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657737

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date	13/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Workplace Pensions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether a public sector worker who earns less than £11,000 a year, and who contributes to a public sector pension scheme, receives the equivalent of basic rate tax relief on their contributions.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL4056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government does not centrally collate data on the annual earnings of public sector workers.</p><p> </p><p>Defined benefit public sector pension schemes operate on a net pay basis. The Partnership scheme, which is a defined contribution scheme open to civil servants and other public sector workers, operates a relief at source system for payment of pension contributions.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL4057 question first answered 21/12/2016 12:32:05 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

657738

registered interest
date	13/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many workers in the public sector earn less than £11,000.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL4057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government does not centrally collate data on the annual earnings of public sector workers.</p><p> </p><p>Defined benefit public sector pension schemes operate on a net pay basis. The Partnership scheme, which is a defined contribution scheme open to civil servants and other public sector workers, operates a relief at source system for payment of pension contributions.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL4056 question first answered 21/12/2016 12:32:05 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

657741

registered interest
date	13/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Fuels: Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much was raised on fuel duty and VAT on fuel for each of the last 10 financial years.
tabling member printed	Lord Darling of Roulanish
uin	HL4060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2016 answer text <p>Receipts from fuel duty are published in the Hydrocarbon Oils statistical bulletin and the figures from the last ten financial years are shown below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Receipts (£ bn)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07</p></td><td><p>23.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>24.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>24.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>26.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>27.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>26.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>26.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>26.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>27.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>27.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>For VAT, the information requested is not available. HM Revenue and Customs does not collect data on VAT revenues from particular goods and services.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 19/12/2016 14:52:43 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	596 label Biography information for Lord Darling of Roulanish

654265

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to support disabled women who rely for income on permanent health insurance policies that cover them until the age of 60, the default retirement age at the time the policies were bought, and will now not receive a state pension until the age of 65 to 67.
tabling member printed	The Countess of Mar
uin	HL3930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2016 answer text <p>The decision to equalise the State Pension age for men and women dates back to the Pensions Act 1995. The Government provides benefits to support those unable to work to State Pension age due to a health condition or disability. People in this position may be eligible for Employment and Support Allowance, which provides income replacement for people with a health condition or disability, and Personal Independence Payment, which helps with some of the extra costs caused by long-term health or disability.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 19/12/2016 16:11:58 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	1861 label Biography information for The Countess of Mar

654270

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
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 on public finances of restrictions on the UK's access to the EU’s single market after Brexit.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL3935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government continues to undertake a range of analyses to inform the UK’s position for the upcoming EU exit negotiations. We are seeking the best possible arrangement for the United Kingdom and the work being conducted reflects this.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 15/12/2016 15:10:04 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

654271

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Inflation
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 on living standards of future rises in the rate of inflation.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL3936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) expect inflation to increase to 1.4 per cent by the end of 2016 and peak at 2.6 per cent in Q2 2018. Despite this, by 2021 living standards, as measured by real household disposable income, are forecast by the OBR to be 2.8 per cent higher than they are today. The government is taking steps to support real incomes and employment, including raising the National Living Wage, raising the personal allowance, freezing fuel duty, and providing more affordable homes.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 15/12/2016 15:09:17 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

651815

registered interest
date	05/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Landlords: Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to take steps to ensure that limited companies are not better placed than other landlords in relation to the taxation of profits engendered by letting residential properties.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL3797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2016 answer text <p>Using actual self-assessment data, HM Revenue and Customs estimate that only 1 in 5 landlords will pay more tax as a result of this measure. Given that only a small proportion of the housing market is affected by these changes, the Government does not expect them to have a large impact on rent levels.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Incorporated businesses will continue to receive relief at the corporate tax rate. However, the rate of relief (currently 20%) is not more generous than the rate of income tax relief once these changes are fully in place by 2020-21.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL3798 question first answered 19/12/2016 15:37:06 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

651816

registered interest
date	05/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Landlords: Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to introduce plans to prevent landlords of residential properties from recouping the cost of changes to the taxation of rents of such properties which will come into force next year; and if so, how.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL3798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2016 answer text <p>Using actual self-assessment data, HM Revenue and Customs estimate that only 1 in 5 landlords will pay more tax as a result of this measure. Given that only a small proportion of the housing market is affected by these changes, the Government does not expect them to have a large impact on rent levels.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Incorporated businesses will continue to receive relief at the corporate tax rate. However, the rate of relief (currently 20%) is not more generous than the rate of income tax relief once these changes are fully in place by 2020-21.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL3797 question first answered 19/12/2016 15:37:06 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

651827

registered interest
date	05/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Debts
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to address the level of household debt, the rate at which it is increasing, and the multiple it represents of annual household income.
tabling member printed	Lord Myners
uin	HL3809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>In Q2 2016 household debt relative to income fell to 142%, down from its peak of 160 percent in Q1 2008. Unsecured debt as a proportion of household income was 39 per cent in Q2 2016, down from a peak of 44 percent in Q1 2007. The government recognises that there is more to be done to help those in problem debt. The Money Advice Service (MAS), an arms-length body of the Treasury coordinates the provision of publicly-funded free to client debt advice. In 2015-2016 MAS had a £75m budget and in that financial year made 300,000 money guidance sessions and 380,000 debt advice sessions available to consumers<strong>. </strong>In October 2016 the government announced plans to bring publicly-funded debt advice, money guidance, and pensions guidance together in a single guidance body, responsible for providing impartial, free-to-client guidance and for promoting financial capability.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, we have created the independent Financial Policy Committee within the Bank of England, to ensure emerging risks and vulnerabilities across the financial system as a whole, including in relation to household debt, are identified, monitored and effectively addressed.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 12/12/2016 15:11:50 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

651830

registered interest
date	05/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Mortgages
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to regulate further the granting of residential mortgages at high multiples of income.
tabling member printed	Lord Myners
uin	HL3812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to regulate mortgages at high multiples of income.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has granted the Financial Policy Committee (FPC) powers of direction with regard to owner-occupied mortgages. The Government recently brought forward secondary legislation to grant the FPC powers of direction with regard to buy to let mortgages as well. This instrument has been debated and approved in this House and the other place.</p><p> </p><p>The FPC is a policy committee of the independent Bank of England. It is for the Committee to decide if, when and how to use its powers.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 19/12/2016 15:43:31 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners