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985612

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Lost Working Days: Temperature
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to (a) businesses in Coventry and (b) the UK economy of work absences as a result of the summer 2018 heatwave.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	178228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>No such estimate has been made.</p><p> </p><p>According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the UK economy grew by 0.4% in Q2 2018, and 0.7% in the three months to August. This was the highest three-month GDP growth rate since February 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 16/10/2018 16:01:54 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

985623

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Company Cars: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the Government will provide five years' visibility on company car tax rates after 2020-21 in the forthcoming Autumn Budget.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	178227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>To provide certainty of the future tax liability for company car employers and employees, the government aims to announce the company car tax rates three years in advance of implementation.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 16/10/2018 15:32:58 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

982657

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Whisky: Exports
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 Scotch whisky to UK exports in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Douglas Ross
uin	176584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) is responsible for the collection and publication of data on UK imports and exports of goods to and from the UK. HMRC releases this information monthly, as a National Statistic called the Overseas Trade in Goods Statistics.</p><p>Data on exports of Scotch Whisky into the UK in each of the last five years are available in the ‘Build Your Own Tables’ area of HMRC’s statistical website <a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Pages/Home.aspx" target="_blank">uktradeinfo.com</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 16/10/2018 15:25:44 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4627 label Biography information for Douglas Ross

982501

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Written Statement of 13 March 2018 on Spring Statement, HCWS540, how much of that funding he has allocated to (a) programmes, (b) administration and (c) staffing in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	175814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>HM Treasury has allocated over £2 billion of additional funding to departments and the Devolved Administrations for EU exit preparations so far. This breaks down as:</p><p> </p><p>£412m of additional funding over the spending review period for the Department for Exiting the European Union, Department for International Trade and the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office at Autumn Statement 2016.</p><p> </p><p>£286m of additional funding for 17/18 (a full breakdown of which can be found in Supplementary Estimates 17/18).</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Over £1.5bn of additional funding for 18/19. A full breakdown of which can be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS540, laid on the 13th March (<a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/</a>)</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury was allocated £24.8m for costs arising as the UK leave the EU in the Spring Statement 2018. The final breakdown between programme and administration spend will be confirmed in the Supplementary Estimates. Staffing forms part of administration spend, and it is currently estimated that most of the department’s additional funding related to work on leaving the EU for 18/19 will be spent on staffing.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 16/10/2018 15:31:48 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

982532

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Houses: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps his Department is taking to prevent pub closures.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	176065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The government remains committed to supporting pubs and we have taken action to this end – including cuts to business rates worth over £10 billion by 2023 and a £1,000 business rates discounts for small and medium pubs.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, at Autumn Budget 2017 the government announced a freeze to all alcohol duties. Cuts to alcohol taxes since 2013 mean the average tax on a pint of beer is estimated to be 12p lower than it otherwise would have been, showing the government’s continued support for the country’s local pubs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 16/10/2018 15:23:56 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

982556

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Freezing of Assets: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assets have been frozen under the Andrey Lugovoy and Dmitri Kovtun Freezing Orders 2016 and 2018.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	175841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The Treasury imposed an asset freeze on Lugovoy and Kovtun on 22 January 2016 by making a freezing order under the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001. The duration of such an order is two years. On 22 January 2018 a new order was made under the Act.</p><p> </p><p>In the ‘Andrey Lugovoy and Dmitri Kovtun Freezing Order 2018’ Debate before the House of Lords on 20 February 2018, Lord Young of Cookham made clear to the House that during the two-year period of the first order, HM Treasury had received no information in respect of the designations in place against Lugovoy and Kovtun.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 16/10/2018 16:06:20 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

982557

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Money Laundering: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions the Government has had with (a) the EU Council presidency and (b) EU member states on the scope of obligations on trust in relation to financial transparency.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	175842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government engaged with both the European Commission and EU Member States (including those holding the rotating Presidency of the EU Council) on expanding national registers of trust beneficial ownership as part of the negotiations of the Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (5AMLD).</p><p> </p><p>5AMLD requires an expansion of the scope of such registers from ‘trusts with a tax consequence’ to all express trusts and non-EU trusts which acquire real estate or have a business relationship within the EU. Access to this register will also be extended to firms regulated for anti-money laundering purposes, and those with a legitimate interest in the information.</p><p> </p><p>5AMLD has a transposition deadline during January 2020. This falls within the implementation period, and so the UK will transpose this Directive. The Government will consult on the transposition of the Directive in due course.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 16/10/2018 16:11:07 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

982558

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Sergei Skripal and Yulia Skripal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government has frozen the assets of the suspects in the Skripal incident under section 4 of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	175843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>To date, no order has been made under section 4 of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 for any person suspected of involvement in the events in Salisbury.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 16/10/2018 16:04:53 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

982566

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Sanctions: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place a list of all economic sanctions on Russia in the Library.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	175847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>There are three financial sanctions regimes pertaining to Russia currently implemented in the UK. Information on these is published here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/financial-sanctions-ukraine" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/financial-sanctions-ukraine</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/financial-sanctions-ukraine-sovereignty-and-territorial-integrity" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/financial-sanctions-ukraine-sovereignty-and-territorial-integrity</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/financial-sanctions-ukraine-sovereignty-and-territorial-integrity" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/financial-sanctions-ukraine-sovereignty-and-territorial-integrity</a></p><p> </p><p>All Russian persons and entities subject to financial sanctions and those separately subject to specific sectoral sanctions are published on gov.uk here:</p><p><a href="http://hmt-sanctions.s3.amazonaws.com/sanctionsconlist.htm" target="_blank">http://hmt-sanctions.s3.amazonaws.com/sanctionsconlist.htm</a></p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/354155/ukrainesecuritieslist.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/354155/ukrainesecuritieslist.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 16/10/2018 15:59:19 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

982567

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Money Laundering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the register of People with significant control to tackle money laundering.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	175848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government has a statutory obligation to review the operation of the People with Significant Control register in 2019. This review will consider statistics on the operation of the register and evidence from the main users (law enforcement, obliged entities and civil society) and from the companies that supply the information.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 16/10/2018 16:00:29 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell