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605622

registered interest
date	19/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Inflation: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to reflect house prices in the calculation of inflation.
tabling member constituency	South West Wiltshire
tabling member printed	Dr Andrew Murrison
uin	906805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2016 answer text Inflation statistics are produced independently of government by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The current main measure of inflation is CPI. This does not include house prices as these are an asset price and in line with international practice are not included in a consumer price index. However, it does include some costs associated with housing, such as rental prices and the costs of renovating and repair and maintenance of homes. The ONS also produces CPIH, which does include housing costs but is currently undergoing development work after the UK Statistics Authority found faults in its production. answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 25/10/2016 15:44:27 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison

605785

registered interest
date	19/10/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Youth Action Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the Youth Action Group last met; who attended that meeting; and what the current membership of that group is.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	49475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>The last Youth Action Group meeting was 25 Nov 2014. A Youth Action Group Workshop was held on 24 Feb 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Youth Action Group members and meeting participants were drawn from the government departments and national charities that develop policy and deliver programmes for disadvantaged young people. These included the following:</p><ul><li>Government: Cabinet Office, Department for Education, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Department for Work and Pensions, Department for Communities and Local Government, Ministry of Justice, Home Office, Department for Health and Ministry of Defence; and</li><li>VCSE sector: The Prince’s Trust, Rathbone, The Foyer Federation, Catch22, Groundwork, Barnardo’s, Youth United, YoungMinds, Brook and Action for Children</li></ul><p> </p><p>There are no current plans for this group to meet.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 24/10/2016 16:30:43 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

605786

registered interest
date	19/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tourism: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the annual revenue raised from VAT on tourism and related services was; and what proportion of this revenue was generated in Scotland for each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	49327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>The government does not hold data on the annual revenue raised from VAT on tourism and related services in the UK and in Scotland. This is because tourism does not follow the standard classification of sectors. For example, revenue raised from travel and hotel accommodation will be a mixture of tourism and non-tourism activity.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 24/10/2016 16:12:43 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

605787

registered interest
date	19/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tourism: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department plans to review the levels of VAT paid by tourism and hospitality businesses.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	49354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government keeps all taxes under review, although there are no current plans to review the levels of VAT paid by tourism and hospitality businesses.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 24/10/2016 16:10:38 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

605788

registered interest
date	19/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department plans to review the VAT threshold.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	49375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government keeps all tax rates and thresholds under review.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 24/10/2016 14:45:33 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

605790

registered interest
date	19/10/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Solar Power: Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect on the UK solar power market of the proposed 2017 business rate rise for organisations investing in roof top solar power for their own consumption.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	49391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>Business rates policy in Scotland is devolved to the Scottish Government. In England, business rates are based on valuations from the Valuation Office Agency and we do not intervene in their independent assessments. We have proposed a £3.4 billion transitional relief scheme for England to ensure that no ratepayer is unfairly penalised by the 2017 revaluation.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 49392 question first answered 24/10/2016 15:48:41 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

605792

registered interest
date	19/10/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Solar Power: Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to review the planned business rate increase for organisations that seek to own or supply their energy with roof top solar panels in the light of carbon emissions targets agreed at the Paris Climate Change Conference.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	49392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>Business rates policy in Scotland is devolved to the Scottish Government. In England, business rates are based on valuations from the Valuation Office Agency and we do not intervene in their independent assessments. We have proposed a £3.4 billion transitional relief scheme for England to ensure that no ratepayer is unfairly penalised by the 2017 revaluation.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 49391 question first answered 24/10/2016 15:48:41 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

605794

registered interest
date	19/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Bank Services: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what safeguards the Government plans to put in place to protect customers from fraud and cyber security risks if they use new products and services in an open banking environment.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	49397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>Improving the resilience of the finance sector to risks such as cyber security is a priority for the Government. HM Treasury works closely with the financial regulators to drive this improvement; it is their responsibility to supervise banks’ operations. The Financial Conduct Authority has a specific objective on consumer protection.</p><p> </p><p>The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published the final report of its market investigation into retail banking on 9 August 2016. As part of this the CMA requires the nine largest UK banks to develop and adopt an open banking standard for application programming interfaces (APIs) to allow access to customer account information, as set out in the revised Payment Services Directive (PSDII) which will come into force in January 2018. These nine banks are required to deliver open data APIs by Q1 2017, and deliver the full open API banking standard by early 2018. Data protection and cyber security are key considerations in PSDII, and the Government will be consulting on the transposition of this directive shortly.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 24/10/2016 13:15:07 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

605795

registered interest
date	19/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	MG Alba: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to increase funding for BBC ALBA.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	49398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government recognises MG Alba's valuable contribution to Gaelic language broadcasting. Although MG ALBA are funded by the Scottish Government, the previous government provided them with two one-off grants that ended in March 2016, for additional support for minority language services. MG ALBA continues to receive public funding from the Scottish Executive. There are no plans for the UK Government to provide further direct funding.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 24/10/2016 16:30:44 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

605800

registered interest
date	19/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Self-assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the number of people who miss the 31 January 2017 deadline for tax returns is significantly less than for previous years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	49321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs has a number of initiatives leading up to the filing deadline to support and encourage people to file on time. These include improvements to the accessibility of online services, a targeted media campaign running from the end of December, reminder emails and text messages in January to those who have yet to file and use of social media.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 24/10/2016 16:16:46 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell