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672676

registered interest
date	13/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Debts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate his Department has made of the average level of personal debt.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	59915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2017 answer text <p>Since 2007, UK households have reduced debt relative to income by the second largest amount in the G7. The household debt-to-income ratio was 144% in Q3 2016, down from a high of 160% in Q1 2008. Almost three quarters of household debt is secured against housing. Unsecured debt as a share of household income is now 40% (Q3 2016), down from its peak of 44% before the financial crisis (Q1 2007).</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 19/01/2017 15:28:10 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

672678

registered interest
date	13/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Beer: Excise Duties
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 effectiveness of the higher rate of duty on high-strength beer introduced in 2011 on reducing consumption of that beer; and what assessment he has made of the potential effectiveness of similar measures in reducing the consumption of high-strength cider.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	59920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government keeps all taxes under review, including alcohol duties, and is always willing to consider any evidence in relation to alcohol taxation policy.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 23/01/2017 15:58:52 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

672684

registered interest
date	13/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of sums to be accrued to the public purse from the apprenticeship levy on public sector bodies in each of the next three years.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
uin	59976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2017 answer text <p>The apprenticeship levy, will be a charge on all employers across the UK who have a paybill greater than £3 million. It is forecast to yield £2.6 billion in 2017-18, £2.7 billion in 2018-19 and £2.8 billion in 2019-20.</p><p>In 2016, the then Chancellor, in a letter to the Treasury Select Committee, set out an estimate of the impact of the apprenticeship levy on public sector bodies. This was published at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/letter-from-chancellor-to-chairman-of-treasury-select-committee-on-the-apprenticeship-levy.</p><p> </p><p>Sub-national forecasts of the contribution made by public bodies and NHS trusts have not been made. The Scottish Government and the other devovled administrations will each receive a population share of the apprenticeship levy forecast as set out here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-government-agrees-apprenticeship-levy-funding-deal-with-devolved-administrations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 59960 59961 59962 question first answered 18/01/2017 16:57:14 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

672039

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Merchant Shipping: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the value of tax reliefs granted to each merchant shipping company in each of the last five years; and for what purposes those tax reliefs were granted.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	59749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>The purpose of the Tonnage Tax relief is to promote the success and effectiveness of UK strategically and commercially managed shipping fleets in a market highly exposed to international competition and whose management is highly mobile. The table below shows the estimated tax liabilities due to Tonnage Tax for each year from 2010 to 2014 (the latest year for which full data is currently available) and the estimated tax liabilities due to Tonnage Tax for companies registered in the SMarT Funding scheme. This relates to companies who reported a Tonnage Tax Profit in the relevant year:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Calendar Year</p></td><td><p>Number of Companies</p></td><td><p>Total Tax Liabilities due to Tonnage Tax (£m Rounded)</p></td><td><p>Tax Liabilities due to Tonnage Tax for companies registered in the SMarT Funding Scheme (£m Rounded)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>450</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>460</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>5.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>450</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>3.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>420</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>3.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>340</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>3.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data cannot be broken down to reflect relief given to individual companies for reasons of confidentiality. Tax liabilities due to Tonnage Tax for individual companies ranged from £0 to £1.4 million for each year in the five year period.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 59751 question first answered 17/01/2017 17:14:50 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

672040

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Child Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate the Government has made of the change in the value of child benefit in real terms over the next five years as a result of the freeze in the level of benefits and the projected increase in the cost of living.
tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
uin	59743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government has considered the impact on all benefits and tax credits rates that are included in the four year uprating freeze. The Government has published an impact assessment at: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006C.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006C.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 18/01/2017 14:29:25 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford

672041

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Sanitary Products: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2016 to Question 55090, on sanitary protection: VAT, (a) on which dates, (b) with which EU institutions and (c) which Ministers raised this specific issue at EU level.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	59771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers have continued to press the issue of sanitary protection during EU meetings with opposite numbers, with the European Commission, and most recently with the incoming European Council Presidency in late December 2016. It would not be appropriate to publish correspondence that relates to ongoing policy development.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 59772 question first answered 17/01/2017 17:16:56 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

672042

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Sanitary Products: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2016 to Question 55090, on sanitary protection: VAT, if he will release all written Ministerial correspondence with EU institutions on the abolition of VAT on sanitary products.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	59772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers have continued to press the issue of sanitary protection during EU meetings with opposite numbers, with the European Commission, and most recently with the incoming European Council Presidency in late December 2016. It would not be appropriate to publish correspondence that relates to ongoing policy development.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 59771 question first answered 17/01/2017 17:16:56 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

672043

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Merchant Shipping: Tonnage Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the value of tax reliefs on tonnage tax granted to merchant shipping companies who are members of the SMarT Funding scheme in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	59751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>The purpose of the Tonnage Tax relief is to promote the success and effectiveness of UK strategically and commercially managed shipping fleets in a market highly exposed to international competition and whose management is highly mobile. The table below shows the estimated tax liabilities due to Tonnage Tax for each year from 2010 to 2014 (the latest year for which full data is currently available) and the estimated tax liabilities due to Tonnage Tax for companies registered in the SMarT Funding scheme. This relates to companies who reported a Tonnage Tax Profit in the relevant year:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Calendar Year</p></td><td><p>Number of Companies</p></td><td><p>Total Tax Liabilities due to Tonnage Tax (£m Rounded)</p></td><td><p>Tax Liabilities due to Tonnage Tax for companies registered in the SMarT Funding Scheme (£m Rounded)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>450</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>460</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>5.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>450</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>3.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>420</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>3.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>340</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>3.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data cannot be broken down to reflect relief given to individual companies for reasons of confidentiality. Tax liabilities due to Tonnage Tax for individual companies ranged from £0 to £1.4 million for each year in the five year period.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 59749 question first answered 17/01/2017 17:14:51 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

672044

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Stamp Duty Land Tax
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 stamp duty reform on small-scale property development companies since the increase in stamp duty on second properties in April 2016.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	59716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2017 answer text <p>Property development companies are treated in the same way in the Stamp Duty Land Tax system as other companies, and, as with all taxes, the Government continues to review the impact of recent changes.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 18/01/2017 14:30:56 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

672046

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to review the effectiveness and operation of alcohol taxation policy; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	59779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2017 answer text <p>The Chancellor keeps all taxes under review, including alcohol taxation. Any decisions on changes to alcohol taxation will be made as part of the Budget process.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 19/01/2017 15:27:09 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore