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1689961

registered interest
date	19/02/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Employee Ownership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department's call for evidence on non-discretionary tax-advantaged share schemes, which closed on 25 August 2023, when he plans to bring forward proposals on employee share schemes.
tabling member constituency	Altrincham and Sale West
tabling member printed	Sir Graham Brady
uin	14476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>The government is carefully considering the responses and evidence submitted to the call for evidence on the non-discretionary tax-advantaged employee share schemes and will respond in due course. Any tax policy changes would be announced at a fiscal event in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 23/02/2024 09:20:26 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	435 label Biography information for Lord Brady of Altrincham

1685986

registered interest
date	30/01/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Economic Situation: GP Surgeries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance his Department has issued to the (a) Valuation Office Agency and (b) District Valuer Service on assessing the market conditions for developing new GP practices in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Altrincham and Sale West
tabling member printed	Sir Graham Brady
uin	11989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>The District Valuer Service (DVS) is the specialist property arm of the Valuation Office Agency (VOA), providing independent, impartial, valuation and professional property advice across the entire public sector, and where public money or public functions are involved.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury has not issued any guidance to the VOA. The VOA uses recognised valuation approaches in line with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) guidance.</p><p> </p><p>The VOA provides the current market rent to enable the NHS to assess the financial value for money of newly proposed developments. This then enables the NHS to determine access to reimbursements. The role of the DVS is set out in the NHS Premises Cost Directions 2013, which is publicly available online: <em><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6520111caea2d0000d219939/nhs-general-medical-services-premises-costs-directions-2013.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6520111caea2d0000d219939/nhs-general-medical-services-premises-costs-directions-2013.pdf</a> </em></p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 06/02/2024 16:49:29 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	435 label Biography information for Lord Brady of Altrincham

1664037

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Personnel Management
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the efficiency of the Respect at Work programme in HMRC.
tabling member constituency	Altrincham and Sale West
tabling member printed	Sir Graham Brady
uin	201890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2023 answer text HMRC published an independent review about what it’s like to work at HMRC, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrcs-respect-at-work-review" target="_blank">Respect at Work Review</a> in 2019. The review made a series of recommendations that HMRC implemented including significant changes to departmental policy, processes and practice.<p> </p>The programme closed at the end of March 2023 and ongoing work was absorbed into business as usual. As reported (on page 50) of <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1179615/HMRC_annual_report_and_accounts_2022_to_2023.pdf" target="_blank">HMRC’s Annual Report and Accounts</a> HMRC’s activities in 2022-23 included ‘delivering the remaining aspects of the Respect at Work Programme’. answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 18/10/2023 13:54:18 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	435 label Biography information for Lord Brady of Altrincham

1664041

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Employment Tribunals Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employment tribunal cases have been held involving HMRC staff in each of the last five years; and if he will provide a breakdown by type of dispute heard for each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Altrincham and Sale West
tabling member printed	Sir Graham Brady
uin	201894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>HMRC's Raising and Resolving Concerns and Upholding our Standards of Conduct guidance aligns to the ACAS codes of practice. However, there will always be occasions where employees and ex-employees are dissatisfied with the outcome of the process.</p><p> </p><p>Individuals have the right to submit a claim to an Employment Tribunal where the merits of the case will be considered.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC will consider whether to defend the claim. However, if based on legal advice our chances of successfully defending a claim appear to be limited then HMRC will negotiate with the individuals’ legal representatives and aim to reach a settlement that provides value for money and protects the public purse. In all cases any settlement is in line with HMT’s Managing Public Money guidance.</p><p> </p><p>If HMRC is unable to reach a settlement, then the case will proceed to a full hearing before the Tribunal.A hearing is held in a public forum and the outcome is freely available to members of the public and media via the Gov.uk site.</p><p> </p><p>In the last 5 financial years HMRC has received an average of 149 Employment Tribunal cases per year.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 23/10/2023 13:00:56 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	435 label Biography information for Lord Brady of Altrincham

1641116

registered interest
date	02/06/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of employees in each regional centre of the Criminal Investigations Unit of HMRC have declared their ethnic origin as Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic.
tabling member constituency	Altrincham and Sale West
tabling member printed	Sir Graham Brady
uin	187046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2023 answer text <p>HMRC requests that staff voluntarily and confidentially record their ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief, gender identity and carer details.</p><p> </p><p>The recording of diversity information is not mandatory, but we ask all HMRC employees to consider the reasons why diversity information is important for individuals and the Organisation.</p><p> </p><p>As a responsible employer, HMRC need to make sure that their policies and procedures do not discriminate against any particular group.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC do not publish the information in the form requested. The ethnicity data that HMRC do publish is available in the Public Sector Equality Duty annual compliance report <em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-compliance-with-the-public-sector-equality-duties-2021-to-2022/hmrc-public-sector-equality-duty-compliance-2021-to-2022" target="_blank">HMRC: Public Sector Equality Duty compliance 2021 to 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></em> and in the Annual Report &amp; Accounts <em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-annual-report-and-accounts-2021-to-2022" target="_blank">HMRC annual report and accounts: 2021 to 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></em></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 14/06/2023 11:00:10 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	435 label Biography information for Lord Brady of Altrincham

1610143

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Aviation: Fuels
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 introducing a price stability mechanism, such as a contracts-for-difference scheme similar to that used in wind power generation, to encourage the production of sustainable aviation fuel production in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Altrincham and Sale West
tabling member printed	Sir Graham Brady
uin	180276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The government is committed to supporting the uptake of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF). The UK’s SAF programme is one of the most comprehensive in the world, that includes the £180 million Advanced Fuels Fund and an ambitious SAF mandate which other low carbon technologies do not have.</p><p> </p><p>On 17 April, we published a government response to an independent report on a UK SAF industry. It sets out how we are already taking action to address many of the report’s recommendations. We have committed to continue working with industry to consider the case for broader support alongside the AFF and the SAF mandate from 2025 (that will provide a long-term investment signal and price support), with a focus on industry funded intervention, to increase revenue certainty for UK SAF plants. If required following that work, we will launch a formal consultation this summer.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 180277 question first answered 24/04/2023 15:35:56 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	435 label Biography information for Lord Brady of Altrincham

1610144

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Aviation: Fuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential value of the sustainable aviation fuel sector to the UK economy.
tabling member constituency	Altrincham and Sale West
tabling member printed	Sir Graham Brady
uin	180277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The government is committed to supporting the uptake of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF). The UK’s SAF programme is one of the most comprehensive in the world, that includes the £180 million Advanced Fuels Fund and an ambitious SAF mandate which other low carbon technologies do not have.</p><p> </p><p>On 17 April, we published a government response to an independent report on a UK SAF industry. It sets out how we are already taking action to address many of the report’s recommendations. We have committed to continue working with industry to consider the case for broader support alongside the AFF and the SAF mandate from 2025 (that will provide a long-term investment signal and price support), with a focus on industry funded intervention, to increase revenue certainty for UK SAF plants. If required following that work, we will launch a formal consultation this summer.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 180276 question first answered 24/04/2023 15:35:56 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	435 label Biography information for Lord Brady of Altrincham

1610458

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Hospitality Industry: Alcoholic Drinks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department made an assessment of the average proportion contributed to the income of hospitality venues by (a) wines and (b) spirits when formulating plans for the draught relief introduced on 1 August 2022.
tabling member constituency	Altrincham and Sale West
tabling member printed	Sir Graham Brady
uin	180591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2023 answer text <p>The Government consulted extensively and took account of evidence from a wide range of stakeholders and a variety of data sets as part of the tax policy making process on the alcohol review, including on the design of Draught Relief.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has committed to evaluating the policy and its impacts after implementation.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 20/04/2023 11:04:58 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	435 label Biography information for Lord Brady of Altrincham

1610459

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Wines: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of planned wine duty increases on (a) elasticity of demand and (b) forecast levels of future revenue to the Exchequer from alcohol duty.
tabling member constituency	Altrincham and Sale West
tabling member printed	Sir Graham Brady
uin	180592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2023 answer text <p>The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) published its latest Economic and Fiscal Outlook report in March 2023. The publication contained an alcohol duty revenue forecast up to and including 2027-28 and was inclusive of all planned changes to alcohol duties including wine duty increases.</p><p> </p><p>Table 2.12 in the supplementary tables published alongside the Economic and Fiscal Outlook report contains separate clearance and receipt forecasts by type of alcohol.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 20/04/2023 11:01:16 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	435 label Biography information for Lord Brady of Altrincham

1610460

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
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, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing measures to assist (a) producers and (b) importers supplying the off trade in alcoholic drinks following the increases in alcohol duty announced in the Spring Budget 2023.
tabling member constituency	Altrincham and Sale West
tabling member printed	Sir Graham Brady
uin	180593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2023 answer text <p>The new alcohol duty system will provide a simpler and more consistent duty regime for producers and importers supplying the off trade and on trade.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also introducing specific measures that will benefit produces and importers. The approval, return and payment processes for domestic producers of alcoholic products are being harmonised. Small Producer Relief reforms and extends the relief currently enjoyed by small breweries to all producers of other alcoholic products under 8.5% abv. Temporary arrangements for producers and importers of wine in place until 1 February 2025 will help them manage the transition to the new method of calculating the duty on their products.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also committed to evaluating the policy and its impacts after implementation.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 20/04/2023 11:03:10 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	435 label Biography information for Lord Brady of Altrincham