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1719320

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse was of staff diversity networks in his Department in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	26943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government has audited the cost-effectiveness of all equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) activities, through the review of EDI spending announced last June.</p><p>On 14th May the Minister without Portfolio made a <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-statements%2Fdetail%2F2024-05-14%2Fhcws464&amp;data=05%7C02%7CNaten.Chatrath%40hmtreasury.gov.uk%7C3c7905517af34ed0a03008dc79ad62f3%7Ced1644c505e049e6bc39fcf7ac51c18c%7C0%7C0%7C638519032810003512%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=4y8il9Pc9ZU%2BygbgzYLk04ehua9t5cKMVW73rQLqBqE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">written statement</a> on the latest findings from the review. In response to these findings, the Cabinet Office is publishing the Civil Service EDI Expenditure Guidance. This includes an end to all external spending on EDI activity, unless cleared and authorised by Ministers.</p><p> </p><p>Further guidance on diversity staff networks is being developed, and we will seek to publish additional data on historic spending to assist transparency in this area.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 23/05/2024 16:55:25 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1716390

registered interest
date	08/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business: Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2023 to Question 1823 on Business: Insolvency, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle the trend in the number of companies declaring insolvency in that period.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	25177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government was pleased to see that the latest statistics reported by the Insolvency Service showed the number of corporate insolvencies in March 2024 had fallen by 28% compared to March 2023.</p><p>The Government continues to help businesses, including through a swathe of policy measures in the Autumn explicitly aimed at ‘Backing British business’. Recent and current policies supporting businesses include:</p><p>• Energy Bills Discount Scheme that provided discounts on high energy bills to eligible businesses and other non-domestic energy users from April 2023 to April 2024.</p><p>• Continued frozen small business rates multiplier and business rates relief for the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure sector, the latter policy supporting around 230,000 properties up to £110,000 per business.</p><p>• Payment and cashflow review outlining measures to combat late payments that can jeopardise stable cashflows.</p><p>The Government will continue to monitor the UK corporate sector, using official data and engaging with firms and business groups to inform policy decisions.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 13/05/2024 12:46:45 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1716101

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to vehicle tax for electric and low emissions vehicles from 1 April 2025 on the number of purchases of those vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
uin	24858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>From April 2025, electric and hybrid cars, vans and motorcycles will begin to pay VED in the same way as petrol and diesel vehicles. The anticipated impact is summarised in the Policy Costings document that was published alongside Autumn Statement 2022, and can be found here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6375caf8e90e072848403c47/Autumn_Statement_2022_Policy_Costings_.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6375caf8e90e072848403c47/Autumn_Statement_2022_Policy_Costings_.pdf</a> (p. 24).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 13/05/2024 13:21:01 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1714636

registered interest
date	29/04/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking with local authorities to help tackle the illicit tobacco trade.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	24094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>In January 2021 HMRC and National Trading Standards launched Operation CeCe. This joint initiative builds on decades of partnership working with local Trading Standards Officers.</p><p> </p><p>This supports them to undertake enforcement activity including the sharing of information and intelligence to target and seize illegal tobacco, disruption of the illicit tobacco market and prevention of fraud in their area. In its first two years of operation more than 28 million cigarettes and nearly 8 tonnes of illicit hand rolling-tobacco were seized.</p><p> </p><p>In January this year, HMRC published a new Illicit Tobacco Strategy ‘Stubbing out the problem’. The Strategy sets out how HMRC intends to build on the success of Operation CeCe by increasing the level of funding available to Trading Standards so that it can have an even greater impact in tackling the illicit tobacco trade.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 08/05/2024 10:28:34 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1701575

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to use revenue raised through the increase in car tax from 1 April 2024 to support (a) public transport and (b) environmental initiatives.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	22111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>The Consolidated Fund receives the proceeds of Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) and most other tax revenues. VED is being reinvested into the English road network between 2020-2025 to fund road enhancement projects. The Government uses the tax system to encourage the uptake of cars with low carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to help meet our legally binding climate change targets.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 24/04/2024 14:20:15 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1695814

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business: South Holland and the Deepings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding in Government-backed business loans was provided to businesses in South Holland and the Deepings constituency during the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	18353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>In total, the British Business Bank's Covid-19 loan support schemes (Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme, Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme and the Bounce Back Loan Scheme) supported £101.4 million of lending to businesses in the South Holland and the Deepings constituency.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 21/03/2024 16:17:23 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1695459

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Landfill Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2024 to Question 16898 on Landfill Tax, whether he has had recent discussions with the (a) Environment Agency and (b) Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the alignment of landfill tax reforms with environmental policy.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	18255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>Documents relating to the ongoing review of Landfill Tax in England and Wales are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/calls-for-evidence/landfill-tax-review-call-for-evidence" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/calls-for-evidence/landfill-tax-review-call-for-evidence</a>. These confirm the government is considering a range of options to future-proof, simplify and improve environmental outcomes from the tax.</p><p> </p><p>To this end, HM Treasury officials continue to work closely with departments including HM Revenue and Customs, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Environment Agency – as well as with external interested parties, before confirming further next steps.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies grouped question UIN 18256 question first answered 20/03/2024 14:09:25 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1695466

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Landfill Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2024 to Question 16898 on Landfill Tax, what discussions has he had with the (a) Environment Agency, (b) Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and (c) waste disposal sector on the potential impact of the removal of landfill tax exemptions.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	18256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>Documents relating to the ongoing review of Landfill Tax in England and Wales are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/calls-for-evidence/landfill-tax-review-call-for-evidence" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/calls-for-evidence/landfill-tax-review-call-for-evidence</a>. These confirm the government is considering a range of options to future-proof, simplify and improve environmental outcomes from the tax.</p><p> </p><p>To this end, HM Treasury officials continue to work closely with departments including HM Revenue and Customs, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Environment Agency – as well as with external interested parties, before confirming further next steps.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies grouped question UIN 18255 question first answered 20/03/2024 14:09:25 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1694946

registered interest
date	11/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Landfill Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of increasing landfill tax on the prevalence of waste crime.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	17803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>At Spring Budget 2024, the government announced that Landfill Tax rates in England and Northern Ireland will be adjusted from 1 April 2025. This will restore their value following a period of high inflation which was not foreseen by the OBR when rates were pre-announced.</p><p>The government remains committed to tackling waste crime which is a blight on local communities, harms the environment and undermines legitimate businesses operating in the sector.</p><p>The government agreed with the Public Accounts Committee’s recommendation that the current ongoing review of Landfill Tax takes account of incentives to commit waste crime. Alongside this, DEFRA has announced the introduction of digital waste tracking from 2025 and reform of the licensing system, whilst multi-agency enforcement action through the Joint Unit for Waste Crime continues to disrupt criminal activity in the sector.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 14/03/2024 12:39:06 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Lord Beamish

1694571

registered interest
date	07/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Electronic Cigarettes: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle the trade in illicit vapes, in the context of the introduction of duties on vapes at the Spring Budget 2024.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	17663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>Proposals for a Vaping Products Duty which will come in force from October 2026 are set out in the consultation here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/vaping-products-duty-consultation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/vaping-products-duty-consultation</a></p><p> </p><p>These include measures to tackle non-compliance, including:</p><ul><li>Declaration and payments via digital channels to minimise fraud and error.</li><li>The introduction of civil and criminal powers for HMRC to assess for duty, seize products and equipment/vehicles used to produce or transport illicit product.</li><li>Penalties for those who do not meet their obligations.</li></ul><p> </p><p>HMRC will collaborate and share intelligence with agencies such as Border Force and Trading Standards, who will have enhanced their capabilities around vaping by the time the duty is introduced.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC also intends to recruit operational staff to enforce the duty, integrating with existing tobacco compliance teams and building on HMRC’s recent success in driving down the tobacco tax gap. This success includes reducing the illicit trade for hand-rolling tobacco from 65.2% in 2005 to 33.5% in 2021/22 and for cigarettes from 16.9% to 11% over the same period.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 14/03/2024 15:16:32 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell