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790025

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Higher Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department's review of higher education will include part-time higher education and learning and earning.
tabling member constituency	Hitchin and Harpenden
tabling member printed	Bim Afolami
uin	113390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>Studying part-time and later in life can bring enormous benefits for individuals, the economy and employers. That is why the Government has taken steps to help hardworking people who want to gain new skills and advance their careers by studying part-time. These measures include offering financial support in the form of loans to cover fees and, from 2018/19, maintenance costs. We have also enshrined in law the need for the new higher education sector regulator, the Office for Students, to have regard for part-time study.</p><p> </p><p>The government will set out further details of the review in due course.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 23/11/2017 12:47:10 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami

784782

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
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 effect reducing the top rate of tax from 50 per cent to 45 per cent has had on total tax receipts since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Hitchin and Harpenden
tabling member printed	Bim Afolami
uin	111774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>HMRC does not routinely evaluate the effects of specific policies on tax receipts. The estimated cost of reducing the additional rate of income tax to 45 per cent is available on the government website, Budget 2013, page 66, table 2.2:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/budget-2013-documents" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/budget-2013-documents</a></p><p> </p><p>HMRC published a detailed evaluation of the impact of the 50 per cent tax rate on the Exchequer in 2012 ‘The Exchequer effect of the 50 per cent additional rate of income tax’. This report contains more information on the methodology for estimating the impact of the policy, specifically in annex A:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130127161217/http:/www.hmrc.gov.uk/budget2012/excheq-income-tax-2042.pdf" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130127161217/http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/budget2012/excheq-income-tax-2042.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 15/11/2017 15:18:53 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami

785070

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the General Data Protection Regulation on small businesses.
tabling member constituency	Hitchin and Harpenden
tabling member printed	Bim Afolami
uin	111775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>The UK worked during negotiations to ensure that the obligations arising from the regulations are greater on an organisation only if the risk their activity poses to an individual is high. Organisations which already operate at the standard set by the Data Protection Act 1998 should be well placed to implement the new data protection framework.</p><p> </p><p>Although businesses will have to make themselves familiar with the new regulation and to what extent it applies to their operations, there are resources on the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) website (ico.org.uk) to help SMEs and those employing fewer than 250 people to prepare for the data protection regime. In addition, the ICO has launched a dedicated helpline service for organisations employing 250 people or fewer and has updated its SME toolkit to reflect the requirements of GDPR. The ICO continue to develop further guidance on both the Bill and GDPR to support the preparations of organisations. <strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 16/11/2017 15:17:46 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami

785095

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Fuels: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the total sum of revenue that it has forgone due to the successive freezes to fuel duty since 2011.
tabling member constituency	Hitchin and Harpenden
tabling member printed	Bim Afolami
uin	111790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2017 answer text <p>Based on the Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) published policy costings, we estimate the cumulative loss to the Exchequer from the successive fuel duty freezes from financial year 2011-12 to the current financial year 2017-18 to be around £37.2bn.</p><p> </p><p>The annual impacts on the Exchequer are reported in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Exchequer impact (£m)</p></td><td><p>-2,275</p></td><td><p>-3,465</p></td><td><p>-4,645</p></td><td><p>-5,800</p></td><td><p>-6,375</p></td><td><p>-6,805</p></td><td><p>-7,825</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Past decisions on freezes will also incur future losses to the Exchequer in years beyond 2017-18. The OBR’s costings of previously announced policies currently extend to 2021-22, and the future impact of these announced freezes in fuel duty to that year is estimated to be around £34.2bn.</p><p>The future annual impacts are set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>2021-22</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Exchequer impact (£m)</p></td><td><p>-8,095</p></td><td><p>-8,370</p></td><td><p>-8,685</p></td><td><p>-9,030</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The OBR’s policy costings are available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://budgetresponsibility.org.uk/download/policy-measures-database/" target="_blank">http://budgetresponsibility.org.uk/download/policy-measures-database/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 14/11/2017 15:25:45 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami

773229

registered interest
date	18/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Government plans to respond to the House of Lords Select Committee report on the sustainability of the NHS and adult social care, published on 5 April 2017.
tabling member constituency	Hitchin and Harpenden
tabling member printed	Bim Afolami
uin	108614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s response to the House of Lords Select Committee report on the sustainability of the National Health Service and adult social care will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 26/10/2017 14:17:59 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami

773305

registered interest
date	18/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rolling Stock
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will recommend to train operators the removal of first class carriages or first class carriage restrictions from rush-hour commuter trains.
tabling member constituency	Hitchin and Harpenden
tabling member printed	Bim Afolami
uin	108550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>Any decision taken to place a requirement on a franchisee to remove first class accommodation from its trains would be made on a case-by-case basis.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 26/10/2017 13:38:45 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami

750679

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Electronic Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Making Tax Digital programme, what advice and help the Government is providing to small and medium-sized businesses required to comply with that programme’s requirements.
tabling member constituency	Hitchin and Harpenden
tabling member printed	Bim Afolami
uin	4428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government announced on 13 July, changes to the Making Tax Digital (MTD) legislation to be included in the next Finance Bill. Only businesses with turnover above the VAT threshold will be mandated to use MTD from April 2019 and then only to meet VAT obligations. Further details are available in the Written Statement that was issued on 13 July. Link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statements/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;use-dates=True&amp;answered-from=2017-07-13&amp;answered-to=2017-07-13&amp;dept=14&amp;uin=HCWS47" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statements/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;use-dates=True&amp;answered-from=2017-07-13&amp;answered-to=2017-07-13&amp;dept=14&amp;uin=HCWS47</a></p><p> </p><p>The government is fully committed to supporting businesses in making a successful transition to MTD. HMRC has already begun piloting MTD services and will continue to do so, testing the system extensively.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 18/07/2017 14:56:49 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami

732984

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	European Medicines Agency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what plans the Government has to negotiate for the European Medicines Agency to remain in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Hitchin and Harpenden
tabling member printed	Bim Afolami
uin	1284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>As the Chancellor has said, ultimately the location of the European Union’s agencies will be for the European Union.</p><p>The UK’s future relationship with the EMA is a matter for negotiation. In the negotiations the Government will discuss with the EU and Member States how best to continue cooperation in the field of medicines regulation in the best interests of both the UK and the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 05/07/2017 16:53:23 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami