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895182

registered interest
date	01/05/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Plastics: Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to respond to calls from the Association of Accounting Technicians to reduce the use of single-use plastics by (1) encouraging the development of alternatives, and (2) penalising the use of single-use plastic through (a) taxation, (b) charges, and (c) incentivising behaviour change.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL7442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2018 answer text <p>At Spring Statement, the Chancellor launched a call for evidence, aimed at tackling the plastic problem. This call for evidence will explore how the tax system or charges can be used to reduce single-plastic waste and make the production and consumption of single-use plastics more sustainable. <br> <br> The Chancellor further supported this goal by committing £20m to businesses and universities, acting now to stimulate new thinking and develop alternative solutions in this area.</p><p>The call for evidence closes on 18 May. The government will outline how it plans to proceed once we have analysed the responses</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 15/05/2018 16:16:59 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

895203

registered interest
date	01/05/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 29 March (HL6647), whether they will now publish the outcome of the Family Test Assessment on the policy to limit Tax Credits and Universal Credit support to two children.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL7463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2018 answer text <p>The government does not routinely publish the Family Test assessment of policies.</p><p> </p><p>An impact assessment of the policy of providing support for a maximum of two children in Child Tax Credits and Universal Credit was published and is available here and attached:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/ia15-006e.pdf</p><p> </p><p>The impact assessment considered the impact of the policy on families and other protected groups.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 15/05/2018 16:16:24 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates attachment 1 file name ia15-006e.pdf title impact assessment
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

895238

registered interest
date	01/05/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Multinational Companies: Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what forecast he has made of the tax revenues to be raised by the Government's anti-avoidance provisions in relation to multi-national tech companies due to be introduced in 2019.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	139965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2018 answer text <p>At Autumn Budget 2017, the Government announced an extension of UK withholding tax on royalty payments made to low or no tax jurisdictions.</p><p>This measure is another step towards the Government’s longer term ambition of domestic and international reform of the taxation of digital businesses. Whilst this measure will predominantly affect digital businesses, it may also affect groups operating in other sectors.</p><p>As announced at the Budget, this measure is forecast to raise £800m over four years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 08/05/2018 13:45:34 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

895249

registered interest
date	01/05/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Equity Release: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will support over-55s planning to take out equity release on their properties.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	140093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>Older borrowers already have access to equity release mortgages from a range of lenders.</p><p> </p><p>The UK’s equity release market is competitive, and continues to grow year on year. The Government does not currently intend to offer additional support to equity release customers.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 10/05/2018 10:31:06 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

895288

registered interest
date	01/05/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Red Diesel: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to review the taxation of red diesel.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	139936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2018 answer text <p>At Spring Statement 2018, the Chancellor announced a call for evidence, jointly with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, into whether red diesel for non-road mobile machinery discourages the purchase of cleaner alternatives. Red diesel for agricultural use will be out of scope, as will fishing vessels, home heating and other static generators. The consultation document will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 08/05/2018 13:55:33 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

895289

registered interest
date	01/05/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Child Tax Credit: Motherwell and Wishaw
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households in receipt of child tax credit have had their payments reduced as a result of the two-child tax credit limit in the Motherwell and Wishaw constituency; and what savings have accrued to the public purse as a result of the introduction of that limit in that constituency.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	140150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2018 answer text <p>The information is not held and could only be collected at disproportionate cost. However, the government published an impact assessment in July 2015 which shows the number of Child Tax Credit or Universal Credit claimants who were expected to be affected by the policy over the next five years and the estimated savings from the change. The impact assessment is available at: <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006E.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006E.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 08/05/2018 11:54:55 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

895324

registered interest
date	01/05/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Exports: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he as made of value of exports by Northern Ireland (a) agri-food and (b) pharmaceutical sectors to the Republic of Ireland in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	139979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) is responsible for the collection and publication of data on UK imports and exports of goods. HMRC releases this information as National Statistics called the Overseas Trade Statistics and the Regional Trade Statistics (RTS).</p><p> </p><p>Data on exports from Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland are published within the RTS by HMRC at Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) division level (2 digit). These are available in the ‘Build Your Own Tables’ area of HMRC’s statistical website <a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Pages/Home.aspx" target="_blank">uktradeinfo.com</a></p><p> </p><p>Published exports data for ‘Food and live animals’ and ‘Chemicals and related products’ for the years requested can be accessed from the following link: <a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/BuildYourOwnTables/Pages/Table.aspx?savedview=783f1f06-ca53-4c89-91e1-d35b2da527cf" target="_blank">www.uktradeinfo.com/RTS/NI-ROItrade</a></p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 09/05/2018 14:30:46 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

895344

registered interest
date	01/05/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Banks: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has assessed the potential merits of introducing a green supporting factor to address prudential rules on capital weighting.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff North
tabling member printed	Anna McMorrin
uin	140209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government is considering the potential merits of introducing a green supporting factor into the UK bank capital framework.</p><p> </p><p>Prudential rules on capital weighting ensures the banking sector’s resilience against financial stability risks and are derived from agreed international standards for internationally active banks. Any changes to the framework must not undermine financial stability by creating unnecessary risks.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 10/05/2018 10:25:08 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4632 label Biography information for Anna McMorrin

895346

registered interest
date	01/05/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Environment Protection: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to reinstate a carbon price escalator from the 2020s onwards.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff North
tabling member printed	Anna McMorrin
uin	140211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2018 answer text <p>As announced in Autumn Budget 2017, the government will target a Total Carbon Price similar to the value at the time until unabated coal is no longer used in power generation.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 08/05/2018 13:56:57 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4632 label Biography information for Anna McMorrin

895408

registered interest
date	01/05/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Lycamobile
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many meetings Ministers of his Department have had with Lycamobile since 2015; and what the subject was of each of those meetings.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	139961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>As a non-Ministerial department HMRC have operational independence from Treasury Ministers. Neither HM Treasury nor any Minister had any involvement in HMRC’s decision not to execute a French request for a search warrant on Lycamobile’s offices in the UK.</p><p>HMRC have made clear that they did not hinder the French investigation into Lycamobile’s offices in the UK. HMRC worked with the French authorities over a period of several weeks to help them understand the extent of the information that would be needed as part of a successful application for a UK search warrant. HMRC have stated that the decision not to execute the French request was taken on the grounds that the French authorities provided insufficient information to meet the statutory criteria for a UK search warrant, set out in the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.</p><p>Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel</a> and</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/senior-officials-expenses" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/senior-officials-expenses</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 139962 question first answered 10/05/2018 16:18:18 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett