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838959

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Tobacco
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 HMRC policy meetings with tobacco stakeholders: October to December 2017, if he will publish the minutes of the meetings between HMRC officials and such stakeholders which took place on 16 October, 17 October, 3 November and 8 December 2017.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	127520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs has no plans to publish the minutes of these meetings.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/02/2018 12:11:03 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

838964

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Contingencies Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times the Contingencies Fund has been used since 2010; and how much was used from that fund on each such occasion and for what purpose.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	127525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>The details of the activities in the Contingencies Fund in connection with advances made can be found in the published annual accounts.</p><p>The link for each published account from the financial years 2004/05 to 2016/17 is at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-central-funds</p><p> </p><p>For each of the accounts, the advances and repayments that contributed to cash flow in each financial year, and the analysis of reasons for issue of advances, are disclosed in the Performance analysis section or relevant Notes to the accounts.</p><p> </p><p>Information on advances in 2017/18 will be published in the Contingencies Fund 2017/18 Accounts in July 2018.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 26/02/2018 14:56:45 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

839016

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Energy Drinks: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the sum accrued to the public purse from tax on the sale of energy drinks in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	127576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>Energy drinks, that is drinks that are high in caffeine and/or other stimulants, will typically be standard rated for VAT. However, no data is available on how much VAT is raised on their sale as this level of detail is not requested on VAT returns.</p><p>Energy drinks are often also high in sugar. From April this year, the Soft Drinks Industry Levy will take effect, which is forecast to raise nearly £1.5billion over the next five years. This levy directly targets the producers and importers of sugary soft drinks to encourage them to remove added sugar, promote diet drinks, and reduce portion sizes for high sugar drinks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/02/2018 08:43:17 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

838371

registered interest
date	07/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Plastics: Waste
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the timetable is for starting his Department's call for evidence on tax changes and single-use plastic waste.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	127232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>At Autumn Budget, the government announced a call for evidence on how changes to the tax system or charges could cut down on the use of single-use plastics.</p><p>The call for evidence will be launched shortly. The government will outline how it plans to proceed once we have analysed the responses to this call for evidence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/02/2018 12:08:56 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

837837

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Fracking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the potential future value of shale gas reserves to the public purse; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	126868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) produces forecasts for UK oil &amp; gas tax receipts. Its latest Economic and Fiscal Outlook was published on 22 November 2017:</p><p> </p><p>http://obr.uk/efo/economic-fiscal-outlook-november-2017/</p><p> </p><p>The OBR also produces regular reports on wider trends in the economy that may affect tax revenues in the longer term.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/02/2018 08:43:38 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

837616

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has conducted any risk assessments on public service contracts held with private sector contractors in the North East.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	126735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>Any public-sector body contracting for goods and/or services has an obligation to carry out an appropriate risk assessment as part of the procurement process. Furthermore, both the Cabinet Office and the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) carry out their own risk assessments of suppliers providing common goods and services to the public sector under their framework agreements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 12/02/2018 15:47:29 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

836032

registered interest
date	02/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Climate Change Levy: Exemptions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 3.47 of Autumn Budget 2017 on ensuring climate change levy exemptions for businesses that operate mineralogical and metallurgical processes remain operable after EU exit, what steps he has taken to clarify the definition of the exemptions in the Finance (No. 2) Bill 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	126387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>Legislation amending the legal definition of the exemptions will be included in Finance Bill 2018-19 which will be introduced after Budget 2018 in the autumn. The legislation will be published in draft this summer.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 12/02/2018 10:24:55 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

836036

registered interest
date	02/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much land (a) his Department, (b) its agencies, and (c) its non-departmental public bodies owns in (i) England, and (ii) the South West; and how much of that land has been identified as being surplus to requirements.
tabling member constituency	Filton and Bradley Stoke
tabling member printed	Jack Lopresti
uin	126391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>The UK Government is a significant landowner. The current Government Estate Strategy sets out the Government's vision to create an efficient, fit-for-purpose and sustainable estate whose performance matches the best of the private sector. As a Government we are delivering this vision, ensuring that the estate is fit for purpose, is frequently reviewed and aligned to the Estate Strategy, and is managed in an efficient and effective way.</p><p> </p><p>The current landholdings of HM Treasury are shown in the table below. This does not include land previously identified as surplus that has now been disposed. The information is correct at time of publication.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Land in square metres*</p></td><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>South West</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department</p></td><td><p>24,540.33</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Agencies</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-departmental public bodies</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>24,540.33</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The core department owns property that it both occupies and sublets to agencies, non-departmental public bodies and other government departments.</p><p> </p><p>Of the total land HM Treasury holds in England, zero hectares are currently declared as surplus. These figures include agencies and non-departmental public bodies.</p><p> </p><p>* We have interpreted this PQ to require information regarding freehold property only. No information quantifying hectares is available as HM Treasury’s property comprises only buildings.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 12/02/2018 10:18:02 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	3989 label Biography information for Jack Lopresti

834859

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Childcare Vouchers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employees in his Department make use of the childcare voucher scheme.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	126281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>112 employees of HM Treasury make use of the childcare voucher scheme. The childcare voucher scheme is a salary sacrifice scheme which means that an employee agrees to a reduction in their taxable salary, and receives the equivalent amount in childcare vouchers instead.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 06/02/2018 16:46:24 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

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