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795741

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Solar Power: Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received from the solar power industry on how rooftop solar power is treated in business rates.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	116092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>The Treasury receives a range of representations on various issues including business rates as part of the policy making process.</p><p> </p><p>Business rates are based on valuations from the Valuation Office Agency and the Government does not intervene in their independent assessments. The Valuation for Rating (Plant and Machinery) (England) Regulations 2000 set out when plant and machinery, including solar panels, are rateable.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 01/12/2017 14:14:15 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

795743

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Renewable Energy: Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what methodology is used to calculate the business rate liabilities of (a) solar power and (b) Good Quality gas CHP; and what the rationale is for that methodology.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	116094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>Business rates liabilities are based on the rateable value and the non-domestic rating multiplier set by the Government.</p><p> </p><p>The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) determines the rateable value of the property using three broad methods: a rentals basis; receipts and expenditure (R&amp;E); and a contractor’s basis, that is to say, a building's replacement costs. Rating case law requires that a hierarchy of use is adopted, in the order shown above; i.e. only when a rentals basis is not possible should the valuer adopt R&amp;E, with the contractor’s basis being the method of last resort.</p><p> </p><p>Solar panels are valued using either the R&amp;E method or the contractor’s basis, depending on the circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Good quality CHP is partially-exempt from rating. The rateable parts are valued using either the R&amp;E method or the contractor’s basis, depending on the circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, if the solar panels or good quality CHP is a qualifying microgeneration (below 50kW) installation there is a temporary exemption from rating which means new schemes aren't assessed until the next revaluation takes place.‎</p><p> </p><p>Battery storage technologies are valued using the contractor's basis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 116096 question first answered 01/12/2017 14:09:03 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

795746

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Energy: Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how battery storage technologies installed in commercial premises are assessed for business rates.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	116096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>Business rates liabilities are based on the rateable value and the non-domestic rating multiplier set by the Government.</p><p> </p><p>The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) determines the rateable value of the property using three broad methods: a rentals basis; receipts and expenditure (R&amp;E); and a contractor’s basis, that is to say, a building's replacement costs. Rating case law requires that a hierarchy of use is adopted, in the order shown above; i.e. only when a rentals basis is not possible should the valuer adopt R&amp;E, with the contractor’s basis being the method of last resort.</p><p> </p><p>Solar panels are valued using either the R&amp;E method or the contractor’s basis, depending on the circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Good quality CHP is partially-exempt from rating. The rateable parts are valued using either the R&amp;E method or the contractor’s basis, depending on the circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, if the solar panels or good quality CHP is a qualifying microgeneration (below 50kW) installation there is a temporary exemption from rating which means new schemes aren't assessed until the next revaluation takes place.‎</p><p> </p><p>Battery storage technologies are valued using the contractor's basis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 116094 question first answered 01/12/2017 14:09:03 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

795679

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2017 to Question 115078, what estimate he has made of the number of disabled children eligible for a tax-free childcare account.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	116033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text Information on the number of disabled children eligible for Tax-Free Childcare is not available.<p> </p>The response to PQ 106926 provided the number of children for whom there was a live Tax-Free Childcare account. The Office for Budget Responsibility’s Fiscal Outlook 2017 provided details of the number of parents who had made a payment from their Tax-Free Childcare account. answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 116221 question first answered 01/12/2017 13:09:47 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

795896

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2017 to Question 106926, on tax-free childcare, for what reasons the figures provided in that Answer differ with those on page 240 of the Office for Budget Responsibility's Economic and Fiscal Outlook 2017.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	116221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text Information on the number of disabled children eligible for Tax-Free Childcare is not available.<p> </p>The response to PQ 106926 provided the number of children for whom there was a live Tax-Free Childcare account. The Office for Budget Responsibility’s Fiscal Outlook 2017 provided details of the number of parents who had made a payment from their Tax-Free Childcare account. answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 116033 question first answered 01/12/2017 13:09:47 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

795829

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Credit: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the Financial Conduct Authority to regulate the rent-to-own sector by capping the total cost of goods bought through rent-to-own.
tabling member constituency	Sevenoaks
tabling member printed	Sir Michael Fallon
uin	116165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>Treasury ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery. This includes regular meetings with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to discuss relevant regulatory issues.</p><p> </p><p>The government transferred the regulation of consumer credit, including rent-to-own, to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The government has given the FCA strong powers to protect consumers, including the power to cap all forms of credit, and the FCA can do so if it thinks it is necessary to protect consumers. In 2015, the FCA capped the cost of payday lending, and the FCA has said that it will keep the issue of capping the cost of credit in other markets under review.</p><p> </p><p>The government welcomes the ongoing work of the FCA to review the high-cost credit market, including the rent-to-own sector. The FCA published a feedback statement in July 2017, noting concerns with rent-to-own, catalogue credit, home-collected credit, and overdrafts. The FCA aims to consult on proposed remedies in Spring 2018.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 04/12/2017 14:29:55 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon

795830

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to promote better access to affordable credit; and whether his Department has plans to create a national interest-free credit scheme available to people eligible for universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Sevenoaks
tabling member printed	Sir Michael Fallon
uin	116166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>The government is committed to facilitating sustainable financial services that give consumers greater choice in accessing credit. This includes support for the credit union sector, which provides an accessible alternative to high-cost credit.</p><p> </p><p>The government announced at Autumn Statement 2016 that under the Proceeds of Crime Act, from 2018 a greater proportion of funds recovered from illegal money lenders will be allocated to incentivize vulnerable people to join, save and borrow with a credit union instead of turning to loan sharks. In the Autumn Budget 2017, the government announced its intention to help the sector expand by increasing the number of potential members of credit unions from two million to three million.</p><p> </p><p>New Universal Credit claimants can apply for advance payments, and claimants who have been in receipt of Universal Credit for six months are eligible to apply for an interest-free budgeting advance to cover unexpected expenses.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 06/12/2017 17:09:26 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon

795950

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Soft Drinks: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the revenue projections for the soft drinks industry levy in the Autumn Budget 2017, Table C.5, what assessment he has made of the potential effect the fall in projected revenue will have on the total revenue funding allocated to the Department for Education in each year of the forecast period.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
uin	116265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>No changes have been made to the funding allocated to the Department for Education as a result of the changes to the revenue projections for the soft drinks industry levy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 01/12/2017 13:07:41 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

795728

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the budget deficit was in 2010; what his most recent estimate of the budget deficit is; and what forecast he has made of the budget deficit in 2019.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	116082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>We have made significant progress in reducing the deficit from its post-war peak of 9.9% of GDP in 2009-10 to 2.3% of GDP in 2016-17. The Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts it will fall further to 1.6% of GDP in 2019-20.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 04/12/2017 14:30:56 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

795948

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to set before Parliament the itemised liabilities due for payment by the Government to the EU in respect of the forthcoming withdrawal agreement; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Mr Chris Leslie
uin	116263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>The arrangements for exiting the European Union, including any financial settlement, are currently under negotiation. The Government’s broad position was set out by the Prime Minister in her speech in Florence: we do not want our European Partners to fear they will need to pay more or receive less over the remainder of the current budget plan as a result of our decision to leave, and the UK will honour commitments we have made during the period of our membership.</p><p> </p><p>Ongoing discussions with the European Commission are focused on building a common technical understanding on every item in the financial settlement and we are making clear progress in this area.</p><p> </p><p>I would direct The Honourable Gentlemen to the Treasury’s answer to his urgent Parliamentary Question on 29<sup>th</sup> November, where I confirmed the Government will update the house when there is more detail to give.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 01/12/2017 13:14:22 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie