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753271

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what is their response to the analysis by the Office for Budget Responsibility that the UK's public finances are ill-positioned to withstand (1) a possible recession, (2) higher inflation, and (3) an increase in interest rates.
tabling member printed	Lord Birt
uin	HL959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2017 answer text <p>The Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) Fiscal Risks Report demonstrates that the public finances remain vulnerable to shocks. To enhance our resilience to such shocks it is vital that we get debt falling.</p><p> </p><p>To this end, we remain committed to bringing the public finances back to balance by the mid-2020s, with interim targets to reduce the structural deficit below 2% of GDP and get debt falling as a share of GDP by 2020-21.</p><p> </p><p>The government continues to consider carefully the findings within the OBR’s report. As required under the Charter for Budget Responsibility, the government will formally respond to the issues raised within the next year.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 28/07/2017 13:33:39 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

753273

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the costs and benefits of agreeing (1) an enhanced equivalence regulation, and (2) a UK–EU bilateral equivalence agreement, as a means of continuing UK–EU collaboration on financial services laws and regulations post-Brexit.
tabling member printed	Baroness Deech
uin	HL961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2017 answer text <p>The government is committed to leaving the EU in a way that underpins prosperity and avoids unnecessary disruption and dangerous cliff edges for businesses. Ensuring there is regulatory coherence between the UK and EU is key to achieving this. Our ambition is for a new EU-UK relationship where there is a strong shared commitment to regulatory coherence. The details of this new relationship are a matter for the negotiations.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 01/08/2017 10:57:21 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3756 label Biography information for Baroness Deech

753274

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what are the sources of funds for the additional £1 billon investment announced for Northern Ireland in June.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government routinely makes adjustments to public spending throughout the year and will deal with the cost of additional resources for the Northern Ireland Executive within our overall plans in this way.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 28/07/2017 12:33:11 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

753275

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the level of smuggling of fuel and other items along the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) do not have a breakdown of the level of smuggling or the value of smuggled items along the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC publishes estimates of tax gap for fuel and other excise goods. The latest estimates are included at pages 33 to 49 of ‘Measuring Tax Gaps 2016’</p><p> </p><p>These estimates cannot be disaggregated by type of fraud, such as smuggling. The estimate of the market share for illicit diesel in Northern Ireland is 8%, which amounts to about £50m in lost revenue.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC continually reviews its approach to tackling tax fraud. In respect of the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, HMRC plays a proactive role in the Organised Crime Taskforce, chairing the Cross Border Enforcement Groups on tobacco and fuel fraud.</p><p>HMRC continually monitors the threat from the smuggling of heating oil. There is currently no evidence to suggest that home heating oil has become the main hydrocarbon fuel smuggled across the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 31/07/2017 11:24:24 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

753276

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which home heating oil is replacing red diesel as the main hydrocarbon fuel smuggled across the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) do not have a breakdown of the level of smuggling or the value of smuggled items along the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC publishes estimates of tax gap for fuel and other excise goods. The latest estimates are included at pages 33 to 49 of ‘Measuring Tax Gaps 2016’</p><p> </p><p>These estimates cannot be disaggregated by type of fraud, such as smuggling. The estimate of the market share for illicit diesel in Northern Ireland is 8%, which amounts to about £50m in lost revenue.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC continually reviews its approach to tackling tax fraud. In respect of the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, HMRC plays a proactive role in the Organised Crime Taskforce, chairing the Cross Border Enforcement Groups on tobacco and fuel fraud.</p><p>HMRC continually monitors the threat from the smuggling of heating oil. There is currently no evidence to suggest that home heating oil has become the main hydrocarbon fuel smuggled across the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 31/07/2017 12:48:15 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

753277

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what were the volumes and nature of smuggled goods seized along the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in the last five years for which figures are available; and what estimate they have made of the amount of duty evaded.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) records statistics for smuggling seized goods does not have that level of detail required to answer. Therefore without referencing individual cases it is not possible to identify which ones involved smuggling.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 28/07/2017 12:36:43 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

753278

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how many convictions there were of persons charged with smuggling offences along the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland for the last two years for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) records statistics for smuggling offences does not have that level of detail required to answer. Therefore without referencing individual cases it is not possible to identify which ones involved smuggling.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 28/07/2017 12:36:54 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

753279

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, in the last five years for which figures are available, what items have been seized from smugglers along the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland; and what was the value of those items.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) do not have a breakdown of the level of smuggling or the value of smuggled items along the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC publishes estimates of tax gap for fuel and other excise goods. The latest estimates are included at pages 33 to 49 of ‘Measuring Tax Gaps 2016’</p><p> </p><p>These estimates cannot be disaggregated by type of fraud, such as smuggling. The estimate of the market share for illicit diesel in Northern Ireland is 8%, which amounts to about £50m in lost revenue.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC continually reviews its approach to tackling tax fraud. In respect of the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, HMRC plays a proactive role in the Organised Crime Taskforce, chairing the Cross Border Enforcement Groups on tobacco and fuel fraud.</p><p>HMRC continually monitors the threat from the smuggling of heating oil. There is currently no evidence to suggest that home heating oil has become the main hydrocarbon fuel smuggled across the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 31/07/2017 12:48:45 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

752423

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the stamp duty levy on investment in new homes available for rent.
tabling member printed	Lord Flight
uin	HL869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government introduced the higher rates of stamp duty on additional properties to support home ownership and first-time buyers. It is right that people should be free to purchase a second home or invest in a buy-to-let property, but the Government is aware that this can impact on other people’s ability to get on to the property ladder.</p><p> </p><p>The latest estimate for this measure’s receipts for 2016-17 is £1.6 billion, compared to an initial forecast of £0.7 billion.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 24/07/2017 14:34:10 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4211 label Biography information for Lord Flight

752424

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what was (1) the total income raised from the stamp duty levy on additional homes, and (2) the total amount refunded because a purchaser sold their main residence within three years of buying a new one, in 2016-17.
tabling member printed	Lord Flight
uin	HL870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2017 answer text The total income raised from the higher rate of Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) on additional homes for 2016-17 was £1,643m. This is the revenue from the additional 3% element only and therefore excludes the revenue from the main rates of SDLT on these properties.<p> </p><p>Statistics on repayments from the higher rate of SDLT on additional properties for 2016-17 are due to be published in July 2017.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 27/07/2017 08:52:27 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4211 label Biography information for Lord Flight