMRC seek to write to the executor within 15 days of receiving that advice.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 16/10/2018 12:33:21 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

980130

	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	Electronic Funds Transfer: Fraud
	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 that funds obtained by authorised push payment fraud are traced and recovered.
	tabling member printed	Lord Chadlington
	uin	HL10399
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government takes all fraud extremely seriously and recognises the harm that authorised push payment scams can cause. The Government has created the Joint Fraud Taskforce, which brings together government, the banks and law enforcement to develop a collective response to fraud. The objectives of the Taskforce are to protect the public and businesses from fraud, reduce the impact of fraud on victims, and increase the disruption and prosecution of fraudsters.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, the government has established the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) with a statutory objective to ensure that the UK’s payment systems work in the interests of their users. The PSR has convened an Authorised Push Payment (APP) Scams Steering Group, made up of an equal number of both industry and consumer group representatives. On 28 September 2018 this steering group published a draft voluntary code which sets out the circumstances in which payment services providers (e.g. banks) would be responsible for reimbursing APP fraud victims who have acted appropriately. This draft voluntary code is an important step forwards towards better and more consistent protection for consumers and standards for industry.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 16/10/2018 12:35:02 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	3318 label Biography information for Lord Chadlington

983070

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	UK Trade with EU: Customs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what advice his Department is providing to importers on how to make customs declarations on goods arriving from EU member states after 29 March 2018 in the event that such declarations are required.
	tabling member constituency	Harwich and North Essex
	tabling member printed	Sir Bernard Jenkin
	uin	175776
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>On 23 August, HMRC published Technical Notices on Customs, Excise and VAT procedures that would apply under no deal arrangements and the implications for businesses. HMRC has also written to 145,000 traders over the VAT threshold who currently only trade with the EU to explain the changes and to encourage them to look at the existing rest of world guidance on GOV.UK. We have also published our letter to EU only traders on GOV.UK.</p><p>We know that there would be some additional smaller businesses impacted who are not currently registered for VAT. We have engaged with trade and business representative bodies who have greater knowledge and access to these businesses. We plan to communicate through these groups, so that these smaller businesses are told about any implications. We will shortly publish a partnership pack that these representative bodies can use in their own communications.</p><p>To support the customs intermediaries sector to expand ahead of March 2019 HM Treasury and HMRC have also designed a package of measures which includes a one-off investment of £8 million to support broker training and increased automation.</p><p>HMRC’s communications plans have a phased approach and later in the year they will provide more information on what people can do should they wish to make preparations.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 16/10/2018 16:51:55 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	40 label Biography information for Sir Bernard Jenkin

982501

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Written Statement of 13 March 2018 on Spring Statement, HCWS540, how much of that funding he has allocated to (a) programmes, (b) administration and (c) staffing in his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	175814
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>HM Treasury has allocated over £2 billion of additional funding to departments and the Devolved Administrations for EU exit preparations so far. This breaks down as:</p><p> </p><p>£412m of additional funding over the spending review period for the Department for Exiting the European Union, Department for International Trade and the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office at Autumn Statement 2016.</p><p> </p><p>£286m of additional funding for 17/18 (a full breakdown of which can be found in Supplementary Estimates 17/18).</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Over £1.5bn of additional funding for 18/19. A full breakdown of which can be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS540, laid on the 13th March (<a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/</a>)</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury was allocated £24.8m for costs arising as the UK leave the EU in the Spring Statement 2018. The final breakdown between programme and administration spend will be confirmed in the Supplementary Estimates. Staffing forms part of administration spend, and it is currently estimated that most of the department’s additional funding related to work on leaving the EU for 18/19 will be spent on staffing.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 16/10/2018 15:31:48 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

983253

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Mutual Societies: Australia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had discussions with his Australian counterpart on the Australian Government's proposed Treasury Laws Amendment (Mutual Entities) Bill; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	175840
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>HM Treasury has had no discussions with the Australian Government on the proposed Treasury Laws Amendment (Mutual Entities) Bill.</p><p> </p><p>The Government remains committed to supporting co-operatives, credit unions, building societies and other mutual legal forms as part of a diverse and resilient economy which offers choice to consumers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 16/10/2018 16:03:11 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

982556

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Freezing of Assets: Russia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assets have been frozen under the Andrey Lugovoy and Dmitri Kovtun Freezing Orders 2016 and 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
	tabling member printed	John McDonnell
	uin	175841
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The Treasury imposed an asset freeze on Lugovoy and Kovtun on 22 January 2016 by making a freezing order under the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001. The duration of such an order is two years. On 22 January 2018 a new order was made under the Act.</p><p> </p><p>In the ‘Andrey Lugovoy and Dmitri Kovtun Freezing Order 2018’ Debate before the House of Lords on 20 February 2018, Lord Young of Cookham made clear to the House that during the two-year period of the first order, HM Treasury had received no information in respect of the designations in place against Lugovoy and Kovtun.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 16/10/2018 16:06:20 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

982557

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Money Laundering: EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions the Government has had with (a) the EU Council presidency and (b) EU member states on the scope of obligations on trust in relation to financial transparency.
	tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
	tabling member printed	John McDonnell
	uin	175842
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government engaged with both the European Commission and EU Member States (including those holding the rotating Presidency of the EU Council) on expanding national registers of trust beneficial ownership as part of the negotiations of the Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (5AMLD).</p><p> </p><p>5AMLD requires an expansion of the scope of such registers from ‘trusts with a tax consequence’ to all express trusts and non-EU trusts which acquire real estate or have a business relationship within the EU. Access to this register will also be extended to firms regulated for anti-money laundering purposes, and those with a legitimate interest in the information.</p><p> </p><p>5AMLD has a transposition deadline during January 2020. This falls within the implementation period, and so the UK will transpose this Directive. The Government will consult on the transposition of the Directive in due course.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 16/10/2018 16:11:07 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

982558

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Sergei Skripal and Yulia Skripal
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government has frozen the assets of the suspects in the Skripal incident under section 4 of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001.
	tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
	tabling member printed	John McDonnell
	uin	175843
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>To date, no order has been made under section 4 of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 for any person suspected of involvement in the events in Salisbury.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 16/10/2018 16:04:53 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

982566

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Sanctions: Russia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place a list of all economic sanctions on Russia in the Library.
	tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
	tabling member printed	John McDonnell
	uin	175847
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>There are three financial sanctions regimes pertaining to Russia currently implemented in the UK. Information on these is published here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/financial-sanctions-ukraine" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/financial-sanctions-ukraine</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/financial-sanctions-ukraine-sovereignty-and-territorial-integrity" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/financial-sanctions-ukraine-sovereignty-and-territorial-integrity</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/financial-sanctions-ukraine-sovereignty-and-territorial-integrity" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/financial-sanctions-ukraine-sovereignty-and-territorial-integrity</a></p><p> </p><p>All Russian persons and entities subject to financial sanctions and those separately subject to specific sectoral sanctions are published on gov.uk here:</p><p><a href="http://hmt-sanctions.s3.amazonaws.com/sanctionsconlist.htm" target="_blank">http://hmt-sanctions.s3.amazonaws.com/sanctionsconlist.htm</a></p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/354155/ukrainesecuritieslist.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/354155/ukrainesecuritieslist.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 16/10/2018 15:59:19 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

982567

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Money Laundering
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the register of People with significant control to tackle money laundering.
	tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
	tabling member printed	John McDonnell
	uin	175848
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government has a statutory obligation to review the operation of the People with Significant Control register in 2019. This review will consider statistics on the operation of the register and evidence from the main users (law enforcement, obliged entities and civil society) and from the companies that supply the information.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 16/10/2018 16:00:29 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

982863

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Credit: Interest Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to take steps to prevent rental purchase retailers from charging in excess of twice the value of the goods sold over the contract period; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
	uin	175949
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government has fundamentally reformed regulation of the consumer credit market, including high-cost credit, transferring regulatory responsibility from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on 1 April 2014. This more robust regulatory system is helping to deliver the Government’s vision for a well-functioning and sustainable consumer credit market which is able to meet the needs of all consumers.</p><p> </p><p>The Government welcomed the FCA’s update on it’s high-cost credit review in May. The FCA has identified a need to intervene to protect vulnerable consumers in the rent-to-own market, and is considering a cap on the cost of rent-to-own. The government will continue to work with the FCA to ensure that all high-cost credit customers are treated fairly.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 16/10/2018 15:58:03 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

983234

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Air Pollution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress he has made on implementing the findings of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Environmental Audit; Health and Social Care; and Transport Committees joint report, Improving air quality, published on 15 March 2018, HC 433, in relation to aligning HM Treasury policies with clean air objectives.
	tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
	uin	175972
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>As set out in the government’s response to the Improving Air Quality report, HM Treasury sees tax and spending policy as playing an important role in tackling climate change and reducing air pollution. For spending measures, HM Treasury scrutinises departments’ application of the Green Book’s guidance, including air quality impacts, on an ongoing basis.</p><p>With regard to incorporating air quality pollutants into vehicle taxation, laboratory tests cannot currently measure NOx to a level of accuracy comparable with real-world driving emissions. Therefore, the VED system is based on CO2 only, as this allows for a banded system to be implemented. At Autumn Budget 2017, the government announced a temporary levy on new diesel cars to encourage manufacturers to bring forward the next generation clean diesels.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 16/10/2018 15:34:23 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

983335

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Company Cars: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on consumers of the increase in company car tax since 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
	uin	175973
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>Where an employer provides a company car to their employee and that car is available for private travel, the company car tax applies. This reflects the taxable benefit provided to an employee as part of their remuneration package.</p><p> </p><p>Consumers may choose zero and ultra low emission models which attract a significantly reduced tax liability compared to conventionally fuelled alternatives.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 16/10/2018 15:27:23 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

982700

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Customs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the White Paper entitled The future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union, published in July 2018, how the facilitated customs arrangement set out in that White Paper will operate for UK exports which are sent via Rotterdam to non-EU destinations around the world.
	tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
	tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
	uin	176057
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The Facilitated Customs Arrangement (FCA) would remove the need for customs processes between the UK and the EU. The UK also proposes a range of unilateral and bilateral facilitations to reduce frictions for UK trade with the rest of the world. The details of the arrangement will be subject to negotiation with the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 16/10/2018 17:09:35 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

982532

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Houses: Closures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps his Department is taking to prevent pub closures.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	uin	176065
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The government remains committed to supporting pubs and we have taken action to this end – including cuts to business rates worth over £10 billion by 2023 and a £1,000 business rates discounts for small and medium pubs.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, at Autumn Budget 2017 the government announced a freeze to all alcohol duties. Cuts to alcohol taxes since 2013 mean the average tax on a pint of beer is estimated to be 12p lower than it otherwise would have been, showing the government’s continued support for the country’s local pubs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 16/10/2018 15:23:56 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

983154

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to improve the time it takes the Valuation Office Agency to process appeals against business rate decisions.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	176217
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government introduced the new business rate appeal system Check, Challenge, Appeal (CCA) in April 2017. Under the old system, many appeals were submitted with little or no evidence, causing delay, and the lack of evidence meant the VOA couldn’t separate genuine appeals from speculative ones.</p><p>Under CCA, ratepayers can check the facts held about their property and view their valuation before deciding whether to challenge it. If they go on to challenge they must provide the full evidence for their challenge, giving the VOA the opportunity to address and resolve the issues. This minimises uncertainty, ensuring businesses reach a resolution quicker, without the automatic need for an appeal to the independent Valuation Tribunal.</p><p>Official VOA statistics released on 16 August 2018 show that as of 30 June 2018, most checks are being resolved within three months and most challenges within six months.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 16/10/2018 16:52:20 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

983155

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Small Businesses: Non-domestic Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to take account of (a) housing costs and (b) all other elements of the local cost of living in the calculation of small business rates relief.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	176218
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>Business rates are charged on most non-domestic properties, and small business rate relief applies uniformly across England where a business property’s rateable value is less that £15,000.</p><p> </p><p>Where a business occupies more than one property, the total value of all their property must be below £28,000 in London, or £20,000 in the rest of England, to be eligible for small business rate relief.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to considering the feasibility of replacing small business rate relief with a business rates allowance for small businesses once local authority and HMRC systems are linked in line with our planned digitalisation of business rates.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 176219 question first answered 16/10/2018 16:51:14 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

983156

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Small Businesses: Non-domestic Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the validity of the recommendation by the Federation of Small Businesses that the rates relief rule which penalises a small business taking on additional premises be abolished and replaced with a personal threshold which is applied to multiple properties owned by one business; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	176219
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>Business rates are charged on most non-domestic properties, and small business rate relief applies uniformly across England where a business property’s rateable value is less that £15,000.</p><p> </p><p>Where a business occupies more than one property, the total value of all their property must be below £28,000 in London, or £20,000 in the rest of England, to be eligible for small business rate relief.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to considering the feasibility of replacing small business rate relief with a business rates allowance for small businesses once local authority and HMRC systems are linked in line with our planned digitalisation of business rates.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 176218 question first answered 16/10/2018 16:51:14 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

983318

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of the modelling that the Government is using to assess the potential disruption at the UK border in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	176276
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government is undertaking a wide range of ongoing analysis in support of our EU exit negotiations and preparations. This analysis helps define our future partnership with the EU, and informs our understanding of how EU exit will affect the UK’s domestic policies and frameworks.</p><p>Ministers have a responsibility, which Parliament has endorsed, not to release information relevant to ongoing negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 16/10/2018 16:49:42 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

982601

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Social Services: Minimum Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many social care employers have been subject to any form of action by HMRC for failing to keep sufficient minimum wage records in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	176287
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The government is determined to ensure that everyone who is entitled to the National Minimum and Living Wage (NMW) receives it. Anyone who feels they have been unpaid NMW should contact Acas helpline on 0300 123 1100 or via the online complaints form at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pay-and-work-rights-complaints" target="_blank">gov.uk</a>. HMRC reviews all complaints that are referred to them.</p><p> </p><p>As referenced in the answer to your question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=169367" target="_blank">169367</a>, most NMW cases are subject to civil (non-criminal) sanctions, the consequences of which includes fines of up to 200% of the determined underpayment, and public naming.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC NMW investigations take into account all non-compliance risks - of which lack of adequate records might be one - and a case is closed by a Notice of Underpayment (NOUs) which covers multiple risks. We do not hold data in a format that distinguishes record keeping from other risks identified.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 16/10/2018 16:48:47 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

982804

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Childcare Vouchers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on the household finances of families with young children of closing the childcare voucher scheme to new entrants from 4 October 2018; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
	tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
	uin	176348
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>This Government is committed to supporting families and we will be spending around £6 billion every year by 2020 in childcare support – more than ever before.</p><p> </p><p>Tax-free Childcare, unlike vouchers, helps parents with higher childcare costs more, which is usually those with younger children. Therefore the transition is likely to have a positive effect on parents with younger children. This is because Tax-Free Childcare is paid per child rather than per parent and provides up to £2,000 in government support per child.</p><p> </p><p>Childcare vouchers closed to new applicants only in October 2018. There is no impact on parents already using childcare vouchers, who will be able to continue using vouchers as long as they work for the same employer and their employer continues to offer them.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 16/10/2018 09:56:48 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron