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987779

registered interest
date	15/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Social Media
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on promoted content on (a) Twitter, (b) Facebook and (c) Instagram in each month since June 2017.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	179277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>The Treasury has not made any payments to Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury has not spent any money through the government media buying agency Carat since June 2017.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 18/10/2018 16:00:47 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

987992

registered interest
date	15/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Beer: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made any assessment of the effect of beer duty on the viability of independent pubs.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	179248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>The impact of a change to beer duty is considered at each fiscal event, including its effect on pubs and the wider economy</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 18/10/2018 15:52:44 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

985623

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Company Cars: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the Government will provide five years' visibility on company car tax rates after 2020-21 in the forthcoming Autumn Budget.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	178227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>To provide certainty of the future tax liability for company car employers and employees, the government aims to announce the company car tax rates three years in advance of implementation.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 16/10/2018 15:32:58 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

984758

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will model the effect on the UK economy of (a) a 50 per cent reduction in and (b) the abolition of Air Passenger Duty.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	177668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>The government monitors all taxes, including Air Passenger Duty. The aviation sector in the UK continues to grow, with passenger numbers up by over 15% since 2010.</p><p> </p><p>APD raises over £3 billion in revenue every year. Abolishing or cutting APD would put pressure on the government to increase taxes elsewhere.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 19/10/2018 10:23:46 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

984759

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the Frontier Economics report finding that Britain’s airports could gain up to 65 connections in the event that air passenger duty is abolished.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	177669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>The government takes new evidence into consideration when making policy decisions. The aviation sector in the UK continues to grow, with passenger numbers up by over 15% since 2010.</p><p> </p><p>APD raises over £3 billion in revenue every year. Abolishing or cutting APD would put pressure on the government to increase taxes elsewhere.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 19/10/2018 10:32:56 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

984786

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Beer: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review the progressive beer duty regime to ensure that the excise duty system supports growth in British beer exports.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	177748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>The government is engaging with industry on Small Brewers Relief, but any action to encourage exports must be part of a wider, industry-led reform of the Relief and must respect our obligations under the relevant European Union law.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 19/10/2018 10:12:17 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

984796

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles
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 effectiveness of incentives to increase the uptake of electric vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	177586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>The government currently offers a range of incentives to support the shift to ultra low emission vehicles (ULEVs). Today there are more than 160,000 ULEVs in the UK and, in 2017, the UK was the second largest market for ULEVs in the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The vehicle tax system incentivises the uptake of cars with low CO<sub>2</sub> emissions with favourable rates of Vehicle Excise Duty and company car tax. We are also investing nearly £1.5 billion to support the uptake of ULEVs. This investment includes grants for cars, vans, lorries, buses, taxis and motorcycles, and schemes to support charge point infrastructure at homes and workplaces and on residential streets.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 19/10/2018 10:19:24 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

984893

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what change there has been in staffing levels in his Department since June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	177703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>Between June 2016 and June 2018, the headcount at HM Treasury increased by 140. The headcount is published quarterly by the ONS via this link: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/publicsectoremploymentreferencetable" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/publicsectoremploymentreferencetable</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 19/10/2018 10:27:26 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

984966

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	European Investment Bank
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July to Question 165011 on European Investment Bank, what the effect of the expansion of the UK Guarantees Scheme to provide construction guarantees has been on the value of bonds and loans that have been (a) issued and (b) supported since June 2017.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	177686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>Changes to the value of bonds and loans covered by the UK Guarantees Scheme are announced via Written Ministerial Statement and published on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 15/10/2018 15:06:18 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

984968

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	European Investment Bank
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July to Question 165011 on European Investment Bank, what plans he has to replicate the functions of the European Investment Bank in the event that the UK loses access to that bank after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	177687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The European Investment Bank, and its offshoot, the European Investment Fund, provide financing for infrastructure investment and growth businesses.</p><p> </p><p>The UK continues to consider it may be in the mutual interest of all sides for the UK to maintain some form of ongoing relationship with the EIB Group after leaving the EU. We will explore these options with the EU as part of the negotiations on the future relationship.</p><p> </p><p>And as the Chancellor said in his Mansion House speech last year, if we do not maintain our relationship with the EIB group, we will be prepared. The government has already taken steps to increase support for infrastructure finance and high-growth businesses, and we will keep that support under review as negotiations progress.</p><p> </p><p>At Autumn Budget 2017 the Chancellor launched the Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund to support the transition to zero emission vehicles, and the British Business Bank was allowed to bring forward some of the £400 million additional investment announced at the 2016 Autumn Statement.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 15/10/2018 14:58:17 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah