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228267

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	HM 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 discussions Ministers in his Department had with the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health on alcohol duty prior to the publication of the Budget 2015; what issues were raised during those discussions; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	228208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The Treasury Ministers discuss a variety of issues with Ministers from other government departments throughout the year, including the run up to Budget.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 23/03/2015 15:27:52 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

227708

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how the Government intends to promote take-up of the tax-free childcare scheme; and what budget he is allocating for that purpose.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	227984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>Tax-Free Childcare will provide support to hard-working families for childcare costs. The introduction of TFC will give almost two million families the opportunity to receive up to £2,000 per annum of support per child, via a new simple online system. We will deliver this important support as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are working closely together to ensure that HMRC is funded to deliver Tax-Free Childcare in a way that provides value for money for the taxpayer. The costs of the scheme are yet to be finalised and will be confirmed once the full details have been settled with the appointed account provider for the scheme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 227985 227986 question first answered 23/03/2015 15:56:34 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

227709

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects registration for the tax-free childcare scheme to open; and when the first payments under that scheme will be delivered.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	227985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>Tax-Free Childcare will provide support to hard-working families for childcare costs. The introduction of TFC will give almost two million families the opportunity to receive up to £2,000 per annum of support per child, via a new simple online system. We will deliver this important support as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are working closely together to ensure that HMRC is funded to deliver Tax-Free Childcare in a way that provides value for money for the taxpayer. The costs of the scheme are yet to be finalised and will be confirmed once the full details have been settled with the appointed account provider for the scheme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 227984 227986 question first answered 23/03/2015 15:56:34 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

227723

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Electronic Cigarettes: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the European Commission and his counterparts from other EU member states on the taxation of e-cigarettes.
tabling member constituency	Wyre Forest
tabling member printed	Mark Garnier
uin	227745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>There are not been any ministerial level discussions with the European Commission or other EU member states on the taxation of e-cigarettes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 20/03/2015 14:52:21 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier

227724

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Electronic Cigarettes: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on proposals for EU-level harmonised taxation on e-cigarettes; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Wyre Forest
tabling member printed	Mark Garnier
uin	227748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>There are no proposals for EU-level harmonised tax treatment of e-cigarettes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 20/03/2015 14:51:27 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier

227325

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when it was decided that bailiffs could be used to recover alleged overpayment of tax credits; who took that decision; and whether it is his policy that processes to recover alleged overpayments are stayed at the request of an hon. Member for such an allegation to be investigated.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
uin	227525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>HMRC does not use bailiffs to recover overpayments of tax credits. HMRC is required to balance the need to investigate concerns or complaints with its duty to collect money owed, and will therefore carry out an initial investigation in order to be able to decide, on the facts of the case, whether or not it should halt the pursuit of a debt.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 18/03/2015 16:01:24 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

227094

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	HM 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 Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cider and perry producers are registered as exempt from paying duty in (a) Hereford and South Herefordshire constituency, (b) Herefordshire and (c) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Hereford and South Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Jesse Norman
uin	227391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>There are currently 475 cider and perry producers in the UK who are registered as exempt from paying excise duty on their production. There is no breakdown of this figure by parliamentary constituency.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 23/03/2015 15:44:43 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman

227190

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Preston
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions the Tax Credit Office instructed bailiffs to collect overpaid tax credits from people in Preston constituency in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
uin	227406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>HMRC has not instructed bailiffs to collect overpaid tax credits in the Preston constituency.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 18/03/2015 16:28:28 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

226591

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Child Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people who submitted applications for child benefit to the Child Benefit Office in the last 12 months were subsequently told by that office that their application was not received.
tabling member constituency	Beverley and Holderness
tabling member printed	Mr Graham Stuart
uin	227164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>HMRC do not hold the requested data.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 16/03/2015 16:41:17 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart

226221

registered interest
date	10/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Oil: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when Ministers of his Department last met representatives of the oil and gas industry to discuss the fiscal implications of falling oil prices for the North Sea oil and gas industry.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
uin	227020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>The government understands the challenges currently facing the UK oil and gas industry and is engaging closely with stakeholders on this.</p><p> </p><p>We have been proactive in our response to the fall in oil price. Budget 2015 announced an ambitious programme of reform across the oil and gas tax regime to make sure the North Sea continues to attract investment and safeguard the future of this vital national asset. The government announced an immediate cut to the rate of the Supplementary Charge, from 30% to 20%, which is already in effect; a reduction to Petroleum Revenue Tax, from 50% to 35%, from January 2016; and the introduction of a new Investment Allowance to support investment in the UK Continental Shelf.</p><p> </p><p>This package is expected to deliver over £4bn of additional investment and increase production by 15% by 2019, the equivalent of 0.1% of GDP.</p><p> </p><p>Details of meetings between Treasury Ministers and external organisations are published on the Gov.UK website at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 20/03/2015 14:50:24 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy