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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

1042395

registered interest
date	16/01/2019
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 the pools duty from 15 per cent to one per cent.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	209396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>Pool Betting Duty raises around £4m in revenue for the Exchequer per year. Cutting Pool Betting Duty to 1% 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> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 21/01/2019 16:33:19 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1042397

registered interest
date	16/01/2019
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, if his Department have made an assessment of the potential effect on the betting industry of the effect of reducing the Pools Duty to 10 per cent; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	209398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>Pool Betting Duty raises around £4m in revenue for the Exchequer per annum. Reducing it to 10% is likely to have a negligible effect on the betting industry, but could put revenue at risk particularly through incentivising switching of products from other forms of bets to pooled bets.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 24/01/2019 15:27:16 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1037277

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
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 transferring the proceeds of vehicle excise duties raised in the Greater London Authority area to London local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Hornchurch and Upminster
tabling member printed	Julia Lopez
uin	908473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The government has committed to hypothecate Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) in England from 2020-21 into the National Roads Fund (NRF), providing long-term certainty for roads investment. This will be used to maintain the country’s main arterial routes and enhance national road connectivity.</p><p> </p><p>Devolving VED to London would undermine the purpose of the NRF to deliver nationally significant schemes across the strategic road network, including those in London such as the M25 and some recently announced Major Road Network candidates which will also be funded by the NRF.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 10/01/2019 16:54:55 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez

1023024

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings Ministers of his department have had with representatives of (a) the alcohol industry and (b) organisations working to reduce alcohol-related harm in 2018; and if he will publish the (i) dates, (ii) attendees and (iii) topics of each of those meetings.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	200639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>Details of all ministerial meetings are routinely published on the Gov.UK website, details can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel</p><p> </p><p>Ministers and officials regularly meet with stakeholders to discuss alcohol duty and related issues, including the health impacts of alcohol.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 18/12/2018 16:50:39 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1020230

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Productivity Investment Fund
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 amount of money the National Productivity Investment Fund will allocate in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	199322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The National Productivity Investment Fund (NPIF) will provide £37 billion of capital investment between 2017-18 and 2023-24 to support jobs and growth.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor has set out how over £27 billion of this funding will be allocated across housing, transport, digital infrastructure and R&amp;D. The remaining funding will be allocated at future fiscal events.</p><p> </p><p>A breakdown of allocations can be found on page 54 of the Autumn Budget 2018 document: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/752202/Budget_2018_red_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/752202/Budget_2018_red_web.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 10/12/2018 15:38:20 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1019949

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
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 assessment he has made of the compatibility of Transferable Tax History and the Paris climate agreement.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	198905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2018 answer text <p>In the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5˚C, all the scenarios reflect an ongoing role for some fossil fuel use, recognising the need to maintain a supply of energy to meet global demand.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is currently a net importer of both oil and gas and our domestic supply is forecast to decline further in the future. Managing the declining production of our relatively small domestic basin, whilst reducing our overall consumption of fossil fuels is compatible with the UK’s obligations under the Paris Climate Agreement.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 198906 question first answered 14/12/2018 08:58:16 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1016267

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
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, with reference to page 46 of Autumn Budget 2017, how much and what proportion of the charging investment infrastructure fund has been invested in charging infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	196790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund will consist of £200m government investment to be matched by the private sector. The fund will be managed and invested in on a commercial basis by a private sector fund manager who will make independent, commercial decisions on how to invest, within parameters set by government. The Request for Proposals to select a fund manager recently closed, and government are in the final stages of selecting a preferred bidder(s). The selected fund manager(s) will raise the match funding from the private sector and the fund will start investing in early 2019.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 196791 question first answered 03/12/2018 12:55:53 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1016341

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Buckingham Palace: Honours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November to Question 192869, what other sources of income are included in the same category of items listed in the Income section of the table on Page 53 of the Annual Report and Accounts of the Sovereign Grant 2017-18 as the income deriving from the contract to create and sell the items mentioned in that answer; and where not constrained by commercial sensitivity, how much income was derived from each of those other sources in 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	196745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The information that answers this question is set out in note 16 on page 86 of the Annual Report and Accounts 2017-18</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 03/12/2018 13:06:47 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry