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	registered interest
	date	01/03/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on reducing Air Passenger Duty.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	29288
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>In the absence of any taxation of international aviation fuel and no VAT on international or domestic flights, Air Passenger Duty (APD) ensures that the aviation sector plays its part in contributing towards general taxation and helping to bring down the deficit. In 2014-15, APD raised £3.2bn, an important part of the Government’s tax revenues.</p><p> </p><p>Nevertheless, the Government has recently made reforms to APD to cut the longest haul rates and exempt children, reducing the tax burden by £1.5 billion over the period 2015-2020.</p><p> </p><p>Like all taxes, APD is kept under review with any changes announced at fiscal events.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 07/03/2016 11:51:16 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

457019

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2016
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Flood Control: South East
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Environment Agency plans to spend on flood prevention for Crawley, Gatwick and the Upper River Mole over the next three years.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	29512
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>In the next three years the Environment Agency expects to spend £4,034,000 on completion of the Upper Mole Flood Alleviation Scheme. The Environment Agency also expect to spend £70,250 on studies to investigate future works and have a 2016-17 allocation of approximately £94,000 for maintenance works. The Upper Mole Flood Alleviation Scheme protects the communities of Crawley, Horley and Maidenbower as well as Gatwick Airport.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 07/03/2016 14:43:29 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith