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1012113

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date	21/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	VAT: Electronic Government
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 14 November (HL11158), how many of the compatible software products listed on GOV.UK provide specifically for the VAT Flat-Rate Scheme; and what assessment they have made of the affordability of such software.
tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
uin	HL11640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>A number of providers offer products that support the Flat Rate Scheme (FRS). HMRC is currently collating information about those products so it can make this information available on the software choices page.</p><p> </p><p>Low-cost bridging products which work by importing data from other systems can also be used to send the data to HMRC, providing those systems support FRS</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 05/12/2018 16:55:37 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

1012161

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Gold and Foreign Exchange Reserves: Venezuela
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the benefits to the UK of holding gold reserves for the central bank of Venezuela, and (2) the value of gold held by the Bank of England for the central bank of Venezuela; and whether they have a role in intervening if a request is made to repatriate any such gold.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL11688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>HM Treasury is unable to substantiate whether the Bank of England holds gold for the Central Bank of Venezuela as that is a matter for the Bank of England. HM Treasury has not made an assessment of the benefits to the UK of the Bank of England holding gold reserves for other central banks. Holding gold reserves on behalf of any foreign central bank is a matter for the Bank of England. The Bank of England does not share information on which central banks it holds gold reserves on behalf of or the value of that gold as this would contradict their customer confidentiality obligations.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 05/12/2018 16:54:39 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1012162

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Gold and Foreign Exchange Reserves
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the benefits to the UK of holding gold reserves for other central banks, and (2) the value of gold held by the Bank of England for other central banks.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL11689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>HM Treasury is unable to substantiate whether the Bank of England holds gold for other central banks as that is a matter for the Bank of England. HM Treasury has not made an assessment of the benefits to the UK of the Bank of England holding gold reserves for other central banks. Holding gold reserves on behalf of any foreign central bank is a matter for the Bank of England. The Bank of England does not share information on which central banks it holds gold reserves on behalf of or the value of that gold as this would contradict their customer confidentiality obligations.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 05/12/2018 16:48:15 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1012163

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Gold and Foreign Exchange Reserves
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have a role in deciding for which foreign governments and central banks the Bank of England should hold gold reserves; and if so, for which foreign governments and central banks the Bank of England holds gold reserves, and in what quantities.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL11690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>HM Treasury does not have a role in deciding whether the Bank of England holds gold for foreign governments and central banks. HM Treasury is unable to substantiate whether the Bank of England holds gold for particular foreign governments and central banks as that is a matter for the Bank of England. The Bank of England does not share information on which foreign governments and central banks it holds gold reserves on behalf of or the value of that gold as this would contradict their customer confidentiality obligations.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 05/12/2018 16:55:10 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1011238

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Burma: Humanitarian Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the practice of using informal border crossings between China and Myanmar for humanitarian purposes.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL11599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Development has not directly assessed the practice of informal border crossings for humanitarian purposes. The UK funds humanitarian support in Kachin and Shan States (£6.1 million in financial year 2017/18). We also continue to press the Burmese authorities for improved access for international groups to Kachin and Shan States at all opportunities.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 03/12/2018 11:54:02 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1011267

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the statistics they published on 28 June, how many (1) families, and (2) children have been affected by the policy to provide support for a maximum of two children in each month since that policy came into effect.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Portsmouth
uin	HL11628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>For the numbers of children affected by the policy at April 2018, I refer the noble Lord to my response on 25 July 2018 to the Lord Bishop of Durham (HL9479). The next statistical update, covering the position at April 2019, is expected to be released in summer 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for additional months are only available at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 04/12/2018 17:09:46 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4314 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Portsmouth

1011268

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the statistics they published on 28 June, whether they have revised their estimates of (1) the number of families affected, and (2) the Exchequer savings from those families in their original impact assessment of the policy to provide support to a maximum of two children, in each year up to 2020–21.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Portsmouth
uin	HL11629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>Statistics regarding the number of families affected by the policy to provide support for a maximum of two children were published on 28 June 2018, and relate to the position at 2 April 2018. Figures showing the number of families affected in April 2019 are expected to be released in summer 2019.</p><p>The latest estimates of the Exchequer savings relating to the policy were published in table 2.2 of the Spring Budget 2017. The relevant figures are shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Estimated Exchequer savings from the policy to provide support for a maximum of two children, Spring Budget 2017 basis</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>2021-22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Savings</p></td><td><p>+310</p></td><td><p>+765</p></td><td><p>+1205</p></td><td><p>+1615</p></td><td><p>+1990</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 04/12/2018 17:11:28 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4314 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Portsmouth

1011269

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 5 February (HL5370), whether they have applied the Family Test to the policy to provide support to a maximum of two children; and if so, how the potential impacts on families are being taken into account.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Portsmouth
uin	HL11630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The government is committed to supporting families. To achieve this, we introduced the Family Test, which aims to ensure that impacts on family relationships and functioning are recognised early on during the process of policy development and help inform the policy decisions made by Minsters. The Family Test was introduced in 2014, and remains official government policy. The guidance for implementing the Family Test can be found here and is also attached :</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/family-test-assessing-the-impact-of-policies-on-families" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/family-test-assessing-the-impact-of-policies-on-families</a></p><p>The Family Test was considered during the development of the policy to provide support for a maximum of two children in Child Tax Credit and Universal Credit. The published Impact Assessment shows the measure will have a positive impact on overall family stability. The Impact Assessment is attached.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates attachment 1 file name family-test-guidance.pdf title Family test 2 file name ia15-006e.pdf title impact asessment question first answered 04/12/2018 17:09:30 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4314 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Portsmouth

1011273

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Israel
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many times the Export Control Act 2002 has been breached when arms have been sold to Israel in the last two years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL11634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>HMRC has not prosecuted any cases involving the illegal export of military goods from the UK to Israel in the last 2 years (2016/2017).</p><p>DIT have published statistics covering the same period which show that in 2016 they issued 245 export licences for controlled goods to Israel. The goods covered by those licences were worth £128m. In 2017 DIT issued 234 export licences for controlled goods to Israel. The goods covered by those licences were worth £274m.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 04/12/2018 17:10:35 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1010106

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Insolvency
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the announcement in the 2018 Budget of making HMRC a secondary preferential creditor in insolvency on (1) secured creditors, (2) floating charge holders, and (3) unsecured creditors such as pension funds and small businesses.
tabling member printed	Baroness Burt of Solihull
uin	HL11553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The government does not expect this reform to significantly impact access to finance or the cost of borrowing.</p><p>The independent OBR did not make any adjustments to their economic forecast in regard to this measure.</p><p>At Budget 2018, the Government published the following assessment:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Type of Creditor</p></td><td><p>Explanation and Examples</p></td><td><p>Current Average Percentage of Debt Recovered in Insolvency</p></td><td><p>New Average Percentage of Debt Recovered in Insolvency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ol><li>Fixed charge secured creditors</li></ol></p></td><td><p>Lenders to whom the business granted security, primarily financial institutions. When a fixed charge is provided, the company loses the right to sell or trade the item. These assets tend to be fundamental to the business; for example, machinery, property or vehicles.</p></td><td><p>36%</p></td><td><p>36% (unchanged)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ol start="2"><li>Insolvency practitioners</li></ol></p></td><td><p>Fees for overseeing the process.</p></td><td><p>As charged</p></td><td><p>As charged</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ol start="3"><li>Preferential Creditors</li></ol></p></td><td><p>Claims by the Redundancy Payment Service (RPS) and Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) on behalf of employees and customers (to statutory limits); and from 2020, HMRC will be a secondary preferential creditor (below the RPS and FSCS) for Value-Added Tax, Employee National Insurance contributions, Pay-As-You-Earn Income Tax and Construction Industry Scheme Deductions.</p></td><td><p>83%</p></td><td><p>83% (unchanged) for existing preferential creditors; 14% for HMRC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ol start="4"><li>Floating charge secured creditors</li></ol></p></td><td><p>Lenders for whom the company is not granted security, primarily financial institutions. This tends t be the case in relation to assets that are not fixed; for example, stocks, raw materials, fixtures and fittings or cash.</p></td><td><p>36%</p></td><td><p>Less than 36%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ol start="5"><li>Unsecured creditors</li></ol></p></td><td><p>All remaining creditors, including HMRC debts levied directly on businesses; and debts owed to suppliers, contractors, landlords and customers.</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>Less than 4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ol start="6"><li>Shareholder</li></ol></p></td><td><p>Only get paid if all the above creditors are paid in full.</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL11554 HL11555 question first answered 03/12/2018 14:50:03 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	1567 label Biography information for Baroness Burt of Solihull