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1125242

registered interest
date	08/05/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Sanitary Products: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has made to the Romanian Presidency on progressing its negotiations on abolishing VAT on sanitary products.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	252004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>To date, the Romanian Presidency has held one official level discussion on the European Commission’s legislative proposal on VAT Rates. As drafted, this proposal would give the UK the flexibility to apply a zero rate of VAT to women’s sanitary products.</p><p> </p><p>During this discussion, the UK delegation made clear that the Government strongly supports the flexibility that the draft legislation would offer. Member States and the Commission are well aware of the Government’s firm commitment to zero rate women’s sanitary products as soon as it is legal to do so.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 16/05/2019 15:07:29 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1125373

registered interest
date	08/05/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pensioners: Stamp Duty Land Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to exempt pensioners from Stamp Duty when they downsize their homes.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	252059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>Most owners wishing to downsize are likely to have equity in their current property, and are already exempt from Capital Gains Tax on any gain made on their main residence. For most of those looking to downsize, the SDLT due on the move-in property will be small, and in most cases, it will be lower than estate agent’s fees.</p><p> </p><p>The Government therefore has no current plans for a further relief for those looking to downsize. The Government’s priority is to support first time buyers, which is why the Autumn Budget 2017 announced the introduction of First-Time Buyers’ Relief. Since its introduction, 288,300 households have benefitted from First-Time Buyers’ Relief, saving around £2,360 on average.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 16/05/2019 15:05:16 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

1125040

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Automatic Number Plate Recognition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the merits of including an interface to automatic number plate recognition systems for the new computerised transit system.
tabling member constituency	North East Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Lee Rowley
uin	251388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>We are exploring innovative solutions to make the transit process more efficient in the future. This will include consideration of introducing an interface between the new computerised transit system and automatic number plate recognition systems. However, a decision has yet to be made on the final solution.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 15/05/2019 15:45:21 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley

1124300

registered interest
date	01/05/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Community Land Trusts: Capital Gains Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to grant full Capital Gains Tax relief for land sales to a Community Land Trust for affordable homes.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
uin	249884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to improving the supply of affordable homes. Since 2010, we have increased housing supply by over 1.3 million homes, including 407,000 affordable homes.</p><p> </p><p>We do not currently have plans to grant full Capital Gains Tax relief for land sales to a Community Land Trust. The Government considers that the extent to which a Capital Gains Tax relief for land sales to a Community Land Trust would incentivise such behaviour is uncertain. Tax reliefs have an Exchequer cost, and in contemplating such a relief the Government must consider the potential deadweight cost of any benefit going to people who would have sold the land to a Community Land Trust anyway.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 13/05/2019 15:52:07 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1124367

registered interest
date	01/05/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Child Benefit: British Nationals Abroad
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 cost to the public purse of child benefit paid for children who do not reside in the UK; how many such children there were; and in which countries those children resided in the most recent financial year for which data are available.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	249899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>Total Child Benefit payments in 2018-19 amounted to £11.6 billion. It is estimated that approximately £15 million was paid for children resident in another EEA country or Switzerland. The number of children these payments relate to, broken down by the country they reside in, is provided in Table 1 below.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Estimated number of children for whom Child Benefit is received where European Community regulations apply, as at February 2019</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Country</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of children</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Austria</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bulgaria</p></td><td><p>415</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croatia</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cyprus</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Czech Republic</p></td><td><p>165</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Estonia</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finland</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>605</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>165</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greece</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hungary</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iceland</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Latvia</p></td><td><p>700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liechtenstein</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lithuania</p></td><td><p>790</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luxembourg</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malta</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norway</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poland</p></td><td><p>10,975</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portugal</p></td><td><p>230</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Republic of Ireland</p></td><td><p>1,945</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Romania</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovakia</p></td><td><p>575</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovenia</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>625</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sweden</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Switzerland</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>215</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19,120</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Footnote: Figures have been rounded to the nearest 5. Figures under 5 have been suppressed and shown as ‘-’.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 13/05/2019 16:27:35 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1123854

registered interest
date	30/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Solar Power: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it it his policy to charge VAT at five per cent on retrofit battery systems for solar panels.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	249357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>Under UK law, VAT is charged at the standard rate on retrofit battery systems for solar panels.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 09/05/2019 13:26:41 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1123060

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister for the Cabinet Office of 24 April 2019, Official Report column 743, what arrangements the Treasury has negotiated with civil servants employed in HMRC in order to permit higher wage increases than the proposed 1 per cent to 1.5 per cent pay award.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	247738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p>The 2018 Civil Service pay guidance allows departments to submit business cases, based on improvements to efficiency and productivity, for higher pay. The HMRC Chief Executive has shared that he is exploring HMRC’s opportunities for doing this in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 03/05/2019 07:42:00 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1123110

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Customs: Port of Dover
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what customs checks are performed at Dover Port on outgoing freight traffic; what the average time taken for such checks is per vehicle; what customs checks he plans to carry out in the event that the UK leaves the EU on 31 October 2019 without an agreement for (a) vehicles with no export documentation, (b) vehicles which have completed a customs declaration on the New Computerised Transit System and (c) vehicles operating under the Transports Internationaux Routiers Treaty and with a customs declaration made on the new transit system; and if he will make a statement
tabling member constituency	North East Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Lee Rowley
uin	247765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p>Times for customs checks at Dover will vary depending on the nature of the goods exported. Currently, customs checks are carried out on non-EU goods only which makes up a small proportion of Dover exports. Customs clearance is highly automated and, overall, around 96% of declarations are cleared within 20 seconds.</p><p> </p><p>Border Force is responsible for customs matters at the border, which includes carrying out customs checks on exported goods and goods in transit. For Dover, the majority of customs checks are performed at inland sites away from the port, such as at Stop 24.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has agreed an extension with the EU to the date of EU Exit to the end of October 2019 at the latest. However, the Government’s priority remains to leave, with a deal, as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p>As a responsible Government we have been working to minimise any disruption in the event of no deal for over 2 years. Due to the extension that has now been agreed, all departments will review their current plans and make appropriate decisions about the timing and pace at which some of this work is progressing. We will continue to prepare for all Brexit scenarios.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 03/05/2019 07:37:44 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley

1123181

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Automatic Number Plate Recognition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the New Computerised Transit System incorporates an interface with Automatic Number Plate Recognition systems; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North East Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Lee Rowley
uin	247766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p>There is currently no interface between the New Computerised Transit System and the Automatic Number Plate Recognition system.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 247767 question first answered 03/05/2019 07:49:22 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley

1123182

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Automatic Number Plate Recognition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the New Computerised Transit System incorporates an interface with Automatic Number Plate Recognition systems.
tabling member constituency	North East Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Lee Rowley
uin	247767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p>There is currently no interface between the New Computerised Transit System and the Automatic Number Plate Recognition system.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 247766 question first answered 03/05/2019 07:49:22 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley