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1727953

registered interest
date	09/09/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Private Education: VAT
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the compatibility of the proposal to impose VAT on independent school fees with the UK's obligations under Article 26(3) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; and what advice they have received on this issue.
tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
uin	HL868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2024 answer text <p>On 29 July, the Government announced that, as of 1 January 2025, all education services and vocational training provided by a private school in the UK for a charge will be subject to VAT at the standard rate of 20 per cent. This will also apply to boarding services provided by private schools.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has considered the policy’s interaction with Human Rights law, and is confident that it is compatible with the UK’s obligations under the Human Rights Act.</p> answering member printed Lord Livermore question first answered 19/09/2024 15:16:34 answering member 4559 label Biography information for Lord Livermore
tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

1727906

registered interest
date	06/09/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Private Education: Fees and Charges
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the compatibility of their policy on charging VAT on independent schools with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), and in particular with (1) Article 2 of the First Protocol, and (2) Article 14 of the ECHR.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>On 29 July, the Government announced that, as of 1 January 2025, all education services and vocational training provided by private schools in the UK for a charge will be subject to VAT at the standard rate of 20 per cent. This will also apply to boarding services provided by private schools.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has considered the policy’s interaction with Human Rights law, and is confident that it is compatible with the UK’s obligations under the Human Rights Act.</p> answering member printed Lord Livermore question first answered 18/09/2024 13:43:58 answering member 4559 label Biography information for Lord Livermore
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1727913

registered interest
date	06/09/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether the outcome to the consultation The new alcohol duty system, which ran from 27 October 2021 to 30 January 2022, has met the stated core principles by making the system (1) simpler, (2) more economically rational, and (3) less administratively burdensome on businesses.
tabling member printed	Lord Moynihan
uin	HL848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>A new duty structure for alcohol products was introduced in August 2023 by the previous Government.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC plans to evaluate the impact of the new rates and structures three years after the changes took effect. This will allow time for HMRC to gather a broad range of data with which to evaluate the impacts.</p> answering member printed Lord Livermore question first answered 17/09/2024 15:34:23 answering member 4559 label Biography information for Lord Livermore
tabling member	924 label Biography information for Lord Moynihan

1727914

registered interest
date	06/09/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to either (1) extending, or (2) making permanent, the wine temporary easement period in order to meet the core principles outlined in The new alcohol duty system consultation, which ran from 27 October 2021 to 30 January 2022, to make the alcohol duty system (a) simpler, (b) more economically rational, and (c) less administratively burdensome.
tabling member printed	Lord Moynihan
uin	HL849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>The Chancellor and Exchequer Secretary regularly receive representations on the tax system from a wide range of stakeholders and welcome their views.</p><p> </p><p>The current, temporary duty easement for wine is due to end on 1 February 2025.</p> answering member printed Lord Livermore grouped question UIN HL850 HL852 question first answered 17/09/2024 15:34:50 answering member 4559 label Biography information for Lord Livermore
tabling member	924 label Biography information for Lord Moynihan

1727915

registered interest
date	06/09/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Wines: Excise Duties
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of challenges of producing wine which is accurately and predictably within a range of 0.5 per cent alcohol by volume (ABV) for the purposes of taxation, given that wine is an agricultural product and dependent on weather; and what assessment they have made of the impact of introducing alcohol duty bands of 0.5 per cent ABV on (1) businesses, and (2) the consumer.
tabling member printed	Lord Moynihan
uin	HL850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>The Chancellor and Exchequer Secretary regularly receive representations on the tax system from a wide range of stakeholders and welcome their views.</p><p> </p><p>The current, temporary duty easement for wine is due to end on 1 February 2025.</p> answering member printed Lord Livermore grouped question UIN HL849 HL852 question first answered 17/09/2024 15:34:50 answering member 4559 label Biography information for Lord Livermore
tabling member	924 label Biography information for Lord Moynihan

1727917

registered interest
date	06/09/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Wines: Excise Duties
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how the proposed increase in the number of taxation bands for wine will reduce the administrative burden on the wine trade, as outlined in the consultation The new alcohol duty system, which ran from 27 October 2021 to 30 January 2022.
tabling member printed	Lord Moynihan
uin	HL852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>The Chancellor and Exchequer Secretary regularly receive representations on the tax system from a wide range of stakeholders and welcome their views.</p><p> </p><p>The current, temporary duty easement for wine is due to end on 1 February 2025.</p> answering member printed Lord Livermore grouped question UIN HL849 HL850 question first answered 17/09/2024 15:34:50 answering member 4559 label Biography information for Lord Livermore
tabling member	924 label Biography information for Lord Moynihan

1727790

registered interest
date	05/09/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Ian Corfield
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Smith of Basildon on 4 September (HL Deb col 1157), and to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office on 4 September (HC2317), whether the Chancellor of the Exchequer declared her political donation from Ian Corfield to the Treasury Permanent Secretary before he was appointed as a civil servant by exception; whether they considered recusal; and whether the Civil Service Commission was informed of the donation before they considered the request for an exception to the Recruitment Principles in this matter.
tabling member printed	Baroness Neville-Rolfe
uin	HL810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>Ian Corfield was appointed on a short-term basis to carry out urgent work in support of the government’s International Investment Summit in October. A full recruitment process could not have been completed in the time available. The donation was included in the Chancellor's Register of Member's Interests. He has since been appointed, unpaid, as a direct ministerial appointment. The Civil Service Commission has published their letter to HM Treasury approving the appointment of Ian Corfield.</p> answering member printed Lord Livermore question first answered 17/09/2024 14:22:47 answering member 4559 label Biography information for Lord Livermore
tabling member	4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe

1727815

registered interest
date	05/09/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Individual Savings Accounts
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they still intend to introduce the British ISA.
tabling member printed	Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown
uin	HL806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>The government will provide further information on its plans for the British ISA in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Livermore question first answered 17/09/2024 14:13:41 answering member 4559 label Biography information for Lord Livermore
tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

1727463

registered interest
date	04/09/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business Rates: Valuation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the last Valuation Office Agency business rates revaluation on critical national infrastructure, including airports and power stations.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Ladyton
uin	HL740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>The last business rates revaluation, which came into effect in England and Wales on 1 April 2023, resulted in a fall in the total rateable values for each of the sectors shown below. Using the examples provided, the figures below demonstrate the overall change in total rateable value (RV) for civil airports and fossil fuel power stations, between the 2017 and 2023 rating lists.</p><p> </p><p>Civil airports.</p><p>2017 RV: £392,425,000</p><p>2023 RV: £390,997,000</p><p> </p><p>Fossil fuel power stations.</p><p>2017 RV: £164,653,000</p><p>2023 RV: £138,420,000</p><p> </p><p>For transparency the VOA publishes official statistics for each property class, which show the change in RV. These can be found on the Non-domestic Rating Stock of Properties statistics pages for 2023 and 2024.</p><p> </p><p>The VOA carried out a revaluation of around 2.1 million non-domestic properties in England and Wales to produce the 2023 rating list. The new RVs came into force on 1 April 2023, with the 2023 RV reflecting changes in rental values between 1 April 2015 and 31 March 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The government is committed to a fairer business rates system. In our manifesto, we pledged to level the playing field between the high street and online giants, as well as to take steps to incentivise investment, tackle empty properties and support entrepreneurship.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Livermore question first answered 17/09/2024 14:32:35 answering member 4559 label Biography information for Lord Livermore
tabling member	620 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Ladyton

1727467

registered interest
date	04/09/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Pensions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the long-term (1) cost, and (2) sustainability, of public sector pensions; and what assessment they have made of how such pensions compare to those paid in the private sector.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>The Independent Public Service Pension Commission led by Lord Hutton recommended in March 2011 that projected public service pension benefit payments as a percentage of estimated future GDP is the most relevant measure of their future affordability. This is because most public service pensions are financed through taxation, which is closely related to GDP.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for Budget Responsibility <a href="https://obr.uk/frs/fiscal-risks-and-sustainability-july-2022/" target="_blank">forecast in 2022</a> that spending on public service pensions will fall from 2 per cent of GDP at present to 1.7 per cent by 2071-72. An updated forecast is expected to be published in the near future.</p><p> </p><p>Remuneration in the main public sector workforces tends to be weighted towards pension relative to pay compared to packages typically available in the private sector. The total remuneration package needs to be considered when making any comparisons. The recommendations by the independent Pay Review Bodies for the main public service workforces take account of the total reward for each workforce, including the relevant pension scheme.</p> answering member printed Lord Livermore question first answered 17/09/2024 15:18:53 answering member 4559 label Biography information for Lord Livermore
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey