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937728

registered interest
date	10/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Fuels: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to help keep fuel prices for motorists low.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	162580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2018 answer text <p>To support British households and businesses, at Autumn Budget 2017, the government froze fuel duty for the eighth successive year. By April 2019, these freezes will have saved the average car driver a total of £850 compared to the pre-2010 escalator.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2011, the announced freezes to fuel duty have meant the Exchequer has not collected around £46 billion in revenues through to 2018-19, and a further £38 billion of revenues will be foregone over the forecast period as a result of these previously announced freezes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 18/07/2018 15:05:28 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

937455

registered interest
date	09/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Jaguar Land Rover: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with Jaguar Land Rover on tax incentives for their work on developing batteries at their site in Coventry.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	161999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>As part of the policy making process government regularly engages with the automotive sector, including on how to encourage the development of battery technology. Through mechanisms such as the Vehicle Excise Duty and Company Car Tax, the government encourages the uptake and manufacture of cars with low carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. This is supported by other cross-departmental work such as the Future of Mobility Grand Challenge, the Automotive Sector Deal, the Advanced Propulsion Centre, and the £246m Faraday Battery Challenge, which aims to position the UK at the cutting edge of battery technology.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 12/07/2018 14:59:35 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

937613

registered interest
date	09/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Fuels: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of fuel duty tax revenues in (a) 2020, (b) 2030 and (c) 2040.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	162106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>The independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) forecasts fuel duty receipts for the next five years; The 2020-21 forecast is £29.6 billion. This forecast assumes that fuel duty is uprated in line with the Retail Price Index.</p><p> </p><p>However, since 2011, fuel duty has been frozen – a cut in real terms. The announced freezes to fuel duty have meant the Exchequer has not collected around £46 billion in revenues through to 2018-19, and a further £38 billion of revenues will be foregone over the forecast period as a result of these previously announced freezes. For the purposes of comparison, £46bn is around twice as much as we spend on all NHS nurses and doctors each year.</p><p> </p><p>Although longer term forecasts are not published, the OBR’s Fiscal Risks Report highlights that, in the long-term, revenues from fuel duty will decline as vehicles switch from liquid fuels to electric power and become more efficient. The government recognises that these changes may impact tax revenues, but it believes fuel duty will continue to have an important role in the tax system.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 17/07/2018 16:28:44 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

934169

registered interest
date	05/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Fossil Fuels: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Government spent from the public purse on (a) subsidies, (b) investment and (c) research and development in the fossil fuel energy sectors in each of the last 10 financial years and to date in the 2018 - 2019 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	160319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2018 answer text <p>The UK currently has no fossil fuel subsidies. We are committed to meeting our climate change commitments as cost effectively as possible and over the last 10 years emissions from the power sector have decreased by 57%. Looking ahead we have committed to further reducing our dependence on fossil fuels by phasing out unabated coal from our power system altogether by 2025. The Government is also enabling the transition away from fossil fuels in the transport sector by supporting the development of the market for ultra-low emission vehicles.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/07/2018 14:45:42 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

935015

registered interest
date	05/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Accountancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent with the Big Four accountancy firms in the last twelve months.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	161102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2018 answer text <p>Treasury has spent the following amounts in the last 12 months (to 30 June 2018):</p><p> </p><p>Ernst &amp; Young £42,221</p><p>KPMG £129,354</p><p>PWC £1,107,037</p><p>Deloitte £2,767,561</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 13/07/2018 13:58:15 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

935057

registered interest
date	05/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
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 total cost to the public purse of alcohol duty freezes and reductions since 2013.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	161163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>Based on the Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) published policy costings, we estimate the cumulative loss to the Exchequer from the successive alcohol duty freezes and cuts from financial year 2013-14 to the current financial year 2018-19 to be around £4.0bn. This is equal to the yearly cost of employing over 100,000 teachers.</p><p> </p><p>The annual impacts on the Exchequer are reported in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>(£m)</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exchequer Impact</p></td><td><p>-170</p></td><td><p>-505</p></td><td><p>-685</p></td><td><p>-770</p></td><td><p>-820</p></td><td><p>-1,025</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These past decisions will also incur future losses to the Exchequer in years beyond 2018-19. The OBR’s costings of previously announced policies currently extend to 2022-23, and the future impact of these announced freezes and cuts in the alcohol duties to that year is estimated to be around £4.4bn.</p><p> </p><p>The future annual impacts are set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>(£m)</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>2022-23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exchequer Impact</p></td><td><p>-1,050</p></td><td><p>-1,075</p></td><td><p>-1,105</p></td><td><p>-1,140</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The OBR’s policy costings are available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://budgetresponsibility.org.uk/download/policy-measures-database/" target="_blank">http://budgetresponsibility.org.uk/download/policy-measures-database/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 17/07/2018 14:22:51 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

935101

registered interest
date	05/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Natural Gas: Storage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review gas storage business rates after the decision of EDF to close the Hole House gas storage facility because of challenging market conditions.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	161050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>The UK benefits from highly diverse and flexible sources of gas supply. Low gas prices have contributed to challenging market conditions in the gas storage market.</p><p> </p><p>The government recognises that business rates can represent a high cost for some businesses. That’s why it has taken repeated action to reduce their burden, announcing reforms and reductions worth over £10bn by 2023.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 12/07/2018 09:11:13 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

934273

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Fuels: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate the Government has made of the amount of fuel duty which has not accrued to the public purse as a result of the freeze in duty introduced in the March 2011 Budget.
tabling member constituency	Broxbourne
tabling member printed	Mr Charles Walker
uin	160145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>To support British households and businesses, at Autumn Budget 2017, the government froze fuel duty for the eighth successive year. Since public finances are based on the assumption that fuel duty will increase with RPI at every Budget, any increase below this represents a cost to the Exchequer. Successive freezes since 2011 have saved the average driver £620 compared to what it would have been with RPI increases.</p><p>Since 2011, the announced freezes to fuel duty have meant the Exchequer has not collected around £46 billion in revenues through to 2018-19. For the purposes of comparison, this is around twice as much as we spend on all NHS nurses and doctors each year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 06/07/2018 12:57:05 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker

934316

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Hydrogen Fuelling Stations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to include hydrogen refuelling stations in the scope of the Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund in the future.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	160385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2018 answer text <p>The purpose of the Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund is to catalyse private sector investment into the electric vehicle chargepoint network. There are separate interventions to support the uptake of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and roll out more cutting edge infrastructure. This includes funding which will see additional hydrogen refuelling stations being built as well as upgrades to existing refuelling infrastructure. In addition, government funding has supported the opening of the UK’s first integrated forecourt hydrogen refuelling station at the Shell Beaconsfield site, making it the first location in the country selling hydrogen fuel as well as petrol and diesel.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/07/2018 14:44:20 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

933819

registered interest
date	02/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what time target his Department has for the answer of Departmental correspondence relating to constituency cases.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	159613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>The Treasury’s target to answer correspondence relating to constituency cases is 15 working days. In 2017 we achieved this in 77% of cases.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 10/07/2018 14:35:41 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery