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1156215

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2019
	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 many 50 pence coins commemorating the UK leaving the EU have been minted as of 24 October 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	4938
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>We do not comment on the Royal Mint’s production lead times as this is commercially sensitive information.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 29/10/2019 13:49:39 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1151929

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Stamp Duty Land Tax: Foreign Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2019 to Question 1587 on Sleeping Rough, if he will make an estimate of the funding that would be raised for tackling rough sleeping under a Stamp Duty Land Tax surcharge of (a) 1 and (b) 3 per cent on non-UK residents buying residential property in England and Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	4282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government has previously announced that the non-resident Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) surcharge will be set at 1%. A costing for how much the surcharge will raise will be produced at a future fiscal event once the final design of the surcharge has been confirmed. This costing will follow the usual process for analysing the revenue impacts of new tax measures, including being subject to scrutiny from the Office for Budget Responsibility.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 3582 question first answered 28/10/2019 13:57:48 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1151564

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Stamp Duty Land Tax: Foreign Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2019 to Question 1587 on Sleeping Rough, what assessment he has made of the effect of increasing the Stamp Duty Land Tax surcharge on non-UK residents buying residential property to three per cent on the prevalence of rough sleeping in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) England.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	3582
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government has previously announced that the non-resident Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) surcharge will be set at 1%. A costing for how much the surcharge will raise will be produced at a future fiscal event once the final design of the surcharge has been confirmed. This costing will follow the usual process for analysing the revenue impacts of new tax measures, including being subject to scrutiny from the Office for Budget Responsibility.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 4282 question first answered 28/10/2019 13:57:48 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1150454

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Stamp Duty Land Tax: Foreign Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is still the Government's policy to allocate taxes raised by the stamp duty surcharge on overseas property investors to fund programmes to tackle rough sleeping.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	1587
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>At Budget 2018, the Government announced it would consult on a new Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) surcharge of 1% on non-UK residents buying residential property in England and Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>This measure is designed to help control house price growth, and to ensure that those resident in the UK can get on the housing ladder.</p><p> </p><p>The revenue raised by the surcharge will be used to tackle rough sleeping alongside the £422 million funding announced at the 2019 Spending Review, in addition to the £1.2 billion the Government committed to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping in the last Spending Review period.</p><p> </p><p>The Government consulted on the surcharge earlier this year and is considering the responses.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 22/10/2019 15:07:56 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1150549

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2019 to Question 69 on Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services, how many calls were (a) received and (b) made by the imports and exports helpline by (i) nation, (ii) region and (iii) sector.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	1596
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>By the 17<sup>th</sup> October HMRC have made a total of 4421 Inbound calls and 36,732 Outbound calls. HMRC do not collect data on nation, region or sector.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/10/2019 13:23:34 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1150158

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department uses Office for National Statistics estimates of personal well-being in formulating policy; and what policies his Department has introduced to improve personal well-being in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	912
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>HM Treasury uses ONS wellbeing statistics to inform health and wellbeing policy within the department. The Treasury also measures personal wellbeing through the annual Civil Service People Survey using the same national statistics that the Office for National Statistics (ONS) use for the UK population as a whole. The survey includes personal wellbeing questions covering life satisfaction, worthwhile, happiness and anxiety.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Over the past year the department has implemented the following initiatives to support well-being: access to the Wellbeing Gateway that includes quick guides and links to policy and support for the most common wellbeing issues, development of a Wellbeing Hub detailing all the wellbeing and resilience support and training available; provision of ‘Wellbeing Confident Leader’ workshops to the senior civil service (SCS) staff and introduction of the Stress Talking Toolkit to help with the difficult conversations around stress and mental health.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 25/10/2019 07:48:43 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1149450

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Financial Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 71 of the Government's No-Deal Readiness Report, what temporary measures will be introduced to create a standalone regime for financial services when the UK leaves the EU; and what estimate he has made of the length of time that each such measure will be in place.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	442
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>As set out in the Government’s No-Deal Readiness Report, the Government has implemented a range of temporary permissions and transitional regimes for various EEA inbound financial services firms. These regimes will in most cases last three years from exit day, allowing EEA businesses to continue operating as normal in the UK while they go through the process to obtain full UK authorisation or recognition.</p><p> </p><p>While the Government has established the framework for these regimes in legislation, which Parliament has approved, the UK’s financial services regulators have been tasked with administering the operation of these regimes. Further information can be found on the regulators’ websites: https://www.fca.org.uk/brexit and https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/eu-withdrawal.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 21/10/2019 14:49:50 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1149060

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Customs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 15 of the Government's No-Deal Readiness Report, published on 8 October 2019, what the timeframe is for routine checks at borders to recommence in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	67
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>HMRC’s Day 1 model prioritises flow at the border, without compromising security. HMRC will move to a longer term model which minimises administrative burdens while improving compliance and control over time. This will be done in consultation with stakeholders.</p><p> </p><p>The easements for customs that were in place for 12 April will continue to be available to traders, should the UK leave the EU without a deal in October, for at least as long as previously announced.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/10/2019 14:07:31 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1149063

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Customs Intermediaries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 15 of the Government's No-Deal Readiness Report, how many new customs agents have been trained as a result of the £8 million made available for that purpose.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	68
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>HMRC made £8million available from December 2018 to support customs intermediaries; £3million to increase the number of training courses available and £5million for a grant scheme to increase IT automation and fund places on training courses. A second wave of grants was made available in September 2019, with a £16m investment. Training courses can be for both new employees or to improve the skills of existing ones.</p><p> </p><p>From the first wave of investment: over 3600 training courses were funded as a result of the £3m investment, and 2200 training courses were attended by businesses as a result of the £5m grant scheme, of which 1207 were undertaken by existing customs intermediaries. Employees were able to attend multiple courses so the number of individuals trained in customs procedures may be lower than the overall number of training places funded.</p><p> </p><p>Grants are still being applied for and issued for the second wave of grants so figures for the number of training courses funded are not yet available.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/10/2019 14:18:18 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1149065

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many calls have been received by the imports and exports helpline since that helpline has been operational.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	69
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text The Brexit Imports and Exports Helpline has been available since 18 September 2019. To date, the helpline has received 3271 inbound calls. The helpline has also made 28,800 outbound calls to Traders providing support, advice and signposting to GOV.UK to increase readiness for when the UK exits the EU. answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/10/2019 14:14:36 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane