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1029089

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date	19/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Retail Trade: Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total receipt to HM Treasury in (1) 2016–17, and (2) 2017–18 of (a) VAT payable by retail traders and online traders, (b) income tax at the standard rate, (c) income tax at the higher rate, (d) corporation tax, and (e) capital gains tax.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL12437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The net Home VAT declared for the ‘Retail trade (except of motor vehicles and motorcycles)’ in 2016-17 is £6,420 million and in 2017-18 is £7,140 million. HMRC does not request information on whether VAT declared on traders’ returns is declared by online traders specifically, therefore this information is not available.</p><p> </p><p>Total income tax receipts in 2016-17 were £177,065 million and in 2017-18 were £180,049 million. HMRC does not hold information to base an estimate of income tax receipts split by the different income tax rates.</p><p> </p><p>Total receipts of Corporation Tax (including Bank Surcharge and Offshore CT) in 2016-17 were £50,679 million and in 2017-18 were £56,172 million.</p><p> </p><p>Total receipts of Capital Gains Tax in 2016-17 were ££8,561 million and in 2017-18 were £7,793 million.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 07/01/2019 15:26:02 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

1029128

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Banks
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that private bankers are advising clients to consider moving assets out of the UK due to uncertainty arising from Brexit.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL12476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>Delivering the deal agreed with the EU27 remains the government’s top priority. It is the best way to protect jobs and economic prosperity here and in the EU, and to avoid a hard border between Ireland and Northern Ireland, while respecting the referendum result and the integrity of the United Kingdom.</p><p>In financial services, we have successfully agreed commitments for working towards a future framework with the EU, set out in the Political Declaration. These touch on the full spectrum of the UK’s White Paper position. Crucially, both sides intend to take decisions on granting equivalence at least 6 months before the end of the Implementation Period. The joint position also includes establishing processes to ensure close cooperation on regulatory and supervisory matters. This will help to preserve financial stability, market integration and investor protection.</p><p>We remain committed to preserving our competitive position in financial services after the UK has left the European Union. Our industry continues to innovate and to move with the times – we have world-leading positions in the markets of the future, including green and sustainable finance, FinTech, and renminbi and rupee products.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 07/01/2019 15:25:39 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1029132

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Global Compact for Migration
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 17 December (HL12096), whether the adoption of the UN Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration would not make any criticism of immigration a criminal offence; and if so, what plans they have to mitigate any such impact on freedom of speech.
tabling member printed	Lord Vinson
uin	HL12480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK Government is supportive of the United Nations’ Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, both as a step forward in international co-operation to tackle irregular migration and as a framework to help us deliver our commitments under the Sustainable Development Goals. The Secretary of State announced the UK’s support for the Migration Compact at the United Nations General Assembly in September 2018, and Minister Burt attended the intergovernmental launch event in Marrakesh in December 2018.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Well-managed migration is in everyone’s interests. But uncontrolled migration erodes public confidence, damages economies, and places people on the move in situations of great vulnerability. The UK is taking significant steps to tackle uncontrolled migration both in our domestic policy work and in our ODA-funded programmes by:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>Addressing factors that may force people to migrate irregularly, through our targeted assistance for livelihoods, healthcare, and education and driving economic development;</li><li>Tackling modern slavery and organised immigration crime;</li><li>Supporting enhanced border management;</li><li>Providing critical humanitarian support and protection for vulnerable migrants, as well as offering voluntary return and vital reintegration support to those wishing to return home; and</li><li>Supporting refugees to stay in a first safe country through our humanitarian and development work in Africa, the Middle East and Asia.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Global Compact for Migration supports delivery of these efforts within the international system and enhances cooperation between states without affecting the sovereignty of all countries to control their own borders. The Compact will not in any way create legal obligations for States, nor does it seek to establish international customary law or further interpret existing treaties or national obligations. It does not establish a ‘human right to migrate’ or create any new legal categories of migrant. The GCM emphasises that migrants are entitled to the same universal human rights as any human being and does not create any new ‘rights’ for migrants.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Compact commits to protecting freedom of expression for the press and public. The freedom of the media to debate all issues of importance to society, including the issue of migration in all its aspects, is fundamental to a liberal society and the UK Government attaches the highest importance to this. The UK reiterated the importance of this when the UN adopted the Global Compact in December 2018.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It also includes proposals which will help the UK make a strong contribution to the delivery of the global Sustainable Development Goals. This includes those relating to orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility of people; and those intended to eradicate forced labour, modern slavery and human trafficking, and child labour.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The final draft of the Compact is available online at:</p><p> </p><p><a target="_blank">https://refugeesmigrants.un.org/sites/default/files/180711_final_draft_0.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 07/01/2019 17:18:34 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	1807 label Biography information for Lord Vinson

1028323

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Freezing of Assets: Libya
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much interest has accrued to Libyan assets frozen by UN resolutions while in London; and what is the current total value of those assets.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL12397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>The Treasury does not hold comprehensive information about how much interest has accrued or the current total value of that interest.</p><p> </p><p>The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) undertakes an annual frozen asset review requiring all persons or institutions that hold or control frozen funds in the UK to report to OFSI.</p><p> </p><p>At close of business on 29 September 2017 the approximate total value of frozen Libyan assets in the UK was £12.061 billion. The figures for 2018 have not yet been finalised.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 21/12/2018 13:44:05 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1028324

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Freezing of Assets: Libya
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any application has been made to use the interest accrued on Libyan assets frozen in London; and if so, by whom.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL12398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text Frozen funds held or controlled by financial institutions are required to be reported to the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) on an annual basis in aggregate. Licence applications are made to OFSI to permit applicants to deal with frozen assets, including to release frozen funds and for designated persons to receive funds in particular circumstances and for a specific purpose. Where licensing applications relate to the release of frozen funds, breakdowns of the sources of those funds are not required as part of the application. Similarly, when the release of frozen funds is authorised, the source of the funds is not specified beyond details about the payment route<p /><p /> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 21/12/2018 13:43:36 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1028336

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	India: Sanitation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they have given to the government of India, and to the administrations of individual states, in the last three years to improve the quality of water and sanitation, and to end the practice of manual scavenging.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Sandwich
uin	HL12410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/01/2019 answer text <p>DFID’s portfolio of urban programmes work to strengthen India’s capacity to make cities cleaner and more sustainable for all – including provision for water and sanitation. We have partnered with the Government of Odisha to improve the state’s water supply. We have also partnered with the Government of India on its SMART cities initiative. DFID has not had any specific programming on manual scavenging in the last three years; however, the Manual Scavenging Act provides for the rehabilitation of manual scavengers through training in alternative employment. This is the right way forward and should be upheld. DFID is committed to work with India on urban and skills development.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 04/01/2019 14:36:43 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2109 label Biography information for The Earl of Sandwich

1028337

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Internally Displaced People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they are assisting the government of Afghanistan and UN agencies to register returnees from Pakistan who remain internally displaced, but receive no benefits or transport to places of registration.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Sandwich
uin	HL12411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/01/2019 answer text <p>We are extremely concerned about the situation for returning refugees, undocumented Afghans and internally displaced people in Afghanistan. Our assistance is based on need and supports the United Nations-led Humanitarian Response Plan in Afghanistan. In 2016 and 2017 the UK provided urgent additional funding to UNHCR to ensure refugees were provided with immediate assistance upon return, including to cover immediate food, shelter and transport costs. In 2018 there have been fewer returns from Pakistan compared to previous years, so the focus of our assistance has changed. In 2018 UK aid will provide humanitarian assistance for up to two million Afghan people. This includes lifesaving food, access to water, shelter, nutrition, healthcare and demining activities. It will also support people who have been displaced for a long time to integrate sustainably into local communities. As recently announced at the Geneva Conference on Afghanistan, we have increased our funding for the humanitarian response to £67 million this year. We continue to press others to do more.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 02/01/2019 13:34:51 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2109 label Biography information for The Earl of Sandwich

1027192

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Private Equity: Financial Markets
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 Brexit uncertainty on the deal value of the UK private equity market.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL12374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government is working to deliver legal certainty on the UK’s future relationship with the EU, recognising that uncertainty has had a short-term impact on the performance of the UK private equity market.</p><p>The deal we have negotiated with the EU is the right deal for the country. And for financial services, the Political Declaration sets the foundations for a comprehensive future relationship with the EU that works in our mutual interest. It will be of greater depth than any other the EU currently has with a third country in financial services.</p><p>The agreement on the full Political Declaration is a major step forward in providing clarity for the industry about a smooth transition to our new relationship.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 20/12/2018 14:40:06 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1027201

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Gaza: 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 UN OCHA report Gaza Strip: early warning indicators—November 2018 about the potential for a humanitarian crisis in Gaza; and what steps they will take in response to the report.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL12383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK remains deeply concerned about the situation in Gaza. The most recent UN OCHA report shows that whilst electricity supply has markedly increased, emergency fuel supplies for health, water and sanitation, and solid waste collection facilities remain critically low. Essential healthcare services remain stretched, and access to safe water and sufficient food continue to be daily challenges for many people in Gaza.</p><p>The UK is supporting hospitals and patients in Gaza through the International Committee of the Red Cross and addressing critical water and sanitation needs for 2 million people through UNICEF. This is in addition to our longstanding support to UNRWA. On 17 December 2018, the UK announced a further £5 million of emergency funding to UNRWA to provide food to 62,000 vulnerable refugees.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 02/01/2019 13:35:15 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1027207

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) how many, and (2) what percentage, of Girls' Education Challenge programmes specifically target displaced populations.
tabling member printed	Lord Watts
uin	HL12389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/01/2019 answer text <p>Of the 27 Girls’ Education Challenge (GEC) projects currently implementing, two are specifically targeting displaced populations, representing 7% of the overall portfolio.</p><p> </p><p>A further 14 projects are in the inception stage, and of these five are planning to specifically target displaced populations. This will bring the overall percentage of GEC projects specifically targeting displaced populations to 17%.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 02/01/2019 13:34:23 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	489 label Biography information for Lord Watts