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707219

registered interest
date	02/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Foreign Exchange
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress the Government has made on bringing greater transparency to foreign currency transactions.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	66412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2017 answer text <p>A competitive and transparent financial services sector is vital to ensuring that the UK economy delivers for consumers and businesses.</p><p> </p><p>As with all policy areas, the Government continues to keep transparency of foreign exchange fees under review, and is currently conducting research on the effects of this on consumer decisions to inform its policy approach.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also currently consulting on its draft regulations for the implementation of the Second Payment Services Directive and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby grouped question UIN 66413 question first answered 07/03/2017 10:07:45 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

706642

registered interest
date	01/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Landfill Communities Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding his Department has provided to the Landfill Communities Fund in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	66226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>The taxpayer-funded, credit element of the Landfill Communities Fund has contributed the following amounts to the fund over the last five years for which full data is available:</p><p> </p><p>2011/12 - £68.7m</p><p>2012/13 - £66.1m</p><p>2013/14 - £79.6m</p><p>2014/15 - £61.7m</p><p>2015/16 - £52.3m</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 06/03/2017 14:49:55 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

706643

registered interest
date	01/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Beer: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of excise duty rates on beer exports.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Graham Evans
uin	66175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>HM Treasury engages with a wide variety of organisations to understand industry developments, including the beer and pub industry.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps all taxes under review, including alcohol duties, and is always willing to consider any evidence in relation to alcohol taxation policy.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 66176 question first answered 06/03/2017 15:05:37 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4081 label Biography information for Lord Evans of Rainow

706645

registered interest
date	01/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Blaydon
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of freezing rates of child benefit and child tax credit on families in Blaydon constituency.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	66164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government has considered the impact on all benefits and tax credits rates that are included in the four year uprating freeze. The Government has published an impact assessment at:</p><p>http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006C.pdf</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 66159 66165 66179 question first answered 06/03/2017 15:22:45 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

706646

registered interest
date	01/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Poplar and Limehouse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of freezing rates of child benefit and child tax credit on families in Poplar and Limehouse constituency.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	66165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government has considered the impact on all benefits and tax credits rates that are included in the four year uprating freeze. The Government has published an impact assessment at:</p><p>http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006C.pdf</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 66159 66164 66179 question first answered 06/03/2017 15:22:45 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

706647

registered interest
date	01/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Beer: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on jobs and investment in pubs and breweries of the (a) reduction in beer duty in 2014, (b) reduction in beer duty in 2015 and (c) freeze in beer duty in 2016.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Graham Evans
uin	66176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>HM Treasury engages with a wide variety of organisations to understand industry developments, including the beer and pub industry.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps all taxes under review, including alcohol duties, and is always willing to consider any evidence in relation to alcohol taxation policy.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 66175 question first answered 06/03/2017 15:05:37 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4081 label Biography information for Lord Evans of Rainow

706648

registered interest
date	01/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Child Benefit: Airdrie and Shotts
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 number of children living in poverty in Airdrie and Shotts constituency if child benefit is (a) frozen and (b) increased in line with inflation in the next three years.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	66179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government has considered the impact on all benefits and tax credits rates that are included in the four year uprating freeze. The Government has published an impact assessment at:</p><p>http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006C.pdf</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 66159 66164 66165 question first answered 06/03/2017 15:22:45 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

706650

registered interest
date	01/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Children: Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative estimate he has made of the number of children living in poverty in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) Inverclyde constituency if child benefit is (i) frozen and (ii) increased in line with inflation in the next three years.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	66159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government has considered the impact on all benefits and tax credits rates that are included in the four year uprating freeze. The Government has published an impact assessment at:</p><p>http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006C.pdf</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 66164 66165 66179 question first answered 06/03/2017 15:22:45 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

706651

registered interest
date	01/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Taxis: VAT Exemptions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the potential merits of exempting all new zero-emissions taxis from VAT from 2018 to 2025.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	66083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>There are no plans to alter the VAT treatment of new taxis.</p><p> </p><p>Where a driver who owns or rents a taxi, or a business which operates a number of taxis, is registered for VAT, they will generally be able to recover any VAT they incur in the course of their business activities.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 06/03/2017 14:50:53 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

706652

registered interest
date	01/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Multinational Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Government plans to implement provisions in the Finance Act 2016 to require (a) multinational enterprises and (b) UK subgroups of multinational enterprises to provide annual country-by-country tax reports to HM Revenue and Customs.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Dr Alasdair McDonnell
uin	66080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government has been a supporter of greater tax transparency and the provision in the Finance Act 2016 mirrors this position.</p><p>It remains important that the provision is used to deliver a model of public country-by-country reporting that has been agreed on a multilateral basis. This will ensure public country-by-country reporting applies to both UK headquartered and foreign headquartered multinationals, requiring them to report on their profits and taxes for the full range of countries in which they operate.</p><p>We will continue to work with international partners on greater public disclosure of the tax affairs of multinational enterprises, including our continued participation in the discussions on the European Commission’s proposal.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 06/03/2017 14:42:39 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1596 label Biography information for Dr Alasdair McDonnell