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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

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

982657

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Whisky: Exports
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 value of Scotch whisky to UK exports in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Douglas Ross
uin	176584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) is responsible for the collection and publication of data on UK imports and exports of goods to and from the UK. HMRC releases this information monthly, as a National Statistic called the Overseas Trade in Goods Statistics.</p><p>Data on exports of Scotch Whisky into the UK in each of the last five years are available in the ‘Build Your Own Tables’ area of HMRC’s statistical website <a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Pages/Home.aspx" target="_blank">uktradeinfo.com</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 16/10/2018 15:25:44 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4627 label Biography information for Douglas Ross

984566

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Gambling: Excise Duties
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 contribution to the public purse of proposed changes to the way gaming duty is calculated in each year from 2017-18 to 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	177337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>We expect the ability to carry forward losses will have a negligible negative impact on public finances but this has not yet been determined by the OBR. The government is currently engaging with the OBR on the impact of this measure.</p><p> </p><p>This impact was set out in the summary of responses to the “Gaming Duty: review of accounting periods” consultation. This is available here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/722409/Gaming_Duty_review_of_accounting_periods_summary_of_responses.pdf</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 15/10/2018 14:56:09 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

982501

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Written Statement of 13 March 2018 on Spring Statement, HCWS540, how much of that funding he has allocated to (a) programmes, (b) administration and (c) staffing in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	175814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>HM Treasury has allocated over £2 billion of additional funding to departments and the Devolved Administrations for EU exit preparations so far. This breaks down as:</p><p> </p><p>£412m of additional funding over the spending review period for the Department for Exiting the European Union, Department for International Trade and the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office at Autumn Statement 2016.</p><p> </p><p>£286m of additional funding for 17/18 (a full breakdown of which can be found in Supplementary Estimates 17/18).</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Over £1.5bn of additional funding for 18/19. A full breakdown of which can be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS540, laid on the 13th March (<a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/</a>)</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury was allocated £24.8m for costs arising as the UK leave the EU in the Spring Statement 2018. The final breakdown between programme and administration spend will be confirmed in the Supplementary Estimates. Staffing forms part of administration spend, and it is currently estimated that most of the department’s additional funding related to work on leaving the EU for 18/19 will be spent on staffing.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 16/10/2018 15:31:48 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

982532

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Houses: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps his Department is taking to prevent pub closures.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	176065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The government remains committed to supporting pubs and we have taken action to this end – including cuts to business rates worth over £10 billion by 2023 and a £1,000 business rates discounts for small and medium pubs.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, at Autumn Budget 2017 the government announced a freeze to all alcohol duties. Cuts to alcohol taxes since 2013 mean the average tax on a pint of beer is estimated to be 12p lower than it otherwise would have been, showing the government’s continued support for the country’s local pubs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 16/10/2018 15:23:56 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

982861

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2018 to Question 169565 on tobacco: smuggling, what representations his Department has received from the tobacco industry on delivery of a UK tobacco product track and trace system; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure the UK's final track and trace system will be compliant with the WHO FCTC Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products requirement for parties not to delegate any of their obligations to the tobacco industry.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	176456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs has received a number of representations from the tobacco industry and others about the implementation of a track and trace system.</p><p> </p><p>As I set out in my previous answer, the government is committed to meeting the requirements for independence from the tobacco industry as per Article 8 of the WHO FCTC Protocol to Eliminate the Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products.</p><p> </p><p>The track and trace system will be implemented under the EU Tobacco Products Directive. The implementing legislation for the Directive specifies strict and comprehensive criteria by which independence from the tobacco industry is determined. Providers of the track and trace system will need to demonstrate to HM Revenue &amp; Customs that they satisfy this criteria both before and during the period they provide the services required as a condition of holding the respective contracts. Companies providing track and trace data repositories for the tobacco industry must also be approved as independent of the tobacco industry by the European Commission.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/10/2018 16:04:59 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day