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982501

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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

982601

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	Social Services: Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many social care employers have been subject to any form of action by HMRC for failing to keep sufficient minimum wage records in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	176287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The government is determined to ensure that everyone who is entitled to the National Minimum and Living Wage (NMW) receives it. Anyone who feels they have been unpaid NMW should contact Acas helpline on 0300 123 1100 or via the online complaints form at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pay-and-work-rights-complaints" target="_blank">gov.uk</a>. HMRC reviews all complaints that are referred to them.</p><p> </p><p>As referenced in the answer to your question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=169367" target="_blank">169367</a>, most NMW cases are subject to civil (non-criminal) sanctions, the consequences of which includes fines of up to 200% of the determined underpayment, and public naming.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC NMW investigations take into account all non-compliance risks - of which lack of adequate records might be one - and a case is closed by a Notice of Underpayment (NOUs) which covers multiple risks. We do not hold data in a format that distinguishes record keeping from other risks identified.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 16/10/2018 16:48:47 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

982609

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	Welfare State: Reform
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Government’s response to recommendation 59(b) in its follow up report to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities’ Concluding Observations, what supporting evidence the Government has that a cumulative impact assessment of its welfare reforms cannot be reliably modelled.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	176673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The government carefully considers the impact of its decisions on those sharing protected characteristics, in line with both its legal obligations and with its strong commitment to promoting fairness. The government supports people with disabilities through both the welfare system and through public services. We spend over £50bn on benefits to support disabled people and people with health conditions which accounts for over 6% of Government spending. Spending on disability benefits will be higher every year to 2022 than in 2010.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2010, the Treasury has regularly published cumulative analysis of the impacts of tax, welfare and public spending policies on households according to their income. However, this analysis has not been produced specifically for those with disabilities as the full impacts on these households of all public spending such as on health, transport and other non-financial support cannot be reliably modelled with the data which is currently available.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 16/10/2018 09:59:41 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

982700

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	Customs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the White Paper entitled The future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union, published in July 2018, how the facilitated customs arrangement set out in that White Paper will operate for UK exports which are sent via Rotterdam to non-EU destinations around the world.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	176057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The Facilitated Customs Arrangement (FCA) would remove the need for customs processes between the UK and the EU. The UK also proposes a range of unilateral and bilateral facilitations to reduce frictions for UK trade with the rest of the world. The details of the arrangement will be subject to negotiation with the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 16/10/2018 17:09:35 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers