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228485

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Broadband: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to exempt community groups, charities and other not-for-profit organisations from the requirement to pay VAT on the installation of government-funded high-speed broadband cabinets; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Colchester
tabling member printed	Sir Bob Russell
uin	228362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>EU VAT law does not enable an exemption of VAT for the installation of high-speed broadband cabinets. However, the government has provided £1.7bn of direct funding to deliver superfast broadband to 95% of premises by 2017 with over 2 million homes reached so far. The broadband connection voucher scheme has also been extended to March 2016 and will be available in a total of 50 cities by 1 April 2015. The scheme provides vouchers of up to £3,000 to support broadband connection upgrades for small businesses, charities, social enterprises and sole traders.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>At Budget we also announced a new ambition that ultrafast broadband of at least 100 Megabits per second should become available to nearly all UK premises, to be supported by market delivery and government action to remove barriers to investment and reduce red tape.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 26/03/2015 10:00:19 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	35 label Biography information for Sir Bob Russell

228486

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Fiscal Policy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) total and (b) staff cost to his Department was of producing the document, An alternative fiscal path beyond 2016-17, published on 19 March 2015.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	228370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>In line with the Ministerial Code, as the Chief Secretary to the Treasury I asked Treasury officials to calculate the impact on the fiscal aggregates of a set for alternative assumptions on tax and spend for the years beyond 2016-17. All costs were met from within existing budgets.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander grouped question UIN 228371 question first answered 24/03/2015 17:45:31 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

228487

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Fiscal Policy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials in his Department were involved in producing the document, An alternative fiscal path beyond 2016-17, published on 19 March 2015.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	228371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>In line with the Ministerial Code, as the Chief Secretary to the Treasury I asked Treasury officials to calculate the impact on the fiscal aggregates of a set for alternative assumptions on tax and spend for the years beyond 2016-17. All costs were met from within existing budgets.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander grouped question UIN 228370 question first answered 24/03/2015 17:45:31 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

228489

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Transport: Freight
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 effects of changes in oil prices since August 2014 on the cost of moving freight by (a) rail, (b) road and (c) sea.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	228412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>HM Treasury has made no detailed estimate of the effect of the change in oil price since August 2014 specifically in relation to the cost of moving freight by rail, road or sea.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However Government have made clear that it expects industry to pass any savings that result from lower oil prices onto their customers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 24/03/2015 16:59:45 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

228490

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many VAT-registered property rental companies there were in each year since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	228302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>Supplies of residential property letting are exempt from VAT, so businesses that only make such exempt supplies are not entitled to register for VAT.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In each of the relevant years, the number of VAT- registered businesses whose declared trade classification was Letting or Renting own or Leased Real Estate was as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p><p>Year</p></td><td><p> </p><p>No of VAT registered businesses</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>2005</p></td><td><p>4,089</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>2006</p></td><td><p>4,997</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>2007</p></td><td><p>6,264</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>2008</p></td><td><p>10,860</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>2009</p></td><td><p>14,701</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>2010</p></td><td><p> </p><p>18,774</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>2011</p></td><td><p> </p><p>22,520</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>2012</p></td><td><p> </p><p>26,076</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>2013</p></td><td><p> </p><p>29,149</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>2014</p></td><td><p> </p><p>32,502</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 227906 question first answered 25/03/2015 17:47:41 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

228491

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tourism: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations his Department has received on the level of VAT applicable to small tourist businesses.
tabling member constituency	Torridge and West Devon
tabling member printed	Mr Geoffrey Cox
uin	228304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government has received a number of representations from the ‘Cut Tourism VAT’ campaign.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I refer the Hon gentleman to my comments during the recent Westminster Hall debate on 17 March 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 24/03/2015 17:52:47 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1508 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Cox

228492

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average hourly pay is of employees at each grade within his Department identified as (a) White or White British and (b) from a Black, Asian or other minority ethnic group.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	228317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>Please see table below for average hourly pay as at end December 2014:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p>Median Hourly Pay £</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade</p></td><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>BAME</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Specialist</p></td><td><p>54.6</p></td><td><p>**</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Range B</p></td><td><p>9.7</p></td><td><p>11.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Range C</p></td><td><p>13.0</p></td><td><p>13.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Range D</p></td><td><p>16.6</p></td><td><p>16.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Range E</p></td><td><p>25.1</p></td><td><p>25.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Range E2</p></td><td><p>29.4</p></td><td><p>**</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS</p></td><td><p>37.4</p></td><td><p>**</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 26/03/2015 13:37:03 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

228493

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Football: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Revenue and Customs has made special arrangements with English Premier League clubs about their tax affairs.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Mr Mike Hancock
uin	228454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>Where a dispute arises between HMRC and a customer in relation to their tax affairs, HMRC will only resolve the dispute in a way that secures the tax that is due under the current law. HMRC’s Litigation &amp; Settlement Strategy (LSS) – which applies to all tax disputes - sets out its approach to securing the tax due as efficiently as possible and in accordance with the law. The governance procedures for how HMRC settles disputes are set out in the published Code of Governance for resolving tax disputes. Together the LSS and the Code of Governance assure taxpayers that tax rules are applied appropriately and even-handedly by HMRC.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 24/03/2015 17:54:40 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	59 label Biography information for Mr Mike Hancock

228494

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Car Washes
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 car wash businesses in the UK; and what estimate he has made of the tax paid by such businesses in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	228455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs has made no estimate of the number of car wash businesses in the UK or the tax paid by such businesses in the last year because information is not available at that level of disaggregation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 24/03/2015 17:56:16 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

228495

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department had on alcohol duty with representatives of (i) the Wine and Spirits Trade Association, (ii) the Scotch Whisky Association, (iii) the British Beer and Pub Association, (iv) Diageo, (v) SAB Miller and (vi) the Portman Group between 1 November 2014 and 18 March 2015.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	228414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The Treasury Ministers and officials discuss a variety of issues with a range of industry stakeholders throughout the year, including between the dates outlined in the question.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 24/03/2015 17:00:32 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins