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1037277

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of transferring the proceeds of vehicle excise duties raised in the Greater London Authority area to London local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Hornchurch and Upminster
tabling member printed	Julia Lopez
uin	908473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The government has committed to hypothecate Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) in England from 2020-21 into the National Roads Fund (NRF), providing long-term certainty for roads investment. This will be used to maintain the country’s main arterial routes and enhance national road connectivity.</p><p> </p><p>Devolving VED to London would undermine the purpose of the NRF to deliver nationally significant schemes across the strategic road network, including those in London such as the M25 and some recently announced Major Road Network candidates which will also be funded by the NRF.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 10/01/2019 16:54:55 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez

1037836

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Distributed Ledger Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) fiscal and (b) regulatory steps his Department is taking to (i) support UK and (ii) encourage overseas blockchain and crypto-based companies establish themselves in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
uin	206446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government has invested over £10 million through Innovate UK and the research councils to support a wide variety of DLT related projects. The Government has also created a £20 million GovTech Catalyst Fund to explore technology-based solutions for public sector challenges, potentially including the use of DLT.</p><p> </p><p>The Government set out its approach to cryptoassets and the underlying distributed ledger technology (DLT) in the report of the Cryptoassets Taskforce<sub><sub>[1]</sub></sub>. The Government wants to encourage responsible development of legitimate distributed ledger technology (DLT) and cryptoasset-related activity in the UK, while also mitigating risks.</p><p> </p><p>The financial regulators continue to provide a platform that facilitates innovation and the development of new technologies in the financial system. For example, the Financial Conduct Authority has accepted a significant number of DLT-based projects into its Regulatory Sandbox. The Bank of England has also committed to ensure that its new RTGS service will be compatible with DLT-based payment systems.</p><p>[1] The full report of the HM Treasury/Financial Conduct Authority/Bank of England Cryptoassets Taskforce is available here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/752070/cryptoassets_taskforce_final_report_final_web.pdf</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 11/01/2019 11:18:43 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

1037895

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Overpayments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people claiming (a) working tax credits and (b) child tax credits have received overpayments in each year of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	206456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>Information on the number of claimants in receipt of Working Tax Credits and Child Tax Credits who have received overpayments in the last ten years are published in HMRCs Child and Working Tax Credits statistics: finalised annual awards, supplement on payments 2016-2017, published on 28<sup>th</sup> June 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Data for overpayments can be found within the “Main aggregate” tab in the publication tables.</p><p> </p><p>This publication can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-statistics-finalised-annual-awards-supplement-on-payments-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-statistics-finalised-annual-awards-supplement-on-payments-2016-to-2017</a></p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/01/2019 11:24:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1037049

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse was of his Department's public information campaign on the potential effect on the UK of leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	205796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government has a duty to inform citizens and businesses about how leaving the EU might affect them, and to advise on the steps they may need to take to prepare for EU Exit.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has developed a cross-departmental public information campaign to help achieve this. Over the coming weeks, we will be using a range of channels to direct UK citizens, businesses, EU citizens living in the UK and UK nationals living in the EU to a dedicated area on GOV.UK at Gov.uk/euexit.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the costs associated with this campaign will be released in due course as part of normal transparency releases.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 10/01/2019 16:56:16 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1037227

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Customs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of goods being imported into the UK from (a) other EU and (b) non-EU countries are physically checked when entering the UK.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	205813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The EU is a Customs Union and the 28 member countries form a single territory for customs purposes. This means that no customs duties are paid on goods moving between EU Member States and goods that have been legally imported can circulate throughout the EU with no further customs checks. As a consequence Border Force do not routinely conduct customs compliance checks on EU goods.</p><p> </p><p>For imports from the rest of the world, HMRC reported to the European Commission that 1.3% of standard customs declarations were subject to physical examinations for customs compliance purposes in 2017.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 10/01/2019 17:50:13 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

1037252

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Electronic Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department has taken to support the implementation of Making Tax Digital; and whether Making Tax Digital will become operational in April 2019.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	205838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>HMRC have been engaging extensively with stakeholders on an ongoing basis, raising awareness and helping businesses to prepare for MTD. There is a collection of MTD support material available on GOV.UK and HMRC is writing to all mandated businesses to ensure they are aware of the changes. HMRC has also been working closely with the software industry to ensure there is a wide range of software products ready.</p><p> </p><p>The MTD VAT pilot began in April 2018, with a live testing phase where specific volunteer businesses and agents were invited to join to ensure everything was working. MTD for VAT will be mandated for all customers in April, except for the small minority for whom that has been deferred.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 10/01/2019 17:50:27 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1035040

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Royal Mint: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) payroll and (b) non-payroll staff in the Royal Mint.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	205084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>The current employees at The Royal Mint are:</p><p>(a) (i) Payroll number of staff of 785</p><p>(ii) Payroll full-time equivalent staff of 763</p><p> </p><p>(b) (i) Non-payroll (agency) number of staff of 237</p><p>(ii) Non-payroll (agency) full-time equivalent staff of 237</p><p> </p><p>The Mint is a publicly-owned company and its staff costs are funded out of its own revenues. The most recent forecasts of staff costs including associated tax and pensions costs for the year ending 31 March 2019 are:</p><p> </p><ol><li><p>Payroll costs of £36.7million</p></li><li><p>Non-payroll (agency) costs of £4.5million.</p></li></ol> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 205091 question first answered 11/01/2019 10:17:49 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1035049

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Royal Mint: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) staff and (b) full-time equivalent staff are employed in (i) payroll and (ii) non-payroll roles in the Royal Mint.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	205091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>The current employees at The Royal Mint are:</p><p>(a) (i) Payroll number of staff of 785</p><p>(ii) Payroll full-time equivalent staff of 763</p><p> </p><p>(b) (i) Non-payroll (agency) number of staff of 237</p><p>(ii) Non-payroll (agency) full-time equivalent staff of 237</p><p> </p><p>The Mint is a publicly-owned company and its staff costs are funded out of its own revenues. The most recent forecasts of staff costs including associated tax and pensions costs for the year ending 31 March 2019 are:</p><p> </p><ol><li><p>Payroll costs of £36.7million</p></li><li><p>Non-payroll (agency) costs of £4.5million.</p></li></ol> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 205084 question first answered 11/01/2019 10:17:48 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1035050

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) payroll and (b) non-payroll staff in his private office.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	205092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>The Chancellor of the Exchequer’s private office cost for payroll staff between April and November 2018 was £461,020.</p><p> </p><p>There was no cost for non-payroll staff.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/01/2019 10:14:38 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1035054

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Conduct Authority: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) staff and (b) full-time equivalent staff are employed in (i) payroll and (ii) non-payroll roles in the Financial Conduct Authority.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	205096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>As of 31 December 2018, the Financial Conduct Authority has 3,936 payroll staff (3,804 full-time equivalent) and 239 non-payroll staff (234 full-time equivalent). The FCA is funded through a levy on the financial services industry.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 205098 question first answered 09/01/2019 14:49:18 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell