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982657

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Whisky: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the value of Scotch whisky to UK exports in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Douglas Ross
uin	176584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) is responsible for the collection and publication of data on UK imports and exports of goods to and from the UK. HMRC releases this information monthly, as a National Statistic called the Overseas Trade in Goods Statistics.</p><p>Data on exports of Scotch Whisky into the UK in each of the last five years are available in the ‘Build Your Own Tables’ area of HMRC’s statistical website <a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Pages/Home.aspx" target="_blank">uktradeinfo.com</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 16/10/2018 15:25:44 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4627 label Biography information for Douglas Ross

984566

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Gambling: Excise Duties
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 contribution to the public purse of proposed changes to the way gaming duty is calculated in each year from 2017-18 to 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	177337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>We expect the ability to carry forward losses will have a negligible negative impact on public finances but this has not yet been determined by the OBR. The government is currently engaging with the OBR on the impact of this measure.</p><p> </p><p>This impact was set out in the summary of responses to the “Gaming Duty: review of accounting periods” consultation. This is available here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/722409/Gaming_Duty_review_of_accounting_periods_summary_of_responses.pdf</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 15/10/2018 14:56:09 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

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

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

982861

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	Tobacco: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2018 to Question 169565 on tobacco: smuggling, what representations his Department has received from the tobacco industry on delivery of a UK tobacco product track and trace system; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure the UK's final track and trace system will be compliant with the WHO FCTC Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products requirement for parties not to delegate any of their obligations to the tobacco industry.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	176456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs has received a number of representations from the tobacco industry and others about the implementation of a track and trace system.</p><p> </p><p>As I set out in my previous answer, the government is committed to meeting the requirements for independence from the tobacco industry as per Article 8 of the WHO FCTC Protocol to Eliminate the Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products.</p><p> </p><p>The track and trace system will be implemented under the EU Tobacco Products Directive. The implementing legislation for the Directive specifies strict and comprehensive criteria by which independence from the tobacco industry is determined. Providers of the track and trace system will need to demonstrate to HM Revenue &amp; Customs that they satisfy this criteria both before and during the period they provide the services required as a condition of holding the respective contracts. Companies providing track and trace data repositories for the tobacco industry must also be approved as independent of the tobacco industry by the European Commission.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/10/2018 16:04:59 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

982862

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	Tobacco: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2018 to Question 169565 on tobacco: smuggling, when HMRC plans to make a decision on security features for UK tobacco packaging as required by the EU Tobacco Products Directive; and how new track and trace requirements will be integrated with requirements for standardised tobacco packaging.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	176457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>On 20 September, HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) published the security features that will be required on all unit packs of cigarettes and hand rolling tobacco manufactured in, or imported into the UK, under the Tobacco Products Directive.</p><p> </p><p>A tendering exercise for the ID issuer is currently underway and the full technical details of the track and trace requirements will be finalised once the ID issuer is in place. Compatibility with the requirements for standardised tobacco packaging is a key consideration in this work.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/10/2018 16:09:16 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

982898

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	Gaming Machines
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 effect on (a) the public purse and (b) bookmakers of implementing the reduced maximum stake on fixed-odds betting terminals to two pounds in (i) April 2019, (ii) April 2020 and (iii) at any other times; and if he will publish any such assessments.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	176448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>Estimates of the effect on gambling duties approved by the Office for Budget Responsibility are not available.</p><p> </p><p>DCMS have met with industry to understand the technological requirements along with the potential impact on employment.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 16/10/2018 15:36:28 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

982905

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	Gaming: Excise Duties
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 revenue that would accrue to the public purse from Remote Gaming Duty being set at (a) 18 (b) 19 and (c) 20 per cent.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	176449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>Estimates approved by the Office for Budget Responsibility are not available.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 16/10/2018 15:35:31 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

983072

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	Cycling: Oxford-Cambridge Arc
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the National Infrastructure Commission's report entitled Running Out of Road: Investing in cycling in Cambridge, Milton Keynes and Oxford, published in July 2018, if he will allocate funding in the 2018 Budget to implement the recommendations in that report.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	176646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>I am unable to share Budget funding decisions in advance.</p><p> </p><p>The government has already announced transport projects in the Oxford to Cambridge Arc totaling over £4bn.</p><p> </p><p>I note that many of the recommendations in the report are for local councils to take forward with integrated transport strategies.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 16/10/2018 15:29:08 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

983124

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	Offshore Industry: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the effect on the public purse of Transferable Tax History over the next 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	176476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>Transferable tax history (TTH) will allow companies selling North Sea oil and gas fields to transfer some of their tax payment history to the buyers of those fields. The buyers will then be able to set the costs of decommissioning the fields at the end of their lives against the transferred history, to the extent that the costs exceeds the profits made on the transferred assets.</p><p> </p><p>The Government held a public consultation on the discussion paper entitled “Tax issues for late-life oil and gas” from 20 March to 30 June 2017. 7 of the 9 questions in this discussion paper concerned TTH. Subsequently it was announced at Autumn Budget 2017 that TTH would be available for transactions that received Oil and Gas Authority approval on or after 1 November 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The draft TTH legislation was published for public consultation as part of the draft Finance Bill 2018-19 on 6 July 2018. This further technical consultation closed on 31 August 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Exchequer and economic impacts of Transferable Tax History are set out in the published tax information and impact note on the gov.uk website:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/oil-and-gas-taxation-transferable-tax-history-and-retention-of-decommissioning-expenditure/oil-and-gas-taxation-transferable-tax-history-and-retention-of-decommissioning-expenditure" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/oil-and-gas-taxation-transferable-tax-history-and-retention-of-decommissioning-expenditure/oil-and-gas-taxation-transferable-tax-history-and-retention-of-decommissioning-expenditure</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 176479 176481 question first answered 11/10/2018 16:13:28 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis