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1609733

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Waste: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the economic impact of waste crime and landfill tax fraud.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	179866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>Waste crime – including landfill tax fraud - is a blight on local communities, harms the environment and undermines legitimate businesses operating in the waste sector. The government is committed to tackling this issue, through a multi-agency response led by Defra and the Joint Unit for Waste Crime.</p><p> </p><p>The government regularly publishes an assessment of the tax gap across the tax system. HMRC has collected and protected over £800m in additional Landfill Tax since 2018 with ever closer collaboration between government departments to make this possible and lay the foundations for further strengthening the regime.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>As part of next steps on the Landfill Tax Review, the government will consider the impact of any potential changes to the tax on Landfill Tax fraud, evasion and waste crime and the interaction of potential changes with upcoming environmental regulatory reforms designed to improve compliance and tackle waste crime.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 19/04/2023 13:53:28 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1609743

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Electricity Generation: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the Electricity Generator Levy on investment in (a) onshore and offshore wind infrastructure and (b) other sources of renewable energy.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	179876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>As announced at Autumn Statement from January 2023 a 45% tax is being levied on the extraordinary returns being realised by certain electricity generators. This is forecast to raise around £14 billion over the next 5 years to help fund support for households and business with their energy bills as well as vital public services.</p><p> </p><p>The levy will only be applied to extraordinary returns defined as returns from selling electricity for a period at an average price of more than £75/MWh. This is approximately 1.5 times the average price of electricity over the last decade. The Government considers this to be a proportionate approach to recovering a share of the extraordinary returns electricity generators are receiving while leaving generators a share of the revenue from high electricity prices. The Office for Budget Responsibility considered the impact of the levy on its economic and fiscal forecasts which was published at Autumn Statement in its economic and fiscal outlook. Further information on the impact of the policy is set out in a Tax Information Impact Note which is available on <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to provide considerable support for investment in renewables Since 2014 the Contracts for Difference scheme has enabled around 26GW of new low-carbon capacity, with generators receiving almost £6 billion net in price support. The UK has reduced emissions faster than any other G7 nation, with 41% of our electricity coming from renewables last year, compared to 22% in the USA.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 179877 question first answered 19/04/2023 13:47:40 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1609744

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Electricity Generation: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the impact of the Electricity Generator Levy on energy security and net zero objectives.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	179877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>As announced at Autumn Statement from January 2023 a 45% tax is being levied on the extraordinary returns being realised by certain electricity generators. This is forecast to raise around £14 billion over the next 5 years to help fund support for households and business with their energy bills as well as vital public services.</p><p> </p><p>The levy will only be applied to extraordinary returns defined as returns from selling electricity for a period at an average price of more than £75/MWh. This is approximately 1.5 times the average price of electricity over the last decade. The Government considers this to be a proportionate approach to recovering a share of the extraordinary returns electricity generators are receiving while leaving generators a share of the revenue from high electricity prices. The Office for Budget Responsibility considered the impact of the levy on its economic and fiscal forecasts which was published at Autumn Statement in its economic and fiscal outlook. Further information on the impact of the policy is set out in a Tax Information Impact Note which is available on <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to provide considerable support for investment in renewables Since 2014 the Contracts for Difference scheme has enabled around 26GW of new low-carbon capacity, with generators receiving almost £6 billion net in price support. The UK has reduced emissions faster than any other G7 nation, with 41% of our electricity coming from renewables last year, compared to 22% in the USA.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 179876 question first answered 19/04/2023 13:47:40 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1609745

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Electricity Generation: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an investment allowance for the renewable energy sector within the Electricity Generator Levy.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	179878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>As announced at Autumn Statement from January 2023 a 45% tax is being levied on the extraordinary returns being realised by certain electricity generators. At Spring Statement it was forecast to raise around £14 billion over the next 5 years which will help fund support for households and business with their energy bills as well as vital public services.</p><p> </p><p>The Electricity Generator Levy (EGL) and the Electricity Profits Levy (EPL) are designed very differently. Unlike the EPL, the EGL is not a tax on a comprehensive measure of profit that is calculated after recognition of total revenues and costs. Instead, it is payable on the portion of revenues that exceed the long-run average for electricity prices. Rather than providing an investment allowance the government has taken into account the potential impact on investment in the design of the levy with the benchmark price, £75/MWh, being set at 1.5 times the pre-crisis level and indexed to CPI.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 19/04/2023 14:24:25 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1610125

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will offer targeted support to businesses which agreed energy contracts in 2022 when wholesale energy prices were high and which are now having difficulty in meeting their operating costs.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Jo Gideon
uin	180258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2023 answer text <p>The Energy Bills Discount Scheme (EBDS) will provide all eligible businesses and other non-domestic energy users with a discount on high energy bills for 12 months from 1 April 2023 until 31 March 2024. It will also provide businesses in sectors with particularly high levels of energy use and trade intensity with a higher level of support.</p><p> </p><p>EBDS will help those locked into contracts signed before recent substantial falls in the wholesale price manage their costs and provide others with reassurance against the risk of prices rising again.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is aware that some businesses are having difficulties securing the benefit of falling wholesale prices from their energy suppliers. The Government welcomes Ofgem’s recent update on their investigation into the non-domestic retail market. We encourage them to complete their review at pace and welcome their commitment to take swift compliance and enforcement action against any supplier who has breached market rules.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 21/04/2023 12:53:53 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4817 label Biography information for Jo Gideon

1610143

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Aviation: Fuels
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 price stability mechanism, such as a contracts-for-difference scheme similar to that used in wind power generation, to encourage the production of sustainable aviation fuel production in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Altrincham and Sale West
tabling member printed	Sir Graham Brady
uin	180276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The government is committed to supporting the uptake of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF). The UK’s SAF programme is one of the most comprehensive in the world, that includes the £180 million Advanced Fuels Fund and an ambitious SAF mandate which other low carbon technologies do not have.</p><p> </p><p>On 17 April, we published a government response to an independent report on a UK SAF industry. It sets out how we are already taking action to address many of the report’s recommendations. We have committed to continue working with industry to consider the case for broader support alongside the AFF and the SAF mandate from 2025 (that will provide a long-term investment signal and price support), with a focus on industry funded intervention, to increase revenue certainty for UK SAF plants. If required following that work, we will launch a formal consultation this summer.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 180277 question first answered 24/04/2023 15:35:56 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	435 label Biography information for Sir Graham Brady

1610144

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Aviation: Fuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential value of the sustainable aviation fuel sector to the UK economy.
tabling member constituency	Altrincham and Sale West
tabling member printed	Sir Graham Brady
uin	180277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The government is committed to supporting the uptake of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF). The UK’s SAF programme is one of the most comprehensive in the world, that includes the £180 million Advanced Fuels Fund and an ambitious SAF mandate which other low carbon technologies do not have.</p><p> </p><p>On 17 April, we published a government response to an independent report on a UK SAF industry. It sets out how we are already taking action to address many of the report’s recommendations. We have committed to continue working with industry to consider the case for broader support alongside the AFF and the SAF mandate from 2025 (that will provide a long-term investment signal and price support), with a focus on industry funded intervention, to increase revenue certainty for UK SAF plants. If required following that work, we will launch a formal consultation this summer.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 180276 question first answered 24/04/2023 15:35:56 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	435 label Biography information for Sir Graham Brady

1610458

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Hospitality Industry: Alcoholic Drinks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department made an assessment of the average proportion contributed to the income of hospitality venues by (a) wines and (b) spirits when formulating plans for the draught relief introduced on 1 August 2022.
tabling member constituency	Altrincham and Sale West
tabling member printed	Sir Graham Brady
uin	180591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2023 answer text <p>The Government consulted extensively and took account of evidence from a wide range of stakeholders and a variety of data sets as part of the tax policy making process on the alcohol review, including on the design of Draught Relief.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has committed to evaluating the policy and its impacts after implementation.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 20/04/2023 11:04:58 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	435 label Biography information for Sir Graham Brady

1610459

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Wines: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of planned wine duty increases on (a) elasticity of demand and (b) forecast levels of future revenue to the Exchequer from alcohol duty.
tabling member constituency	Altrincham and Sale West
tabling member printed	Sir Graham Brady
uin	180592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2023 answer text <p>The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) published its latest Economic and Fiscal Outlook report in March 2023. The publication contained an alcohol duty revenue forecast up to and including 2027-28 and was inclusive of all planned changes to alcohol duties including wine duty increases.</p><p> </p><p>Table 2.12 in the supplementary tables published alongside the Economic and Fiscal Outlook report contains separate clearance and receipt forecasts by type of alcohol.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 20/04/2023 11:01:16 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	435 label Biography information for Sir Graham Brady

1610460

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
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 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing measures to assist (a) producers and (b) importers supplying the off trade in alcoholic drinks following the increases in alcohol duty announced in the Spring Budget 2023.
tabling member constituency	Altrincham and Sale West
tabling member printed	Sir Graham Brady
uin	180593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2023 answer text <p>The new alcohol duty system will provide a simpler and more consistent duty regime for producers and importers supplying the off trade and on trade.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also introducing specific measures that will benefit produces and importers. The approval, return and payment processes for domestic producers of alcoholic products are being harmonised. Small Producer Relief reforms and extends the relief currently enjoyed by small breweries to all producers of other alcoholic products under 8.5% abv. Temporary arrangements for producers and importers of wine in place until 1 February 2025 will help them manage the transition to the new method of calculating the duty on their products.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also committed to evaluating the policy and its impacts after implementation.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 20/04/2023 11:03:10 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	435 label Biography information for Sir Graham Brady