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173482

registered interest
date	13/01/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is his policy completely to abolish air passenger duty.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Dr William McCrea
uin	220598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>Air Passenger Duty (APD) remains an important contributor to the public finances.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, as a key part of this government’s long term economic plan, the Chancellor has taken action on APD.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2015-16, over ninety-nine per cent of passengers, including many families, are set to see a freeze or reduction in rates.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Budget 2014 announced a freeze in the rate of APD for short-haul international and domestic flights for a fourth year running. In addition Budget 2014 reforms APD with the abolition of bands C and D from 1 April 2015. This will cut tax for passengers travelling to destinations such as Brazil, India, China, South Asia and the Caribbean.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Autumn Statement 2014 also announced an APD exemption for children under 12 on economy tickets, with effect from 1 May 2015. From the following year, the Government will abolish economy ticket APD for children under 16 altogether. This will save a two child family £26 on economy short-haul flights and £142 on economy long-haul flights, plus adds to Budget 2014’s adult fare savings for families flying economy to destinations like the Caribbean and Australia, taking accumulative savings to £170 and £194 respectively.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 21/01/2015 11:41:25 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

173487

registered interest
date	13/01/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward proposals to prevent immigrants from claiming benefit for children living abroad.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Dr William McCrea
uin	220595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p>Child Benefit and Child Tax Credit are &quot;family benefits&quot; under EU law. As such EEA nationals working in the UK are entitled to claim in respect of children living in other Member States.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Prime Minister has made clear that we need to change the rules around paying Child Benefit in respect of children who live in other European countries. This requires a change of EU law, so Ministers are pursuing renegotiation of the relevant EU rules with their counterparts in Europe</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 19/01/2015 15:02:45 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

172868

registered interest
date	09/01/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any resources or staff of his Department were used in the drafting of or analysis for the document A Cost Analysis of Labour Party Policy, published by the Conservative Party on 5 January 2015.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	220253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>The document in question was a Conservative party publication and no civil servants were involved in its drafting. Among other sources, the document quotes official Opposition Costings carried out by Government officials and published separately on the Treasury website. The formal costing of Opposition policies is a longstanding practice, which has been carried out under successive administrations, in line with the Civil Service Code and clear Treasury guidance</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 15/01/2015 17:51:57 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

172869

registered interest
date	09/01/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Trade Unions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2015 to Question 203110, what the total cost of administering his Department's employee check-off service is; and which organisations contribute financially towards that service.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	220266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>It would incur disproportionate costs to calculate the total administrative cost of the payments. PCS contribute the annual payment cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 15/01/2015 17:55:31 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

172747

registered interest
date	08/01/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2014 to Question 217619, when the hon. Member for Walsall North will receive a reply to his letter of 10 November 2014, reference MC2014/04463; and what the reason was for the time taken to respond.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Mr David Winnick
uin	220231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>I have responded to the hon. Member.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 13/01/2015 17:48:51 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	316 label Biography information for Mr David Winnick

171917

registered interest
date	05/01/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Offshore Industry: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the value to the Exchequer of tax receipts on oil and gas extracted from the North Sea in each year since 1990.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	219708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>Government revenues from UK oil and gas production for all years to 2013-14 are published by HMRC as National Statistics on the GOV.UK website, in Table 11.11, at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/306225/140424_Table_11_11.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/306225/140424_Table_11_11.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 12/01/2015 13:01:15 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

171918

registered interest
date	05/01/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the value of tax revenues, excluding those from oil and gas extracted from the North Sea, (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales, (d) Northern Ireland and (e) the UK for each year since 1990.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	219709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>HMRC Tax Revenues by different tax type since 1999-00 from (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales, (d) Northern Ireland and (e) the UK are available and published on the GOV.UK website at the following address:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/disaggregation-of-hmrc-tax-receipts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/disaggregation-of-hmrc-tax-receipts</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Estimates are not available for earlier years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 12/01/2015 13:10:49 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

171503

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Fuels: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of recent trends in the relationship between the global price of oil and the cost of petrol in the UK.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	219505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The crude oil price is currently around $60 per barrel having fallen around 45 per cent since their peak in June last year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The fall in crude oil prices are being passed through in lower prices at petrol pumps. The average price of petrol has fallen by 15.3 per cent from its peak of 131 pence per litre in July last year to 111 pence per litre. Average diesel prices have fallen by 14.5 per cent from their peak last year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The government has made very clear that it will watch industry to ensure that savings from the fall in oil prices are being passed through to consumers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 23/03/2015 15:46:25 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

171504

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Liquefied Petroleum Gas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the price differentials for LPG across regions of the UK.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	219508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>Much like other commodities, local costs of LPG depend on the local market, including regional competition factors and the different costs of transporting fuel to different regions. Costs can also vary between regions, both between suppliers and (in the case of heating LPG) according to delivery costs for different customers. There is a regime in place to monitor competition in the UK marketplace and intervene where deemed necessary.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 14/01/2015 17:06:45 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

171248

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Environment Protection: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the net Exchequer effect of green (a) taxes and (b) subsidies in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
uin	219213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government classifies environmental taxes as those that meet all of the following three principles:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li><p>The tax is explicitly linked to the Government’s environmental objectives</p></li><li><p>The primary objective of the tax is to encourage environmentally positive behaviour change</p></li><li><p>The tax is structured in relation to environmental objectives</p><p> </p><p>Based on these principles, the Government has defined the environmental taxes as the Climate Change Levy, the Aggregates Levy, Landfill Tax, the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), the Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme, and the Carbon Price Floor.</p><p> </p><p>In May 2010, this Government committed to increasing the proportion of tax revenue accounted for by environmental taxes. The forecast from Budget 2014 demonstrates that the Government remains on track to achieve this commitment, as shown in the table below:</p></li></ul><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Revenue from Environmental Taxes</p></td><td><p>£2.5bn</p></td><td><p>£3.0bn</p></td><td><p>£3.0bn</p></td><td><p>£3.8bn</p></td><td><p>£4.7bn</p></td><td><p>£5.1bn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Tax Forecast Receipts</p></td><td><p>£555.7bn</p></td><td><p>£577.5bn</p></td><td><p>£593.5bn</p></td><td><p>£619.8bn</p></td><td><p>£648.2bn</p></td><td><p>£675.5bn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Proportion of total tax receipts</p></td><td><p>0.5%</p></td><td><p>0.5%</p></td><td><p>0.5%</p></td><td><p>0.6%</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td><td><p>0.8%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Many of the policies aimed at supporting renewables and reducing the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions are funded by consumers, with neutral cost to the Exchequer. Detail on spend which is funded by the Exchequer in these areas, including the Renewable Heat Incentive, is published in the Department for Energy and Climate Change’s Annual Reports and Accounts.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 05/01/2015 17:04:30 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab