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1146468

	registered interest
	date	30/09/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Local Government: Corporation Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to ensure a level playing field in local economies by making local authorities subject to corporation tax on commercial activity.
	tabling member constituency	Stevenage
	tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
	uin	291404
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text Commercial activity undertaken by local authorities carried on in a separate taxable subsidiary is already subject to Corporation Tax on profits. answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 01/10/2019 16:44:03 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

1146857

	registered interest
	date	30/09/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce tax (a) avoidance and (b) evasion.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Giles Watling
	uin	912456
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text This government has taken significant action, including introducing 100 new measures tackling tax avoidance, evasion and other forms of non-compliance, since 2010, securing and protecting £200bn that would have otherwise gone unpaid and helping to bring the UK’s tax gap to a near record low of 5.6%. answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 01/10/2019 15:57:52 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1147019

	registered interest
	date	30/09/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Solar Power: VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the environment of the increase in VAT on materials used for solar installations to 20 per cent.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	292302
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to greening our economy and designed the changes for energy-saving materials to retain as much of the VAT relief as possible for UK households, while complying with EU law. It is anticipated these changes will have a negligible environmental impact.</p><p> </p><p>While the UK remains a member of the EU, the Government is obliged to make these changes. It may be possible to amend these rules once the UK has left the EU.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 292304 question first answered 03/10/2019 13:13:33 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1147020

	registered interest
	date	30/09/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Fossil Fuels: VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential effect on the environment of an increase in VAT on fossil fuels.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	292303
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>HM Treasury has no current plans to increase VAT on fossil fuels. All taxes are kept under review and decisions on tax and their impact are considered as part of the normal fiscal policy making process.</p><p> </p><p>The Government takes its environmental responsibilities very seriously and has commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions under the Climate Change Act 2008, as well as the Paris Agreement, which was ratified in November 2016.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 03/10/2019 14:48:41 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1147021

	registered interest
	date	30/09/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Solar Power: VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department assessed the environmental impact of increasing VAT on materials used for solar installations prior to making that decision.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	292304
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to greening our economy and designed the changes for energy-saving materials to retain as much of the VAT relief as possible for UK households, while complying with EU law. It is anticipated these changes will have a negligible environmental impact.</p><p> </p><p>While the UK remains a member of the EU, the Government is obliged to make these changes. It may be possible to amend these rules once the UK has left the EU.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 292302 question first answered 03/10/2019 13:13:33 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1147023

	registered interest
	date	30/09/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Cash Dispensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will instruct the Payment Systems Regulator to take the necessary steps to prevent further reductions in access to free-to-use cash machines.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	292108
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises the continued importance of free access to cash to the day-to-day lives of many consumers and businesses in the UK. The Government is engaging, and will continue to engage, with the regulators and industry on this important topic.</p><p> </p><p>LINK, the scheme that runs the UK’s ATM network, has publicly committed to maintain the broad geographic spread of ATMs and has put in place specific arrangements to protect remote free-to-use ATMs one kilometre or further from the next nearest free-to-use ATM. More recently, LINK has committed to protecting free access to cash on high streets – where there is a cluster of five or more retailers – that don’t have a free-to-use ATM or a Post Office counter within 1 kilometre.</p><p> </p><p>UK Finance has also launched a Community Access to Cash Initiative, offering grants to local communities to improve cash access.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government established the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) in 2015, with robust powers and a statutory objective to ensure that the UK's payment systems work in the interests of their users. The PSR regulates LINK and is monitoring ATM market developments closely. The PSR has used its powers to hold LINK to account over their public commitments.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 03/10/2019 16:15:12 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1147129

	registered interest
	date	30/09/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Banks: North West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of high street bank branches that have closed in (a) the North West, (b) Merseyside and (c) Wallasey in the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Wallasey
	tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
	uin	292112
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>The Treasury does not make assessments of the bank branch network. The decision to close a branch is a commercial issue for the management team of the bank. However, Government believes it is important the impact on communities must be understood, considered and mitigated where possible. That is why the Government continues to be very supportive of the Access to Banking Standard and the commitment it places on banks to minimise the impact of branch closures, including by ensuring that customers are aware of the alternative ways they can continue to access banking services. These include the Post Office, which allows 95% of business and 99% of personal banking customers to carry out their everyday banking at 11,500 Post Office branches across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Financial Conduct Authority undertook an analysis of branch closures as part of their Strategic Review of Retail Banking Business Models. This analysis can be found in Annex 1 of the final report.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 03/10/2019 16:12:22 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1147131

	registered interest
	date	30/09/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Thomas Cook: Insolvency
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 30 September 2019 to Question 290754, whether the Government met, held discussions or corresponded with the management of the Royal Bank of Scotland to discuss Thomas Cook UK between 14 September 2019 and the collapse of that company.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	292221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text The government has no role in the operational decision making of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). The government manages its shareholding in RBS at arm’s length and on a commercial basis through UK Government Investments Ltd (UKGI). UKGI's role is to manage the investment and not the bank itself. Operational decisions, including relating to commercial lending, are made by RBS.<p> </p><p>Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-giftsand-overseas-travel</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 03/10/2019 16:18:20 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1146595

	registered interest
	date	26/09/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Roadchef: Employee Benefit Trusts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will undertake an inquiry into delays in resolving the dispute between HMRC and the Roadchef Employee Benefits Trust.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	291335
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p>The administration of the tax system is a matter for HM Revenue and Customs. It would not be appropriate for Treasury Ministers to become involved in the administration of the tax system in specific cases.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 01/10/2019 15:59:41 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1146603

	registered interest
	date	26/09/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Oil: Excise Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to reduce excise duty on UK produced petroleum.
	tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
	tabling member printed	Melanie Onn
	uin	291457
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>The government recognises that transport is a significant cost for households and businesses. That is why for the last nine years the government has frozen fuel duty at a cost of £53bn, saving the average car driver £1,000 compared to pre-2010 plans.</p><p> </p><p>All taxes remain under review with any future decision made as part of the normal Budget processes and in the context of the wider fiscal position.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 01/10/2019 14:10:31 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
	tabling member	4464 label Biography information for Melanie Onn