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1504815

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	UK Infrastructure Bank: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many UK Infrastructure Bank staff have been appointed to be based in (a) Leeds and (b) rest of the UK as of 5 September 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	47639
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2022 answer text <p>At 5 September 2022, the UK Infrastructure Bank has a total workforce of 160, including interim contractors and government secondees. More than 40% of this total workforce are based in Leeds.</p><p> </p><p>Of these, 15 are permanent employees of which 10 are contracted to Leeds and 5 are contracted to London. All those contracted to London transferred on their existing terms from the Infrastructure and Projects Authority. The Bank’s Chief Executive and the permanent Executive Directors are all contracted to Leeds.</p><p> </p><p>The Bank is now recruiting its permanent workforce. By late 2023, it is intended that 90% of the Bank’s staff will be based outside of London, with the majority of those in Leeds.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 14/09/2022 09:30:03 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1520713

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2022
	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, if his Department has plans to help support people selling their homes following a number of banks withdrawing mortgages.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	61323
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>There remains a broad range of mortgage products on the market, and those looking to take out a mortgage are encouraged to shop around and speak to a mortgage broker.</p><p> </p><p>The pricing and availability of loans is a commercial decision for lenders in which the Government does not intervene. Likewise, it would not be appropriate for the Government to intervene in individual house sales.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 19/10/2022 16:23:26 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1521966

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Voluntary Contributions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to streamline the process of making voluntary contributions to the Government.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	62965
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <p>Individuals can make a voluntary contribution to the Government for the purposes of public spending or reducing the National Debt. Individuals can arrange a direct bank transfer to HM Treasury for donations in general towards public expenditure or can make a contribution to the Donations and Bequests account in the form of cash or UK government securities for reducing the National Debt. There are no plans to change the process for making a voluntary contribution, as it is clearly set out in guidelines published by the Debt Management Office.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 21/10/2022 13:54:10 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1521980

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Voluntary Contributions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the amount the Government received in voluntary contributions via direct bank transfer to the Treasury in the 2021-22 financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	62966
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text The total amount received from voluntary contributions specifically for the reduction of the national debt is published annually in the annual Report and Accounts of the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt receipts and payments, which can be found on the Debt Management Office’s website. The web link to the publicly available information is provided as follow:<p> </p>https://www.dmo.gov.uk/media/hf5l1t1t/crndrep2022.pdf answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 21/10/2022 13:58:05 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1134157

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Homelessness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to include funding for homelessness services in his forthcoming spending review.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	268574
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to addressing the issue of homelessness. We have allocated over £1.2 billion in homelessness funding to 2020. This includes £100 million for the Rough Sleeping Strategy, to help achieve the Government’s objective of reducing rough sleeping by half by 2022 and eliminating it by 2027. Decisions on funding for future years are to be decided at the Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 27/06/2019 11:23:26 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1363630

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Cider: Excise Duties
	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 potential merits of introducing a progressive duty system for small cider producers.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	63863
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2021 answer text <p>As announced at Autumn Budget 2021, the Government will build on Small Brewers Relief to extend small producer reliefs, including to cidermakers. The technical details of our new small producer reliefs will be finalised through the alcohol duty review consultation process.</p><p>The Government will explore the merits of increasing the minimum juice content through our alcohol duty review consultation.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 63864 question first answered 03/11/2021 09:38:51 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1363631

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Cider: 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 potential merits of increasing the minimum juice content in HMRC's definition of cider from 35 per cent to 50 per cent for the purpose of taxation.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	63864
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2021 answer text <p>As announced at Autumn Budget 2021, the Government will build on Small Brewers Relief to extend small producer reliefs, including to cidermakers. The technical details of our new small producer reliefs will be finalised through the alcohol duty review consultation process.</p><p>The Government will explore the merits of increasing the minimum juice content through our alcohol duty review consultation.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 63863 question first answered 03/11/2021 09:38:51 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1365652

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Paraffin: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his reasoning is for not applying tax on kerosene used on passenger flights.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	68417
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2021 answer text <p>Members of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), including the United Kingdom, are prevented from taxing international aviation fuel, or any proxies for fuel, under the Chicago Convention. However, Air Passenger Duty – which raised £3.6 billion in 2019-20 – ensures that the air travel sector contributes to the cost of public services.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 10/11/2021 09:14:27 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1365654

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of potential effect of the change in (a) passenger numbers and (b) carbon emitted following the abolishment of Air Passenger Duty for domestic flights.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	68419
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2021 answer text <p>At Budget, the Government announced that, from April 2023, it will introduce a new reduced domestic band of Air Passenger Duty (APD) set at £6.50 for economy passengers. The new domestic band will cover flights between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, in order to support connectivity across the UK. As a result, around 9 million passengers will pay less APD in 2023/24.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government will introduce a new ultra long-haul band, which will ensure that those who fly furthest, and have the greatest environmental impact, will pay the most.</p><p> </p><p>Aviation accounts for around 8% of the UK’s total greenhouse gas emissions. International aviation is responsible for the vast majority of this contribution and accounted for 37 MtCO2e in 2019, whereas domestic aviation was responsible for 1.5 MtCO2e – equivalent to less than 1% of the UK’s total emissions in 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, domestic aviation is included within the scope of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme, which sets a cap on the total amount of greenhouse gases that can be emitted by sectors covered by the scheme.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 10/11/2021 09:12:09 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1404867

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Bus Services: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to extend the Bus Recovery Grant beyond March 2022 to help support the recovery of bus transport in the North of England.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	108608
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises the vital importance of bus services to local economies and communities across the country.</p><p> </p><p>We have provided over £1.5bn to maintain essential local bus services outside London since March 2020, ensuring that people can continue to get to work, school, and shops safely and easily.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Chancellor also confirmed a further £1.2bn to deliver London-style services, fares and infrastructure improvements. This will help to deliver the PM’s ‘Bus Back Better’ strategy for transforming bus services across England, and means that dedicated spending on buses will more than double over this Parliament taking into account wider investment in thousands of new zero emission buses.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 25/01/2022 07:58:41 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel