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1146263

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, what the timeframe is for her Department to table the regulations enabling opposite sex civil partnerships under the terms of the Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc.) Act to take place before the end of 2019.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	290564
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>My Rt Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade is required to exercise the power in the Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc.) Act 2019 amending the eligibility criteria for civil partnerships so that the regulations come into force no later than 31 December 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The regulations will be laid later this year for the 31 December deadline.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 01/10/2019 12:33:13 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins previous answer version 136383 answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1146267

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Civil Partnerships and Marriage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, what progress is being made on proposals to allow married partners to convert to an opposite sex civil partnership without divorce under the Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc.) Act.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	290566
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government published a consultation on 10 July on proposals to allow opposite-sex married couples to convert to a civil partnership. The consultation closed on 20 August and we are considering the responses to this.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 01/10/2019 12:38:14 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins previous answer version 136382 answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1417425

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2022
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Conversion Therapy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, which groups her Department has met during the consultation period on legislation to ban conversion therapy.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	113050
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2022 answer text <p>I am engaging with a wide range of stakeholders who hold different views in relation to conversion practices, as are officials. We continue to consult extensively with stakeholders across the spectrum including victims, representatives from a range of religions, LGBT groups, clinicians, medical regulatory professionals, and parent groups. Our public consultation will close on 4th February and I urge all those with an interest to respond. In this way and with our wider engagement with the full range of stakeholders, victims and members of the public, we will ensure the ban is effective in ending different forms of conversion therapy.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 01/02/2022 10:58:39 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

905524

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2018
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Civil Partnerships: Heterosexuality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how much funding her Department has allocated for legal proceedings in relation to the case brought in the Supreme Court on 14 May 2018 by Keidon & Steinfold on civil partnerships.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	144774
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2018 answer text <p>Since the start of the proceedings in 2014, the Government has spent £64,923 in legal costs as a result of this judicial review. The case is still ongoing, and so we are likely to incur further costs.</p><p>The Department has a central budget for legal costs, but does not allocate budgets to individual cases as the costs for each case varies.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 23/05/2018 14:11:26 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

905527

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2018
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Civil Partnerships
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the command paper, Future operation of Civil Partnerships, Cm. 9606, published in May 2018, what additional information is being sought by her Department in its latest consultation on extending civil partnerships.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	144775
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>The command paper, “The Future Operation of Civil Partnership: Gathering Further Information” (Cm. 9606), details four pieces of research that the Government are undertaking to assess the demand for civil partnership and help inform a decision about their future. These are to:</p><p> </p><p>(1) Assess trends in civil partnership and marriage formations amongst same-sex couples</p><p> </p><p>(2) Undertake surveys to assess demand for civil partnership and marriage amongst unmarried people in opposite-sex relationships in the UK</p><p> </p><p>(3) Undertake research into the motivations of same-sex couples who continue to choose civil partnership</p><p> </p><p>(4) Review the experience of other countries to understand the choices people actually make when faced with a choice between marriage and other forms of relationship.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The command paper also commits to a full public consultation following the completion of this research.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p />These activities will help us to put forward a specific recommendation about how civil partnership should change in the future. This differs from previous consultations, which asked people about a range of options including maintaining the status quo<p /><p /> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 22/05/2018 16:04:30 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

905537

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2018
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Civil Partnerships
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the command paper, Future operation of Civil Partnerships, Cm. 9606, published in May 2018, for what reasons the public consultation will not start before 2020; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	144776
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to resolving the difference in treatment between same-sex and opposite-sex couples with respect to their ability to form a civil partnership. We want to do this as quickly as possible.</p><p>The command paper, “The Future Operation of Civil Partnership: Gathering Further Information” (Cm. 9606), details four pieces of research that the Government are undertaking to assess the demand for civil partnership and help inform a decision about their future. We will use this research to understand the total impact of a change in the law, including the cost of either extending or closing civil partnership. Our intention is to complete this research prior to a full public consultation taking place, and to use it to inform the proposed way forward. We anticipate all research will be complete by September 2019, at which point we would prepare the consultation taking account of the evidence gathered.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 22/05/2018 16:06:42 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

905539

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2018
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Civil Partnerships: Heterosexuality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent representations she has received on extending civil partnerships to opposite sex couples.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	144777
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2018 answer text <p>Rt. Hon. Penny Mordaunt MP became the Minister for Women and Equalities on 30 April 2018. The Minister discussed the issue of civil partnership with Stonewall at a recent meeting; she has not yet had any other meetings.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 23/05/2018 16:44:59 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

911194

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2018
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Civil Partnerships
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the command paper, Future operation of Civil Partnerships, Cm. 9606, published in May 2018, what specifications her Department issued on the opinion polling to be conducted when appointing an organisation to undertake opinion polling on demand for extending civil partnerships; and for what reasons the Office for National Statistics was so appointed.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	147775
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2018 answer text <p>This survey is intended to help us understand how many unmarried people in an opposite-sex relationship may enter into a civil partnership if the option was open to them.</p><p>Creating a new survey mechanism to ask a small number of questions would have been disproportionately time-consuming and would not have been efficient, so it was decided to use an existing polling structure.</p><p>The ONS Opinions and Lifestyle survey offered the only regular omnibus survey of the general population using a random sample, rather than drawing on pre-screened panels.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/06/2018 16:45:03 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

985686

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2018
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Gender Recognition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she will take to assess the safeguarding implications of reforming the Gender Recognition Act 2004.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	178211
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p>We are carefully considering safeguarding issues related to reforming the Gender Recognition Act 2004. We have been very clear that we are not going to be changing the existing safeguards in the Equality Act. Safeguarding is always a priority and, in line with the usual obligations on Government, any proposed new gender recognition system will be rigorously assessed in terms of its potential effect on other groups in society, as well as its implications for safeguarding processes in specific contexts, such as prisons. As part of the Gender Recognition Act consultation, we are keen to hear from respondents on these points.</p><p>Any new system that is proposed in the Government’s response to the Gender Recognition Act consultation will be subject to a full impact assessment.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 17/10/2018 15:04:33 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1353929

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2021
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Listed Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will publish the (a) properties classified as heritage assets by his Department, (b) most recent estimate of the value of those properties and (c) annual income derived from those properties.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	45036
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales does not own any properties.</p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 13/09/2021 11:13:07 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1362583

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2021
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Stonewall
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what funding his Department has allocated to Stonewall in each of the last five years; and for what projects.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	61065
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2021 answer text <p>None. The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales has not allocated any funding to Stonewall during the last five years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Monmouth answering member printed David T C Davies question first answered 29/10/2021 10:49:00 answering member 1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1001947

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Mortgages: EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the EU Mortgage Credit Directive on access to lower mortgage rates.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	187982
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The EU Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD), which came into force in March 2016, prevents lenders waiving the affordability requirements when a borrower moves to a new lender. As a result some borrowers may find it harder to switch to a new lender to access lower rates.</p><p> </p><p>While we must comply with the MCD, the Financial Conduct Authority have put in place exemptions which allow lenders to waive affordability requirements for customers that are remortgaging with their existing lender but not increasing the size of their debt. In addition in July 2018, UK Finance, the Building Socieities Association, and the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association, announced a cross industry voluntary agreement. Under this agreement lenders undertook to write by the end of 2018 to any borrowers on the reversion rate who are up to date with payments, and have a minimum of 2 years and £10,000 left on their mortgage, to let them know they can access lower mortgage rates with their existing lender. Officials in the Treasury continue to work closely with the FCA and industry to explore what more can be done<strong>. </strong></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 12/11/2018 17:49:19 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1010571

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Mortgages: Interest Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support is available to borrowers seeking to access lower mortgage rates in the event that their proposed new lender or current lender is not signed up to the Government's voluntary agreement with UK Finance, the Building Socieities Association and the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	193356
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>67 lenders representing 95% of the UK’s residential mortgage market have signed up to the industry voluntary agreement to help mortgage prisoners.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in my response to your PQ tabled 5<sup>th</sup> November 2018 officials in the Treasury continue to work closely with the FCA and industry to explore what more can be done. This will include where lenders are not signed up to the industry’s voluntary agreement.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 28/11/2018 13:00:27 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1020029

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Spirits: Excise Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a reduced rate of duty for spirits produced by smaller distillers and producers.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	198720
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>Under EU law a reduced rate of spirit duty can be applied to producers who make less than 1,000 litres of product a year.</p><p> </p><p>The government is not minded to introduce such a relief as there is no compelling case to do so at this time given the risk of illicit production and excise duty fraud.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 10/12/2018 15:32:02 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1020031

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Industry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many licensed stills have (a) been established and (b) ceased trading in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	198721
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>HMRC licenses the businesses who use stills for distillation rather than the stills themselves. The number of licences issued in each year was:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>62</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>HMRC has no information on the number of licensed businesses that have ceased trading.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 10/12/2018 15:40:02 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1124348

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	101 Calls: VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the contribution has been to the public purse from levying VAT on the 101 non-emergency police phone line.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	249791
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The details that HMRC collects from taxpayers on their VAT returns are not specific enough to provide an estimate of VAT on 101 phone calls.</p><p> </p><p>To minimise the administrative burden on businesses, they are only required to report the total VAT on all their taxable supplies of goods and services in the relevant period. It is therefore not possible to identify the types of supplies on which the VAT was charged.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 08/05/2019 15:26:04 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1171505

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Child Trust Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Child Trust Fund accounts were taken out between their introduction in September 2002 and their replacement by junior ISA's in January 2011; and how much was invested in them from public funds.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	4282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>HMRC has published the number of CTF and contributions in the following publications for the years requested. The following links provide the last edition of these publications.</p><p> </p><p>Link to “Child Trust Fund Statistical Report” – <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/255886/statistical-report.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/255886/statistical-report.pdf</a></p><p>Link to “Child Trust Funds: detailed distributional analysis” - <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/255881/dda.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/255881/dda.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>HMRC does not have records of, nor have they made any estimations of, CTF accounts where the child or their parents is unaware of which firm is maintaining the account. CTF providers are required in legislation to send out regular statements to the contact for the account. However, although the primary relationship is between the account provider and the child’s parents, if they don’t know which provider is managing their child’s account, they can use the following online form to track the account.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/child-trust-funds" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/child-trust-funds</a></p><p> </p><p>HMRC estimates the market value of all Child Trust Funds (as at 2015-16), which will start to be eligible to be accessed by their beneficial holder from September 2020, to be £7,450 m. This estimate used the latest complete Child Trust Fund information available to HMRC – relating to 2015-16. This may not necessarily be reflective of the market value the accounts when they reach maturity.</p><p> </p><p>A complete list of authorised Child Trust Fund Providers is held at the following webpage: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/list-of-authorised-child-trust-fund-providers/child-trust-fund-account-providers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/list-of-authorised-child-trust-fund-providers/child-trust-fund-account-providers</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 4283 4284 4285 4286 question first answered 21/01/2020 15:29:19 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1171506

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Child Trust Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was contributed to Child Trust Funds from parents and relatives; and to how many accounts.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	4283
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>HMRC has published the number of CTF and contributions in the following publications for the years requested. The following links provide the last edition of these publications.</p><p> </p><p>Link to “Child Trust Fund Statistical Report” – <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/255886/statistical-report.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/255886/statistical-report.pdf</a></p><p>Link to “Child Trust Funds: detailed distributional analysis” - <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/255881/dda.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/255881/dda.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>HMRC does not have records of, nor have they made any estimations of, CTF accounts where the child or their parents is unaware of which firm is maintaining the account. CTF providers are required in legislation to send out regular statements to the contact for the account. However, although the primary relationship is between the account provider and the child’s parents, if they don’t know which provider is managing their child’s account, they can use the following online form to track the account.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/child-trust-funds" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/child-trust-funds</a></p><p> </p><p>HMRC estimates the market value of all Child Trust Funds (as at 2015-16), which will start to be eligible to be accessed by their beneficial holder from September 2020, to be £7,450 m. This estimate used the latest complete Child Trust Fund information available to HMRC – relating to 2015-16. This may not necessarily be reflective of the market value the accounts when they reach maturity.</p><p> </p><p>A complete list of authorised Child Trust Fund Providers is held at the following webpage: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/list-of-authorised-child-trust-fund-providers/child-trust-fund-account-providers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/list-of-authorised-child-trust-fund-providers/child-trust-fund-account-providers</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 4282 4284 4285 4286 question first answered 21/01/2020 15:29:19 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1171507

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Child Trust Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Child Trust Funds remain unlinked with the current details of the beneficial owner.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	4284
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>HMRC has published the number of CTF and contributions in the following publications for the years requested. The following links provide the last edition of these publications.</p><p> </p><p>Link to “Child Trust Fund Statistical Report” – <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/255886/statistical-report.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/255886/statistical-report.pdf</a></p><p>Link to “Child Trust Funds: detailed distributional analysis” - <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/255881/dda.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/255881/dda.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>HMRC does not have records of, nor have they made any estimations of, CTF accounts where the child or their parents is unaware of which firm is maintaining the account. CTF providers are required in legislation to send out regular statements to the contact for the account. However, although the primary relationship is between the account provider and the child’s parents, if they don’t know which provider is managing their child’s account, they can use the following online form to track the account.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/child-trust-funds" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/child-trust-funds</a></p><p> </p><p>HMRC estimates the market value of all Child Trust Funds (as at 2015-16), which will start to be eligible to be accessed by their beneficial holder from September 2020, to be £7,450 m. This estimate used the latest complete Child Trust Fund information available to HMRC – relating to 2015-16. This may not necessarily be reflective of the market value the accounts when they reach maturity.</p><p> </p><p>A complete list of authorised Child Trust Fund Providers is held at the following webpage: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/list-of-authorised-child-trust-fund-providers/child-trust-fund-account-providers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/list-of-authorised-child-trust-fund-providers/child-trust-fund-account-providers</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 4282 4283 4285 4286 question first answered 21/01/2020 15:29:20 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1171508

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Child Trust Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money is invested in Child Trust Funds which will be eligible to be accessed by their beneficial holder from September 2020.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	4285
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>HMRC has published the number of CTF and contributions in the following publications for the years requested. The following links provide the last edition of these publications.</p><p> </p><p>Link to “Child Trust Fund Statistical Report” – <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/255886/statistical-report.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/255886/statistical-report.pdf</a></p><p>Link to “Child Trust Funds: detailed distributional analysis” - <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/255881/dda.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/255881/dda.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>HMRC does not have records of, nor have they made any estimations of, CTF accounts where the child or their parents is unaware of which firm is maintaining the account. CTF providers are required in legislation to send out regular statements to the contact for the account. However, although the primary relationship is between the account provider and the child’s parents, if they don’t know which provider is managing their child’s account, they can use the following online form to track the account.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/child-trust-funds" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/child-trust-funds</a></p><p> </p><p>HMRC estimates the market value of all Child Trust Funds (as at 2015-16), which will start to be eligible to be accessed by their beneficial holder from September 2020, to be £7,450 m. This estimate used the latest complete Child Trust Fund information available to HMRC – relating to 2015-16. This may not necessarily be reflective of the market value the accounts when they reach maturity.</p><p> </p><p>A complete list of authorised Child Trust Fund Providers is held at the following webpage: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/list-of-authorised-child-trust-fund-providers/child-trust-fund-account-providers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/list-of-authorised-child-trust-fund-providers/child-trust-fund-account-providers</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 4282 4283 4284 4286 question first answered 21/01/2020 15:29:20 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1171509

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Child Trust Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the financial firms who operate Child Trust Funds.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	4286
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>HMRC has published the number of CTF and contributions in the following publications for the years requested. The following links provide the last edition of these publications.</p><p> </p><p>Link to “Child Trust Fund Statistical Report” – <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/255886/statistical-report.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/255886/statistical-report.pdf</a></p><p>Link to “Child Trust Funds: detailed distributional analysis” - <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/255881/dda.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/255881/dda.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>HMRC does not have records of, nor have they made any estimations of, CTF accounts where the child or their parents is unaware of which firm is maintaining the account. CTF providers are required in legislation to send out regular statements to the contact for the account. However, although the primary relationship is between the account provider and the child’s parents, if they don’t know which provider is managing their child’s account, they can use the following online form to track the account.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/child-trust-funds" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/child-trust-funds</a></p><p> </p><p>HMRC estimates the market value of all Child Trust Funds (as at 2015-16), which will start to be eligible to be accessed by their beneficial holder from September 2020, to be £7,450 m. This estimate used the latest complete Child Trust Fund information available to HMRC – relating to 2015-16. This may not necessarily be reflective of the market value the accounts when they reach maturity.</p><p> </p><p>A complete list of authorised Child Trust Fund Providers is held at the following webpage: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/list-of-authorised-child-trust-fund-providers/child-trust-fund-account-providers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/list-of-authorised-child-trust-fund-providers/child-trust-fund-account-providers</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 4282 4283 4284 4285 question first answered 21/01/2020 15:29:20 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1182948

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Financial Markets: Switzerland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent discussions he has had with his Swiss counterpart on equivalence between UK and Swiss financial markets and products after the transition period.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	901126
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p>The UK and Switzerland have a strong and established relationship on financial services, with a large volume of cross-border financial services trade.</p><p> </p><p>To ensure continuity in our relationship, the government has converted all equivalence decisions that the European Union currently has with Switzerland (with the exception of Central Clearing Counterparties equivalence), into UK domestic law. This means that they will continue to apply when the transition period ends.</p><p> </p><p>The ability for HM Treasury to make equivalence decisions becomes active from the end of the Transition Period. After this time, HM Treasury will be able to grant equivalence to non-EEA jurisdictions. The UK is committed to maintaining an outcomes-based model of equivalence which recognises that a combination of different rules and supervisory practices may be used to achieve the same levels of resilient, market integrity, consumer protection, and financial stability.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 05/03/2020 12:50:49 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1201342

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Food: Wholesale Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend the application of business rates relief to food and drink wholesalers.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	55838
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government has provided enhanced support through business rates relief to businesses occupying properties used for retail, hospitality and leisure given the direct and acute impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on those sectors.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has published guidance for local authorities on eligible properties. As set out in the guidance, support is targeted at premises that are wholly or mainly being used as shops, restaurants, cafes, drinking establishments, cinemas and live music venues; for assembly and leisure; or as hotels, guest and boarding premises, and self-catering accommodation. It is for local authorities to determine eligibility for reliefs, having regard to guidance issued by the Government.</p><p> </p><p>A range of further measures to support all businesses, including those not eligible for the business rates holiday, such as wholesalers, has also been made available.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 55690 57189 question first answered 12/06/2020 13:21:51 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1201344

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Food: Wholesale Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend the hospitality, retail and leisure grants to the wholesale food and drink sector.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	55839
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises that this is a very challenging time for businesses in a wide variety of sectors. Small businesses occupying properties for retail, hospitality or leisure purposes are likely to be particularly affected by COVID-19 due to their reliance on customer footfall, and the fact that they are less likely than larger businesses to have sufficient cash reserves to meet their high fixed property-related costs. The Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund (RHLGF) is intended to help small businesses in this situation.</p><p> </p><p>Local Authorities (LAs) can choose to make discretionary grants to businesses in supply chains, like the wholesale food and drink sector, if they feel there is a particular local economic need. The Government has allocated up to an additional £617 million to LAs to enable them to give discretionary grants. While food and drink wholesalers are not one of the priority groups which Government has asked LAs to focus on, LAs may choose to make payments to businesses outside of these priority groups if they feel there is a local economic need to do so, so long as the business was trading on 11th March, and has not received any other cash grant funded by central Government (with the exception of grants from the SEISS).</p><p> </p><p>Small businesses which are not eligible for business grants should still be able to benefit from other elements of the Government’s unprecedented package of support. The Business Support website provides further information about how businesses can access the support that has been made available, who is eligible, when the schemes open and how to apply - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/business-coronavirus-support-finder" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/business-coronavirus-support-finder</a>.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 16/06/2020 13:54:17 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1276389

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Soft Drinks: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish a list of the organisations that have received funding from the Sugar Tax Levy; and what steps he is taking to promote applications for funding from that Levy.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	137115
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2021 answer text <p>Revenue from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy is not formally linked to any specific spending, nor do we take applications for funding. Departmental spend to tackle obesity and promote children’s health is allocated through Spending Reviews.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 18/01/2021 14:32:26 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1353535

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Listed Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the (a) properties classified as heritage assets by his Department, (b) most recent estimate of the value of those properties and (c) annual income derived from those properties.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	44164
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>HM Treasury is advised on the management of designated heritage assets in its portfolio by Historic England’s Government Historic Estate Unit. Further details can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://historicengland.org.uk/services-skills/our-planning-services/advice-for-government-historic-estates/" target="_blank">https://historicengland.org.uk/services-skills/our-planning-services/advice-for-government-historic-estates/</a></p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury does not collect or collate data on the value (property value) or income data for these assets.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 10/09/2021 09:06:20 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1355303

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Listed Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 10 September 2021 to Question 44164 on Treasury: Listed Buildings, if he will publish a list of the (a) properties classified as heritage assets owned by his Department, (b) the most recent estimate of the value of those properties and (c) the annual income derived from those properties as opposed to details of the body responsible for advising him on the properties' management.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	49014
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text HM Treasury does not own any properties classified as heritage assets. answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 20/09/2021 14:58:11 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1363038

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Stonewall
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what funding his Department has allocated to Stonewall in each of the last five years; and to what projects that funding was allocated.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	62564
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2021 answer text <p>The Treasury has not allocated any project funding to Stonewall over the past five years.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 02/11/2021 17:20:53 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1365881

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Stonewall
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 2 November 2021 to Question 62564, on Treasury: Stonewall, and with reference to his Department's FOI request response dated 31 March 2021, reference FOI2021/04423, which stated that his Department's annual subscriptions were £3000 (2019/20) and £3000 (2020/21), for what reason that Answer states that his Department has not allocated any project funding to Stonewall over the past five years.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	68994
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2021 answer text <p>Subscription fees are not project funding. As noted in the PQ above, information on the Treasury’s annual subscription fees to Stonewall is available publicly.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 08/11/2021 11:48:21 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1367301

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Stonewall
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2021 to Question 68994, on Treasury: Stonewall, if he will provide details of any funding for Stonewall from his Department in each of the last five years broken down by purpose or project.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	72343
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2021 answer text Details on funding in each of the last five years broken down by purpose or project<p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Annual membership subscription fee</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£3000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£3000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>£3000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>£3000</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 16/11/2021 11:47:26 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1418610

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	China: Hong Kong
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's announcement on 29 January on resuming the Economic and Financial Dialogue between the UK and China, what recent assessment she has made of the extent of human rights abuses by China in Hong Kong since the National Security Law came into effect in that territory.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	115832
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2022 answer text <p>The UK has continued to make clear to the mainland Chinese and Hong Kong authorities our strong opposition to the National Security Law, which is being used to curtail freedoms, punish dissent and shrink the space for opposition, free press and civil society.</p><p> </p><p>We can also pursue an economic relationship with China in a safe, mutually beneficial way without compromising our values. UK-China Economic and Financial Dialogues (EFDs) provide a key mechanism for doing this. We have always been clear that our economic relationship does not come at the expense of human rights, and where we have concerns, we will continue to speak out and act.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 04/02/2022 12:12:47 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1563452

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Disguised Remuneration Loan Charge Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people who have requested a refund under the changes resulting from the Morse Review have been refunded by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	114508
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2023 answer text <p>Following Lord Morse’s Independent Loan Charge Review in 2019, HMRC established the Disguised Remuneration (DR) Repayment Scheme 2020 to repay voluntary payments that taxpayers had agreed to make as part of settlements concluded before changes were made to the scope of the Loan Charge. Individuals and employers had until 30 September 2021 to apply to HMRC for a refund or waiver.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC repays amounts that were paid in DR scheme settlements, and/or waives amounts of instalments due that have not yet been paid if certain conditions are met.</p><p> </p><p>By the end of November 2022, HMRC had processed approximately 2400 applications, of which approximately 1375 had received either a repayment, a waiver, or both. Over 1000 of the applications processed at that date were either invalid or ineligible.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 12/01/2023 14:49:16 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1611756

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Pet Foods: VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue was raised from VAT on pet food in each of the last 5 years.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	181300
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2023 answer text <p>The information is not available. HMRC does not hold information on VAT revenue from specific products or services because businesses are not required to provide figures at a product level on their VAT returns, as this would impose an excessive administrative burden.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 25/04/2023 15:41:41 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1611758

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Pet Foods: VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received from stakeholders on reducing the rate of VAT on pet foods; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	181302
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>VAT has been designed as a broad-based tax on consumption, and the twenty per cent standard rate applies to many goods and services, including pet food.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps all taxes under review and continues to welcome representations on how the tax system can be improved.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 24/04/2023 16:56:56 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1694467

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Pension Funds: Energy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to make investment in energy infrastructure more attractive for pension funds.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	17484
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>The government is attracting tens of billions of private investment into energy infrastructure from a wide variety of sources. Autumn Statement 2023 announced planning and grid reforms which could bring forward £90 billion of investment in energy infrastructure over 10 years, and since September 2023 alone companies have announced plans for £30 billion of new energy investment.</p><p> </p><p>Autumn Statement added to the significant progress government has already made in creating the right enabling environment for infrastructure in decarbonization, as set out in Powering Up Britain. This includes:</p><p>- Innovative financing mechanisms and business models to provide revenue support and long-term certainty for investors in green industries, including Contracts for Difference (CfDs) for renewable energy generation, Regulated Asset Base (RAB) for nuclear, and models for CCUS and hydrogen.</p><p>- A strong public finance offer, including the £22bn in financial capacity in the UK Infrastructure Bank (UKIB) which enables it to partner with the private sector and government to increase net zero infrastructure investment.</p><p> </p><p>Spring Budget 2024 delivers and builds on announcements from Autumn Statement, creating the enabling environment for net zero investment through energy system reforms. This includes:</p><p>- Confirmation of the parameters of the 6<sup>th</sup> Contracts for Difference (CfD) round for offshore wind, with the largest ever budget set at £1 billion.</p><p>- Seizing the growth opportunities of the net zero transition, with an additional £120 million for the Green Industries Growth Accelerator targeted at manufacturing capacity in the clean energy sectors where the UK has the strongest current or potential advantage: CCUS, hydrogen, offshore wind, networks, and nuclear. This brings overall funding for the Green Industries Growth Accelerator to over £1 billion.</p><p>- The pensions reforms currently being developed by the Government, Financial Conduct Authority and The Pensions Regulator, which will also help ensure that pension funds are investing in the full range of asset classes including infrastructure.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 12/03/2024 14:39:01 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1698975

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of his Department's staff are seconded to the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and for what purpose.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	20494
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>HM Treasury pursues secondments with a wide range of partners to represent the Treasury, deepen our exchange with other institutions whilst also honing the skills and experience of our staff beyond the Civil Service environment.</p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 15/04/2024 14:26:06 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1698976

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what funding the UK has committed to the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank since becoming a member.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	20495
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>Details on UK funding committed to the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) can be found in the <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2015/9780111138960" target="_blank">AIIB Capital Order 2015</a> and in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asian-infrastructure-investment-bank-aiib-special-fund" target="_blank">published guidance relating to the AIIB Project Preparation Special Fund.</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 17/04/2024 08:57:24 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1698978

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the (a) financial and (b) political (i) benefits and (ii) disadvantages of membership of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	20496
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is an established multilateral development bank (MDB) with a membership of 109 countries worldwide.</p><p>The benefits of the UK's membership of the AIIB were set out when the government <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-announces-plans-to-join-asian-infrastructure-investment-bank" target="_blank">announced its intention for the UK to join the AIIB</a> and in <a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2015-10-19/debates/38666024-f411-47c2-a905-96ea04ca1fa8/DraftAsianInfrastructureInvestmentBank(InitialCapitalContribution)Order2015" target="_blank">presenting the Draft AIIB (Initial Capital Contribution) Order 2015 for agreement by the House of Commons.</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 15/04/2024 13:25:18 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1698981

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to tackle the threat of use by the Chinese authorities of UK membership of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Ban to access UK data.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	20497
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>We are actively monitoring threats to UK data and will not hesitate to take further action if necessary to protect our national security.</p><p>Data can be exploited by those seeking to counter UK interests and we are taking action to secure our data. As set out in the Integrated Review Refresh 2023, this includes considering new levers to prevent hostile actors accessing our data.</p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 15/04/2024 13:28:02 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1698984

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Secondment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to what overseas-based financial organisations staff from his Department are seconded; and how many staff are seconded to each such organisation for how long and for what purpose.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	20498
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>HM Treasury pursues secondments with a wide range of partners to represent the Treasury, deepen our exchange with other institutions whilst also honing the skills and experience of our staff beyond the Civil Service environment.</p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 15/04/2024 14:24:37 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

943946

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many buildings leased or owned by HMRC are currently not occupied; and if he will publish a list of those buildings with the (a) dates since when those buildings have not been occupied and (b) rental and other charges paid on those buildings during those periods in which they have not been occupied.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	165438
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>HMRC currently has 3 unoccupied properties on its estate, all held through the STEPS PFI Contract with Mapeley. Details of these properties are provided below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Property</p></td><td><p>Date unoccupied from</p></td><td><p>Cost for unoccupied period</p></td><td><p>Notes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Riverside House, Woolwich High Street, London, SE18 6DN</p></td><td><p>31 Oct 2017</p></td><td><p>£250,000</p></td><td><p>Office</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10/14 Hawbank Road, College Milton Industrial Estate, East Kilbride, Strathclyde G74 5HA</p></td><td><p>31 Mar 2017</p></td><td><p>£475,000</p></td><td><p>Warehouse</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rayleigh, 16 Totman Crescent, Rayleigh, Essex, SS6 7XG.</p></td><td><p>31 Mar 2017</p></td><td><p>£140,000</p></td><td><p>Warehouse</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 23/07/2018 15:40:12 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

943947

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: West Sussex
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HMRC have taken to work collaboratively with initiatives under the One Public Estate programme in West Sussex to accrue savings to the public purse.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	165439
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs initiated meetings with West Sussex Council. They were not advanced enough in their plans under the One Public Estate to fit HMRC’s plans to locate its Specialist Site in Worthing.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 23/07/2018 15:38:11 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

943949

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Debit Cards: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of changes in the level of costs to (a) car auctions and (b) other industries for debit card transaction charges as a result of the Interchange Fee Regulation.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	165440
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>The European Commission plans to review the effectiveness of the Interchange Fee Regulation in the coming years as part of its usual process. Government has therefore not made a formal assessment of the impact of the Interchange Fee Regulation.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is open to hearing views on this issue, and digital payments more broadly, as evidenced by its recently closed call for evidence on cash and digital payments in the new economy. This sought information on how the shift from cash to digital payments impacts on different sectors, different regions and different demographics. The Government will formally respond to the call for evidence in due course.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 23/07/2018 15:24:40 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

989469

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Mortgages: EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the EU Mortgage Credit Directive on the cost of mortgages.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	180624
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government conducted an impact assessment when implementing the EU Directive in 2015 and assessed that there would be minimal costs incurred as a result of businesses absorbing the regulatory changes from the FCA.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 22/10/2018 16:24:57 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1353928

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2021
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Scotland Office: Listed Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will publish the (a) properties classified as heritage assets by his Department, (b) most recent estimate of the value of those properties and (c) annual income derived from those properties.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	45035
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland has no properties classified as heritage assets.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 13/09/2021 16:36:18 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1362584

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2021
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Scotland Office: Stonewall
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what funding his Department has allocated to Stonewall in each of the last five years; and for what projects.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	61066
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2021 answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland has been a member of the Stonewall Diversity Champion Programme since 1 April 2019. The Office pays an annual membership fee of £3,000 per annum.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 28/10/2021 10:22:27 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1128044

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	Whether she has plans to extend the provisions of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 to Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	910962
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>As I have said on many occasions, I voted in support of same sex marriage in England and Wales and I hope that this can be extended to Northern Ireland in the future.</p><p> </p><p>However, marriage is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland and an issue I want a restored Executive to resolve.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 22/05/2019 14:10:53 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1353930

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2021
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Listed Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will publish the (a) properties classified as heritage assets by his Department, (b) most recent estimate of the value of those properties and (c) annual income derived from those properties.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	45037
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office publishes details of heritage assets held by the Department in the Annual Report and Accounts. From the 20-21 Annual Report and Accounts:</p><p>(a) The properties classified as heritage assets held by the Department comprise of Hillsborough Castle and its surrounding estate;</p><p>(b) The most recent valuation is £70.4m, consisting of £64.6m for the buildings and £5.8m for the land;</p><p>(c) The Department derives no annual income from the Castle.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 13/09/2021 15:35:13 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1357351

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2021
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Police Service of Northern Ireland: Uniforms
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will publish details of the contract to supply new uniforms to the Police Service of Northern Ireland; and what checks his Department has undertaken to ensure that those uniforms are ethically procured.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	52398
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>Policing and Justice are devolved matters in Northern Ireland. The awarding of any contracts for the supply of uniforms is a matter for the Police Service of Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland Department of Justice.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 18/10/2021 09:10:59 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1362585

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2021
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Stonewall
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what funding his Department has allocated to Stonewall in each of the last five years; and for what projects.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	61067
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p>The following payments have been made to Stonewall Equality Limited:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>2019/20:</strong> £0.00</p><p><strong>2020/21:</strong> £3,000.00</p><p><strong>2021/22:</strong> £3,000.00</p><p> </p><p>These payments are for the Northern Ireland Office's participation in the Diversity Champions programme run by Stonewall. Participation in the scheme gives the NIO access to training, resources and advice on good practice on inclusivity. The programme also gives us access to the annual Workplace Equality Index run by Stonewall.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 01/11/2021 17:00:13 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton