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994007

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Self-assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 11 May 2018 to Question 141715 on Taxation: Self-Assessment, how many of the 746,000 self-assessment tax returns that were outstanding and filed after 31 January 2018 were estimated not to have been liable to pay a fine.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	183284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>HMRC automatically applies a penalty or fine on any self-assessment return that is submitted late. Customers can object or appeal against a penalty levied for late submission. If HMRC accept the explanation for the late return the penalty will be cancelled.</p><p>HMRC does not have an estimate of how many customers appealed or objected, or how many penalties or fines were cancelled.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 29/10/2018 11:00:39 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

994104

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Government Departments: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for each (a) government department and (b) non-departmental public body how much additional funding to support EU-exit related activity in (i) 2018-19 and (ii) 2019-20 has been (A) bid for and (B) allocated; and whether his Department plans to invite further such bids for such funding in 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	183244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>At the Autumn Budget 2017, the Government committed an additional £3 billion over 2018/19 and 2019/20 to help departments and non-departmental public bodies prepare for the UK’s exit from the EU. As part of the bidding process, non-departmental bodies bid through central departments.</p><p> </p><p>The final allocations for 2018/19 were announced at Spring Statement 2018, with just over £1.5bn allocated to departments and non-departmental public bodies. A full breakdown of allocations can be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS540, laid on the 13th March (<a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/</a>)</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury is discussing EU Exit preparations for 2019/20 with departments and allocations will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 29/10/2018 11:57:39 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

994139

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Ports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish the details of arrangements for clearing goods quickly through UK ports after 29 March 2019.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	John Redwood
uin	183208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>Government ministers and officials have been engaging extensively with key UK ports to discuss the challenges that the introduction of customs declarations would pose Roll-on Roll-off (RoRo) port environment as well as potential mitigations for Day 1of a ‘no deal’.</p><p>We have also begun communicating targeted technical delivery critical messages and actions to groups of impacted stakeholders and businesses, for example on RoRo, Excise and VAT software, through our technical notices. By the end of the year, HMRC will provide more information on what people can do should they wish to make preparations and when they should do this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 01/11/2018 17:33:41 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

994143

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employers are paying the apprenticeship levy; and how many levy payers there are in (a) England, (b) Northern Ireland, (c) Scotland and (d) Wales.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	183266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>The number of businesses paying the Apprenticeship Levy is not available. HMRC collects data on a Pay As You Earn (PAYE) scheme basis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 29/10/2018 11:54:17 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

994147

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's definition of austerity is; and how his Department measures austerity.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
uin	183422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>The Chancellor will set out the government’s plans for the economy and public finances in detail at Budget.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 29/10/2018 09:58:30 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley

994148

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Import Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to announce the rate of customs levies charged on the UK for 30 March 2019 as part of the planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	John Redwood
uin	183215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>We are focused on negotiating an ambitious future relationship with the EU, which secures frictionless access at the border to each other’s markets for goods.</p><p> </p><p>However, in the event of a “no deal” the Government will determine and publish these new UK duty rates before we leave the EU.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 29/10/2018 10:57:38 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

994153

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish immediately and in full detail the cross-Whitehall Brexit analysis and the underlying models and assumptions supporting that analysis.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	183423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government has confirmed that once we have agreed a deal with the EU, the Government will provide Parliament with the appropriate analysis of that deal ahead of the vote on the final deal.</p><p> </p><p>With negotiations ongoing, it would not be practical or sensible to set out the details of exactly how the Government will analyse the final deal.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will therefore not provide an ongoing commentary on internal analytical work.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 29/10/2018 13:05:22 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

994189

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	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 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much additional revenue has accrued to the public purse in taxation on (a) beer, (b) wine and (c) spirits since the introduction of the Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	183445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>The Alcohol Wholesalers Registration Scheme was introduced as one of a number of HMRC initiatives to tackle alcohol excise duty fraud. HMRC assesses all applications to ascertain whether the business and key persons within it are fit and proper for approval.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Approved businesses are monitored to ensure compliance with the scheme and to minimise the risk of illicit alcohol entering the wholesale market. To date HMRC has approved approximately 8000 businesses and over 800 applications have been refused.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC publishes alcohol receipts on a monthly basis on the UK Trade Info website. Multiple factors influence revenue receipts. Therefore, HMRC is unable to directly attribute any increases to introduction of the Alcohol Wholesalers Registration Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 01/11/2018 14:34:55 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

994203

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Borders: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total cost will be of developing the 12 critical IT systems required at the border after the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	183263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>While we remain confident that we will secure a positive and mutually beneficial deal with the EU, there remain a number of border-related projects that have to be delivered in the unlikely event of no deal being agreed. Some of these projects were initiated before the UK decided to leave and so are not exclusively EU exit related.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested is not held centrally, however, the 12 border-related projects listed in the NAO report are all at different stages of development with a number part of wider programmes. As such, it would not be possible to attach a single overarching cost at this time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 01/11/2018 17:31:52 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

994260

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the year on year changes to central government grants to the UK Fire and Rescue service in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	183278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>Overall Fire and Rescue Authorities (FRAs) will receive around £2.3 billion in 2018/19. Single purpose FRAs will see an increase in core spending power of 1.2% in cash terms in 2018/19 and an overall increase of 0.3% from 2015/16 to 2019/20.</p><p>Financial reserves held by single purpose FRAs increased by 80% to £545 million between 31 March 2011 and 31 March 2018. This is equivalent to 42% of their core spending power.</p><p>As fire services are devolved, these figures apply to England only.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 29/10/2018 12:00:43 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane