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1609165

registered interest
date	30/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Budgets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans future Budget statements to be in the Spring or the Autumn.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	177744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>The Government is required by law to commission the Office for Budget Responsibility to produce two forecasts per year and to hold a Budget each fiscal year.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will notify Parliament on the timing and nature of the next fiscal even when this is agreed, as a matter of course.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 17/04/2023 11:16:16 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1609205

registered interest
date	30/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the his Department's policy paper entitled Net Zero Review Final Report, published on 19 October 2021, what recent progress his Department has made on developing the green book in line with environmental evidence.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	177894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>As outlined in the Net Zero Review final report, HM Treasury is building its governance, capabilities and processes to support our transition to Net Zero. The Green Book mandates the consideration of climate and environmental impacts in appraisal and provides detailed guidance on how to do so. There have been a range of recent updates to the Green Book and particularly on environmental appraisal to support best practice. This includes both net zero and appraising wider impacts on the environment.</p><p> </p><p>In January 2023, supplementary guidance to the Green Book on the appraisal and evaluation of energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions was revised to improve its use for policymaking when applied to climate and environment.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury requires all departments to adhere to the Green Book guidance when providing a business case for a policy, programme or project.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 17/04/2023 13:34:20 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1609207

registered interest
date	30/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the his Department's policy paper entitled Net Zero Review Final Report, published on 19 October 2021, what recent progress his Department has made with HMRC on strengthen the analytical approach to monitoring, evaluating and quantifying the environmental impacts of tax measures.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	177895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>As outlined in the Net Zero Review final report, HM Treasury is building its governance, capabilities and processes to support our transition to Net Zero.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury is committed to ensuring fiscal decision making is aligned with achieving net zero. To support this, climate assessments are included in advice to Ministers at fiscal events.</p><p> </p><p>HMT and HMRC consider climate change and environmental implications of relevant tax measures. Climate assessments are included in all relevant Tax Information and Impact Notes (TIINs). HMT and HMRC continue to work together to improve our approach to assessing the environmental impacts of tax measures.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 17/04/2023 13:31:14 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1609208

registered interest
date	30/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the his Department's policy paper entitled Net Zero Review Final Report, published on 19 October 2021, what recent progress his Department has made on developing a technology framework to support net zero innovation at fiscal events.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	177896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>In 2021, Government published the Net Zero Research and Innovation Framework which sets the research and innovation challenges across sectors over the next 5 to 10 years.</p><p> </p><p>The Net Zero Research and Innovation Delivery Plan 2022-2025, published on 30 March 2023, built on this Framework and set out the allocation of £4.2 billion in Government and Ofgem supported research and innovation funding for net zero. Projects were chosen to maximise strategic advantage for the UK, their contribution to carbon budget delivery and to retain optionality for different net zero pathways.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to use evidence and the Framework to ensure that public spending on net zero innovation is supporting the transition in the most cost-effective way.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 17/04/2023 13:29:20 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1609209

registered interest
date	30/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the his Department's policy paper entitled Net Zero Review Final Report, published on 19 October 2021, what recent progress his Department has made on reviewing (a) the public sector balance sheet and (b) risk exposures in the context of climate change and the shift to a greener economy.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	177897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>HM Treasury continues to build governance, capabilities and processes to support our transition to Net Zero. That includes developing our analytical capability for assessing and reporting on our net zero transition and the impact of policies and projects.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the Charter for Budget Responsibility, the OBR produces an annual sustainability report which analyses the sustainability of, and the risks to, the public finances. The government’s response to the 2022 Fiscal Risks and Sustainability Report, published at Spring Budget 2023, included an update on progress made on managing the risks of the net zero transition<em>. </em></p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 17/04/2023 13:37:11 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1609247

registered interest
date	30/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tonnage Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the total annual amount of corporation tax relief that shipping groups qualifying for the Tonnage Tax will receive in each financial year from 2022-23 to 2025-26.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	177807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>Information on Tonnage Tax for 2022-23 is published in HMRC’s latest non-structural tax reliefs publication on the GOV.UK Website here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs" target="_blank"><em>Non-structural tax reliefs - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</em></a></p><p> </p><p>Estimates are not held for the costs beyond 2022-2023.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 17/04/2023 11:49:56 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1609248

registered interest
date	30/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Economic Situation and Shipping
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of the Spring Budget 2023 on (a) the UK economy and (b) international shipowners.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	177808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text Assessments of the impact of the Budget, are the responsibility of the independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). Further details can be found in the OBR’s latest Economic and Fiscal Outlook published in March 2023: <a href="https://obr.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-march-2023/" target="_blank"><em>https://obr.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-march-2023/</em></a><p> </p>At Spring Budget 2023, the Government announced further Tonnage Tax changes to encourage jobs and investment in the UK shipping industry. These changes include opening an election window to allow shipping companies to join or re-join UK Tonnage Tax and benefit from the advantageous Corporation Tax regime following reforms to Tonnage Tax that came into effect last year. These reforms aim to increase the number of firms basing their headquarters in the UK. answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 17/04/2023 11:37:28 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1609363

registered interest
date	30/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of their Department's employees are recorded as having a disability.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	177867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1118968/HMT_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_2021-22.pdf" target="_blank">HM Treasury annual report and accounts 2021 to 2022</a> is publicly available and provides information on the proportion of staff declaring a disability.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 17/04/2023 11:22:30 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1609365

registered interest
date	30/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Debts: Developing Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of publishing a strategy on debt relief in low-income countries.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Ms Anum Qaisar
uin	177950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>The UK plays a leadership role in international discussions on developing country debt. The government will continue to work with its international partners in the Paris Club and the G20 to urgently address debt vulnerabilities in low-income countries. The government will be responding to the International Development Committee’s recent inquiry into debt-relief in low-income countries in due course.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 17/04/2023 11:44:35 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4917 label Biography information for Ms Anum Qaisar

1609418

registered interest
date	30/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Duty Free Allowances: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government why citizens of Northern Ireland are not able to buy duty free products when travelling from Belfast to the EU.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL7072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2023 answer text <p>The government is committed to preserving frictionless movement of people and goods between Northern Ireland and Ireland, which is important to communities across Northern Ireland and would otherwise undermine the Belfast Good Friday Agreement.</p><p>Enabling duty-free shopping between Ireland, which is a member of the EU, and Northern Ireland without also introducing border controls would lead to significant distortions of trade on the island of Ireland as well as a significant revenue loss for both UK and Ireland by creating a legal route for unlimited amounts of alcohol and tobacco to flow into the UK market duty-free.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn grouped question UIN HL6859 question first answered 12/04/2023 08:46:49 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey