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810425

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Buildings
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government on which occasions in the last ten years they have given an official Treasury platform to someone convicted of a criminal charge in a court in another EU country.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL4393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>HM Treasury does not hold any information of this kind on external stakeholders who may have spoken at HM Treasury events in the last 10 years.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 09/01/2018 16:53:49 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

810426

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Economic Growth
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what were (1) the International Monetary Fund predictions of the UK growth rate, and (2) the actual growth rate, over the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL4394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>Forecasts for UK GDP growth published in the International Monetary Fund’s World Economic Outlook over the last five years are summarised in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p>GDP growth (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Growth rate</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td><td><p>3.1</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="10"><p>IMF forecasts</p></td><td><p>Apr 2013</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct 2013</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2014</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct 2014</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>3.2</p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2015</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct 2015</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2016</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct 2016</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td><td><p>1.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2017</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct 2017</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1.7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 09/01/2018 14:46:17 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

810427

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Treasury: International Monetary Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government on which dates during the last seven years they have hosted the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the Treasury for the IMF to launch a report on the British economy.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL4395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>The International Monetary Fund (IMF) undertakes regular consultations on each of its member countries, usually every year, as part of its country surveillance function, under Article IV of the IMF’s Articles of Agreement. During the last seven years, concluding statements of IMF Article IV missions to the UK have been published, accompanied by an IMF press conference hosted at HM Treasury, on 6 June 2011, 22 May 2012, 22 May 2013, 6 June 2014, 11 December 2015, 13 May 2016 and 20 December 2017.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 09/01/2018 14:39:53 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

810434

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Construction: Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many contractors are registered with the Construction Industry Scheme.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL4402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>The number of registered contractors who were active in the financial year 2016-17 was approximately 175,000.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 09/01/2018 14:37:00 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

810437

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions: British Nationals Abroad
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people who work overseas have opted to pay National Insurance contributions.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL4405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>People who have left the UK to work overseas may be able to pay Class 2 National Insurance contributions (NICs) voluntarily. The most recent estimate is that around 20,000 people working overseas have paid Class 2 NICs voluntarily for the 2015-16 tax year.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 09/01/2018 14:35:07 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

810468

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Insurance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they are taking to ensure that insurance providers can lawfully operate and fulfil their contractual obligations after Brexit.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL4436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>The government is working to ensure continuity of cross-border contracts in all financial services sectors, including insurance. Much of the detail of the arrangements remains a matter for the negotiation process.</p><p>However, on 20 December 2017 the government announced that, if necessary, it will bring forward secondary legislation which will enable European Economic Area (EEA) firms and funds operating in the UK to obtain a “temporary permission” to continue their activities in the UK for a limited period after EU withdrawal.</p><p>Alongside the temporary permissions regime, the government will also bring forward secondary legislation, if necessary, to ensure that contractual obligations such as insurance contracts which are not covered by the regime can continue to be met.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 09/01/2018 14:38:56 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

810470

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Customs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they are taking to encourage and facilitate more companies attaining authorised economic operator (AEO) status, as well as to address any concerns that HMRC might not have the capacity to cope with a potential surge of AEO applications following Brexit.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL4438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>HMRC is encouraging companies to explore how EU Exit may impact their business and consider carefully the suitability of different customs authorisations and simplifications available, including AEO status, as part of their planning against a range of EU Exit scenarios.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC is actively looking at ways to facilitate more companies attaining AEO status and is building into its resource planning potential for increased AEO applications.</p><p> </p><p>In Future Customs Arrangements: A Future Partnership Paper (August 2017) and the Customs Bill White Paper (October 2017), the Government set out two broad approaches to a future customs relationship to the EU. Under one of these approaches, the highly streamlined customs arrangement, the Government would seek mutual recognition of authorised economic operator (AEO) status with the EU.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 09/01/2018 14:38:00 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

810513

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Payments: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if it remains his policy to implement the Second Payment Services Directive after the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	120858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>The Second Payments Services Directive will play a transformative role in financial services by empowering consumers to take control of their data, creating a level playing field between payment providers, increasing the choice, efficiency, transparency and security of retail payments; and facilitating the provision of innovative card, internet and mobile payment services across all retail payments for consumers.</p><p> </p><p>Legislation transposing PSD2 has already been laid in Parliament, and comes into effect on the 13 January 2018, before we leave the EU.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 09/01/2018 14:39:24 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

810515

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Visual Impairment: Tax Allowances
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 potential merits of extending the ability to transfer a Blind Person's Allowance to long-term partners who live together.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	120860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>Personal tax allowances are given on an individual basis and cannot be transferred from one person to another except in some cases of marriage and civil partnership where specific provisions apply, such as Marriage Allowance and Blind Person’s Allowance. Blind Person’s Allowance gives blind people an extra amount of tax-free income. Recipients who are married or in a civil partnership and living together, can transfer any surplus allowance to their spouse or civil partner. This ensures that the benefit of the allowance is retained within the blind person’s legal household.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 11/01/2018 14:20:24 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

810526

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the title was of each set of regulations introduced by his Department in each month since May 2010; which of those regulations have been (a) subject to the (i) one in one out and (ii) one in two out procedure and (b) (i) revoked and (ii) amended; and what the net cost to (A) the public purse; and (B) business of those regulations is.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	120871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2018 answer text <p>The changes to regulations affecting business during the 2010-15 Parliament are recorded in Statements of New Regulation that were published every six months. These are available on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/one-in-two-out-statement-of-new-regulation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/one-in-two-out-statement-of-new-regulation</a> .</p><p> </p><p>For the 2015-17 Parliament, the Government will shortly publish its final report on the savings to business delivered during that Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>For the current Parliament, the Government is committed to maintaining a proportionate approach to regulation to enable business growth while maintaining public protections. This will be monitored through the target that the Government is required to set under the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 120902 question first answered 12/01/2018 14:05:52 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel