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1129969

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date	05/06/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Electronic Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the efficacy of the Making Tax Digital changes that were implemented in April 2019.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	260563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>There are now over 340,000 businesses in the MTD for VAT service, and over 200,000 VAT returns have been successfully submitted. Businesses need to use the MTD service for their first VAT return period starting on or after 1 April, so for the majority, who file quarterly, their first VAT return through MTD will not be due until 7 August at the earliest.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has published a statement of impacts for the Making Tax Digital for Business programme, which is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/making-tax-digital-changing-the-scope-and-pace-technical-note/making-tax-digital-for-business.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC is monitoring the number of sign-ups closely, as well as MTD’s effectiveness.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/06/2019 14:31:19 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1129970

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date	05/06/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Smoking: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his policy paper, Smoke-free generation: tobacco control plan for England, published on 18 July 2017, what progress he has made on achieving the target to reduce the number of 15 year olds who regularly smoke from eight per cent to three per cent or less.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	260564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government has a strong track record of reducing harm caused by tobacco, based on a comprehensive approach to tobacco control aimed at preventing young people from taking up smoking and encouraging existing smokers to quit, including bans on smoking in public places, and on promotion and advertising of tobacco products.</p><p>The latest available date shows that the proportion of 15-year olds who regularly smoke was 7% in 2016, down from 8% in 2014. An update of this data will be published on 25 July 2019.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 10/06/2019 16:00:41 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1129975

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date	05/06/2019
answering body	Leader of the House
answering dept id	34
answering dept short name	Leader of the House
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
hansard heading	Representative Money
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Leader of the House, how much Representative Money has been made available to elected Members who have not taken the Oath since it was introduced in 2006.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	260565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>Under a resolution of the House, Representative Money is provided to opposition parties represented by Members who have chosen not to take the Oath.</p><p>The method of calculation for both Representative Money and Short Money is detailed in a comprehensive House of Commons Library briefing note on the subject: https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/SN01663</p><p>Budget allocations for Representative Money since 2005-6 are published in Appendix 4 of this document.</p><p>There has been a requirement to publish the amounts paid since 2016-17 onwards and these are set out on the Parliament website at the following link:<br>https://www.parliament.uk/site-information/foi/transparency-publications/hoc-transparency-publications/financial-information/financial-assistance-to-opposition-parties/</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 10/06/2019 16:32:07 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell