625 10 0 264356 House of Commons Treasury 14 To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what contracts his Department has awarded in each of the last five years that were positively assessed on criteria for (a) UK content, (b) socio-economic weighting and (c) most economically advantageous tender. Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones North Durham Mr Kevan Jones false 2019-06-18T12:45:23.083Z Newark Robert Jenrick false 2019-06-18 Biography information for Robert Jenrick <p>Contracts are awarded to suppliers submitting the most economically advantageous tender demonstrating the delivery of value for money.</p><p> </p><p>Crown Commercial Service, who act as HM Treasury’s commercial arm, have a policy of always considering social value, and building it into its commercial agreements wherever it is appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>The Government wants UK companies to be successful in public procurement but it is unlawful to negatively assess a bid from a foreign supplier, or a supplier with a foreign supply chain.</p> 1 Treasury Treasury 2019-06-13 Treasury: Contracts 1 Treasury 2019-06-18T12:48:36.783Z Newark Robert Jenrick false 2019-06-18 <p>Leaving the EU without a deal remains the default option on 31 October. As a responsible government, we have been preparing for all EU exit eventualities, including the possibility of no deal, for over two years. In light of the extension that has now been agreed, departments are making sensible decisions about the timing and pace at which some of this work is progressing, but we will continue to prepare for all exit scenarios. When necessary we will continue to update our advice on <a href="http://gov.uk/euexit" target="_blank">gov.uk/euexit</a> on how businesses and citizens should prepare.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury has allocated over £4.2 billion to prepare for our withdrawal from the EU since 2016, including over £2bn for the 19-20 financial year. This funding will help departments to manage pressures arising from exit preparations, as well as ensuring that the UK is prepared to seize the opportunities available when we leave the EU. The Treasury has also made arrangements to ensure that departments and the Devolved Administrations can fund measures to address civil contingencies in a no deal scenario.</p> Treasury Treasury: Brexit 14 Treasury Sir Christopher Chope 2019-06-13 Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what further steps his Department plans to take to prepare for the UK leaving the EU on 31 October 2019 without withdrawal agreement. Christchurch 264307 false Shipley 14 2019-06-12 Treasury Treasury Football Pools: Excise Duties 2019-06-18T12:51:50.137Z Newark Robert Jenrick false 2019-06-18 <p>The government has no current plans to reduce Pool Betting Duty.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury however keeps all taxes, including Pool Betting Duty, under active review.</p> Philip Davies 263782 false Treasury To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to reduce the duty on the football pools to ten per cent. Biography information for Philip Davies 1 Gareth Thomas Treasury: Empty Property 2019-06-18T12:50:30.987Z Newark Robert Jenrick false 2019-06-18 <p>HM Treasury does not own any land or building that are (a) sitting empty or (b) in process of being sold or disposed of.</p> Harrow West 14 Treasury 263040 false 1 To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the name and location of the land and buildings owned by his Department that is (a) sitting empty and (b) in the process of being sold or disposed of; and if he will make a statement. Treasury Treasury 2019-06-11 Biography information for Gareth Thomas Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties 262346 Fiona Bruce Treasury 1 2019-06-13T15:56:52.837Z Newark Robert Jenrick false 2019-06-13 <p>HM Treasury keeps all taxes, including alcohol duties, under review.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has assessed that the increase in alcohol duty rates in line with inflation at the last budget is likely to lead to a minor decrease in overall alcohol consumption in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Further information on the impact of the alcohol duty changes can be found on the associated Tax Information and Impact Note, published in October 2018: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/increase-in-alcohol-duty-rates/alcohol-duty-uprating" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/increase-in-alcohol-duty-rates/alcohol-duty-uprating</a></p> Congleton 2019-06-10 Treasury Treasury To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate the Government has of the effect of the alcohol duty freeze on (a) public health and (b) alcohol-related deaths. Biography information for Fiona Bruce 14 false 14 Greenhouse Gas Emissions 261071 Treasury 1 false To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Financial Times article entitled UK net zero emissions target will cost more than £1tn, published on 5 June 2019, if he will place a copy of his letter to the Prime Minister on the costs and benefits of moving to a net zero target for UK greenhouse gas emissions in the House of Commons Library. Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead Treasury Southampton, Test Treasury 2019-06-06 Dr Alan Whitehead 2019-06-11T12:41:50.463Z Newark Robert Jenrick false 2019-06-11 <p>It has been the longstanding policy of successive governments not to comment on the content of leaked material.</p> Justin Madders false 261261 14 2019-06-13T15:59:05.897Z Newark Robert Jenrick false 2019-06-13 <p>The information is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The law is clear that any individual performing work is entitled to receive the National Minimum or National Living Wage. The Government is committed to enforcing this right.</p><p> </p><p>Crown Commercial Service (CCS), who act as HM Treasury’s commercial arm, require suppliers to comply with all applicable human rights and employment laws in the jurisdictions in which they work. Suppliers must also have robust means of ensuring compliance through their supply chain.</p> Treasury: Living Wage To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of organisations that hold contracts with his Department pay the National Living Wage. Biography information for Justin Madders Treasury Treasury 1 Ellesmere Port and Neston 2019-06-06 Treasury Biography information for Tom Brake To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value was of grants made to (a) Government and (b) UK businesses and organisations from Horizon 2020 in (i) 2015, (ii) 2016, (iii) 2017 and (iv) 2018. Treasury 259822 Horizon 2020 14 Treasury Treasury 2019-06-04 false Tom Brake Carshalton and Wallington 1 2019-06-10T13:35:44.42Z Newark Robert Jenrick false 2019-06-10 <p>Financial contributions from the European Commission to the UK, as part of Horizon 2020 and broken down by organisation type and calendar year, can be found online at:</p><p><a href="https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/dashboard/sense/app/93297a69-09fd-4ef5-889f-b83c4e21d33e/sheet/a879124b-bfc3-493f-93a9-34f0e7fba124/state/analysis" target="_blank">https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/dashboard/sense/app/93297a69-09fd-4ef5-889f-b83c4e21d33e/sheet/a879124b-bfc3-493f-93a9-34f0e7fba124/state/analysis</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The EIB publishes details of all projects on their website, which can be filtered by country. The EIB do not provide data on the split between the public and private sector. Details can be accessed via the link below :</p><p><a href="http://www.eib.org/projects/loan/list/?region=1&amp;country=GB" target="_blank">http://www.eib.org/projects/loan/list/?region=1&amp;country=GB</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Government contributes to the EU budget as a whole and not to individual EU programmes, such as Horizon 2020. Therefore, it is not possible to separate UK funding which has been allocated to Horizon 2020. The European Commission does publish details of total annual expenditure on each EU programme which can be found online at: <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/budget/figures/interactive/index_en.cfm" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/budget/figures/interactive/index_en.cfm</a>.</p><p>Further information on the UK’s gross and net contributions to the EU Budget can be found in the European Union Finances 2018 statement, available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/european-union-finances-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/european-union-finances-2018</a>.</p><p>The UK does not make an annual contribution to the EIB. Throughout the UK’s membership of the EIB, the UK has made payments totaling c.£1.8bn to the capital of the EIB.</p><p> </p> 259823 259824 false Tom Brake 1 Treasury Treasury To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, What is the value was of loans made by the European Investment Bank to (a) Government and (b) UK businesses and organisations in (i) 2015, (ii) 2016, (iii) 2017 and (iv) 2018. 2019-06-10T13:35:44.467Z Newark Robert Jenrick false 2019-06-10 <p>Financial contributions from the European Commission to the UK, as part of Horizon 2020 and broken down by organisation type and calendar year, can be found online at:</p><p><a href="https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/dashboard/sense/app/93297a69-09fd-4ef5-889f-b83c4e21d33e/sheet/a879124b-bfc3-493f-93a9-34f0e7fba124/state/analysis" target="_blank">https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/dashboard/sense/app/93297a69-09fd-4ef5-889f-b83c4e21d33e/sheet/a879124b-bfc3-493f-93a9-34f0e7fba124/state/analysis</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The EIB publishes details of all projects on their website, which can be filtered by country. The EIB do not provide data on the split between the public and private sector. Details can be accessed via the link below :</p><p><a href="http://www.eib.org/projects/loan/list/?region=1&amp;country=GB" target="_blank">http://www.eib.org/projects/loan/list/?region=1&amp;country=GB</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Government contributes to the EU budget as a whole and not to individual EU programmes, such as Horizon 2020. Therefore, it is not possible to separate UK funding which has been allocated to Horizon 2020. The European Commission does publish details of total annual expenditure on each EU programme which can be found online at: <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/budget/figures/interactive/index_en.cfm" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/budget/figures/interactive/index_en.cfm</a>.</p><p>Further information on the UK’s gross and net contributions to the EU Budget can be found in the European Union Finances 2018 statement, available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/european-union-finances-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/european-union-finances-2018</a>.</p><p>The UK does not make an annual contribution to the EIB. Throughout the UK’s membership of the EIB, the UK has made payments totaling c.£1.8bn to the capital of the EIB.</p><p> </p> 259822 259824 Carshalton and Wallington 14 European Investment Bank Treasury 259823 2019-06-04 2019-06-10T13:35:44.513Z Newark Robert Jenrick false 2019-06-10 <p>Financial contributions from the European Commission to the UK, as part of Horizon 2020 and broken down by organisation type and calendar year, can be found online at:</p><p><a href="https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/dashboard/sense/app/93297a69-09fd-4ef5-889f-b83c4e21d33e/sheet/a879124b-bfc3-493f-93a9-34f0e7fba124/state/analysis" target="_blank">https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/dashboard/sense/app/93297a69-09fd-4ef5-889f-b83c4e21d33e/sheet/a879124b-bfc3-493f-93a9-34f0e7fba124/state/analysis</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The EIB publishes details of all projects on their website, which can be filtered by country. The EIB do not provide data on the split between the public and private sector. Details can be accessed via the link below :</p><p><a href="http://www.eib.org/projects/loan/list/?region=1&amp;country=GB" target="_blank">http://www.eib.org/projects/loan/list/?region=1&amp;country=GB</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Government contributes to the EU budget as a whole and not to individual EU programmes, such as Horizon 2020. Therefore, it is not possible to separate UK funding which has been allocated to Horizon 2020. The European Commission does publish details of total annual expenditure on each EU programme which can be found online at: <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/budget/figures/interactive/index_en.cfm" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/budget/figures/interactive/index_en.cfm</a>.</p><p>Further information on the UK’s gross and net contributions to the EU Budget can be found in the European Union Finances 2018 statement, available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/european-union-finances-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/european-union-finances-2018</a>.</p><p>The UK does not make an annual contribution to the EIB. Throughout the UK’s membership of the EIB, the UK has made payments totaling c.£1.8bn to the capital of the EIB.</p><p> </p> 259822 259823 To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding the Government allocated from the public purse to (a) Horizon 2020 and (b) European Investment Bank in (i) 2015, (ii) 2016, (iii) 2017 and (iv) 2018. Tom Brake 1 Carshalton and Wallington 14 Treasury Treasury false 259824 2019-06-04 European Investment Bank and Horizon 2020: Finance Treasury 1