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1580595

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Yevgeny Prigozhin
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will publish all correspondence between his Department, Yevgeny Prigozhin and his legal representatives.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	132411
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>HM Treasury does not comment on individual licensing cases or publish correspondence with applicants for licences.</p><p>We need to carefully balance the right to legal representation - which is a fundamental one - with wider issues, including the aim and purpose of the sanctions. It is right therefore that Ministers are examining whether there are any changes that can be made to the licensing of legal expenses.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 132410 question first answered 08/02/2023 16:50:19 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1580606

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Yevgeny Prigozhin
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Office for Financial Sanctions Implementation provided advice to ministerial private officers in his Department on enabling receipt of payments from lawyers acting on behalf of Yevgeny Prigozhin.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
	tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
	uin	132290
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>HM Treasury does not comment on individual licensing cases.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury’s Office for Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) takes operational decisions relating to the implementation of financial sanctions in line with the relevant regulations. OFSI has not considered it appropriate for the Treasury to effectively decide on whether a case has sufficient merit to be permitted to proceed by deciding whether to license legal fees. Rather, OFSI's position has been that the merits should be decided by the appropriate court. OFSI assesses cases on a costs-basis only, ensuring that the fees requested are reasonable in accordance with the derogations available under the sanctions regimes.</p><p> </p><p>We need to carefully balance the right to legal representation - which is a fundamental one - with wider issues, including the aim and purpose of the sanctions. It is right therefore that Ministers are examining whether there are any changes that can be made to this policy.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 131140 131193 132415 question first answered 08/02/2023 17:21:52 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1580609

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Yevgeny Prigozhin
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the special licenses granted by his Department to the law firm undertaking work on behalf of Yevgeny Prigozhin required Ministerial approval.
	tabling member constituency	Halifax
	tabling member printed	Holly Lynch
	uin	132415
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>HM Treasury does not comment on individual licensing cases.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury’s Office for Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) takes operational decisions relating to the implementation of financial sanctions in line with the relevant regulations. OFSI has not considered it appropriate for the Treasury to effectively decide on whether a case has sufficient merit to be permitted to proceed by deciding whether to license legal fees. Rather, OFSI's position has been that the merits should be decided by the appropriate court. OFSI assesses cases on a costs-basis only, ensuring that the fees requested are reasonable in accordance with the derogations available under the sanctions regimes.</p><p> </p><p>We need to carefully balance the right to legal representation - which is a fundamental one - with wider issues, including the aim and purpose of the sanctions. It is right therefore that Ministers are examining whether there are any changes that can be made to this policy.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 131140 131193 132290 question first answered 08/02/2023 17:21:52 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4472 label Biography information for Holly Lynch

1582926

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Yevgeny Prigozhin
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason his Department decided to grant special licences to the law firm undertaking work on behalf of Yevgeny Prigozhin; and to what extent were Ministers (a) aware of and (b) involved in the decision.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	137919
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>It is long-standing government policy not to comment on individual cases.</p><p> </p><p>With regards to the involvement of Ministers, I refer to my answers given at the Urgent Question on January 25<sup>th</sup>.</p><p> </p><p>OFSI assesses cases for the granting of licences on a costs-basis only, ensuring that the fees requested are reasonable in accordance with the derogations available under the sanctions regimes. This is not a judgment on the merits of the case (which is a matter for the independent judiciary), or on the character of any individuals involved.</p><p> </p><p>We need to carefully balance the right to legal representation - which is a fundamental one - with wider issues, including the aim and purpose of sanctions. It is right therefore that Ministers are examining whether there are any changes that can be made to this policy.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 08/02/2023 16:53:55 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1583556

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Yevgeny Prigozhin
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, If he will publish the findings of his Department's review of the issuing of a special licence to Yevgeny Prigozhin by the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
	uin	139159
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2023 answer text <p>HM Treasury does not comment on specific licensing cases.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury’s Office for Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) takes operational decisions relating to the implementation of financial sanctions in line with the relevant regulations. However, OFSI has not considered it appropriate for the Treasury to effectively decide on whether a case has sufficient merit to be permitted to proceed by deciding whether to license legal fees. Rather, OFSI's position has been that the merits should be decided by the appropriate court. OFSI assesses cases on a costs-basis only, ensuring that the fees requested are reasonable in accordance with the derogations available under the sanctions regimes.</p><p> </p><p>We need to carefully balance the right to legal representation - which is a fundamental one - with wider issues, including the aim and purpose of the sanctions. It is right therefore that HM Treasury are examining whether there are any changes that can be made to this policy. We will update the House in due course.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 140148 question first answered 13/02/2023 16:34:50 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1583322

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Veterans: Disability Aids
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential merits of providing a long-term funding stream for specialist (a) mobility and (b) orthotic equipment for veterans that was previously provided under the Veterans Mobility Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	138305
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting all our veterans, and to ensuring that they continue to thrive after leaving the services.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2014, the Government has committed £773m of LIBOR fines to support Armed Forces and Emergency Service charities.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this package, the Chancellor awarded the Royal British Legion £3m to develop a Veterans Mobility Fund, designed to meet the wellbeing needs of veterans discharged with service-attributable serious physical injury. At the same time, the Chancellor also awarded £10m to develop a Veterans Hearing Fund, providing support to veterans who suffered hearing loss during service.</p><p> </p><p>In 2019, at the Royal British Legion’s request, the Treasury authorised the transfer of almost £1.5m from the Veterans Mobility Fund to the Veterans Hearing Fund, following dramatic increases in the rate of applications for the Hearing Fund and a comparatively static application rate for the Mobility Fund. Both the Veterans Hearing and Veterans Mobility Funds have now closed.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2020, we have announced a further £10m funding to support veterans’ mental health, £475k to support the development of a digital and data strategy for the sector, £5m to enable charities to address the impact of events in Afghanistan on veterans, a £5m Veterans’ Health Innovation Fund, and £8.55m in December last year to end veteran homelessness in 2023.</p><p> </p><p>More than 100 service charities, including those who support veterans, also benefitted from £6m of the £750m to support the charity sector announced by the Chancellor in April 21 in support of COVID-19.</p><p> </p><p>The Governments Veterans’ Strategy Action Plan sets out the steps we will take in the next two years towards our ambition of making the UK the best place in the world to be a veteran by 2028.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor engages with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care routinely on health matters.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 08/02/2023 17:38:42 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1580780

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	VAT
	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 instances where online (a) Government and (b) HMRC forms do not recognise valid business VAT numbers.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	132499
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>HMRC is not aware of any significant issues regarding the recognition of VAT numbers in Government or HMRC forms. If an IT issue does cause a VAT number not to be recognised, HMRC works with its IT delivery partners to support impacted customers and resolve the issue as soon as possible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 02/02/2023 14:23:17 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1583475

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the (1) percentage, and (2) value, of goods transported from Great Britain to Northern Ireland that are intended to remain within the Northern Ireland market.
	tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
	uin	HL5384
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2023 answer text <p>In 2021 only a sixth of goods moving into Northern Ireland were determined to be at risk of entering the EU’s market under the terms of the Northern Ireland Protocol. The total value of goods moving into Northern Ireland from Great Britain was £12.4 billion.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 15/02/2023 13:27:00 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
	tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1581396

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Tuna: Import Duties
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how much income the Exchequer received in (1) 2021, and (2) 2022, from import duty of food from the Maldives’ sustainable tuna line fishing industry.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
	uin	HL5128
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>HMRC does not hold the information requested.</p><p> </p><p>Traders pay customs duty and import VAT based on calculated liabilities for goods, either immediately or on a monthly basis via duty deferment accounts. Also, VAT-registered businesses can account for import VAT on their VAT Return by using postponed VAT accounting. The subsequent revenue collected is not recorded on a product or sector basis and thus no breakdown by product or country of origin is held. This is because businesses are not required to provide figures at a product level within their VAT returns, as this would impose an excessive administrative burden.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 09/02/2023 12:22:22 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
	tabling member	3609 label Biography information for Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

1583683

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Vehicles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) fossil fuel-, (b) electric- and (c) hybrid-powered road-legal vehicles their Department purchased in the last 24 months.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	139319
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>No vehicles have been purchased by HM Treasury in the last 24 months.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 08/02/2023 15:13:47 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi