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573374

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Rendition and Torture: Libya
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions his Department has had with the Crown Prosecution Service on Operation Lydd.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	44263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>No discussions were had between the Cabinet Office and the CPS concerning Operation Lydd. The CPS is an independent organisation, superintended by the Attorney General. Operational decisions are a matter for the Director of Public Prosecutions.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 12/09/2016 08:33:34 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

573376

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Company Accounts: Multinational Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of country-by-country reporting regulations on the competitiveness of the UK economy.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	44141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government has consistently pushed for broad international agreement on public country-by-country reporting. This will ensure that public country-by-country reporting achieves its transparency objectives of requiring multinationals to disclose information on their activities, profits and taxes paid across the full range of countries in which they operate.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 12/09/2016 14:50:05 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

573377

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tax Allowances: Landlords
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of private landlords who will be affected by the tax relief change to higher rate taxpayers announced in the Summer Budget 2015.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	44101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>HMRC estimate that 1 in 5 landlords will pay more tax as a result of this measure.</p><p> </p><p>Given that only a small proportion of the housing market is affected by this change, the Government does not expect these changes to have a large impact on rent levels or house prices. The Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR) also expects the impact on the housing market will be small.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will double the housing budget from 2018-19 and has set out the most ambitious affordable housing plan since the 1970s to support working people in their aim to own their own home, together the measures in the plan amount to over £20 billion of investment in housing between 2016-17 and 2020-21.</p><p> </p><p>The level of housing benefits is dependent on a number of factors such as, household and individual circumstances in regards to employment and household income, inflation and rents. The Government does not expect a large impact on rent levels from this policy, and any impact would be dampened in the short term due to other policy decisions. Therefore, the government does not anticipate changes to the overall level of housing benefits as a result. Nevertheless, the government will continue to monitor rental levels charged in the private rented sector.</p><p> </p><p>Landlords are required to maintain their properties to a legal minimum standard. The reform to the wear and tear allowance means that all landlords will now be able to offset the costs of replacing furnishings in their properties removing the previous disincentive to do so. The Government therefore does not think that the changes to the tax rules will reduce standards for tenants.</p><p> </p><p>Some landlords may face difficult decisions regarding their properties. This is why the Government has chosen to act in a proportionate and gradual way. Basic rate income tax relief will still be available on a landlord’s finance costs, the restriction will not be introduced until April 2017 and then it will be phased in over 4 years. This gives landlords time to plan ahead of the changes.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 44504 question first answered 12/09/2016 14:33:13 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

573379

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Widowed Parent's Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many widowed parents and bereaved cohabiting parents will be financially worse off as a result of the planned changes to the widowed parent's allowance.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	44076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The new Bereavement Support Payment will be introduced from April 2017 for new claimants only. Existing claimants of Widowed Parent's Allowance and Bereavement Allowance will remain on those benefits for the lifetime of their awards, so there will be no impact on them or their families.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 12/09/2016 10:19:49 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

573380

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty: Manchester Airport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate how much air passenger duty was paid by passengers using Manchester Airport in each year since 2011.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	44066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs does not collect information on air passenger duty (APD) revenues by airport as APD is payable by airlines and not on a per airport basis.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 12/09/2016 09:48:55 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

573381

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Excise Duties: Greater Manchester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate how much fuel duty was collected by filling stations in Greater Manchester in each year since 2011.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	44067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does not collect fuel duty from filling stations. Fuel duty is paid on hydrocarbon oil when it is released for consumption in the UK, either from a UK refinery or an excise warehouse. HMRC therefore does not collect the data to produce a reliable estimate.</p><p> </p><p>Fuel duty receipts for the whole of the UK are published by HMRC, and are available in the Hydrocarbon Oils Bulletin:</p><p><a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/TaxAndDutybulletins.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/TaxAndDutybulletins.aspx</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 12/09/2016 09:47:57 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

573382

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Investment Trusts: Property
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 monitor and regulate the liquidity ratio on property funds.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	44009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The monitoring and regulation of property funds is a matter for the Financial Conduct Authority. Action by the government and the Bank of England over the last six years has substantially strengthened the resilience of the financial system.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 12/09/2016 10:37:42 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

573383

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Financial Ombudsman Service: Small Businesses
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 minimise the administrative effect on small businesses of information requests from the Financial Ombudsman.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	44010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2016 answer text <p>The issue raised is a matter for the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) who are operationally independent from Government.</p><p> </p><p>The question has been passed on to the FOS. The FOS will reply directly to the Honorable Member by letter. A copy of the letter will be placed in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 09/09/2016 10:13:33 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

573385

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Homelessness: Birmingham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of the population in (a) Birmingham, Northfield constituency and (b) Birmingham city was homeless in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	44006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2016 answer text <p>Total numbers of households, numbers of households accepted as homeless and in priority need, and numbers of homeless households in temporary accommodation, have been published for each local authority in England, for the years 2004/05 to 2015/16, in live table 784:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness</a></p><p>Constituency level information on homelessness is not collected.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 13/09/2016 16:39:58 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

573386

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assistance his Department provides to local authorities to help tackle (a) homelessness and (b) the root causes of homelessness.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	44007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>One person without a home is one too many. That is why the Government is clear that prevention must be at the heart of everything we do to tackle homelessness. We will be investing £500 million in work to prevent and relieve homelessness across this Parliament. This includes protecting homelessness prevention funding for local authorities, which will amount to £315 million by 2019-20, to help them continue to provide quality advice and assistance to everyone who approaches them for help. Since 2010, local authorities have helped prevent or relieve over one million cases of homelessness.</p><p>Homelessness is rarely a housing issue alone. The causes are varied and driven by issues such as health, education, justice, welfare, and employment. That is why we have increased central investment to tackle homelessness over the next four years to £139 million, including a new £10 million Social Impact Bond to support rough sleepers with the most complex needs. This builds on the success of the world’s first homelessness Social Impact Bond, run by the Greater London Authority to turn round the lives around of 830 of London’s most entrenched rough sleepers. Over half have achieved accommodation, employment or reconnection outcomes.</p><p>In addition we have invested £15 million to improve outcomes for young people through the Fair Chance Fund. This funding is turning around the lives of around 1,900 18 to 25 year olds with complex and overlapping needs, by supporting them into accommodation, education, training and employment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 12/09/2016 15:44:54 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden