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852640

registered interest
date	01/03/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: Mental Illness
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 financial lenders provide appropriate support to customers experiencing mental health difficulties.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	130636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The government is committed to building an economy that works for everyone, including those experiencing mental health difficulties.</p><p> </p><p>The Regulation of consumer credit is a matter for the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The government has given the FCA strong powers to protect consumers. It requires all lenders to treat customers fairly, and to establish appropriate policies for dealing with vulnerable customers, including those with mental health difficulties.</p><p> </p><p>We have passed the honourable lady’s question on to the FCA, who will reply directly to her by letter. A copy of the letter will be placed in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 08/03/2018 12:21:46 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

851510

registered interest
date	28/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has plans to stop HMRC promoting an 0843 premium rate customer service number on its website instead of the local rate 0300 number.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	130273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>HMRC’s ‘Contact Us pages on the .Gov.UK website do not promote 0843 numbers. All HMRC customer-facing telephone numbers on the Gov.UK pages start with 03.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 05/03/2018 16:39:41 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

851572

registered interest
date	28/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister of State for Transport of 27 February 2018, Official Report, column 794, what methodology is used to allocate revenue raised from vehicle excise duty to (a) road construction projects and (b) roads maintenance; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	130335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>Future roads investment in England will be underpinned by a new Roads Fund paid for directly from the revenues of Vehicle Excise Duty from 2020-21. The split between operations, renewals and maintenance on the strategic road network will be decided as part of Roads Investment Strategy 2. The Government is currently consulting on the scope of and process for investment decisions on the Major Road Network.</p><p> </p><p>The Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive will receive Barnett consquentials on this funding in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 05/03/2018 11:40:51 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

851727

registered interest
date	28/02/2018
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 assessment he has made of the effect of reducing Air Passenger Duty by 50 per cent on (a) the number of passenger journeys and (b) air routes.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	130490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2018 answer text <p>International treaties ensure that there is no taxation of international aviation fuel, and the Government does not levy VAT on flights. APD ensures the aviation sector contributes its fair share to general taxation. Even at the current rates of APD, UK airports have enjoyed strong passenger growth: exceeding 15% in the previous five years.</p><p>The Government has not conducted an assessment of route opportunities under the specific scenarios mentioned. However, the Government is working with the sector to understand better how they believe any reduced APD rates might support new routes and increase connectivity.</p><p>The government will also look at the effects of APD and VAT on tourism in Northern Ireland. A call for evidence on this issue was announced at Autumn Budget 2017 and will be published in due course. Respondents in the aviation industry will be able to submit evidence on the wider impacts of APD upon UK tourism.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 130357 130358 130359 question first answered 09/03/2018 11:15:57 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

850750

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of RegTech's potential effect on reducing the administrative burden of regulation.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	129986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>RegTech has significant potential to reduce the administrative burden of regulation. The Financial Conduct Authority is already aware of the opportunities associated with RegTech, and have run a series of ‘tech sprints’ intended to address specific industry challenges.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 07/03/2018 13:47:09 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

850929

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Cash Dispensing: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of LINK's decision on interchange fees on the ability of UK consumers to freely access cash.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	130140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises that widespread free access to cash remains extremely important to the day-to-day lives of many consumers and businesses in the UK. Government has been engaging and will continue to engage with the regulators and industry, including LINK, to ensure that it is maintained.</p><p> </p><p>The Government established the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) in 2015 with a statutory objective to ensure that the UK’s payment systems work in the interests of their users.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this, the PSR is monitoring developments within ATM provision. The PSR recently commissioned work to understand the impact on the provision of free-to-use ATMs that a reduction in interchange fees may have. They have also set out three requirements of LINK: that LINK must maintain the current geographical spread of ATMs; that any changes made to interchange fees must be incremental to allow LINK to monitor the impact and take action if the impact is not as expected; and for a greater focus on LINK’s financial inclusion programme, to continue to fill gaps in the network. The PSR has committed to using its powers to act should LINK behave in a way that conflicts with its statutory objectives. The PSR has recently published a summary of their work to date, which can be found at https://www.psr.org.uk/psr-focus/the-UK-ATM-network.</p><p> </p><p>Following the publication of these three criteria, LINK, the scheme behind the UK’s ATM network, committed to maintaining an extensive network of free-to-use cash machines, and to ensuring that the present geographical spread of ATMs is maintained. To do this, LINK will bolster its Financial Inclusion Programme, which ensures the provision of ATMs in certain areas where demand would not otherwise make one viable. LINK will also protect all free-to-use ATMs which are a kilometre or more from the next nearest free-to-use ATM, and ensure that any community that loses ATM access because of a branch closure has a free ATM provided.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, LINK will do an annual review the impact of the interchange fee reduction as it is phased in over the next four years. In addition, LINK will set up publicly available monitoring on its website of every area of the country showing free ATM availability, and highlight any areas where free ATM availability is lost.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 130142 question first answered 05/03/2018 15:51:05 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

849965

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks and Tobacco: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the tax gap was on (a) beer, (b) wine, (c) spirits and (d) tobacco in the financial tax years (i) 2013-14, (ii) 2014-15, (iii) 2015-16 and (iv) 2016-2017; and what steps he is taking to tackle those tax gaps.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	129533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The tax gap for (a) beer, (b) wine, (c) spirits in the financial tax years (i) 2013-14, (ii) 2014-15, (iii) 2015-16 is available in Chapter 3 of ‘Measuring Tax Gaps 2017’ at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/655097/HMRC-measuring-tax-gaps-2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/655097/HMRC-measuring-tax-gaps-2017.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Estimates for the alcohol tax gaps for 2016-17 will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The tax gap was for tobacco tax all financial years including 2016-17 is available in ‘Tobacco tax gap estimates 2016-17’, available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tobacco-tax-gap-estimates" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tobacco-tax-gap-estimates</a>.</p><p> </p><p>There are two strategies in place to tackle these tax gaps: one for alcohol, and one for tobacco.</p><p> </p><p>The HM Revenue and Customs Alcohol Strategy is available at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-alcohol-strategy. This is designed to tackle all forms of fraud throughout the supply chain, working with other enforcement agencies and industry. Measures to tackle alcohol duty fraud include:</p><ul><li>Full implementation of Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme on 1 April 2017. This requires businesses to meet rigorous standards to receive approval from HMRC in order to trade. Where standards are not met approval may be refused or revoked.</li><li>The Joint Alcohol Anti-fraud Taskforce, which brings together the alcohol industry and law enforcement agencies</li><li>Sharing HMRC data with alcohol producers to restrict access by fraudsters to UK-sensitive brands, and the introduction of a ‘due diligence’ condition requiring traders to consider the risk of excise duty evasion in their supply chains.</li></ul><p> </p><p>For tobacco<em>,</em> HMRC’s strategy is detailed in “Tackling illicit tobacco: From leaf to light”, a joint publication with Border Force, available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/418732/Tackling_illicit_tobacco_-_From_leaf_to_light__2015_.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/418732/Tackling_illicit_tobacco_-_From_leaf_to_light__2015_.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>This strategy aims to:</p><p>• Create a hostile global environment for tobacco fraud through intelligence sharing and policy change.</p><p>• Tackle the fraud at all points in the supply chain from production to retail.</p><p>• Change perceptions - Raising public awareness of the links between illicit tobacco and organised criminality to reduce tolerance of the fraud in the UK.</p><p>Optimise the use of the sanctions available and, where necessary, develop tougher ones.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 01/03/2018 17:02:01 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

847752

registered interest
date	23/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Unemployment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the increase in (a) unemployment overall and (b) the number of unemployed women recorded in the figures from the Office for National Statistics published in February 2018.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	129428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>The long-term trends in the labour market are clear: since 2010, total unemployment has fallen by one million, and unemployment for women has fallen by 0.3 million. Alongside this, female employment has risen by around 1.5 million, and total employment has increased by 3 million.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 28/02/2018 13:25:42 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

846888

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Water Companies: Tax Havens
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has been made of the amount of dividends paid by water companies to overseas tax havens in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	129062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs are unable to provide the requested information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 01/03/2018 13:04:51 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

847192

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Carer's Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2018 to Question 125989, whether he plans to take steps to support financially the working parents of disabled children aged 16 to 20 who are ineligible for carers' allowance owing to their earnings status; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	St Helens South and Whiston
tabling member printed	Ms Marie Rimmer
uin	129366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The government is committed to supporting parents with caring responsibilities. Parents caring for disabled children aged 16-20 for at least 35 hours a week continue to be entitled to Carer’s Allowance, subject to their earnings. The government is also committed to supporting low earners to earn more. From this April, the National Living Wage will be increased by 4.4% to £7.83, this is equivalent to a pay rise of £2,000 for a full-time worker on the NLW since its introduction.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 27/02/2018 13:24:41 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4457 label Biography information for Ms Marie Rimmer