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992836

registered interest
date	22/10/2018
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 he has made of the merits of a potential role for the vehicle rental and leasing sector in increasing uptake of electric vehicles; and if he will bring forward the 2 per cent company car tax rate to April 2019 to help achieve that.
tabling member constituency	Tiverton and Honiton
tabling member printed	Neil Parish
uin	182183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>The vehicle rental and leasing sector has an important role to play in helping to achieve the government’s ambition for the majority of new cars to be zero emission by 2040.</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.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 30/10/2018 17:25:34 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4072 label Biography information for Neil Parish

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

983126

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	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
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 number of (a) people and (b) businesses that will benefit from the workplace electric vehicle charging benefit-in-kind exemption.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	176478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s estimate of the impacts from the workplace electric vehicle charging benefit-in-kind exemption was set out in the policy paper published on the 6<sup>th</sup> of July “Workplace charging for all-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles”. (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/workplace-charging-for-all-electric-and-plug-in-hybrid-vehicles/workplace-charging-for-all-electric-and-plug-in-hybrid-vehicles" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/workplace-charging-for-all-electric-and-plug-in-hybrid-vehicles/workplace-charging-for-all-electric-and-plug-in-hybrid-vehicles</a>). This change is expected to affect a small number of those individuals who use an electric/plug-in hybrid vehicle which are not subject to the car or van benefit charge and impact on a small number of businesses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/10/2018 14:05:05 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

973251

registered interest
date	13/09/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Infrastructure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the July 2018 report of the National Infrastructure Commission’s entitled National Infrastructure Assessment.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	174781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The government welcomed the publication of the National Infrastructure Assessment (NIA), and is considering the recommendations.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the National Infrastructure Commission’s Framework Document, the government will respond to the NIC’s recommendations as soon as practicable, and endeavour to respond within 6 months, and no longer than a year.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 15/10/2018 15:00:09 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

971758

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Local Government: Private Finance Initiative
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding his Department has allocated in the form of private finance initiative (a) grants and (b) credits to each local authority in each financial year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	173578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>Since 2010, HM Treasury has not allocated specific funding for Local Authority Private Finance Initiative projects. HM Treasury sets overall departmental budgets and it is the responsibility of each department to allocate funding for specific projects within that.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 09/10/2018 15:45:18 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

964442

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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, what the total cost to the public purse of his Department’s work preparing for the UK to leave the EU has been since 23 June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	168902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 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>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf.</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 (https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/)</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/09/2018 16:04:56 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

964894

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Offshore Industry: Taxation
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 has been of (a) subsidies and (b) reductions in tax for North Sea oil and gas companies in the last three years
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Hugh Gaffney
uin	169706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>There are no subsidies available to North Sea oil and gas companies.</p><p> </p><p>Estimates of the reduction in taxes paid by North Sea companies due to changes to the tax regime are available from the policy costings documents published alongside each fiscal event on the gov.uk website.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/09/2018 16:21:15 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4614 label Biography information for Hugh Gaffney

947375

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Soft Drinks: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue is projected to be raised in the 2018-19 financial year from the sugar tax.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	168129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>As set out in the Office for Budget Responsibility’s Economic and Fiscal Outlook in March 2018, the Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL) is expected to accrue £240m in 2018-19.</p><p> </p><p>The figure for the amount of revenue collected since the introduction of the SDIL was published on 21<sup>st</sup> August in the HMRC Tax &amp; NIC Receipts publication at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmrc-tax-and-nics-receipts-for-the-uk" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmrc-tax-and-nics-receipts-for-the-uk</a></p><p>Note that these figures published on a receipts basis, with first SDIL payments due by 30<sup>th</sup> July 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The 2016 Budget announced funding for a number of programmes linked to the revenue from SDIL. The Department for Education will receive £575 million during the current spending review period. The funding has been allocated to a number of programmes to support pupil health and wellbeing which include:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Double funding for the primary physical education and Sport Premium to £320 million a year from 2017. The Department for Education and the Department of Health contribute £100 million and £60 million per year to the premium respectively, with the Soft Drinks Levy funding contributing £415 million over the remainder of the current spending review period.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Provide £100 million in 2018/19 for the Healthy Pupils Capital Fund.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Provide up to £26 million to kick-start or improve breakfast club provision in over 1,700 schools.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Expected revenue from the levy during the Spending Review period is £485 million for the UK as a whole. The total funding provided for these programmes in England is £575 million.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 168133 question first answered 04/09/2018 12:38:12 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

947382

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Soft Drinks: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the introduction of the sugar tax on reducing the sugar content of soft drinks.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	168131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>The Levy is designed to tackle childhood obesity by incentivising producers and importers to reduce the amount of added-sugar in the drinks they sell. So far, over half of all drinks that would otherwise have been in-scope have reduced their sugar content.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England have also released ‘Sugar reduction: report on first year progress’ which shows that soft drinks manufacturers are leading the way in reducing sugar in their product.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sugar-reduction-report-on-first-year-progress" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sugar-reduction-report-on-first-year-progress</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 04/09/2018 12:43:20 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

947384

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Soft Drinks: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue has been collected since the introduction of the soft drinks industry levy; and that money has been spent on.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	168133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>As set out in the Office for Budget Responsibility’s Economic and Fiscal Outlook in March 2018, the Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL) is expected to accrue £240m in 2018-19.</p><p> </p><p>The figure for the amount of revenue collected since the introduction of the SDIL was published on 21<sup>st</sup> August in the HMRC Tax &amp; NIC Receipts publication at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmrc-tax-and-nics-receipts-for-the-uk" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmrc-tax-and-nics-receipts-for-the-uk</a></p><p>Note that these figures published on a receipts basis, with first SDIL payments due by 30<sup>th</sup> July 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The 2016 Budget announced funding for a number of programmes linked to the revenue from SDIL. The Department for Education will receive £575 million during the current spending review period. The funding has been allocated to a number of programmes to support pupil health and wellbeing which include:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Double funding for the primary physical education and Sport Premium to £320 million a year from 2017. The Department for Education and the Department of Health contribute £100 million and £60 million per year to the premium respectively, with the Soft Drinks Levy funding contributing £415 million over the remainder of the current spending review period.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Provide £100 million in 2018/19 for the Healthy Pupils Capital Fund.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Provide up to £26 million to kick-start or improve breakfast club provision in over 1,700 schools.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Expected revenue from the levy during the Spending Review period is £485 million for the UK as a whole. The total funding provided for these programmes in England is £575 million.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 168129 question first answered 04/09/2018 12:38:12 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith