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782087

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date	01/11/2017
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	Council Tax: Young People
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 level of council tax paid by care leavers under the age of 25.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	110956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not collect council tax data which identifies taxpayers under the age of 25.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 06/11/2017 17:41:04 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

782088

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
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	Council Tax: Care Leavers
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 merits of exempting care leavers under the age of 25 from paying council tax.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	110957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to assisting care leavers. It has given councils the flexibility to support vulnerable groups, including care leavers, to help manage their council tax bills. We wrote to all councils in 2016 to remind them of the powers they had under the Local Government Finance Act 1992 to support vulnerable groups. A number of councils have already taken the decision to support care leavers through an exemption or discount on their council tax bills.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 06/11/2017 17:41:31 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

782123

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
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	Fishing Catches: British Overseas Territories
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what fishing tonnage quota is assigned to the UK for each of its Overseas Territories; and what fishing quota is assigned to each vessel.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	110955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>Marine and fisheries management issues are devolved matters for UK Overseas Territories (UKOT), who are responsible for managing fishing licensing issues, including vessel allocations. In terms of international quota allocations, however, St Helena (including Ascension and Tristan da Cunha), Bermuda, BVI and Turks and Caicos are part of the UKOT membership to the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). Within ICCAT, the UKOTs have been allocated quota for bigeye tuna (2,100t), albacore (100t), swordfish (25t), which is divided between these territories, based on historical interests.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 07/11/2017 17:53:59 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

782241

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Wines: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what has been the increase in duty on a bottle of English (a) still and (b) sparkling wine in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	110968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>Current and historic duty rates for wine can be found in HM Revenue and Custom's published Alcohol Bulletin on the UK Trade Info website. This can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/TaxAndDutybulletins.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/TaxAndDutybulletins.aspx</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 06/11/2017 15:40:02 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

782242

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Wines: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of regularising the rate of duty between still and sparkling wine.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	110969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>The government keeps all taxes under review. Any changes to wine duty rates would need to take account of a wide range of factors, including the Exchequer impact, the impact on businesses, public health and the distributional impact of reform.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 06/11/2017 15:38:48 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

782244

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Stamp Duty Land Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing regional rates of stamp duty.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	110971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The Scotland Act 2012 provided the Scottish Parliament with powers to replace UK Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT). Land and Buildings Transaction Tax replaced UK SDLT in Scotland from 1 April 2015. From April 2018, Land Transaction Tax will replace UK SDLT in Wales. The Government holds all taxes under review.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 07/11/2017 16:41:47 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

782260

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Treasure Act 1996
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to review the effectiveness of the Treasure Act 1996.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	110975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department is planning a public consultation on treasure policy, which will primarily focus on proposed revisions to the Treasure Act 1996 Code of Practice.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 09/11/2017 12:17:33 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

782263

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to publish the Government's updated youth policy.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	110972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2017 answer text <p>DCMS conducted a series of regional workshops in March and April 2017 with representatives from the youth sector, local authorities and young people to discuss current issues and opportunities for youth policy. The evidence gathered is being used by DCMS across its youth policy work.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 09/11/2017 12:21:25 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

782286

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Tibet: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to raise concerns on human rights abuses in Tibet directly with Xi Jinping.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	110967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The UK continues to express strong ​​concerns about human rights and freedoms in Tibet. We consistently urge the Chinese authorities to respect all fundamental rights across the People's Republic of China, in line with both its own constitution and the international frameworks to which it is a party.</p><p>We raised our concerns about Tibet directly with the Chinese authorities at the UK-China Human Rights Dialogue held in Beijing on 27 June.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 07/11/2017 17:55:30 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

782300

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships: East Surrey and Sussex
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what engagement events have been undertaken by the Sussex and East Surrey Sustainability and Transformation Partnership with local stakeholders since that partnership was set up.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	110990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2017 answer text <p>Each of the organisations contained within Sussex and East Surrey’s Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP), is engaging staff, patients, local residents and stakeholder groups around their joint plans.</p><p> </p><p>The STP has decided that their preferred approach is to develop four 'place based plans' within their STP: Coastal Care, East Sussex Better Together and the North and South parts of the Central Sussex and East Surrey Alliance. They are undertaking public and patient engagement on that basis. Details of all engagement events they have held can be reviewed on the individual partner websites.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the partners are also establishing an STP wide patient and public engagement steering group to help shape and improve STP-wide engagement.</p><p> </p><p>The STP Dashboard was published in July to provide an initial baseline view of STP performance. Upon publication, Sussex and East Surrey STP were rated in ‘Category 4- Needs Most Improvement’. NHS England intends to update the dashboard annually to enable progress to be tracked, and outcomes to be measured. The STP dashboard can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/11-pb-21-07-2017-stp-progress-dashboard.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/11-pb-21-07-2017-stp-progress-dashboard.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>STP partners have established a pooled fund to support the work of the STP. The total spend from March 2016 to end of September 2017 was £2,264,000. This figure is inclusive of consultancy and reviews.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has not made an assessment of the potential merits of redrawing the geographical scope of the STP – however, NHS England has set out arrangements for STPs to be able to propose an adjustment to their geographical boundaries. The geographical scope and composition of Sussex and East Surrey STP is a matter for its local partners.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 110980 110981 110989 question first answered 08/11/2017 17:16:59 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton