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795466

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Tax Collection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans for Making Tax Digital to be mandatory for businesses below the VAT threshold; and if he will make statement.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	115887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable member to my written statement to the House on 13 July which is available here.</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2017-07-13/HCWS47/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2017-07-13/HCWS47/</a></p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 30/11/2017 11:07:50 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

795467

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Construction: Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2017 to Question 113349, on construction: billing, when he plans to publish the results of the consultations on payment practices within the construction sector.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	115888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>The deadline for responses to both construction payment consultations is Friday 19 January 2018. Consultation outcomes will be published within 12 weeks of the close of the consultations or an explanation if this is not possible.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 30/11/2017 12:03:36 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

795474

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Business
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 16 November 2017 to Question 112764, on business, which sectors have indicated an interest in developing a Sector Deal referred to in that Answer; and when he plans to sign deals with each such sector.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	115895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>Since the publication of our Green Paper, a large number of industries have signalled their interest in Sector Deals and we have been working with many of them in recent months.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to engage all those sectors that have submitted expressions of interest over the months ahead.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 30/11/2017 15:53:22 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

795476

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Competition and Markets Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has plans to evaluate the performance of the Competition and Markets Authority.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	115897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>In line with Civil Service rules, the Department undertakes an annual review of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to ensure that it is an accountable, high-performing organisation, delivering value for money. It also regularly monitors the CMA’s progress against its business plan. The performance of the CMA is set out in its annual report and accounts which can be accessed on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 30/11/2017 17:44:21 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

794441

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, for what reason the figures in the Red Book, published on 22 November show growth in exports of goods and services in the UK falling from 3.4% in 2018 to 0.1% in 2020.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	115414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The Budget takes its trade projections from the Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) autumn forecast. Details of the OBR’s forecast can be found in its Economic and Fiscal Outlook for November 2017. As the OBR stresses, there is considerable uncertainty around these forecasts.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 28/11/2017 13:13:32 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

794442

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to his oral Answer on 23 November, what discussion he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the additional funding for his Department following the Autumn Budget 2017 and how many additional staff he plans to recruit as a result of that additional funding.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	115415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>As the Chancellor announced in Budget, a further £3 billion has been set aside for Brexit preparations over the next two years, and the Department will work with HM Treasury, to ensure it receives the additional funding it needs in 2018-19. The number of additional staff recruited will be agreed as part of this process.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 01/12/2017 13:30:11 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

794443

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to his Oral Answer on 23 November 2017, what criteria he used to locate staff from the Export Hub on Small Business Saturday.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	115416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The Export Hub is invited to locations across the UK, and has so far visited 23<ins class="ministerial">1</ins><del class="ministerial">5</del> sites. Any Member of Parliament is able to request for the Export Hub to visit their constituency.</p><p>The logistics for managing the Export Hub is contracted through an external company.</p><p>Many cross-party MPs have spoken highly of the work of the Export Hub at the Department for International Trade’s (DIT) Monthly MPs Briefings which the DIT Ministerial team hosts.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 28/11/2017 17:55:44 question first ministerially corrected 30/11/2017 11:52:32 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier previous answer version 25634 answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

794446

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade pursuant to his Oral Answer of 23 November 2017, what the timetable is for the agreement of each of the trade agreements to be rolled over from the EU after the UK leaves the EU; and how many staff in his Department have been allocated to each agreement.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	115419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade is engaging with all countries with which the European Union currently has free trade agreements with a view to replicating, as far as possible, the effects of existing agreements as the United Kingdom leaves the European Union, including in any implementation period that might be agreed between the UK and the EU.</p><p>This work involves staff across the Department and in other government departments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 28/11/2017 17:35:23 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

794452

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Oral Answer on 23 November 2017, how much funding from UK Export Finance has been spent on (a) supporting UK businesses and (b) advisers to those businesses.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	115425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>UK Export Finance (UKEF) operates at no net cost to the taxpayer, and has provided £14 billion of support for UK exports in the last five years. Over that period, administrative costs were £137 million, of which around £4m related to its network of 24 Export Finance Managers, who act as local points of contact for businesses across the UK. UKEF generated £532 million in premium for the same period.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 28/11/2017 12:43:35 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

794570

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Antidumping Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to his oral contribution on 23 November, what representations he has received from business organisations on the application of the lesser duty rule after the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	115543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member for Sefton Central to the answer I gave to the Hon Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central today, UIN: 115256.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 04/12/2017 11:24:22 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson