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1719233

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Opposition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many hours have been spent by his Department's staff on costing the policies of HM Opposition since 1 January 2024.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	27121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The Treasury does not record information relating to the allocation of staff time to specific tasks such as opposition costings. However, all work undertaken by HM Treasury staff (or officials from other departments) on opposition costings was completed in line with the guidance on ‘Costing the policies of Opposition parties’ set out in the Directory of Civil Service Guidance. Final versions of the costing documents produced by Civil Servants have also been published online at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/opposition-policy-costings-2024.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 23/05/2024 16:53:36 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1719234

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Opposition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in his Department have been involved with costing the policies of HM Opposition.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	27122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The Treasury does not routinely record information relating to the allocation of individual members of staff to specific tasks such as opposition costings. However, all work undertaken by HM Treasury officials (or officials from other departments) on opposition costings was completed in line with the guidance on ‘Costing the policies of Opposition parties’ set out in the <em>Directory of Civil Service Guidanc</em>e. Final versions of the costing documents produced by Civil Servants have been published online at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/opposition-policy-costings-2024" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/opposition-policy-costings-2024</a>.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 23/05/2024 16:52:08 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1719249

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Redundancy Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any ministerial redundancy payments have been repaid to their Department since 2019.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	27094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 24/05/2024 08:18:51 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1719293

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	UK Infrastructure Bank: Constellia Public
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Minister without Portfolio's article of 12 May 2024 in The Sunday Telegraph, when the UK Infrastructure Bank is expected to cancel its contract with Constellia Public Ltd, procurement reference CO313; and whether a notice period will be required under the provisions of that contract.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	26991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The UK Infrastructure Bank is an operationally independent arms-length body. Civil Service EDI expenditure guidance does not extend to organisations outside the Civil Service or ALBs not employing Civil Servants.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 23/05/2024 16:44:59 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1719320

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse was of staff diversity networks in his Department in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	26943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government has audited the cost-effectiveness of all equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) activities, through the review of EDI spending announced last June.</p><p>On 14th May the Minister without Portfolio made a <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-statements%2Fdetail%2F2024-05-14%2Fhcws464&amp;data=05%7C02%7CNaten.Chatrath%40hmtreasury.gov.uk%7C3c7905517af34ed0a03008dc79ad62f3%7Ced1644c505e049e6bc39fcf7ac51c18c%7C0%7C0%7C638519032810003512%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=4y8il9Pc9ZU%2BygbgzYLk04ehua9t5cKMVW73rQLqBqE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">written statement</a> on the latest findings from the review. In response to these findings, the Cabinet Office is publishing the Civil Service EDI Expenditure Guidance. This includes an end to all external spending on EDI activity, unless cleared and authorised by Ministers.</p><p> </p><p>Further guidance on diversity staff networks is being developed, and we will seek to publish additional data on historic spending to assist transparency in this area.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 23/05/2024 16:55:25 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1719381

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Wines: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the easement for levying wine duty beyond February 2025.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	27112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government has supported the wine industry with duty freezes at 6 of the last 12 fiscal events, including the decision at Spring Budget 2024 to freeze alcohol duty until 1 February 2025.</p><p>As part of the new alcohol duty reforms, the Government has removed the sparkling wine premium, meaning sparkling wines now pay the same amount of duty as still wines of the same strength. As a result, an 11% sparkling wine now pays 61p less duty than under the previous duty system. While higher strength wines will be subject to more duty under the reforms than under the previous system, lower strength wines will be subject to less duty.</p><p>The Government has been clear that the wine easement is a temporary and transitional measure to support the wine industry to adapt to the new duty system by 1 February 2025. The Government is confident that the necessary changes are manageable within the time provided and that the wine industry has the information required to update their systems and calculate the correct duty.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies grouped question UIN 27113 question first answered 24/05/2024 08:16:46 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1719382

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Wines: Government Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to support the wine industry after February 2025.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	27113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government has supported the wine industry with duty freezes at 6 of the last 12 fiscal events, including the decision at Spring Budget 2024 to freeze alcohol duty until 1 February 2025.</p><p>As part of the new alcohol duty reforms, the Government has removed the sparkling wine premium, meaning sparkling wines now pay the same amount of duty as still wines of the same strength. As a result, an 11% sparkling wine now pays 61p less duty than under the previous duty system. While higher strength wines will be subject to more duty under the reforms than under the previous system, lower strength wines will be subject to less duty.</p><p>The Government has been clear that the wine easement is a temporary and transitional measure to support the wine industry to adapt to the new duty system by 1 February 2025. The Government is confident that the necessary changes are manageable within the time provided and that the wine industry has the information required to update their systems and calculate the correct duty.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies grouped question UIN 27112 question first answered 24/05/2024 08:16:46 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1719047

registered interest
date	17/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Landfill Tax: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the amount of revenue lost to the Exchequer through landfill tax fraud in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Preseli Pembrokeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Crabb
uin	26865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs publishes estimates of the amount of Landfill Tax revenue lost as part of its annual <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/measuring-tax-gaps" target="_blank">Measuring Tax Gaps</a> report. The most recent estimate gives a Landfill Tax gap of 18.4% of the theoretical Landfill Tax liability, or £150 million in the 2021 to 2022 tax year. The Landfill Tax gap is based on an experimental methodology and has high uncertainty.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 22/05/2024 15:24:34 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb

1719048

registered interest
date	17/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Landfill Tax: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps he has taken to tackle landfill tax fraud.
tabling member constituency	Preseli Pembrokeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Crabb
uin	26866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>Over the last year HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has deployed additional resources to tackle landfill tax fraud and support the Joint Unit of Waste Crime (JUWC) and other agencies to identify and tackle wider waste crime. HMRC has created a new team to monitor high risk waste producers to deter misdescription at source and reduce non-compliance across the sector. It has increased compliance activity with landfill site operators to ensure they are complying with legislative requirements.</p><p> </p><p>The government set out in the <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fmedia%2F61a5ff9c8fa8f5038358c0c3%2FLfT_review_CfE.pdf&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cdarren.greedy%40hmrc.gov.uk%7C5a1f8abe471e4defd7f208dc796fa561%7Cac52f73cfd1a4a9a8e7a4a248f3139e1%7C0%7C0%7C638518767647691379%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=R74WxzaP5L%2F%2BG2cs8hOVpC1mW4IDvNylCuYowbmOt%2Fg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Landfill Tax Call for Evidence</a> that as part of its Landfill Tax Review it would consider options for structural changes to the tax and the potential impacts on Landfill Tax fraud. This is alongside wider environmental regulatory reforms designed to improve compliance and tackle waste crime.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 22/05/2024 15:26:10 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb

1719055

registered interest
date	17/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Landfill Tax: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC have a role in investigating allegations of Landfill Disposals Tax fraud in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Preseli Pembrokeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Crabb
uin	26867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has no role in investigating allegations of Landfill Disposals Tax fraud in Wales. However, HMRC does work collaboratively with the Welsh Revenue Authority and Joint Unit for Waste Crime to discuss and share intelligence to address cross-border issues.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 22/05/2024 15:38:29 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb