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891497

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Vocational Training: VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on the application of VAT to providers of vocational training.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Giles Watling
	uin	138113
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>Under UK law, vocational training is VAT exempt where it is provided by specific eligible bodies, including universities, schools and certain not-for-profit institutions. The normal VAT rules apply the standard rate of 20% to most commercial providers of vocational training.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 01/05/2018 15:16:11 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

901342

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Child Benefit: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to allow low income families to continue claiming child benefit if their child undertakes an apprenticeship.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Giles Watling
	uin	142930
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>Child Benefit and Child Tax Credit support parents with the extra costs of raising a child. Both are payable for children until 31st August following their 16th birthday. After this, the young person must satisfy additional conditions: they must remain in full-time, non-advanced education up to and including A-level/GNVQ level 3, or equivalent, or they must be undertaking a course of approved training. If a young person is undertaking a paid apprenticeship, or they are in training or education by virtue of a contract of employment, the family is no longer eligible.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 142931 question first answered 16/05/2018 13:13:20 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

901343

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Child Tax Credits: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to make low income families eligible for child tax credits if their child undertakes an apprenticeship.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Giles Watling
	uin	142931
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>Child Benefit and Child Tax Credit support parents with the extra costs of raising a child. Both are payable for children until 31st August following their 16th birthday. After this, the young person must satisfy additional conditions: they must remain in full-time, non-advanced education up to and including A-level/GNVQ level 3, or equivalent, or they must be undertaking a course of approved training. If a young person is undertaking a paid apprenticeship, or they are in training or education by virtue of a contract of employment, the family is no longer eligible.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 142930 question first answered 16/05/2018 13:13:20 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1181545

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Environment Protection: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to maintain the carbon price in the next 12 months; and what assessment he has made of the effect of carbon pricing on the decarbonisation of the UK economy.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Giles Watling
	uin	22429
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to carbon pricing as a decarbonisation tool following the transition period. In line with the Withdrawal Agreement, the UK will remain in the EU Emissions Trading System until 31 December 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside the EU ETS, the UK also applies the Carbon Price Support rate. Together, these have helped to reduce the importance of coal in the UK’s energy generation mix: electricity generation from coal usage has fallen from 40% in 2012 to 5% in 2018. Further detail on carbon pricing will be set out at the Budget.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, in November 2019, HM Treasury published Terms of Reference for its review into how the transition to a net zero economy will be funded, and where the costs will fall. The review will ensure contributions are fair between households, businesses and the taxpayer, and will allow us to maximise economic growth opportunities from the transition. The review will publish its findings in Autumn 2020.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 09/03/2020 11:01:12 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1086661

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Film: Finance
	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 adequacy of the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme in helping domestic film production companies raise funding.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Giles Watling
	uin	230892
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>The Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme was introduced in 2012 to support investment in very early-stage companies, which often struggle to access growth capital.</p><p> </p><p>As a non-sectoral scheme, no assessment has been made of the application of the SEIS to specific industries or sectors. Since its introduction, the scheme has helped over 8,000 companies from a range of industries to raise around £800 million in investment.</p><p> </p><p>The government recognises the importance of the film industry to the UK economy, which is why it offers specific support for the production of culturally British films. Last year alone the film tax relief provided support worth £469 million, in addition to nearly £70 million in direct funding.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 19/03/2019 16:54:33 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1134959

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Electricity Generation: Nationalisation
	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 potential effect of the re-nationalisation of electricity networks on the level of personal pensions.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Giles Watling
	uin	269796
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government is fully committed to a model of private ownership with strong independent economic regulation and ensuring this model delivers for consumers. The Government has not conducted a recent assessment of the merits of private sector ownership of electricity networks; nor an assessment of the potential effect of the re-nationalisation of electricity networks on the level of personal pensions.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 269795 question first answered 01/07/2019 14:57:50 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1697190

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Defence: Finance
	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 when defence spending will reach 2.5% of GDP; whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of raising defence spending to 3% of GDP; and if he will have discussions with the Leader of the House on finding time to debate the Early Day Motion in the name of the hon. Member for Clacton, number 455, on Future defence spending.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Giles Watling
	uin	19462
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>The government has consistently prioritised defence spending. The Ministry of Defence was the first department to get certainty on its budgets in this Parliament. This settlement was the largest sustained spending increase in defence since the end of the Cold War, with a £24 billion uplift in cash terms over the four-year period. In March 2023, we also provided an extra £11 billion for defence and national security priorities over the next five years, with £4.95 billion over the next two years.</p><p> </p><p>The government’s aspiration over the longer-term is to invest 2.5% of GDP on defence, when the fiscal and economic circumstances allow.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 27/03/2024 17:04:12 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
	tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1167092

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Carbon Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps his Department is taking to support the UK's transition to a low-carbon economy; and what his policy is on the future of carbon pricing in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Giles Watling
	uin	7228
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>The UK is the G20 leader in reducing the carbon intensity of its economy, and is using a range of policy levers – including spending and taxes – to support the UK’s transition to a low-carbon economy.</p><p> </p><p>The Clean Growth Strategy set out significant investment by the Government in decarbonisation including £2.5 billion to support low carbon innovation from 2015-2021, £4.5bn to support development of renewable and low carbon heating through the Renewable Heat Incentive and £1 billion to support the uptake of ultra-low emissions vehicles. In addition, government has supported the deployment of renewable electricity projects, with annual consumer support now reaching over £10bn.</p><p> </p><p>HMT has accepted the Committee on Climate Change’s (CCC) recommendation to conduct a review into the costs and benefits of transitioning to a net zero economy. The Review will consider how to achieve this transition in a way that works for households, businesses and public finances.</p><p> </p><p>Carbon pricing has helped to drive down UK emissions, in particular from the power sector, and will continue to play an important role to help meet the UK’s legally binding carbon reduction commitments, which are unaffected by leaving the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The government is considering long-term options for carbon pricing including the possibility of linking a UK greenhouse gas emissions trading system with the EU ETS. As announced at Budget 2018, in the event the UK leaves the EU without a deal, the Carbon Emissions Tax would be introduced.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 04/11/2019 13:36:05 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
	tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1063982

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Film: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans his Department has to support domestic film production companies to raise funding.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Giles Watling
	uin	223175
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>The UK film industry is a great success story, contributing an estimated £4 billion a year to the economy and supporting nearly 70,000 jobs. Last year the government provided £469 million worth of support through the film tax relief and almost £70 million in grant in aid and national lottery funding through the British Film Institute.</p><p> </p><p>The film tax relief supports the production of culturally British films. 2,420 films have benefitted from the film tax relief since it was introduced in 2007.</p><p> </p><p>The British Film Institute supports UK film production companies through the BFI Film Fund, investing in the production of films from adventurous storytellers, the BFI Locked Box initiative, enabling production companies to benefit from the success of their films, and the BFI Vision Awards, supporting new film producers to build their companies.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 27/02/2019 10:12:14 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1134958

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Electricity Generation: Private Sector
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the merits of private sector ownership of electricity networks.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Giles Watling
	uin	269795
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government is fully committed to a model of private ownership with strong independent economic regulation and ensuring this model delivers for consumers. The Government has not conducted a recent assessment of the merits of private sector ownership of electricity networks; nor an assessment of the potential effect of the re-nationalisation of electricity networks on the level of personal pensions.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 269796 question first answered 01/07/2019 14:57:50 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling