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825639

registered interest
date	18/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Private Partnerships
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, following the recent report by the National Audit Office and the collapse of Carillion, they plan to produce new guidance on the circumstances under which PF2 contracts should be used in future.
tabling member printed	Lord Carlile of Berriew
uin	HL4880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>Private Finance 2 proposals should be assessed in line with The HM Treasury’s Green Book, which is currently being revised and will be republished in due course.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 01/02/2018 15:25:54 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	1138 label Biography information for Lord Carlile of Berriew

658699

registered interest
date	14/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Child Tax Credit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they have taken to implement the proposal to limit child tax credits to the first two children in a household.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gould of Potternewton
uin	HL4117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>In future, all families - those in receipt of benefits and those supporting themselves solely through work - will be faced with the same sorts of financial considerations when making decisions about having more children. At Summer Budget 2015 the Government announced that families will no longer be able to claim additional support through Child Tax Credit (CTC) for third or subsequent children in a family where the child is born after April 2017. This policy was legislated for in the Welfare Reform and Work Act which received royal assent in March and will come into effect from April 2017.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 21/12/2016 12:36:44 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	3573 label Biography information for Baroness Gould of Potternewton

657737

registered interest
date	13/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Workplace Pensions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether a public sector worker who earns less than £11,000 a year, and who contributes to a public sector pension scheme, receives the equivalent of basic rate tax relief on their contributions.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL4056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government does not centrally collate data on the annual earnings of public sector workers.</p><p> </p><p>Defined benefit public sector pension schemes operate on a net pay basis. The Partnership scheme, which is a defined contribution scheme open to civil servants and other public sector workers, operates a relief at source system for payment of pension contributions.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL4057 question first answered 21/12/2016 12:32:05 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

657738

registered interest
date	13/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many workers in the public sector earn less than £11,000.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL4057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government does not centrally collate data on the annual earnings of public sector workers.</p><p> </p><p>Defined benefit public sector pension schemes operate on a net pay basis. The Partnership scheme, which is a defined contribution scheme open to civil servants and other public sector workers, operates a relief at source system for payment of pension contributions.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL4056 question first answered 21/12/2016 12:32:05 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

657741

registered interest
date	13/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Fuels: Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much was raised on fuel duty and VAT on fuel for each of the last 10 financial years.
tabling member printed	Lord Darling of Roulanish
uin	HL4060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2016 answer text <p>Receipts from fuel duty are published in the Hydrocarbon Oils statistical bulletin and the figures from the last ten financial years are shown below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Receipts (£ bn)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07</p></td><td><p>23.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>24.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>24.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>26.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>27.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>26.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>26.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>26.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>27.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>27.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>For VAT, the information requested is not available. HM Revenue and Customs does not collect data on VAT revenues from particular goods and services.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 19/12/2016 14:52:43 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	596 label Biography information for Lord Darling of Roulanish

654265

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to support disabled women who rely for income on permanent health insurance policies that cover them until the age of 60, the default retirement age at the time the policies were bought, and will now not receive a state pension until the age of 65 to 67.
tabling member printed	The Countess of Mar
uin	HL3930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2016 answer text <p>The decision to equalise the State Pension age for men and women dates back to the Pensions Act 1995. The Government provides benefits to support those unable to work to State Pension age due to a health condition or disability. People in this position may be eligible for Employment and Support Allowance, which provides income replacement for people with a health condition or disability, and Personal Independence Payment, which helps with some of the extra costs caused by long-term health or disability.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 19/12/2016 16:11:58 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	1861 label Biography information for The Countess of Mar

654269

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which tax receipts are reliant on the financial services sector.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL3934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>The UK is a global hub for financial services and it is therefore an important sector for the UK in terms of investment, employment and tax revenues. This is illustrated by the fact that the banking sector alone contributed £24.4 billion in PAYE and corporate taxes in 2015-16. A recent report published by the City of London Corporation estimated the total tax contribution of the financial sector at £71.4 billion.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 21/12/2016 12:35:31 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

654270

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact on public finances of restrictions on the UK's access to the EU’s single market after Brexit.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL3935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government continues to undertake a range of analyses to inform the UK’s position for the upcoming EU exit negotiations. We are seeking the best possible arrangement for the United Kingdom and the work being conducted reflects this.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 15/12/2016 15:10:04 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

654271

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Inflation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact on living standards of future rises in the rate of inflation.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL3936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) expect inflation to increase to 1.4 per cent by the end of 2016 and peak at 2.6 per cent in Q2 2018. Despite this, by 2021 living standards, as measured by real household disposable income, are forecast by the OBR to be 2.8 per cent higher than they are today. The government is taking steps to support real incomes and employment, including raising the National Living Wage, raising the personal allowance, freezing fuel duty, and providing more affordable homes.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 15/12/2016 15:09:17 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

651815

registered interest
date	05/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Landlords: Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to take steps to ensure that limited companies are not better placed than other landlords in relation to the taxation of profits engendered by letting residential properties.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL3797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2016 answer text <p>Using actual self-assessment data, HM Revenue and Customs estimate that only 1 in 5 landlords will pay more tax as a result of this measure. Given that only a small proportion of the housing market is affected by these changes, the Government does not expect them to have a large impact on rent levels.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Incorporated businesses will continue to receive relief at the corporate tax rate. However, the rate of relief (currently 20%) is not more generous than the rate of income tax relief once these changes are fully in place by 2020-21.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL3798 question first answered 19/12/2016 15:37:06 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham