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1690464

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date	20/02/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Beer and Cider: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to reduce duty charged on draught beer and cider served in pubs and taprooms by 20%.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	14834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>Draught Relief, introduced under this Government’s new alcohol duty system, provides a reduction in the duty on draught beer and cider by 9.2% and helps to level the playing field between pubs and supermarkets, allowing pubs and brewers to price their on-trade products more competitively. The Brexit Pubs Guarantee ensures that draught products will always be subject to lower duty than their supermarket equivalent.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is unable to speculate on tax matters outside of fiscal events.   As with all taxes, the Government keeps the alcohol duty system under review during its yearly Budget process.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 27/02/2024 12:21:01 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1690466

registered interest
date	20/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hate Crime: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2024 to Question 12970, what options he is considering.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	14835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2024 answer text <p>We are in the process of developing options for publication.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris question first answered 28/02/2024 16:19:04 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1690467

registered interest
date	20/02/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Absent Voting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans he has to monitor the potential impact of Royal Mail delays on the number of postal votes received after the deadline; and what information his Department holds on the number and proportion of voting packs that were received late in (a) local elections in May 2023 and (b) other elections in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	14836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to my answer to Question UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-02-07/13601&amp;data=05|02|PS.Advisers@levellingup.gov.uk|551fcd0cfe824887faaf08dc37842a39|bf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8|0|0|638446287982435753|Unknown|TWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0=|0|||&amp;sdata=N/nGVgUe5EpjbTGieV/yXxDsiNotlLajNPfjVP1jwME=&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">13601</a> on 22 February 2024.</p><p>The May local elections will be held on the same day as scheduled Police and Crime Commissioner Elections, and so the Government has taken the decision to fund a ‘national’ sweep on polling day this year. This will mean that Royal Mail can conduct ‘sweeps’ of their mail centres to ensure completed postal ballot packs are pulled out at mail centres on the evening of polling day and delivered directly to local Returning Officers.</p><p>Returning Officers are required at elections to record the number of postal ballot packs received after the close of poll and this information is available for public inspection after the election.</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare grouped question UIN 14837 question first answered 27/02/2024 16:13:08 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1690468

registered interest
date	20/02/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Absent Voting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it a requirement for the number of voting packs received after an election deadline to be published; and what steps he is taking to protect the postal voting system from Royal Mail delays.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	14837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to my answer to Question UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-02-07/13601&amp;data=05|02|PS.Advisers@levellingup.gov.uk|551fcd0cfe824887faaf08dc37842a39|bf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8|0|0|638446287982435753|Unknown|TWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0=|0|||&amp;sdata=N/nGVgUe5EpjbTGieV/yXxDsiNotlLajNPfjVP1jwME=&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">13601</a> on 22 February 2024.</p><p>The May local elections will be held on the same day as scheduled Police and Crime Commissioner Elections, and so the Government has taken the decision to fund a ‘national’ sweep on polling day this year. This will mean that Royal Mail can conduct ‘sweeps’ of their mail centres to ensure completed postal ballot packs are pulled out at mail centres on the evening of polling day and delivered directly to local Returning Officers.</p><p>Returning Officers are required at elections to record the number of postal ballot packs received after the close of poll and this information is available for public inspection after the election.</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare grouped question UIN 14836 question first answered 27/02/2024 16:13:08 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas