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1146126

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Gambling: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the timeframe is for five-year review of remote gaming duty set out in the 2014 HMRC draft note on Remote Gambling Taxation Reform.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	290941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>The benefits, revenue effects and administration of remote gambling taxation are subject to constant evaluation. We currently have no plans to publish any review or evaluation document.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 30/09/2019 16:00:39 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1139002

registered interest
date	15/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Soft Drinks: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to extend the soft drinks industry levy to milk replacement drinks containing sugar; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	277130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>Milk substitute drinks derived from plants are currently exempt from the soft drinks industry levy. At the time of the introduction of SDIL the Government committed to review this in 2020.</p><p>The government has no plans to extend SDIL at the present time.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 18/07/2019 16:59:26 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1139003

registered interest
date	15/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Soft Drinks: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to (a) extend the scope of the soft drinks industry levy to other products containing free sugars and (b) increase the rate of the levy.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	277131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government has no plans at this stage to extend the soft drinks industry levy beyond soft drinks. The Government has committed to review the exemption for sugary milk drinks in 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 18/07/2019 16:58:11 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1041287

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Music Venues: Non-domestic Rates
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 effect of trends in the level of business rates on the financial viability of small music venues.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	208216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>HM Treasury Ministers and officials are in regular contact with their counterparts in other government departments on a range of issues, including business rates.</p><p> </p><p>Since Budget 2016, we have announced cuts worth more than £13bn to businesses over the next five years, including switching to CPI indexation, and making Small Business Rate Relief more generous so that 655,000 of the smallest businesses pay no rates at all. The government also introduced a £3.6bn transitional relief scheme to support ratepayers facing bill increases as a result of the 2017 property revaluation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Budget 2018 announced a new business rates retail discount, cutting bills by a third for eligible businesses. As is set out in guidance, music venues may be eligible for the discount where they are broadly similar in nature to those properties listed as eligible. It is for local authorities to make that judgement.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 208217 question first answered 17/01/2019 16:24:04 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1041293

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Music Venues: Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether (a) he has and (b) officials of his Department have met with (i) his and (ii) their counterparts in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to discuss extending business rates relief to small music venues.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	208217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>HM Treasury Ministers and officials are in regular contact with their counterparts in other government departments on a range of issues, including business rates.</p><p> </p><p>Since Budget 2016, we have announced cuts worth more than £13bn to businesses over the next five years, including switching to CPI indexation, and making Small Business Rate Relief more generous so that 655,000 of the smallest businesses pay no rates at all. The government also introduced a £3.6bn transitional relief scheme to support ratepayers facing bill increases as a result of the 2017 property revaluation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Budget 2018 announced a new business rates retail discount, cutting bills by a third for eligible businesses. As is set out in guidance, music venues may be eligible for the discount where they are broadly similar in nature to those properties listed as eligible. It is for local authorities to make that judgement.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 208216 question first answered 17/01/2019 16:24:04 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1015542

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Soft Drinks: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 24 May to Question 146155, on Sugar: Taxation, if he will undertake a review of the exemption for milk drinks containing sugar to the Soft Drinks Industry Levy earlier than 2020.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	196182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The government is committed to reviewing the Soft Drinks Industry Levy in 2020, and there are no plans to alter this timeframe.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 03/12/2018 12:53:45 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1005867

registered interest
date	12/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Gaming Machines: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the report prepared by KPMG on behalf of the Association of British Bookmakers which was submitted to his Department as part of its consultations on the reduction in maximum stakes on fixed odds betting terminals and increasing remote gaming duty.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	190390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The report was commissioned by the Association of British Bookmakers and was provided in confidence to HM Treasury due to its commercial sensitivity.</p><p> </p><p>It is imperative that stakeholders can provide information in confidence for the government to critically analyse to ensure policy making can be evidence-based.</p><p> </p><p>Releasing the report and breaching that confidence would discourage stakeholders from engaging with government and harm future policy-making<strong>.</strong></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 15/11/2018 17:06:28 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1000315

registered interest
date	02/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Gaming Machines: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the money to be accrued to the public purse in tax from the profits made by gambling companies from fixed odds betting terminals between April 2019 and October 2019.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	187320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>As the Chancellor set out to the Treasury Select Committee on 5 November, changes to Fixed Odds Betting Terminals and Remote Gaming Duty will be implemented simultaneously. This ensures that regardless of when changes to Fixed Odds Betting Terminals and Remote Gaming Duty are implemented, there will be no significant change to the exchequer impact.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 12/11/2018 17:22:41 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1000319

registered interest
date	02/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Gaming Machines: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department conducted impact assessments on levels of taxation of different implementation dates for reducing the maximum stakes on fixed odds betting terminals.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	187393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The government made clear in May that the timing of implementation does not make a difference to the public finances. Remote Gaming Duty will be increased at the same time to offset the foregone revenue.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 12/11/2018 17:31:25 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

944658

registered interest
date	19/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Soft Drinks: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an estimate of how much money would be generated annually were the soft drinks levy to be extended to milk-based drinks; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	166105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>As set out in Phase 2 of the Childhood Obesity Strategy, HMT will review the Soft Drinks Industry Levy exemption for milk-based drinks in 2020. At this stage, we have not made an assessment of the revenue that would be generated.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Levy is designed to tackle childhood obesity by incentivising producers and importers to reduce the amount of added-sugar in the drinks they sell. So far, over half of all drinks that would otherwise have been in-scope have reduced their sugar content before the introduction of the levy, meaning expected revenues have reduced from over £500m pa to £240m pa.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 24/07/2018 16:52:59 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest