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928782

registered interest
date	21/06/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Fort Kinnaird: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Scottish Government receives a share of the sale to a private company of Fort Kinnaird.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	156463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>90B(3) of the Scotland Act 1998 stipulated that assets held in joint venture structures, rather than by The Crown Estate alone, were not included in the transfer to Scottish Ministers.</p><p> </p><p>The Crown Estate held a 50% interest in the Gibraltar English Limited Partnership, with the remainder held by the Hercules Unit Trust, advised by British Land.</p><p> </p><p>The Crown Estate operates independently from Government under the Crown Estate Management Act 1961 and therefore HM Treasury has had no discussions on the sale of Fort Kinnaird with private companies.</p><p> </p><p>Revenue from the sale of The Crown Estate’s interest in Fort Kinnaird will be passed to the UK Consolidated Fund, for the benefit of the UK as a whole.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 156464 156465 156466 question first answered 26/06/2018 16:01:33 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

928784

registered interest
date	21/06/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Fort Kinnaird: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many private companies his Department held discussions with on sale of Fort Kinnaird; when these meetings took place; and who attended those meetings.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	156465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>90B(3) of the Scotland Act 1998 stipulated that assets held in joint venture structures, rather than by The Crown Estate alone, were not included in the transfer to Scottish Ministers.</p><p> </p><p>The Crown Estate held a 50% interest in the Gibraltar English Limited Partnership, with the remainder held by the Hercules Unit Trust, advised by British Land.</p><p> </p><p>The Crown Estate operates independently from Government under the Crown Estate Management Act 1961 and therefore HM Treasury has had no discussions on the sale of Fort Kinnaird with private companies.</p><p> </p><p>Revenue from the sale of The Crown Estate’s interest in Fort Kinnaird will be passed to the UK Consolidated Fund, for the benefit of the UK as a whole.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 156463 156464 156466 question first answered 26/06/2018 16:01:33 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

927761

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Company Cars: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the company car tax rate on consumer demand for electric vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Rugby
tabling member printed	Mark Pawsey
uin	155783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2018 answer text <p>Together with the wider support the government provides, the company car tax system aims to encourage the uptake and manufacture of ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEVs) by providing an incentive for motorists to choose zero-emission and other low CO<sub>2</sub> emitting models.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017, sales of ULEVs were 1.8% of all new cars, and the UK was the second largest market for ULEVs in the EU.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 28/06/2018 09:54:20 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4052 label Biography information for Mark Pawsey

927763

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Air Pollution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the joint report of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Environmental Audit, Health and Social Care, and Transport Committees entitled Improving Air Quality, published on 15 March 2018, HC 433, what steps the Government has taken in response to the recommendation in that report to more closely align fiscal incentives with policy objectives on air quality.
tabling member constituency	Rugby
tabling member printed	Mark Pawsey
uin	155784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2018 answer text <p>As confirmed in the Government response to the joint report of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Environmental Audit, Health and Social Care, and Transport Committees, the Government is committed to tackling climate change and air pollution. HMT sees tax and spending policy as playing an important role in achieving this, alongside other approaches such as regulation. The full government response to this report has been published here: <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/environment-food-and-rural-affairs-committee/news-parliament-2017/joint-air-quality-response-publication-17-19/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/environment-food-and-rural-affairs-committee/news-parliament-2017/joint-air-quality-response-publication-17-19/</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 28/06/2018 09:58:24 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4052 label Biography information for Mark Pawsey

927764

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Company Cars: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment HM Treasury has made of the effect of the new Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure emissions standard and the use of correlated New European Drive Cycle values on Company Car Tax bands.
tabling member constituency	Rugby
tabling member printed	Mark Pawsey
uin	155785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2018 answer text <p>At Autumn Budget 2017, the government announced that it would legislate, in a future Finance Bill, for the Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure (WLTP) to be introduced from April 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Officials are working with industry to determine the effect of the move to WLTP and the equivalent New European Driving Cycle values.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 28/06/2018 09:56:18 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4052 label Biography information for Mark Pawsey

927768

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Company Cars: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to announce the rates of company car tax which will apply from April 2021.
tabling member constituency	Rugby
tabling member printed	Mark Pawsey
uin	155786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2018 answer text <p>From 2020/21, the government will be introducing eleven new company car tax bands for ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEVs). These changes were announced at Autumn Statement 2016 to provide certainty of the future tax liability for company car employers and employees.</p><p> </p><p>The government aims to announce the company car tax rates three years in advance of implementation.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 155787 question first answered 28/06/2018 09:52:23 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4052 label Biography information for Mark Pawsey

927887

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Company Cars: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward the introduction of lower company car tax thresholds for ultra low emission vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Rugby
tabling member printed	Mark Pawsey
uin	155787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2018 answer text <p>From 2020/21, the government will be introducing eleven new company car tax bands for ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEVs). These changes were announced at Autumn Statement 2016 to provide certainty of the future tax liability for company car employers and employees.</p><p> </p><p>The government aims to announce the company car tax rates three years in advance of implementation.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 155786 question first answered 28/06/2018 09:52:23 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4052 label Biography information for Mark Pawsey

927917

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Policy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the main policy priority is for his Department for 2018; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	155730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2018 answer text <p>HMT published an updated Single Departmental Plan on 23 May 2018. This set out the department’s main policy objectives and how it will achieve them. Single Departmental Plans will be revised annually to reflect new priorities or changes in responsibilities.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 28/06/2018 09:46:33 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

927041

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
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 Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate the Government has made of the costs to the public purse arising from the harm caused by fixed-odds betting terminals in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	155336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government does not have information on revenue from category B2 machines, information on machine gaming duty receipts can be found on <a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/TaxAndDutybulletins.aspx" target="_blank">UK Trade Info</a> and the latest forecasts of future revenue were published by the OBR at <a href="http://cdn.obr.uk/EFO-MaRch_2018.pdf" target="_blank">Spring Statement 2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Detailed information is not available to quantify costs to the public purse from use of B2 machines.</p><p> </p><p>DCMS plan to engage with the gambling industry to ensure it is given sufficient time to implement the technological changes and restructure its business model accordingly.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury keeps all taxes under review, and international comparison is part of that process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 155338 155339 155340 155341 155342 155343 question first answered 27/06/2018 16:29:15 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

927043

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
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 Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons his Department decided not to implement the reduction on category B2 machines until April 2020; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	155338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government does not have information on revenue from category B2 machines, information on machine gaming duty receipts can be found on <a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/TaxAndDutybulletins.aspx" target="_blank">UK Trade Info</a> and the latest forecasts of future revenue were published by the OBR at <a href="http://cdn.obr.uk/EFO-MaRch_2018.pdf" target="_blank">Spring Statement 2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Detailed information is not available to quantify costs to the public purse from use of B2 machines.</p><p> </p><p>DCMS plan to engage with the gambling industry to ensure it is given sufficient time to implement the technological changes and restructure its business model accordingly.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury keeps all taxes under review, and international comparison is part of that process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 155336 155339 155340 155341 155342 155343 question first answered 27/06/2018 16:29:15 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris