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93464

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Landfill Tax
	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 effect of his Department's proposed changes to the definition of qualifying materials for the lower rate of landfill tax on the remediation of contaminated brownfield land.
	tabling member constituency	Hitchin and Harpenden
	tabling member printed	Mr Peter Lilley
	uin	210613
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>In response to concerns over the mis-description of fines (residual waste from waste processing produced by mechanical treatment plants) the Government announced in Budget 2014 a consultation on introducing a new testing regime. This loss on Ignition (LOI) testing regime will help operators of landfill sites to determine the correct landfill tax liability of fines.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The proposal for this test arose from a government-industry working group, including representatives from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), HM Treasury, the Environment Agency, the Environmental Services Association (representing the main landfill site operators) and the United Resource Operators Consortium (UROC) (representing waste transfer stations and skip hire operators). The Government held a formal consultation over the summer which closed on 19 September 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Comments on the assessment of impacts in the Taxes Impact Assessment were welcomed within the consultation document. The Government is currently considering its response and an impact note will be published alongside draft legislation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC is also considering revising its guidance on landfill tax lower rating and conducted an informal consultation with industry in Autumn 2013. That consultation is continuing through the government-industry working group. The proposed revisions include clarification on the landfill tax liability of hazardous wastes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In relation to hazardous waste, the Government apply the underlying principle of the more polluting the waste the higher the tax. According to existing guidance, wastes must be non-hazardous to qualify for the lower rate of landfill tax. As the informal consultation raised concerns over the potential impact on brownfield development there are no plans to publish the revised guidance until this issue has been resolved. Publication of any revised guidance will only go ahead once Ministers have given approval.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Bottom ash from waste combustion is liable to the lower rate of landfill tax. There are no plans to change this policy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 210614 210616 210617 210636 question first answered 22/10/2014 15:50:14 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	68 label Biography information for Lord Lilley

93465

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Landfill Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much extra total revenue HM Revenue and Customs expects to raise in standard rate landfill tax as a result of the implementation of his Department's proposed changes to the definition of qualifying materials for the lower rate of landfill tax.
	tabling member constituency	Hitchin and Harpenden
	tabling member printed	Mr Peter Lilley
	uin	210614
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>In response to concerns over the mis-description of fines (residual waste from waste processing produced by mechanical treatment plants) the Government announced in Budget 2014 a consultation on introducing a new testing regime. This loss on Ignition (LOI) testing regime will help operators of landfill sites to determine the correct landfill tax liability of fines.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The proposal for this test arose from a government-industry working group, including representatives from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), HM Treasury, the Environment Agency, the Environmental Services Association (representing the main landfill site operators) and the United Resource Operators Consortium (UROC) (representing waste transfer stations and skip hire operators). The Government held a formal consultation over the summer which closed on 19 September 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Comments on the assessment of impacts in the Taxes Impact Assessment were welcomed within the consultation document. The Government is currently considering its response and an impact note will be published alongside draft legislation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC is also considering revising its guidance on landfill tax lower rating and conducted an informal consultation with industry in Autumn 2013. That consultation is continuing through the government-industry working group. The proposed revisions include clarification on the landfill tax liability of hazardous wastes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In relation to hazardous waste, the Government apply the underlying principle of the more polluting the waste the higher the tax. According to existing guidance, wastes must be non-hazardous to qualify for the lower rate of landfill tax. As the informal consultation raised concerns over the potential impact on brownfield development there are no plans to publish the revised guidance until this issue has been resolved. Publication of any revised guidance will only go ahead once Ministers have given approval.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Bottom ash from waste combustion is liable to the lower rate of landfill tax. There are no plans to change this policy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 210613 210616 210617 210636 question first answered 22/10/2014 15:50:14 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	68 label Biography information for Lord Lilley

93544

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Landfill: EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the removal of the derogations in the EU Landfill Directive will deliver the Best Overall Environmental Outcome; and how her Department made that assessment.
	tabling member constituency	Hitchin and Harpenden
	tabling member printed	Mr Peter Lilley
	uin	210615
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government considers that the principles outlined in the “Strategy for Hazardous Waste Management in England” (Defra 2010) provide a framework for promoting the Best Overall Environmental Outcome for hazardous waste management consistent with Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste. The Waste Framework Directive introduced a new five-step waste hierarchy which member states must introduce into national waste management laws, and which must be applied by member states in this priority order. Waste prevention, as the preferred option, is followed by reuse, recycling, recovery including energy recovery, and as a last option, safe disposal. In “Guidance on applying the waste hierarchy” (Defra 2011) the Government has indicated that the waste hierarchy already ranks waste management options according to what is best for the environment. Furthermore, in the Strategy for Hazardous Waste Management in England, the Government has stated:</p><p>“hazardous waste should be managed by waste producers and waste managers in accordance with the EU waste hierarchy. In applying the hierarchy, hazardous waste producers and waste managers shall opt for hazardous waste management that takes into account the resource value of hazardous wastes, and the need for health and safety to be maintained and delivers the best overall environmental outcome. This may require specific hazardous waste streams departing from the hierarchy where this is justified by life-cycle thinking on the overall impacts of the generation and management of such waste.”</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 22/10/2014 16:25:59 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	68 label Biography information for Lord Lilley

93461

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Landfill Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when Ministers in his Department were made aware of HM Revenue and Customs' proposed changes to the definition of qualifying materials for the lower rate of landfill tax.
	tabling member constituency	Hitchin and Harpenden
	tabling member printed	Mr Peter Lilley
	uin	210616
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>In response to concerns over the mis-description of fines (residual waste from waste processing produced by mechanical treatment plants) the Government announced in Budget 2014 a consultation on introducing a new testing regime. This loss on Ignition (LOI) testing regime will help operators of landfill sites to determine the correct landfill tax liability of fines.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The proposal for this test arose from a government-industry working group, including representatives from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), HM Treasury, the Environment Agency, the Environmental Services Association (representing the main landfill site operators) and the United Resource Operators Consortium (UROC) (representing waste transfer stations and skip hire operators). The Government held a formal consultation over the summer which closed on 19 September 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Comments on the assessment of impacts in the Taxes Impact Assessment were welcomed within the consultation document. The Government is currently considering its response and an impact note will be published alongside draft legislation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC is also considering revising its guidance on landfill tax lower rating and conducted an informal consultation with industry in Autumn 2013. That consultation is continuing through the government-industry working group. The proposed revisions include clarification on the landfill tax liability of hazardous wastes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In relation to hazardous waste, the Government apply the underlying principle of the more polluting the waste the higher the tax. According to existing guidance, wastes must be non-hazardous to qualify for the lower rate of landfill tax. As the informal consultation raised concerns over the potential impact on brownfield development there are no plans to publish the revised guidance until this issue has been resolved. Publication of any revised guidance will only go ahead once Ministers have given approval.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Bottom ash from waste combustion is liable to the lower rate of landfill tax. There are no plans to change this policy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 210613 210614 210617 210636 question first answered 22/10/2014 15:50:14 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	68 label Biography information for Lord Lilley

93463

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Landfill Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consultation has taken place between his Department, HM Revenue and Customs and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the effect of changing the definition of qualifying material for the lower rate of landfill tax on (a) achieving the Best Overall Environment Outcome, (b) disruption to markets and (c) levels of waste crime.
	tabling member constituency	Hitchin and Harpenden
	tabling member printed	Mr Peter Lilley
	uin	210617
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>In response to concerns over the mis-description of fines (residual waste from waste processing produced by mechanical treatment plants) the Government announced in Budget 2014 a consultation on introducing a new testing regime. This loss on Ignition (LOI) testing regime will help operators of landfill sites to determine the correct landfill tax liability of fines.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The proposal for this test arose from a government-industry working group, including representatives from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), HM Treasury, the Environment Agency, the Environmental Services Association (representing the main landfill site operators) and the United Resource Operators Consortium (UROC) (representing waste transfer stations and skip hire operators). The Government held a formal consultation over the summer which closed on 19 September 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Comments on the assessment of impacts in the Taxes Impact Assessment were welcomed within the consultation document. The Government is currently considering its response and an impact note will be published alongside draft legislation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC is also considering revising its guidance on landfill tax lower rating and conducted an informal consultation with industry in Autumn 2013. That consultation is continuing through the government-industry working group. The proposed revisions include clarification on the landfill tax liability of hazardous wastes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In relation to hazardous waste, the Government apply the underlying principle of the more polluting the waste the higher the tax. According to existing guidance, wastes must be non-hazardous to qualify for the lower rate of landfill tax. As the informal consultation raised concerns over the potential impact on brownfield development there are no plans to publish the revised guidance until this issue has been resolved. Publication of any revised guidance will only go ahead once Ministers have given approval.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Bottom ash from waste combustion is liable to the lower rate of landfill tax. There are no plans to change this policy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 210613 210614 210616 210636 question first answered 22/10/2014 15:50:14 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	68 label Biography information for Lord Lilley

93547

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Landfill: EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which existing derogations in the EU Landfill Directive the UK applies.
	tabling member constituency	Hitchin and Harpenden
	tabling member printed	Mr Peter Lilley
	uin	210618
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>The Landfill Directive (1999/31/EC) was transposed into domestic legislation by the Landfill (England and Wales) Regulations 2002. The majority of the provisions came into force on 15 June 2002. The Landfill Directive is supplemented by Council Decision 2003/33/EC establishing criteria and procedures for the acceptance of waste at landfills pursuant to Article 16 and Annex II to the Landfill Directive. Between them they contain many derogations which can be applied. The information requested on the existing derogations in the Landfill Directive that the UK applies could only be provided at disproportionate cost. It is generally Government policy to take advantage of any derogations permitted by EU legislation which keep requirements to a minimum when transposing into UK legislation, as failure to do so would amount to gold plating.</p><p>An example is the derogation from the landfill diversion targets contained in Article 5 of the Landfill Directive. This relates to targets to progressively reduce the biodegradable municipal waste being sent for disposal in landfill. EU wide targets were established for 2006, 2009 and 2016 for reduction of biodegradable municipal waste. As the UK started from a point where over 80% of this waste was being landfilled in 1995, a four year derogation on these targets was available, which the UK applied. Another Landfill Directive derogation of current interest, and one which also applies in England and Wales, is the practice of relying on higher Landfill Directive waste acceptance criteria (the so-called 3xWAC derogation) to enable hazardous waste to continue to be landfilled.</p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 22/10/2014 16:33:47 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	68 label Biography information for Lord Lilley

93548

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Landfill: EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which derogations in the EU Landfill Directive the Government is planning to remove from application in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Hitchin and Harpenden
	tabling member printed	Mr Peter Lilley
	uin	210619
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>In the 2010 “Strategy for Hazardous Waste Management in England” the Government signalled its intention to end the practice of relying on higher Landfill Directive waste acceptance criteria (WAC, the so-called 3xWAC derogation) to enable hazardous waste to continue to be landfilled. The Environment Agency consulted in April this year on the removal of this derogation in Council Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste. Defra is considering the responses to the consultation with the Environment Agency and will be engaging with the waste industry to obtain more information on the impact of the removal of this derogation. The Government is not currently considering the removal of any other derogations in the Landfill Directive.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 22/10/2014 16:28:08 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	68 label Biography information for Lord Lilley

93614

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Racial Hatred
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to identify and implement future crime prevention measures in relation to race hate crime.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	210620
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The Coalition government takes all forms of hate crime very seriously. The Government’s hate crime action plan brings together the activities of government departments to: prevent hate crime by challenging the attitudes and behaviours that foster hatred; increase the reporting of hate crime by building victims’ confidence to come forward and seek justice, ensuring the right support is available when they do, and; work across the criminal justice system to improve the operational response to hate crime.<br><br>Police forces in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have recently been issued with new guidance for dealing with hate crimes, which includes advice for dealing with incidents and how to monitor and deal with community tensions. <br><br>Data published on 16 October showed a 5% increase in hate crime recorded by the police in the last year with increases across all five of the monitored hate crime strands. The government is encouraged that more victims are coming forward and that the police are improving the way they identify hate crime.<br><br>The government has also worked with organisations, including Show Racism the Red Card, the Anne Frank Trust and the Jewish Museum to raise awareness of prejudice with children and young people, in order to prevent hate crime from happening in the first place.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 24/10/2014 17:10:48 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

93486

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	BBC: Middle East
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the BBC Trust on its role in monitoring accusations of bias by the BBC in its reporting of events in Israel and the Occupied Territories.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	210621
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>No such discussions have taken place</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 22/10/2014 10:52:50 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

93460

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Financial Services: Cayman Islands
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the evidential basis of the decision by the Financial Conduct Authority to list the Cayman Islands as a high-risk country for financial crime.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	210622
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>The Financial Conduct Authority is an independent non-governmental body, given statutory powers by the Financial Services and Markets Act (2000) as amended by the Financial Services Act (2012). As an independent body, the evidential basis of their decisions is a matter for the FCA.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury is aware that the FCA has removed the list in question from its website, and is no longer using it.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 22/10/2014 15:23:12 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord