0 1 10 671 Treasury false 1 Royal Mint: Staff 2019-07-12 14 276575 Treasury Biography information for Clive Lewis Clive Lewis House of Commons To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people are employed (a) full time and (b) part-time by the Royal Mint. Norwich South Treasury 2019-07-19T11:17:54.617Z Newark Robert Jenrick false 2019-07-19 Biography information for Robert Jenrick <p>The Royal Mint currently employs 726 full-time employees, and 48 part-time employees.</p> Bim Afolami 2019-07-19T11:15:18.533Z Newark Robert Jenrick false 2019-07-19 <p>Public sector net investment is set to reach levels not sustained in 40 years. In addition, public sector gross investment, which is net investment plus depreciation, helps to show the spending element of this. These figures include both economic and social infrastructure, as well as spending on other areas classified as capital spending. The latest figures from the Office for Budget Responsibility show that total public sector gross investment was £79.6bn in 2010-11, £71.4bn in 2011-12, £75.9bn in 2012-13, £68.7bn in 2013-14, £75.6bn in 2014-15, £74.2bn in 2015-16, £79.2bn in 2016-17, £83.7bn in 2017-18 and £82.0bn in 2018-19. Public sector gross investment peaked around the financial crisis due to Government intervention to support the economy. According to the National Infrastructure Assessment carried out by the National Infrastructure Commission in 2017, spending on economic infrastructure had risen from £12.4bn in 2012-13 to £18.7bn in 2016-17.</p> Treasury Infrastructure: Capital Investment 2019-07-12 Hitchin and Harpenden To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money from the public purse has been spent on infrastructure in each year since 2010. false 1 14 Treasury Biography information for Bim Afolami 276591 Treasury Treasury Treasury 14 To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a green tax on air travel which would be invested in environmentally-friendly transport infrastructure. Paul Farrelly Biography information for Paul Farrelly Treasury 1 2019-07-15T16:41:53.91Z Newark Robert Jenrick false 2019-07-15 <p>The UK plays key role in multilateral action on aviation emissions, such as the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA), and levies a tax on aviation, Air Passenger Duty (APD), one of very few countries to do so.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst APD is not primarily an environmental tax, it ensures that a sector responsible for approximately 7% of UK greenhouse gas emissions paid tax of £3.6 billion in 2018-19 on its activities. This is particularly important in the absence of any duty on commercial aviation fuel or VAT on airline tickets, in line with international convention.</p><p> </p><p>APD receipts fund our vital public services and other Government priorities, including tackling climate change.</p> Aviation: Taxation Newcastle-under-Lyme 275701 2019-07-10 false Carolyn Harris 14 Biography information for Carolyn Harris 1 2019-07-17T12:41:17.587Z Newark Robert Jenrick false 2019-07-17 <p>The Tobacco Products (Traceability and Security Features) Regulations 2019 require the movement of tobacco products to be recorded by economic operators through the supply chain.</p><p>Tobacco manufacturers are required to provide economic operators with the software necessary to record movements.</p><p> </p><p>If an economic operator is unable to comply with the Regulations due to software issues, HM Revenue &amp; Customs will consider what action to take on a case-by-case basis according to the facts of the particular case.</p> Treasury Treasury 2019-07-09 false Tobacco: Smuggling Swansea East To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will ensure that economic operators who are unable to comply with the Tobacco Products (Traceability and Security Features) Regulations 2019 due to software issues will not be penalised. 275233 Treasury Treasury 275232 false To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2019 to Question 272300, what the diesel duty revenues were from (a) shipping, (b) agriculture, (c) road users, (d) rail and (e) any other sectoral information held by his Department in each of the last 10 years. Biography information for Alan Brown Treasury 1 14 2019-07-09 Diesel: Excise Duties Kilmarnock and Loudoun Treasury 2019-07-17T12:39:22.317Z Newark Robert Jenrick false 2019-07-17 Duty is collected when fuel leaves a refinery or import terminal, so HMRC data does not break down diesel duty revenues by sectors where fuel is used. HMRC publishes information on historic fuel duty receipts on Page 5 of the <a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Tax%20and%20Duty%20Bulletins/Oils0519.xls" target="_blank">Hydrocarbon Oils Bulletin</a>. This shows receipts for diesel taxed at the full rate of duty for road use and also for rebated ‘gas oil’. This refers to marked diesel which is taxed at a reduced rate of duty because it is intended for off road use in sectors such as agriculture and construction, as well as for maritime and rail transport. Alan Brown 2019-07-09 Treasury Treasury Biography information for Daniel Zeichner Cambridge 2019-07-17T11:03:10.213Z Newark Robert Jenrick false 2019-07-17 <p>The Government has legislated to amend its long-term greenhouse gas emissions target to reach net zero by 2050.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has a number of policies in place to tax polluting goods in order to tackle climate change. These include the Carbon Price Support rate, a tax on fossil fuels used in power generation, and the Climate Change Levy, a tax on businesses’ consumption of gas, electricity and solid fuels.</p> false Treasury Climate Change Daniel Zeichner To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of imposing taxes on polluting goods to tackle climate change. 275212 14 1 To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 49 of Budget 2018, what progress he has made on the establishment of a UK-wide Anti-Illicit Trade Group. Mary Glindon Biography information for Mary Glindon Treasury Smuggling North Tyneside 14 1 false 2019-07-08 Treasury Treasury 274536 2019-07-11T15:11:29.393Z Newark Robert Jenrick false 2019-07-11 <p>Following the recommendations in the report of the APPG on Illicit Trade, the Government announced, at Budget 2018, the establishment of a new UK-wide Anti-Illicit Trade Group.</p><p> </p><p>Officials are currently working to establish a first meeting of the new Group and further announcements will be made in due course.</p> Treasury 2019-07-16T16:49:37.183Z Newark Robert Jenrick false 2019-07-16 <p>At Budget 2018, the Chancellor announced his intention to tackle the scourge of single-use plastic waste through the introduction of a new tax on plastic packaging which does not contain a sufficient amount of recycled content. Earlier this year, the government launched a consultation seeking views on the initial proposed design for the tax. This closed in May and the government intends to publish a summary of responses in due course.</p><p> </p><p>As with any new tax, extensive work must be carried out before implementation, to ensure the tax operates effectively. The new tax will be introduced in April 2022.</p> Biography information for Angela Crawley 2019-07-08 false 1 To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Government plans to introduce the plastic packaging tax announced in the 2018 Budget. Treasury Angela Crawley Plastics: Taxation Treasury 274573 14 Lanark and Hamilton East 2019-07-16T16:04:52.227Z Newark Robert Jenrick false 2019-07-16 <p>The Government engages in a range of activities designed to facilitate lower global greenhouse gas emissions, including through international diplomacy, and the provision of Official Development Assistance.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the Green Finance Strategy, the Government will align the UK’s Official Development Assistance spending with the Paris Agreement. In practical terms, this will include ensuring any investment support for fossil fuels affecting emissions is in line with the Paris Agreement temperature goals and transition plans.</p> Treasury 1 To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he has taken to discourage investment in fossil fuels overseas. 274576 Lanark and Hamilton East Treasury 2019-07-08 false Treasury 14 Fossil Fuels: Foreign Investment Angela Crawley 2019-07-08 Stroud false 14 1 Treasury Biography information for Dr David Drew 2019-07-16T15:59:51.55Z Newark Robert Jenrick false 2019-07-16 <p>A number of respondents to last year’s call for evidence on single use plastic waste suggested that an incineration tax could discourage incineration and promote other forms of waste management such as recycling.</p><p>At Budget 2018, the Chancellor announced that he would not at this point be taking forward a tax on the incineration of waste. However, should wider policies not deliver the government’s waste ambitions, government will consider the introduction of such a tax, in conjunction with landfill tax, taking account of the possible impacts on local authorities.</p> 274431 Treasury Incinerators: Taxation Treasury Dr David Drew To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessments his Department has made of the effect of differing levels of incineration tax on the amount of waste going to (a) incineration and (b) recycling.