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834198

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Arts: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it remains his policy to provide creative industry tax relief schemes; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	125835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>The creative industries make a valuable cultural contribution to the UK, and they are also an important part of a dynamic and diversified economy. There are currently eight creative sector tax reliefs covering; film, animation, high-end TV, children’s TV, video games, theatre, orchestra and museums and galleries. The reliefs provide support to ensure that these highly skilled and innovative industries thrive in the UK. In 2016-17 the creative industry benefitted from over £700m worth of support from the creative sector tax reliefs. The government keeps all tax reliefs under review.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 05/02/2018 15:45:35 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

833779

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Voting Rights: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to mark the centenary of women getting the right to vote in 1918.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	125537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>There are plans to have an internal event organised by HMT staff to mark 100 years since some women were given the right to vote in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 02/02/2018 08:59:31 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

830420

registered interest
date	25/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to undertake a review of air passenger duty.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	124986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>The Chancellor keeps all taxes under continuous review, including air passenger duty.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 30/01/2018 12:53:46 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

824633

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Red Diesel: Public Consultation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish the outcomes of his Department’s red diesel call for evidence, which ran from 20 March 2017 to 30 June 2017.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	123434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>The purpose of this call for evidence was to improve the government’s understanding of how red diesel is used. We are now considering what next steps to take.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 22/01/2018 15:52:48 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

824740

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	North Sea Oil: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the tax cuts for North Sea Oil companies in Autumn Budget 2017 on the UK's carbon reduction commitments.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	123541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>At the Autumn Budget, the government announced it would introduce a transferable tax history for UK exploration and production companies. This is not a tax cut: it is designed to level the playing field between companies established in the sector and new entrants. It will do this by giving those new entrants certainty that tax relief will be available on their decommissioning costs. This measure is consistent with the UK’s existing carbon reduction commitments.</p><p> </p><p>The government is committed to tackling climate change and is a world leader in reducing emissions, having done so faster than any other G7 nation. The latest Energy and Emissions Projections Report shows that the UK remains on track to meet its carbon reduction targets. The Report is available here:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/671187/Updated_energy_and_emissions_projections_2017.pdf</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 22/01/2018 15:53:39 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

823276

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Local Government Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the adequacy of funding for local services.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	903307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>Between 2015 and 2020 the Government will have made more than £200 billion available for local services. The Government has introduced a number of measures, including providing access to more than £9 billion additional funding for social care, which means that local government’s core spending power increases by 2.1 per cent over the period.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 16/01/2018 15:03:22 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

820741

registered interest
date	11/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Private Finance Initiative
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 8 February 2016 to Question 25744 and of 6 June 2016 to Question 38400, when he plans to publish the equity return information on all PFI and PF2 projects.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	122159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>We plan to publish the equity IRR data for PF2 projects as part of the PFI and PF2 annual summary data, which will be as at 31 March 2017. We expect to publish this data shortly.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 16/01/2018 16:19:57 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

820742

registered interest
date	11/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Infrastructure: Public Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many business cases for public sector infrastructure investment projects which are not financed by the private sector his Department has received by (a) Government department, (b) outcome and (c) year since 1990.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	122160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The information is not held in the form requested and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. The government provides extensive information on the progress of major projects in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/infrastructure-and-projects-authority-annual-report-2017" target="_blank">Annual Report on Major Projects</a>. The government also publishes regular updates to the National Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline of future infrastructure investment, which shows the split between private and public funding. The <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/665332/Analysis_of_National_Infrastructure_and_Construction_Pipeline_2017.pdf" target="_blank">2017 National Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline</a> provided an update on delivery of priority infrastructure projects since 2010.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 16/01/2018 16:10:10 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

816808

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Valuation Office Agency: Equal Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the transparency document entitled Valuation Office Agency's Gender Pay Gap Report 2017, if he will set out the pay gap data for median, mean and bonus pay by (a) grade and (b) profession.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	121235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text Gender pay gap data for the Valuation Office Agency for median, mean and bonus pay by (a) grade is set out in the attached table below. The Valuation Office Agency does not have any analysis of gender pay gap by (b) profession. A positive figure denotes that the mean, or median, figure for women is lower than for men; a negative figure denotes that the mean, or median, figure is higher for women than men. Both SCS and Fast Stream populations are fairly small and the median gap figures for bonus awards are affected by the fact that there are a limited number of bonus award levels.<p> </p><p>2017 VOA Gender Pay Gap by Grade</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Grade</p></td><td><p>Mean gender pay gap Ordinary pay 31 March 2017</p></td><td><p>Median gender pay gap Ordinary pay 31 March 2017</p></td><td><p>Mean gender pay gap Bonus pay in the 12 months ending 31 March 2017</p></td><td><p>Median gender pay gap Bonus pay in the 12 months ending 31 March 2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AA</p></td><td><p>-4.5%</p></td><td><p>-13.5%</p></td><td><p>-2.6%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AO</p></td><td><p>-5.6%</p></td><td><p>-10.4%</p></td><td><p>0.9%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EO</p></td><td><p>-4.0%</p></td><td><p>-4.0%</p></td><td><p>-17.2%</p></td><td><p>-33.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HEO</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td><td><p>-0.5%</p></td><td><p>-10.7%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fast Stream</p></td><td><p>-6.3%</p></td><td><p>-5.8%</p></td><td><p>-41.2%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SEO</p></td><td><p>2.1%</p></td><td><p>-0.4%</p></td><td><p>-3.0%</p></td><td><p>-50.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>G7</p></td><td><p>-0.4%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>-8.5%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>G6</p></td><td><p>-0.8%</p></td><td><p>-4.7%</p></td><td><p>3.5%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS</p></td><td><p>3.6%</p></td><td><p>9.9%</p></td><td><p>13.6%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 10/01/2018 16:23:44 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

816818

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Equal Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Gender Pay Gap Report 2016-2017: HM Treasury Group, if he will break down the data on the gender pay gap data for (a) median, (b) mean and (c) bonus pay by (i) grade and (ii) profession.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	121245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>The mean and median pay and bonus gaps for the Treasury Group, broken down by grade, are shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Mean Gender Pay Gap</p></td><td><p>Median Gender Pay Gap</p></td><td><p>Mean Gender Bonus Gap</p></td><td><p>Median Gender Bonus Gap</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AA/AO</p></td><td><p>-5.4%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>-16.5%</p></td><td><p>-60.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EO</p></td><td><p>-5.2%</p></td><td><p>-6.9%</p></td><td><p>25.6%</p></td><td><p>24.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HEO/SEO</p></td><td><p>0.5%</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td><td><p>-5.5%</p></td><td><p>8.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GRADE 6/7</p></td><td><p>0.9%</p></td><td><p>-2.7%</p></td><td><p>28.3%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS</p></td><td><p>5.4%</p></td><td><p>5.8%</p></td><td><p>2.9%</p></td><td><p>5.9%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>It is not possible to break this information down by profession as the information is not available.</p><p> </p><p>Background</p><p> </p><ul><li>The Civil Service has been leading the way by publishing its gender pay gap figures for a number of years as part of the annual Civil Service statistics publication.</li><li>The figures published in December are in response to the Government’s new reporting requirements for large employers in all sectors. The new requirements will provide unprecedented transparency, generate wider debate and encourage employers to take the action required to close the gap.</li><li>Since April 2017 departments are required to publish data on the following:</li></ul><p><strong>o </strong><strong>Gender pay gap (mean and median averages)</strong></p><p><strong>o </strong><strong>Gender bonus gap (mean and median averages)</strong></p><p><strong>o </strong><strong>Proportion of men and women receiving bonuses</strong></p><p><strong>o </strong><strong>Proportion of men and women in each quartile of the organisation’s pay structure</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li><strong>Building a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the people we serve is one of the Civil Service’s top workforce priorities. Its collective aim is to make the Civil Service the UK’s most inclusive employer by 2020. Its new Diversity &amp; Inclusion Strategy outlines how it plans to achieve this. The Civil Service should create opportunities for all in a truly meritocratic way and reward all civil servants fairly, regardless of gender, ethnicity or any other personal characteristic.</strong></li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li>The Treasury is committed to fairness. In particular, promoting equality of opportunity for all and a culture which values differences. As an employer, we want to ensure our workforce is representative of the community it serves and attract and retain talented employees from a wide range of backgrounds and with diverse skills and experience</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li>The Treasury is committed to minimising the gender pay gap within the organisation. We have already made improvements to our pay system to shorten pay ranges and thereby improve internal equity. We have also set out an ambitious target of achieving representation of 50% female at every grade in the organisation as part of our Diversity and Inclusion action plan.</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li>A particular emphasis has been placed on increasing the representation of women in senior level positions and we have also launched several initiatives, including improving our diversity of graduate recruitment and ensuring greater representation of women in our talent programmes, to help achieve this. Over the last two years, we have already seen the number of women increase at SCS level by 3.2%. Since 31<sup>st</sup> March 2017 50% of our Directors and Director Generals are now women.</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li><strong>Across the whole of the Civil Service, the overall median gender pay gap has narrowed over the past year, down from 13.6% in 2016 to 12.7%. This is significantly lower than the overall UK pay gap of 18.4% and 23.7% in the private sector. </strong></li></ul> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 10/01/2018 16:32:52 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett