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997615

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date	30/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Sanitary Products: VAT
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 effect on period poverty of the recommendation on exempting feminine hygiene contained in the report Break the Barriers: Girls' experience of menstruation in the UK, published by Plan UK in January 2018.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	185672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government agrees that Value Added Tax should not be levied on women’s sanitary products.</p><p> </p><p>That is why we apply the minimum permissible VAT rate of 5 per cent to women’s sanitary products and have committed in legislation to introducing a zero rate of Value Added Tax for these supplies as soon as it is legally possible. However, at present, such a measure would constitute a breach of European Union legislation.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 07/11/2018 15:58:46 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

986441

registered interest
date	12/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Insurance Premium Tax: Public Sector
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 effect of Insurance Premium Tax on public sector organisations.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	178517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government regularly keeps all taxes under review. This includes Insurance Premium Tax.</p><p> </p><p>Insurance Premium Tax is a tax paid by insurers on all general insurance premiums. It is therefore up to them whether to pass on this cost to consumers, including public sector organisations.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 22/10/2018 16:24:57 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

968191

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department holds information on the socio-economic background of people appointed to senior positions in his Department in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	170826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>In line with Cabinet Office policy for all government departments to collect and report on Socio-economic background data by 2020, the Treasury are currently preparing to update processes and technology to allow collection and reporting of this data.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 14/09/2018 13:09:02 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft