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date	24/01/2022
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 Her Majesty's Government how the proposed alcohol duty system will impact on their ability to cover the costs of alcohol to (1) the NHS, and (2) on society.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL5619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2022 answer text The Government intends to move to a new system that taxes all products in reference to their alcohol content for the first time. This will help to target problem drinking by taxing higher-strength products associated with alcohol-related harm a higher rate of duty.<p><br> The Government is continuing to engage with interested stakeholders, including public health professionals, on these reforms. A consultation was launched in October and stakeholders are encouraged to respond before the deadline of 30 January 2022. A tax information and impact note will be published following the consultation when the policy is final, or near final, in the usual way.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 31/01/2022 17:20:47 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

1416171

registered interest
date	24/01/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cost of Living
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what fiscal steps they will take to reduce the impact on households of the rise in the cost of living.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL5640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2022 answer text <p>The government is providing support worth around £12 billion this financial year and next to help families with the cost of living. We are cutting the Universal Credit taper rate to make sure work pays, freezing alcohol and fuel duties to keep costs down, and providing support to help households with the costs of essentials through the £500m Household Support Fund.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the government’s Plan for Jobs is helping people into work and giving them the skills they need to progress – the best approach to managing the cost of living in the long term. The government is building on the success of the Plan for Jobs with a total of £6 billion for the three years from 2022-23 to 2024-25. This includes:</p><ul><li>Providing targeted additional support to help at risk groups find work, including younger and older age groups, the long-term unemployed and people with disabilities.</li><li>Continuing to invest over £900m for each year of this Spending Review on work coaches, to ensure UC claimants receive the best support to find employment.</li></ul> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 31/01/2022 16:08:13 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1416180

registered interest
date	24/01/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cost of Living
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to postpone the health and social care levy to help with the expected increase to the cost of living in spring this year.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL5650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to responsible management of the public finances. That is why we have taken the tough but responsible decision to increase taxes in order to fund a significant increase in permanent spending on the NHS and social care.</p><p>A levy charged on the National Insurance contributions base is the fairest way to raise the funds needed to support health and social care. The highest earning 15 per cent will pay over half the revenue raised from the Levy and 6.1 million people earning below the Primary Threshold (equivalent to £9,880 in 2022-23) will not pay the Levy.</p><p>The Government is providing support worth around £12 billion this financial year and next to help families with the cost of living. We are cutting the Universal Credit taper to make sure work pays, freezing alcohol and fuel duties to keep costs down, and providing support to help households with the costs of essentials.</p><p>In addition, the Plan for Jobs is helping people get into work and gain the skills they need to progress – the best approach to managing the cost of living in the long term.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 31/01/2022 17:21:03 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick