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712361

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Departmental Responsibilities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when each department plans to publish updated Single Departmental Plans.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	68504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>Updated Single Departmental Plans will be published on gov.uk by the end of May 2017, once the formal business planning process across government has concluded.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 28/03/2017 12:24:04 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

712363

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates: Public Houses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 4.5 of the Spring Budget 2017, what estimate the Government has made of the number of public houses that will be eligible for the £1,000 business rate discount in (a) Bedford and (b) Bedfordshire.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	68565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2017 answer text <p>At the Budget on 8 March the Chancellor announced a new relief scheme for pubs with a rateable value below £100,000. Under the scheme, eligible pubs will receive a £1000 discount on rate bills. My Department will shortly consult on guidance which will include proposals on the eligibility criteria and other aspects of the scheme.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 27/03/2017 14:51:37 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

712364

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Cryptocurrencies: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of jobs sustained by cryptocurrency trading and related services.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	68563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>The Treasury has not made an estimate of the number of jobs sustained by cryptocurrency trading and related services and does not currently have plans to do so.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 28/03/2017 16:51:50 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

712365

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	VAT: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much VAT was recovered by UK businesses from other EU member states under Articles 170 and 171 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC in each local authority area since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	68571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>The information requested would be held by member states (or the UK businesses themselves) and is not held by HM Revenue and Customs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 28/03/2017 15:57:01 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

712369

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probate: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what her Department's rationale was for introducing a sliding scale of probate fees based on the worth of an estate.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	68494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>The Government set out its rationale for reforming the fees for grants of probate in its response to consultation on the fees published on Friday 24 February.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to providing a modern, world-leading justice system which is proportionate and accessible. The best way to protect access to justice is with a properly funded courts and tribunals service.</p><p> </p><p>Fees are necessary to support an effective courts and tribunals system that supports victims and vulnerable people, and is easy for ordinary people to use. In 2015/16, the Government spent around £1.9 billion on our courts and tribunals and recovered only around £700m through fees and other income. We do not believe that the taxpayer should continue to meet all of this cost.</p><p> </p><p>We are getting rid of flat fees and replacing them with a fair, banded, structure related to the value of the estate. This includes raising the fee threshold from £5,000 to £50,000 and lifting an extra 25,000 estates out of fees altogether.</p><p> </p><p>More than half of estates in England and Wales will pay no probate fee and over 90 per cent of estates will pay £1,000 or less. The fees will be implemented on a banded structure, increasing in line with estate values, meaning higher fees are paid by those who can afford to do so. No one will pay more than 1 per cent of the total estate value.</p><p> </p><p>Using the authoritative ONS projections, we have recently improved our estimates of the number of estates in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>With this more accurate data, we have produced a refreshed distribution of the estate values table. We have also updated our estimates to take account of HMRC’s most recent data on the distribution of estate values. <em> </em>These minor adjustments to Table 1 (page 11) of the consultation response do not alter the substance of, or rationale for, the proposals on which we consulted, or the Government’s decision to proceed with the changes. I have placed amended versions of the Government response to consultation in the libraries of the Houses.<em> </em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Value of estate (before inheritance tax)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of All estates in England and Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proposed Fee</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Up to £50,000 or exempt from requiring a grant of probate</p></td><td><p>53%</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exceeds £50,000 but does not exceed £300,000</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td><td><p>£300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exceeds £300,000 but does not exceed £500,000</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td><td><p>£1,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exceeds £500,000 but does not exceed £1m</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>£4,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exceeds £1m but does not exceed £1.6m</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td><td><p>£8,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exceeds £1.6m but does not exceed £2m</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td><td><p>£12,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Above £2m</p></td><td><p>0.6%</p></td><td><p>£20,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald question first answered 18/04/2017 08:26:46 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

712370

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates: Pre-school Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the planned business rates rise on the nursery sector.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	68508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2017 answer text <p>Rateable values are set independently of ministers by the Valuation Office Agency. The Government has put in place a £3.6 billion package of transitional relief to support those businesses facing an increase. Additionally, my Department has been working closely with the Treasury to determine how best to provide further support to those businesses with the steepest increases.</p><p>A package of support was subsequently announced at the Budget on 8 March. It includes £110 million to support rate-payers losing small business rates relief and rural rate relief as a result of the 2017 revaluation, as well as a £300 million discretionary relief fund for local authorities to help individual businesses that are having the greatest difficulties paying increased rates bills.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 24/03/2017 12:06:20 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

712371

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2017 to Question 65651, on Treasury: Brexit, what (a) EU agencies and other organisations are within his Department's remit, (b) staff time was spent on engagement with those bodies and (c) financial resources were spent on engagement with those bodies in 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	68530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>The Treasury has direct responsibility only for the European Investment Bank. The department engages with a wide range of stakeholders including EU agencies. . We do not disaggregate the time and resource spent on this engagement.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 28/03/2017 15:05:34 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

712375

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Department for Communities and Local Government: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2017 to Question 65636, on Department for Communities and Local Government: Brexit, what (a) EU agencies and other organisations are within his Department's remit, (b) staff time was spent on engagement with those bodies and (c) financial resources were spent on engagement with those bodies in 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	68533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>My department engages with a range of stakeholders, including EU agencies. No EU agencies are directly within the department’s remit. We do not disaggregate the time and resource spent on this engagement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brigg and Goole answering member printed Andrew Percy question first answered 28/03/2017 16:36:03 answering member 3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

712376

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: Letting Agents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if his Department will publish a definition of the term social lettings agencies as used in the white paper, Fixing our broken housing market, published in February 2017.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
uin	68432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>Social letting agencies can support vulnerable people and people on low incomes to access and sustain tenancies in the private rented sector. We want to prevent people reaching crisis point, and for those who are already homeless to be able to move out of temporary accommodation or hostels to a settled home as quickly as possible. There are a number of different models of social letting agencies and in the Housing White Paper we set out our interest in exploring the relative effectiveness of these different models with the aim of securing more housing for households who would otherwise struggle – providing security for landlords and support for tenants.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 23/03/2017 11:03:51 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

712379

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
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	Sports: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans her Department has to tackle doping in amateur competitive sports.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	68575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2017 answer text <p>Doping is unacceptable in any level of sport. It is important that all involved in sport play their part in educating participants about the dangers of doping, both in terms of the damage it does to sport's integrity but also the health risks to individuals as well. There is still more that sports governing bodies can do on this front, working alongside UK Anti-Doping, to help promote clean and fair sport at all levels.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 27/03/2017 11:21:16 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell