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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

1025345

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Stamp Duty Land Tax
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to review the impact of stamp duty on (1) housing mobility, and (2) the frequency of housing transactions; and whether they consider any useful lessons can be drawn from the experience of the Republic of Ireland in reducing stamp duty.
tabling member printed	Lord Birt
uin	HL12311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government keeps all taxes under review and monitors a range of factors as part of that process.</p><p> </p><p>More broadly, SDLT continues to be an important source of government revenue, raising several billion pounds each year to help pay for the essential services the Government provides. As set out in HMRC’s April 2018 release on illustrative tax changes, a 1 percentage point reduction in the main rates of residential Stamp Duty Land Tax would cost an estimated £1.6 billion in 2019-20.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 20/12/2018 14:09:46 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

1025346

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Service Charges: VAT
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether VAT is payable on the onsite staff labour element of residential property service charges for properties managed by (1) resident self-management organisations, and (2) independent property services management companies.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL12312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>Service charges payable by residents to a landlord are exempt from VAT. Supplies of goods and services, including staff, by a property management company to a landlord or a “Right to Manage” company are normally subject to VAT.</p><p> </p><p>There is no difference between resident self-management organisations and independent property services management companies. In both cases the supplies to them by a property management company are subject to VAT.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 20/12/2018 14:36:46 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

1025347

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Service Charges: VAT
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the estimated receipts to HM Treasury for 2018–19 from VAT charged on the onsite staff labour element of residential property service charges.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL12313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>HMRC does not hold information to base an estimate of the receipts to HM Treasury for 2018-19 from VAT charged on the onsite staff labour element of residential property service charges.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 20/12/2018 14:10:07 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

1025360

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, whether they are considering an alternative to business rates.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL12326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The government keeps all taxes under review.</p><p> </p><p>The government completed a fundamental review of business rates in 2016. Respondents were in favour of retaining a property based tax, and agreed that business rates are easy to collect, difficult to avoid, stable, and clearly linked to local government spending.</p><p> </p><p>Alternative taxes were proposed, but there was no consensus on these options and respondents were clear that they each presented their own significant challenges. At Budget 2018 the government announced Our Plan for the High Street, which includes a new retail discount cutting eligible retailers’ business rates bills by a third for two years from April 2019.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 20/12/2018 14:37:52 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

1024250

registered interest
date	12/12/2018
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: Abortion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government in which countries where abortion is limited, highly restricted or prohibited they have funded initiatives aimed at legal and policy reform on abortion in each of the last seven years; what estimate they have made of how much of that funding has been spent on that issue in each of those countries; to which organisations in those countries they have provided such funding for that purpose; and how much money they have given to each of those organisations, and for what purpose.
tabling member printed	Baroness O'Loan
uin	HL12246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>Our work on safe abortion policy reform is integrated into wider DFID programming and so it is not possible to disaggregate this information. DFID’s policy on safe abortion takes an evidence-based, public health approach that aims to reduce death and disability caused by unsafe abortions.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 20/12/2018 15:54:08 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3902 label Biography information for Baroness O'Loan

1024251

registered interest
date	12/12/2018
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: Abortion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they work with delivery partners in other countries that provide abortions which are illegal in those countries.
tabling member printed	Baroness O'Loan
uin	HL12247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>DFID’s policy on safe abortion takes an evidence-based, public health approach that aims to reduce death and disability caused by unsafe abortions. In countries where abortion is highly restricted, we can help make the consequences of unsafe abortion more widely understood and can consider supporting policy reform. We do not undertake any activity that is against local laws.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 20/12/2018 15:55:04 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3902 label Biography information for Baroness O'Loan

1024252

registered interest
date	12/12/2018
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: Abortion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made any estimate of the number of abortion procedures undertaken by Marie Stopes International and its international subsidiaries in 2017 that were funded by the UK taxpayer.
tabling member printed	Baroness O'Loan
uin	HL12248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>DFID takes an integrated approach to our programming on sexual and reproductive health and rights in order to meet a wide range of women’s reproductive health needs - for example providing a woman with holistic care for gender-based violence, HIV, counselling, post-abortion care and information on family planning. Because these services are integrated, it is not possible to disaggregate figures solely relating to safe abortion procedures.</p><p> </p><p>The aim of DFID’s work on sexual and reproductive health and rights is to reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies and unsafe abortions, increase the use of voluntary family planning, and give women control over their own bodies and lives.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 20/12/2018 15:55:29 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3902 label Biography information for Baroness O'Loan

1024253

registered interest
date	12/12/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Marie Stopes International
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much funding they have provided to Marie Stopes International and any of its international subsidiaries for its work in countries outside the UK in each of the last 20 years.
tabling member printed	Baroness O'Loan
uin	HL12249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>To date DFID has a grand total spend with Marie Stopes International of £241,162,224.57 as of financial year 2002/2003.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002/2003</p></td><td><p>2,979,222.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003/2004</p></td><td><p>1,683,992.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004/2005</p></td><td><p>1,698,460.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005/2006</p></td><td><p>716,599.15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/2007</p></td><td><p>1,031,737.45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/2008</p></td><td><p>900,853.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/2009</p></td><td><p>769,612.98</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/2010</p></td><td><p>639,915.31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/2011</p></td><td><p>547,910.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/2012</p></td><td><p>9,119,706.02</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/2013</p></td><td><p>17,888,022.87</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/2014</p></td><td><p>22,691,676.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/2015</p></td><td><p>38,325,132.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/2016</p></td><td><p>45,273,206.71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/2017</p></td><td><p>39,740,622.80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/2018</p></td><td><p>57,155,556.28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>241,162,224.57</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 20/12/2018 15:56:50 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3902 label Biography information for Baroness O'Loan

1024254

registered interest
date	12/12/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Marie Stopes International
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much funding they have committed to Marie Stopes International and any of its international subsidiaries in (1) 2018, (2) 2019, (2) 2020, (3) 2021, and (4) 2022.
tabling member printed	Baroness O'Loan
uin	HL12250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Development’s budgets for future years have not been finalised.</p><p> </p><p>We expect to continue to fund Marie Stopes International (MSI) through a mix of central and country level programmes. For example, as part of our recently announced Women’s Integrated Sexual Health programme, MSI has been awarded a contract of £77 million for the period 2018-2021.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 20/12/2018 15:58:15 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3902 label Biography information for Baroness O'Loan