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registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Arts: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to extend creative tax relief to new sectors.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	113062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The creative sector tax reliefs provide support to ensure that creative industries thrive in the UK. There are currently seven schemes, covering film, animation, high-end TV, children’s TV, video games, theatre and orchestra.</p><p> </p><p>The government has recently legislated for an eighth creative sector relief, for museums and galleries.</p><p> </p><p>The government keeps all tax reliefs under review.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 20/11/2017 14:42:55 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

771385

registered interest
date	16/10/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Entertainers: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that performers contracted to work in shows under the management of a director employed as workers and are remunerated as such.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	107898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is committed to robustly tackling false self-employment; it investigates any evidence suggesting that workers have been misclassified for tax purposes. It will identify the facts and take steps to ensure the right tax, NICs, interest and any penalties are paid. Every complaint made through the ACAS helpline for National Minimum Wage compliance is investigated, and HMRC always takes action where they believe an employer is not paying its workers the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC publishes guidance about the status of actors and performers here: https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/employment-status-manual/esm4121</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 24/10/2017 09:23:51 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

723099

registered interest
date	21/04/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) music venues, (b) nightclubs and discoteques and (c) public halls in England have a rateable value of less than £100,000.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	71630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>There are 349 public halls and 1,158 nightclubs and discotheques with a rateable value less than £100,000 in England, as identified by the categorisation used for compiling the 2017 Rating Lists.</p><p> </p><p>There is no classification specifically for music venues so it is not possible to reliably estimate a number for that category.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 26/04/2017 15:09:29 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

714985

registered interest
date	29/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Taxis: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether representations were made by or on behalf of his predecessor to the former Mayor of London on the regulation of the taxi and private-hire industry in London.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	69745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>As you would expect, the previous Chancellor had discussions with the former Mayor on policies in which they have a shared interest, including London taxis and private hire vehicles among many other transport and economic policy areas.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 18/04/2017 14:17:01 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

711359

registered interest
date	15/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Video Games: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many companies have claimed video games tax relief in each financial year since 2014; and in which regions of the UK those companies are located.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	68115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>Tax relief was claimed for 45 video games with a financial year of completion of 2014-15 and for 65 video games with a financial year of completion of 2015-16. The limited number of returns means it is not possible to present regional statistics while maintaining the standards of HM Revenue and Customs’ statistical disclosure controls.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 20/03/2017 11:57:41 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

449758

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Uber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many meetings Ministers and officials of his Department have had with representatives of Uber in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	25295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2016 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery.</p><p> </p><p>Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available via the gov.uk website</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 05/02/2016 13:51:04 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest