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823531

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
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, how many parents have accessed tax-free child care since April 2017.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	122999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member to my Written Statement (HCWS401), made on 15 January which contains the number of parents with a Tax-Free Childcare account.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 19/01/2018 12:53:26 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

823532

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
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, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the decision by soft drinks suppliers to repackage the size of their bottles and cans on the revenue to the Exchequer from the soft drinks industry levy.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	123000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The latest revenue forecast for the Soft Drinks Industry Levy can be found in ‘Table 2.2’ of the Budget Document, published alongside Autumn Budget 2017. This forecast already accounts for a behavioural response whereby producers lower the sugar content of their drinks, promote lower sugar alternatives and reduce portion sizes.</p><p>Table 2.2. can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/661380/B2017Table2.2.XLSX" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/661380/B2017Table2.2.XLSX</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 24/01/2018 17:27:25 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

821528

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government Pension Scheme: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government if he will publish the (a) pay and (b) other benefits of the (i) chair, (ii) vice chair, (iii) non-executive and (i) executive directors of each Local Government Pension Scheme pool.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	122446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>The pay and benefits of directors of the pool operating companies established to manage local government pension scheme assets are a matter for the participating funds as shareholders. However the Government expects that publicly-owned pool operating companies will provide full disclosure of directors’ remuneration in their annual reports.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 17/01/2018 16:58:17 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

821477

registered interest
date	12/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Productivity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of low productivity growth since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	122395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>Productivity growth has slowed globally since the financial crisis. The Government is closely monitoring the effects of this on the UK economy to guide policy. Since 2010 we have invested over half a trillion pounds in capital investment, cut taxes to support business investment and reformed technical education. The Autumn Budget sets out the next steps the government is taking to improve productivity. We are extending the National Productivity Investment Fund, increasing support for R&amp;D to its highest level in 30 years by 2021/22, transforming lifelong learning and responding to the Patient Capital Review that we commissioned.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 22/01/2018 15:50:55 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

821525

registered interest
date	12/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government Pension Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish the evidence used to calculate the minimum threshold for pooling assets under the local government pension scheme.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	122443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government 's expectations for the minimum threshold for the pooling assets under the local government pension scheme, and a summary of the evidence taken into account when setting that threshold, are set out in the 'Local Government Pension Scheme: Investment reform criteria and guidance' (November 2015).</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 17/01/2018 16:59:07 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

821526

registered interest
date	12/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government Pension Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government for what reasons the scale criteria of £25 billion for pooling local government pension scheme assets has been dropped; and what evidence was used to inform the lowering of that threshold.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	122444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government continues to believe that investment pools of at least £25 billion are required to deliver the full potential for reduced costs in the local government pension scheme. However, the Government has accepted that the Welsh pool, established by, and for the Welsh pension funds, is in a special position, taking account of the possibility of eventual devolution.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 17/01/2018 16:55:06 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

821527

registered interest
date	12/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government Pension Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government what the cost to the public purse of establishing each local government pension scheme pool has been to date; and what costs to the public purse his Department has forecast for each local government pension scheme pool in each year until 2020.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	122445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>The final proposals for the development of the pools in July 2016 estimated set up costs excluding transition of assets of around £20 million, and initial running costs of around £11 million per annum, in order to achieve estimated total net savings of £1-2 billion by 2033. The costs of establishing each pool in the local government pension scheme, and future costs, will be met by the participating funds and will be published in the annual reports of the pools.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 17/01/2018 16:56:18 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

820768

registered interest
date	11/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Venture Capital: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse was of venture capital schemes: tax relief for investors in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013, (e) 2014, (f) 2015, (g) 2016 and (h) 2017.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	122186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>HMRC publishes reports on the estimated cost of the various tax reliefs. Information on the Income Tax relief for investments in Venture Capital Trusts, the Enterprise Investment Scheme and Seed Investment Enterprise Scheme, and Capital Gains Tax relief for the Enterprise Investment Scheme can be found in:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs</a></p><p> </p><p>Information on the Capital Gains Tax relief for investments in Venture Capital Trusts and the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme can be found in:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/minor-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/minor-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs</a></p><p> </p><p>These tables include the information back to 2012-13.</p><p> </p><p>Combined IT and CGT relief for years prior to this can be found in:</p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120207135500/http:/www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/tax_expenditures/menu.htm" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120207135500/http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/tax_expenditures/menu.htm</a></p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 122187 question first answered 16/01/2018 17:36:19 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

820769

registered interest
date	11/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Enterprise Investment Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse was of the enterprise investment scheme in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013, (e) 2014, (f) 2015, (g) 2016 and (h) 2017.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	122187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>HMRC publishes reports on the estimated cost of the various tax reliefs. Information on the Income Tax relief for investments in Venture Capital Trusts, the Enterprise Investment Scheme and Seed Investment Enterprise Scheme, and Capital Gains Tax relief for the Enterprise Investment Scheme can be found in:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs</a></p><p> </p><p>Information on the Capital Gains Tax relief for investments in Venture Capital Trusts and the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme can be found in:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/minor-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/minor-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs</a></p><p> </p><p>These tables include the information back to 2012-13.</p><p> </p><p>Combined IT and CGT relief for years prior to this can be found in:</p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120207135500/http:/www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/tax_expenditures/menu.htm" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120207135500/http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/tax_expenditures/menu.htm</a></p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 122186 question first answered 16/01/2018 17:36:19 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

820770

registered interest
date	11/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Income Tax: Tax Rates and Bands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of abolishing the 50p income tax rate.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	122188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>The estimated impact of the 50p rate of tax was set out in the HM Revenue and Customs report “The Exchequer effect of the 50 per cent additional rate of income tax”:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140206181159/http:/www.hmrc.gov.uk/budget2012/excheq-income-tax-2042.pdf" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140206181159/http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/budget2012/excheq-income-tax-2042.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>This report showed that the 50p rate was a distortive and economically inefficient way of raising revenue and it did not raise what was expected. It raised at best only £1 billion and at worst could have cost the Exchequer. This is considerably less than the £2.5bn which was expected when introduced by Labour.</p><p> </p><p>There has been no new evidence to suggest the conclusions of this report were incorrect.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 19/01/2018 12:44:31 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd