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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

926702

registered interest
date	18/06/2018
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, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the amount of tobacco smuggled into the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	154604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs publish estimates of the total tax revenue lost to the illicit market in cigarettes and hand-rolling tobacco, the latest estimate available is for the tax year 2016/17.</p><p> </p><p>Estimates for the tobacco tax gap can be found in Chapter 3 of ‘Measuring tax gaps: 2018 edition’, available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/measuring-tax-gaps" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/measuring-tax-gaps</a>.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 26/06/2018 16:11:54 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

926705

registered interest
date	18/06/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Counterfeit Manufacturing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the amount of counterfeit tobacco products manufactured in the UK; and what the associated loss of revenue is to the Treasury.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	154605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>HMRC publishes an annual estimate of the tobacco tax gap but this does not include estimates of the component parts of the tax gap, such as UK manufactured counterfeit product.</p><p> </p><p>The latest estimate was included in ‘Measuring tax gaps 2018 edition’, which was published on 14 June 2018: <strong><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/measuring-tax-gaps" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/measuring-tax-gaps</a>. </strong></p><p> </p><p>The tobacco tax gap is £2.5 billion in 2016/17, which is 17% of liabilities. Of this, tobacco duty was £1.9 billion and associated VAT was £0.6 billion.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 26/06/2018 16:10:26 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

923945

registered interest
date	14/06/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Wholesale Trade: Alcoholic Drinks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many wholesalers have applied for registration under the Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme since that scheme was introduced by HMRC on 1 January 2016.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Teresa Pearce
uin	153804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2018 answer text <p>Since the introduction of the Alcohol Wholesalers Registration Scheme on 1 January 2016, HMRC has received 9,984 applications for approval. This includes a small number of applications from non-wholesale businesses.</p><p> </p><p>Over the same period, HMRC has rejected 811 applications for approval under the Alcohol Wholesalers Registration Scheme. This includes applications from businesses covered by an exemption, such as retailers who make wholesale sales unintentionally.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 153805 question first answered 22/06/2018 12:48:11 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4003 label Biography information for Teresa Pearce

923946

registered interest
date	14/06/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Wholesale Trade: Alcoholic Drinks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many wholesalers have had their registration application rejected under the Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme since that scheme was introduced on 1 January 2016.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Teresa Pearce
uin	153805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2018 answer text <p>Since the introduction of the Alcohol Wholesalers Registration Scheme on 1 January 2016, HMRC has received 9,984 applications for approval. This includes a small number of applications from non-wholesale businesses.</p><p> </p><p>Over the same period, HMRC has rejected 811 applications for approval under the Alcohol Wholesalers Registration Scheme. This includes applications from businesses covered by an exemption, such as retailers who make wholesale sales unintentionally.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 153804 question first answered 22/06/2018 12:48:11 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4003 label Biography information for Teresa Pearce

923382

registered interest
date	13/06/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Bookmakers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which bookmaker organisations his Department has met with in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	153396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p>Officials meet regularly with stakeholders from across the bookmaking sector to hear their views on the gambling market, and a range of economic and policy issues.</p><p> </p><p>Details of ministerial meetings with external bodies are published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel" target="_blank">HMT ministers' meetings, hospitality, gifts and overseas travel - GOV.UK</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 21/06/2018 14:57:28 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

923405

registered interest
date	13/06/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on preparations for inter-governmental discussions in relation to negotiations with the EU in 2018 to date.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	153304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 153368 153374 question first answered 18/06/2018 15:31:09 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

923413

registered interest
date	13/06/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on preparations for inter-governmental discussions in relation to negotiations with the EU in 2018 to date.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	153374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 153304 153368 question first answered 18/06/2018 15:31:09 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

923424

registered interest
date	13/06/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on preparations for inter-governmental discussions on negotiations with the EU in 2018 to date.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	153368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 153304 153374 question first answered 18/06/2018 15:31:09 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant