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1064316

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Productivity: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Office for National Statistics publication, Labour productivity, UK: July to September 2018, published on 9 January 2019, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the lower and falling productivity defined by nominal GVA per unit of labour 2016-17 in the north of England.
tabling member constituency	Knowsley
tabling member printed	Mr George Howarth
uin	223774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2019 answer text <p>The ONS published the latest estimates of sub-national productivity on February 6<sup>th</sup> 2019. The data shows that productivity has increased in all the regions of the North of England during 2017 and since 2010.</p><p> </p><p>All regions of North of England have seen faster nominal productivity growth than London and the South East since 2010.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is investing in the North. As such, we are committed to publishing a refreshed Northern Powerhouse Strategy this year, building on the success of the existing strategy in bringing together local stakeholders to address key barriers to productivity in the region.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 01/03/2019 09:15:44 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

1064317

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Productivity: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Office for National Statistics publication, Labour productivity, UK: July to September 2018, published on 9 January 2019 whether the next Spending Review will allocate funding to tackle the effect of poor health outcomes in the North of England on that region’s levels of productivity.
tabling member constituency	Knowsley
tabling member printed	Mr George Howarth
uin	223775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>The ONS published the latest estimates of sub-national productivity on 6 February 2019. The data shows that productivity has increased in all the regions in the North of England during 2017 and since 2010.</p><p> </p><p>All regions in the North of England have seen faster nominal productivity growth than London and the South of England since 2010.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS is the government’s number one spending priority and that is why we have committed to a historic settlement that provides a cash increase of £33.9bn a year by 2023-24. This takes the NHS budget from £114.6bn in 2018-19 to £148.5bn in 2023-24.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan sets the vision for the NHS over the coming years including what action the NHS plans to take on health inequalities. NHS England has committed to ensuring a higher share of funding goes towards geographies with high health inequalities. This funding is estimated to be worth over £1 billion by 2023/24.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 27/02/2019 14:54:55 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

1064359

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	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 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how he plans to use the next Spending Review to reduce economic inequalities between the north and south of England.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Jenny Chapman
uin	223833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>Since 2010, over 60% of jobs have been created outside of London and the South East, and all regions of the North of England have seen faster nominal productivity growth over that time period than London and the South East. The Government is continuing to support the Northern Powerhouse, for example, the £2.5bn Transforming Cities Fund as well as Devolution deals for Manchester, Liverpool and North of Tyne. We will continue to support this growth through the Spending Review later this year and other policies such as a refreshed Northern Powerhouse Strategy.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 27/02/2019 14:33:19 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	3972 label Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington

1064369

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Rents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the most recent calculations of average rents for two bedroom homes in each of the 152 Broad Rental Market Areas that have been used to calculate local rental market statistics, including the Local Housing Allowance.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	223843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>In February 2019, the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) published the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates that will go live from 1 April 2019. From April this year, VOA will also publish the full List of Rents which underlie LHA rates.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 04/03/2019 15:03:50 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1064408

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Red Diesel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Government plans to publish a response to its consultation on Non-road mobile machinery and red diesel, published on 15 July 2018.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	223933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2019 answer text <p>Following stakeholder submissions last summer, the government has continued to consider the impacts of red diesel use by non-road mobile machinery. The call for evidence has now concluded and the government will look to provide an update shortly.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 01/03/2019 09:18:43 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1064413

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Enterprise Management Incentives
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claims were made for Income Tax relief under the Enterprise Management Scheme in 2018; what the average amount was of those claim; how many claims were made in each region; and what the average income was of the claimants.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	223938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2019 answer text <p>HMRC publishes annual statistics on Employee Share Schemes which are available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employee-share-schemes-statistics#national-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employee-share-schemes-statistics#national-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>The latest data is for 2016-17 in which 7,000 employees exercised Enterprise Management Incentives options with an estimated cost of income tax relief of £190m. The estimated average income tax relief is therefore £27,000 per employee.</p><p> </p><p>Information on employees’ region and income is not readily available as it is not collected as part of Enterprise Management Incentives returns. This information could only be calculated with disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 01/03/2019 14:26:39 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1064414

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Enterprise Management Incentives
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claims were made for National Insurance tax relief under the Enterprise Management Scheme in 2018, what the average amount was of those claims; how many claims were made in each region; and what the average income was of the claimants.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	223939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2019 answer text <p>HMRC publishes annual statistics on Employee Share Schemes which are available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employee-share-schemes-statistics#national-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employee-share-schemes-statistics#national-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>The latest data is for 2016-17 in which 7,000 employees exercised Enterprise Management Incentives options with an estimated cost of relief of National Insurance Contributions of £90m. The estimated average relief on National Insurance Contributions is therefore £13,000 per employee.</p><p> </p><p>Information on employees’ region and income is not readily available as it is not collected as part of Enterprise Management Incentives returns. This information could only be calculated with disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 01/03/2019 14:24:16 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1064417

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Investment Income: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claims were made for Personal Dividend Allowance relief in 2018, what the average amount was of those claims; and what the average income was of the claimants.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	223942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2019 answer text <p>HMRC publishes the estimated cost of tax reliefs annually and these can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The dividend allowance was introduced in April 2016, operates on a tax year basis, and was set at £2,000 in 2018-19. Individuals do not need to claim for the allowance, as the Dividend Allowance is available to everyone with dividend income.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC projects the dividend allowance to cost the Exchequer £695 million in 2018-19, with 5.09 million individuals benefitting. The median tax relief per beneficiary is projected to be £125 in 2018-19. The median income of those benefitting from the dividend allowance in 2018-19 is projected to be £35,000.</p><p> </p><p>These estimates are based on the 2015-16 Survey of Personal Incomes (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPI" target="_blank">SPI</a>), projected to 2018-19 using economic assumptions consistent with the office for Budget Responsibility’s November 2018 Economic and Fiscal Outlook.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 01/03/2019 14:21:55 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1064421

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Enterprise Investment Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claims were made under the Enterprise Investment Scheme in 2018, and what the average income was of the claimants.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	223946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2019 answer text <p>HMRC publishes annual reports on the number of investors claiming tax relief under the Enterprise Investment Scheme. Information for the tax year 2016-17 can be found in Table 8.5 here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/enterprise-investment-scheme-seed-enterprise-investment-scheme-and-social-investment-tax-relief-statistics-may-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/enterprise-investment-scheme-seed-enterprise-investment-scheme-and-social-investment-tax-relief-statistics-may-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>Information for the tax year 2017-18 will be published in May 2019. Information for the tax year 2018-19 will not be available until 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Information about the average income of the claimants is only available at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 01/03/2019 14:22:49 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1064596

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Company Cars: Taxation
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 of maintaining company car tax rates on the transition to electric vehicles following the introduction of the Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL13915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>The government has engaged with stakeholders as part of the review of the Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure (WLTP) and vehicle taxes which closed on 17 February.</p><p> </p><p>The review sought evidence on how reported carbon dioxide emissions are impacted by the introduction of WLTP and whether any adjustment should be made to Vehicle Excise Duty and company car tax from April 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Responses to the review are currently being analysed and the government has committed to publishing a response in the spring.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 06/03/2019 11:59:53 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours