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1126608

registered interest
date	14/05/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Electronic Publishing: VAT Zero Rating
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the amendment to the EU VAT Directive agreed in October 2018, whether there is any impediment preventing the UK from zero-rating VAT on e-publications.
tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
tabling member printed	Steve Double
uin	254223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>Following changes to the EU Value Added Tax (VAT) Directive which took effect in December 2018, Member States may equalise the VAT treatment of physical publications and e-publications.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps all taxes under review, including VAT on e-publications.</p><p> </p><p>Any amendments to the UK VAT regime as it applies to physical publications and e-publications must be carefully assessed against policy, economic and fiscal considerations.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 254224 question first answered 22/05/2019 11:04:16 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double

1126609

registered interest
date	14/05/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Electronic Publishing: VAT Zero Rating
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons ebooks are not zero-rated to protect the accessibility of knowledge.
tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
tabling member printed	Steve Double
uin	254224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>Following changes to the EU Value Added Tax (VAT) Directive which took effect in December 2018, Member States may equalise the VAT treatment of physical publications and e-publications.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps all taxes under review, including VAT on e-publications.</p><p> </p><p>Any amendments to the UK VAT regime as it applies to physical publications and e-publications must be carefully assessed against policy, economic and fiscal considerations.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 254223 question first answered 22/05/2019 11:04:16 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double

1126530

registered interest
date	14/05/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Tax Yields
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the amount of tax revenue accrued was from UK small businesses in 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	254129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>Total tax revenue accrued from micro and small sized businesses combined was estimated to be approximately £120 billion in 2016/17. An estimate for 2017/18 will not become available until Autumn 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The estimate given includes Self-Assessment Income Tax and Class 4 National Insurance Contributions (NICs), Corporation Tax, VAT, and Pay As You Earn Income Tax and Class 1 NICs. The definition of micro and small sized businesses used is consistent with the EU definition where possible. HMRC works to collect tax due under UK law from all businesses, regardless of size, in the most cost effective way.</p><p> </p><p>The government has also taken a number of steps which benefit small businesses through the tax system. Since Budget 2016 the government has announced reductions to business rates worth more than £13bn over the next five years. NICs bills are also reduced by up to £3,000 for over one million employers, and the UK is also highly competitive, with the lowest overall corporation tax rate in the G20 at 19%. The rate is legislated to fall further to 17% in 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 22/05/2019 10:54:08 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1126056

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	BBC: National Insurance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the BBC of the additional employers' national insurance contributions due as a result of the ruling by HMRC on personal service companies.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	253536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>I cannot comment on individual tax affairs.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 253537 question first answered 21/05/2019 15:36:25 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1126057

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	BBC: Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the BBC on potential tax liabilities arising on the beneficiaries of any settlement reached by the BBC with HMRC over the tax now due by presenters who had previously been paid through personal service companies.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	253537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>I cannot comment on individual tax affairs.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 253536 question first answered 21/05/2019 15:36:25 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

1129975

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
answering body	Leader of the House
answering dept id	34
answering dept short name	Leader of the House
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
hansard heading	Representative Money
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Leader of the House, how much Representative Money has been made available to elected Members who have not taken the Oath since it was introduced in 2006.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	260565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>Under a resolution of the House, Representative Money is provided to opposition parties represented by Members who have chosen not to take the Oath.</p><p>The method of calculation for both Representative Money and Short Money is detailed in a comprehensive House of Commons Library briefing note on the subject: https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/SN01663</p><p>Budget allocations for Representative Money since 2005-6 are published in Appendix 4 of this document.</p><p>There has been a requirement to publish the amounts paid since 2016-17 onwards and these are set out on the Parliament website at the following link:<br>https://www.parliament.uk/site-information/foi/transparency-publications/hoc-transparency-publications/financial-information/financial-assistance-to-opposition-parties/</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 10/06/2019 16:32:07 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1129872

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
answering body	Leader of the House
answering dept id	34
answering dept short name	Leader of the House
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
hansard heading	Early Years Ministerial Group on Family Support
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Leader of the House, who will Chair the ministerial group on family support from conception to the age of two; and when the review by that group is planned to be published.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	260008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Early Years Family Support Ministerial Group is considering how the Government can improve the coordination and cost-effectiveness of early years (conception to age 2) family support and identify gaps in available provision. The decision to appoint a new Chair is a matter for the Prime Minister to decide, and the Group will make recommendations to Secretaries of State in due course.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 10/06/2019 16:30:59 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1126256

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Retail Trade: Urban Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he is taking to support the economic sustainability of the high street.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	253560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>At Budget 2018, the Government set out Our Plan for the High Street to help local high streets to evolve and adapt to changing consumer demands. This included a cut for smaller retailers to business rates by a third for two years from 1 April 2019. The Government also announced a new £675m Future High Streets Fund to support local areas to make high streets fit for the future. £55 million of the Fund has also been allocated to support the regeneration of historic high streets and town centres.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 21/05/2019 15:40:18 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith