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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

928783

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, when his Department began discussions with M&G Estates on the sale of Fort Kinnaird.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	156464
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 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

928785

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 criteria his Department used to decide to sell Fort Kinnaird to a private company.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	156466
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 156465 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

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