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982556

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Freezing of Assets: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assets have been frozen under the Andrey Lugovoy and Dmitri Kovtun Freezing Orders 2016 and 2018.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	175841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The Treasury imposed an asset freeze on Lugovoy and Kovtun on 22 January 2016 by making a freezing order under the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001. The duration of such an order is two years. On 22 January 2018 a new order was made under the Act.</p><p> </p><p>In the ‘Andrey Lugovoy and Dmitri Kovtun Freezing Order 2018’ Debate before the House of Lords on 20 February 2018, Lord Young of Cookham made clear to the House that during the two-year period of the first order, HM Treasury had received no information in respect of the designations in place against Lugovoy and Kovtun.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 16/10/2018 16:06:20 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

982557

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Money Laundering: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions the Government has had with (a) the EU Council presidency and (b) EU member states on the scope of obligations on trust in relation to financial transparency.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	175842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government engaged with both the European Commission and EU Member States (including those holding the rotating Presidency of the EU Council) on expanding national registers of trust beneficial ownership as part of the negotiations of the Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (5AMLD).</p><p> </p><p>5AMLD requires an expansion of the scope of such registers from ‘trusts with a tax consequence’ to all express trusts and non-EU trusts which acquire real estate or have a business relationship within the EU. Access to this register will also be extended to firms regulated for anti-money laundering purposes, and those with a legitimate interest in the information.</p><p> </p><p>5AMLD has a transposition deadline during January 2020. This falls within the implementation period, and so the UK will transpose this Directive. The Government will consult on the transposition of the Directive in due course.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 16/10/2018 16:11:07 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

982558

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Sergei Skripal and Yulia Skripal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government has frozen the assets of the suspects in the Skripal incident under section 4 of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	175843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>To date, no order has been made under section 4 of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 for any person suspected of involvement in the events in Salisbury.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 16/10/2018 16:04:53 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

982559

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	Property: Ownership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Open Government National Action Plan 2016-18, published on 12 May 2016, for what reason the Government's April 2018 deadline for bringing forward legislative proposals on the property ownership register has not been met.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	175844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>A Written Ministerial Statement (HCWS425) was published on 24 January 2018 confirming the timetable for the establishment of a public register of beneficial owners of non-UK entities that own or buy property in the UK. As committed to in the Written Ministerial Statement, the Government published a draft Bill before the summer recess.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 16/10/2018 16:23:13 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

982564

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Unexplained Wealth Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Unexplained Wealth Orders have been issued since the start of the summer recess; and how many of those orders were issued in relation to wealth derived from Russia.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	175845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>Three UWOs have been applied for, and all granted, since the UWO power came into force in January. The UWOs concern two assets under one investigation in relation to Azerbaijan.</p><p>The two assets are a golf club in Ascot and residential property in Knightsbridge. The combined purchase price of the assets was £22 million. Interim freezing orders have also been obtained against the properties, so they cannot be sold. The Home Office continues to work with law enforcement agencies to develop the use of UWOs.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 175846 question first answered 16/10/2018 16:19:18 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

982565

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Unexplained Wealth Orders: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of Unexplained Wealth Orders are in relation to wealth derived from Russia.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	175846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>Three UWOs have been applied for, and all granted, since the UWO power came into force in January. The UWOs concern two assets under one investigation in relation to Azerbaijan.</p><p>The two assets are a golf club in Ascot and residential property in Knightsbridge. The combined purchase price of the assets was £22 million. Interim freezing orders have also been obtained against the properties, so they cannot be sold. The Home Office continues to work with law enforcement agencies to develop the use of UWOs.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 175845 question first answered 16/10/2018 16:19:18 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

982566

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Sanctions: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place a list of all economic sanctions on Russia in the Library.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	175847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>There are three financial sanctions regimes pertaining to Russia currently implemented in the UK. Information on these is published here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/financial-sanctions-ukraine" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/financial-sanctions-ukraine</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/financial-sanctions-ukraine-sovereignty-and-territorial-integrity" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/financial-sanctions-ukraine-sovereignty-and-territorial-integrity</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/financial-sanctions-ukraine-sovereignty-and-territorial-integrity" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/financial-sanctions-ukraine-sovereignty-and-territorial-integrity</a></p><p> </p><p>All Russian persons and entities subject to financial sanctions and those separately subject to specific sectoral sanctions are published on gov.uk here:</p><p><a href="http://hmt-sanctions.s3.amazonaws.com/sanctionsconlist.htm" target="_blank">http://hmt-sanctions.s3.amazonaws.com/sanctionsconlist.htm</a></p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/354155/ukrainesecuritieslist.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/354155/ukrainesecuritieslist.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 16/10/2018 15:59:19 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

982567

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Money Laundering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the register of People with significant control to tackle money laundering.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	175848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government has a statutory obligation to review the operation of the People with Significant Control register in 2019. This review will consider statistics on the operation of the register and evidence from the main users (law enforcement, obliged entities and civil society) and from the companies that supply the information.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 16/10/2018 16:00:29 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

982568

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	Companies: Ownership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment his Department has made of the ability of Companies House to verify beneficial ownership data submitted to the register.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	175849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>Companies House carries out a number of checks on all information received; ensuring it is valid, complete, correctly formatted and in compliance with company filing requirements. The obligation to ensure the information is accurate lies with the company and its directors. A company commits an offence if it files false information.</p><p>In addition, following the Financial Action Task Force evaluation, which will report back in due course, the Government will actively consider areas where the Anti Money Laundering/Counter Terrorism Finance framework can be improved. The Government will look in particular at controls over who registers companies in the UK, what information they have to provide, and how assurance is provided over that information</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 16/10/2018 16:23:21 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

968270

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Enterprise Management Incentives
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what social economic distributional analysis his Department has undertaken in relation to the effect on individual groups of the Enterprise Management Incentive Exemptions and Reliefs; and if he will place a copy of that analysis in the Library.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	170666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>HMRC published a research report <em>Evaluation of enterprise Management Scheme incentives </em>in June 2018. This presents evidence on a number of economic and distributional issues.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/716544/EMI_report_Final.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/716544/EMI_report_Final.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>HMRC carefully considers the equality impacts of all decisions on those sharing protected characteristics as stipulated by the ‘Public Sector Equality Duty’, including gender, race and disability - in line with both its legal obligations and with its strong commitment to equality issues. An equality impact assessment was included in the Tax Information and Impacts Note (TIIN) published on 9 December 2015 which is published here:</p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20170525152716/https:/www.gov.uk/government/publications/employee-share-schemes-simplification-of-the-rules/employee-share-schemes-simplification-of-the-rules" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20170525152716/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/employee-share-schemes-simplification-of-the-rules/employee-share-schemes-simplification-of-the-rules</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 170669 170670 question first answered 14/09/2018 09:36:06 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell