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1050317

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Retail Trade: Urban Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What fiscal steps he is taking to support the high street.
tabling member constituency	Nuneaton
tabling member printed	Mr Marcus Jones
uin	908879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>Budget 2018 announced Our Plan for the High Street, which will provide £1.5bn to support high streets as they adapt to meet the changing needs of shoppers.</p><p> </p><p>The Plan includes a £675m Future High Streets Fund, planning reform, a High Streets Taskforce and support for community assets.</p><p> </p><p>It also includes one third off small retailers’ business rates bills for two years from April. [This is worth almost £900m to businesses.]</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 29/01/2019 15:12:59 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones

1047680

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coinage: British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2019 to Question 207221, if he will list the designation and location of the coin issuing authority for each Overseas Territory and Crown Dependency.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	212398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK’s has underpinned its commitment to its Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, by allowing them to mint their own versions of the iconic 12-sided £1 coin. The Treasury does not hold a list of coin issuing authorities of non-UK governments.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 29/01/2019 15:56:17 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1047681

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coinage: British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2019 to Question 207221, which coin issuing authorities have (a) requested permission or (b) indicated intention to request permission to issue new £1 coins.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	212399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>We can confirm that a number of coin issuing authorities have already indicated an intention to request permission to introduce the new £1 coin in their territories. For reasons of confidentiality and commercial sensitivity, The Royal Mint does not disclose details of any specific enquiries.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 29/01/2019 15:49:53 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1046965

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Diesel Vehicles: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has accrued to the public purse from the increase in (a) vehicle excise duty and (b) benefit-in-kind for diesel vehicles since April 2018.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	211875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>Any diesel car that is not certified to the Real Driving Emissions 2 (RDE2) standard is liable to pay a diesel supplement on its Vehicle Excise Duty and company car tax rate.</p><p> </p><p>At Autumn Budget 2017, the government published an OBR certified costing of the diesel supplement changes. In 2018-19, these changes are expected to raise £220 million, with this revenue being used to pay for a Clean Air Fund to help English local authorities with the most challenging pollution problems. Aside from the diesel supplement, VED rates for cars, vans and motorbikes increased by RPI in 2018-19 maintaining receipts in real terms.</p><p> </p><p>The costings can be accessed at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/661428/Autumn_Budget_Policy_costings_document_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/661428/Autumn_Budget_Policy_costings_document_web.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 28/01/2019 16:16:26 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1045993

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Cleaning Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which service providers are contracted to carry out third party cleaning contracts for his (a) Department and (b) its executive agencies; if he will list all of the services delivered by third party contractors to his (i) Department and (ii) its executive agencies; and how many people working for those third party contractors are paid less than the Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	211156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>Building and facilities services for HM Treasury at 1 Horse Guards Road are provided by Exchequer Partnerships through a PFI agreement. Exchequer Partnerships sub-contract the cleaning service to OCS. All OCS contracted cleaning staff are paid in line with National Living Wage requirements. Cleaning services provided by OCS include:</p><ul><li><p>Office space/operational space/recreational space</p></li><li><p>Toilets/Showers</p></li><li><p>Window cleaning</p><p>Cleaning services at the UK Debt Management Office in Eastcheap Court are provided by Envirotec Integrated Services Ltd (EIS). All their contracted cleaning staff are paid in line with National Living Wage requirements. Cleaning services provided by EIS include:</p><p>Office space/operational space/recreational space</p><p>Toilets/shower room</p><p>Internal window cleaning</p><p>Buildings and facilities services, including cleaning, at both the National Infrastructure Commission and the UK Government Internal Audit Agency are covered under the terms of their lease agreements. Neither agency is party to the sub contracts that their landlords have in place for the provision of these services.</p></li></ul> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 30/01/2019 15:01:16 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1046120

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cider: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to increase the small producer's relief scheme for small cider producers from 7,000 to 30,000 litres per annum.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Chris Green
uin	211302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>HM Treasury has no plans to increase the exemption from cider duty to cider producers over 7,000 litres.</p><p> </p><p>The exemption aims to remove small scale, non-commercial cider production from the duty system and we consider that a limit of 7,000 litres remains appropriate for this.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 30/01/2019 15:04:57 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

1045530

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Gambling: Taxation
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 introducing a tax on the gambling industry to provide funding for people that have been made destitute as a result of gambling addiction.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	210461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The Gambling Commission is consulting on its new national strategy to reduce gambling harm, this includes a review of the financial contributions made by the industry. The license conditions of gambling companies require them to make a financial contribution to organisations that tackle gambling harm.</p><p> </p><p>As announced at Autumn Budget, Remote Gaming Duty will be increased to 21% from 1 April 2019.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 29/01/2019 15:58:21 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1045703

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of staff in his Department including those employed in executive agencies and non-ministerial Departments declared a disability in 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	210485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The Disability data for HM Treasury, Government Internal Audit, DMO, OBR, and NIC are published in the ONS Annual Civil Service Employment Survey. Numbers between 1 and 5 employees are shown as “-“.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/civilservicestatistics" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/civilservicestatistics</a></strong></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 29/01/2019 15:51:50 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1045761

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Football Pools: Excise Duties
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 effect on the (a) finances and (b) usage of the football pools of the reduction in pools duty from 15 per cent to 10 per cent.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	210669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>Pool Betting Duty raises around £4m in revenue for the Exchequer per year. Cutting Pool Betting Duty to 10% could pose a risk to the public finances from a reduction in General Betting Duty revenue as bookmakers would have an incentive to switch their products from fixed odds bets to pools bets.</p><p> </p><p>It is unlikely to increase usage of the football pools which has been in long term decline due to the poplularity of other gambling products.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 29/01/2019 15:53:54 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1043137

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds on the rate of remuneration for (a) cleaners, (b) security guards and (c) catering staff in his Department in (i) Greater London and (ii) outside Greater London.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
uin	209890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>The cleaning, security and catering service at HM Treasury is provided through a service contract, let by the landlord for 1 Horse Guards Road (Exchequer Partnership). HM Treasury does not hold information on remuneration for cleaners, security guards or catering staff.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 24/01/2019 15:13:27 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell