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78315

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Interest Rates
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 Deighton on 7 July (WA 12), what representations the Chancellor of the Exchequer made to the Governor of the Bank of England during their most recent discussion on possible increases in interest rates.
tabling member printed	Lord Barnett
uin	HL1205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2014 answer text <p>The UK’s monetary policy framework, set out in the Bank of England Act 1998, gives operational responsibility for monetary policy to the independent Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). The Chancellor of the Exchequer has frequent discussions with the Governor of the Bank of England on a wide range of issues on the UK economy.</p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 28/07/2014 11:50:43 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	1018 label Biography information for Lord Barnett

78316

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	North Sea Oil: Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the Office for Budget Responsibility's revised forecasts of the tax revenues from North Sea oil; what is their estimate of the fiscal implications of those revised forecasts for an independent Scotland; whether they expect tax revenues from North Sea oil to recover; and, if so, when.
tabling member printed	Lord Barnett
uin	HL1206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2014 answer text <p>The independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has set out the basis for its forecasts of oil and gas tax revenues in the Fiscal Sustainability Report. The forecast shows that these tax receipts, as a share of GDP, are set to decline by 84 per cent over the forecast period. The government has not made a separate assessment of these forecasts.</p><p> </p><p>The OBR has not published an assessment of what the fiscal position of a separate Scotland would be. However, other independent experts have estimated that in 2016-17, a separate Scotland would have a deficit (per person) of more than twice that of the UK.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury has estimated that each person in Scotland is £1,400 a year better off in the UK. That’s equivalent to around two thirds of the total NHS budget in Scotland, or almost as much as Scotland’s entire education budget.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The OBR’s new, lower, oil and gas tax receipts forecast only make a separate Scotland’s fiscal position tougher. In the UK, as part of a larger country, we can pool resources and share risks. This means that public spending in Scotland can remain secure and stable, even as revenues from oil and gas are volatile.</p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 28/07/2014 16:07:21 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	1018 label Biography information for Lord Barnett

78264

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Smuggling
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the revenue lost to the Exchequer as a result of smuggling between the United Kingdom and mainland Europe.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL1159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2014 answer text <p>The information is not available. Tax gaps for alcohol, tobacco and oils were published in “Measuring Tax Gaps 2013”. These estimates cover all revenue losses and cannot be broken down to isolate losses as a result of smuggling between the UK and mainland Europe.</p><p> </p><p>“Measuring Tax Gaps 2013” can be accessed via the following page on the HMRC website:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/measuring-tax-gaps</p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 28/07/2014 11:04:44 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

78273

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Landfill: Wales
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many landfill site operators there are in Wales; how many are in receipt of a landfill tax credit; and how much each receives.
tabling member printed	Lord Rowlands
uin	HL1168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2014 answer text <p>There are 24 registered landfill site operators in Wales, of which 15 were in receipt of tax credits during the financial year 2013-14. HMRC does not disclose information relating to individual tax payers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Landfill Communities Fund contributed £4,191,159 in 2010 - 11, £4,364,063 in 2011-12, and £4,355,038 in 2012 -13 towards environmental projects in Wales.</p> answering member printed Lord Deighton grouped question UIN HL1169 question first answered 28/07/2014 16:10:17 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	554 label Biography information for Lord Rowlands

78274

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Landfill: Wales
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much the Landfill Communities Fund has contributed to environmental projects in Wales in each of the years 2010 to 2013.
tabling member printed	Lord Rowlands
uin	HL1169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2014 answer text <p>There are 24 registered landfill site operators in Wales, of which 15 were in receipt of tax credits during the financial year 2013-14. HMRC does not disclose information relating to individual tax payers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Landfill Communities Fund contributed £4,191,159 in 2010 - 11, £4,364,063 in 2011-12, and £4,355,038 in 2012 -13 towards environmental projects in Wales.</p> answering member printed Lord Deighton grouped question UIN HL1168 question first answered 28/07/2014 16:10:18 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	554 label Biography information for Lord Rowlands

77790

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether direct subsidies to parents to assist with childcare costs as proposed in the Childcare Payments Bill are intended to improve child development outcomes, free up parental time to work, or both.
tabling member printed	Lord Sutherland of Houndwood
uin	HL1087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2014 answer text <p>The Childcare Payments Bill will introduce the Government’s new tax free childcare scheme. As part of our long term economic plan, Tax-Free childcare will enable more parents to go out to work, if they want to, to provide greater security for their families.</p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 28/07/2014 16:08:45 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	2173 label Biography information for Lord Sutherland of Houndwood

77791

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what projections they have made of the impact of directly subsidising childcare costs as proposed in the Childcare Payments Bill on maternal employment rates, and the level of income tax paid by working mothers.
tabling member printed	Lord Sutherland of Houndwood
uin	HL1088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2014 answer text <p>Details of the estimated economic effects from the introduction of Tax-Free Childcare can be found in the Childcare Payments Bill Impact Assessment.[1]</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/318698/document2014-06-10-104244-1.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/318698/document2014-06-10-104244-1.pdf</a></p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 28/07/2014 16:09:24 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	2173 label Biography information for Lord Sutherland of Houndwood

77793

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the role of HM Treasury officials in the co-ordination of childcare policy across Government.
tabling member printed	Lord Sutherland of Houndwood
uin	HL1090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education leads on childcare policy across government. As in all areas of policy, HM Treasury officials help ensure that policy development is coordinated across departments.</p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 28/07/2014 16:09:48 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	2173 label Biography information for Lord Sutherland of Houndwood

77794

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	UK Membership of EU
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury's speech to the Centre for Transatlantic Relations in Washington on 26 June, of how many jobs in each sector is the 3.3 million that the HM Treasury analysis says are connected to Britain's place in the European Union comprised.
tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
uin	HL1091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2014 answer text <p>The Treasury estimate that 3.3 million jobs in the UK may be related to exports to other European Union countries. This figure is based on the assumption that the share of UK employment associated with UK exports to the EU is equal to the share of output that is exported to the EU, making allowance for the composition of the UK economy. It is not an estimate of the impact of EU membership on employment.</p><p> </p><p>Allocating all of these jobs to specific sectors is challenging in the absence of data providing both a sectoral and geographical breakdown of exports. Such estimates would be very sensitive to the further assumptions required to allocate jobs to sectors.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 28/07/2014 11:47:45 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

77814

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Money
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will introduce legislation to make it an offence to refuse British currency notes and coins as payments for goods and services in the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL1111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2014 answer text <p>Retailers are free to refuse any means of payment, even those with legal tender status should they wish to do so. Some businesses, for example, refuse to accept Bank of England £50 notes.</p><p> </p><p>Legal tender status has a narrow technical meaning. If a debtor pays in legal tender the exact amount he/she owes under the terms of a contract (and in accordance with its terms), or pays this amount into court, he/she has good defence in law if he/she is sued for non-payment of the debt.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has no current plans to extend or replace the current legislation relating to legal tender status.</p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 28/07/2014 11:50:03 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon