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1136972

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2019
	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, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policy on the soft drinks industry levy of research by Cancer Research UK linking obesity and cancer.
	tabling member constituency	Norwich South
	tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
	uin	273450
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>All taxes are kept under review. New evidence related to fiscal interventions such as the Soft Drinks Industry Levy is considered as part of the normal Budget process. As set out in Phase 2 of the Childhood Obesity Strategy, HMT will review the Soft Drinks Industry Levy exemption for milk-based drinks in 2020.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 09/07/2019 07:26:58 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1136976

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Coinage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money from the public purse has been spent on the creation of the new 50p coin to commemorate the UK leaving the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Norwich South
	tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
	uin	273452
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>The cost of designing and producing commemorative coins is met by the Royal Mint out of its own revenues, at no cost to the taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 09/07/2019 07:24:38 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1136299

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Offshore Industry: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Written Statement of 21 March 2019 on Decommissioning Relief Deeds, HCWS1435, what the name is of the oil company that defaulted on its decommissioning obligations causing the Government to make two payments totaling £45.4 million in 2017-18; what the circumstances were of that default; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the evidential basis for calculating the provision of £357.1 million for future defaults.
	tabling member constituency	Norwich South
	tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
	uin	272255
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>HM Treasury’s 2018-19 accounts recognise a provision of £357m payable to MCX Dunlin and MCX Osprey in respect of decommissioning expenditure in relation to the Dunlin cluster of fields, created as a result of Fairfield Energy defaulting on their decommissioning obligations. The decision to decommission the Dunlin cluster was a commercial decision made by Fairfield Energy, MCX Dunlin and MCX Osprey after reaching agreement with the Oil and Gas Authority that maximised economic recovery had been achieved for these assets.</p><p> </p><p>The provision is based on the tax relief due on the estimated remaining costs of decommissioning the defaulted fields, discounted for the time value of money.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 08/07/2019 16:45:50 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1134150

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	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, what the projected revenue from the Soft Drinks Industry levy is for financial year 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	Norwich South
	tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
	uin	268572
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The current forecast for the Soft Drinks Industry Levy is published in the Office for Budget Responsibility’s March 2019 Economic and Fiscal Outlook. The 2019-20 figure is currently estimated at £344m. The publication tables can be found on the OBR’s website: <a href="https://cdn.obr.uk/Fiscal_charts_and_tables_March_2019.xlsx" target="_blank">https://cdn.obr.uk/Fiscal_charts_and_tables_March_2019.xlsx</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 02/07/2019 13:22:14 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1019927

	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	Offshore Industry: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment the Government has made of the effect of Transferable Tax History on the incentives for buying companies to increase oil and gas production and generate further revenues.
	tabling member constituency	Norwich South
	tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
	uin	198899
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government, with technical advice from the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) and representations from the industry via the trade body Oil and Gas UK, assesses that there will be instances when companies hoping to purchase mature fields will be in a position to extract more value from the field through investment than their current owner.</p><p> </p><p>However, there is a barrier to these deals taking place due to the uncertainty around whether the buyer will obtain equivalent decommissioning tax relief.</p><p> </p><p>Transferable Tax History (TTH) overcomes this uncertainty, enabling companies to complete asset deals on mature fields and allowing new investment to take place. Without TTH, transactions for mature assets are expected to be less common and the increased revenue from production is not realised.</p><p> </p><p>More details can be found in the published policy paper, <em>“Oil and gas taxation: transferable tax history and retention of decommissioning expenditure”</em>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 14/12/2018 08:50:27 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1019935

	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	Offshore Industry: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the effect of trends in the level of oil prices on the cost to the public purse of the Transferable Tax History.
	tabling member constituency	Norwich South
	tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
	uin	198900
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2018 answer text <p>Transferable tax history (TTH) is expected to increase tax receipts from the oil and gas sector by £65 million between tax years 2018-19 and 2023-24. This is based on forecast oil and gas prices as set by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility.</p><p> </p><p>A higher oil price will encourage investment in oil and gas extraction, facilitating more transactions for oil and gas fields and increasing the use of the TTH mechanism. Therefore, TTH would help increase revenues from oil and gas through increased production.</p><p> </p><p>A lower oil price will reduce the incentive for investment and decrease the likelihood that mature oil and gas fields will be sold. In this scenario the yield from new investment as a result of TTH will be lower. However, a low oil price is unlikely to result in TTH having a negative impact on tax receipts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 14/12/2018 08:51:28 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1019939

	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	Offshore Industry: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has put in place to maintain job security for workers on North Sea oil rigs when Transferable Tax History is implemented.
	tabling member constituency	Norwich South
	tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
	uin	198901
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2018 answer text <p>Transferable tax history will encourage new investment into the North Sea and prolong the productive life of the basin. This will help protect the 280,000 jobs across the UK that are supported by the industry.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 198904 question first answered 14/12/2018 08:54:00 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1019944

	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	Offshore Industry: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of limiting Transferable Tax History claims to incoming companies’ investment in (a) infrastructure, (b) maintenance, (c) retraining and (d) methane reduction.
	tabling member constituency	Norwich South
	tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
	uin	198902
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2018 answer text <p>Restricting the use of transferable tax history (TTH) in this way will make it an unattractive tool for new entrants to the basin.</p><p> </p><p>TTH has been carefully designed to put new entrants in the same tax position as current licensees. Creating a two-tier system where new entrants must meet stricter criteria than existing operators to receive tax relief will discourage much needed new investment into the basin.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 14/12/2018 08:55:11 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1019945

	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	Offshore Industry: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the net flow of revenue has been between the Treasury and North Sea oil and gas companies over the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Norwich South
	tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
	uin	198903
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2018 answer text <p>Government tax revenues from North Sea Oil and Gas companies over the last three years are reproduced in the table below. More details can be found in Table 11.11 in the publication <em>“Statistics of Government revenues from UK Oil and Gas production</em>”. Total Government revenue, including oil licence fees, is published by the Oil and Gas Authority at “<em>Table: Government revenues from UK oil and gas production 1964/65-2017/18</em>”</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total tax revenues (£m)</p></td><td><p>-2</p></td><td><p>-350</p></td><td><p>1,188</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Licence fees (£m)</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Gov Revenue (£m)</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>-285</p></td><td><p>1,250</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Link to publications<strong>: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/government-revenues-from-uk-oil-and-gas-production--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/government-revenues-from-uk-oil-and-gas-production--2</a></strong></p><p><strong><a href="https://www.ogauthority.co.uk/media/5138/tax_table_nov_2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.ogauthority.co.uk/media/5138/tax_table_nov_2018.pdf</a></strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 14/12/2018 08:56:51 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1019947

	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	Offshore Industry: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the stability and security of jobs for workers on North Sea oil rigs under Transferable Tax History.
	tabling member constituency	Norwich South
	tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
	uin	198904
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2018 answer text <p>Transferable tax history will encourage new investment into the North Sea and prolong the productive life of the basin. This will help protect the 280,000 jobs across the UK that are supported by the industry.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 198901 question first answered 14/12/2018 08:54:00 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis