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711359

registered interest
date	15/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Video Games: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many companies have claimed video games tax relief in each financial year since 2014; and in which regions of the UK those companies are located.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	68115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>Tax relief was claimed for 45 video games with a financial year of completion of 2014-15 and for 65 video games with a financial year of completion of 2015-16. The limited number of returns means it is not possible to present regional statistics while maintaining the standards of HM Revenue and Customs’ statistical disclosure controls.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 20/03/2017 11:57:41 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

710903

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2017 to Question 67375, on government responses to written questions, what his definition is of the last administration.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	67896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>The premiership of the former Prime Minister, the Rt Hon David Cameron.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 20/03/2017 12:09:06 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

710904

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2017 to Question 67375, on government responses to written questions, how long he expects that task of manual checking to take.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	67899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>As I indicated in my previous answer of 14 March (62917), we will provide a definitive answer to the Hon. Member as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 20/03/2017 12:13:02 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

710905

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has spent on record management systems in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	67900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>This information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 20/03/2017 12:15:39 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

710906

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of his Department's records management system.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	67901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>The Department’s records are maintained in accordance with the Public Records Act 1958. The Department is also implementing the recommendations of Sir Alex Allan’s Review of Government Digital Records and the Better Information for Better Government report, available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-digital-records-and-archives-review-by-sir-alex-allan" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-digital-records-and-archives-review-by-sir-alex-allan</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/better-information-for-better-government" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/better-information-for-better-government</a></p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 20/03/2017 12:14:30 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

710950

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
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	Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Written Statements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the reasons were for the time taken by her Department to lay Written Ministerial Statement HCWS533, on the EU-US Umbrella Agreement.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	67977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>Following the conclusion of the EU-US Umbrella Agreement, a formal request for a Written Ministerial Statement was received from the House of Commons European Scrutiny Committee in January. Government clearance procedures allowed this statement to be laid on March 14th.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 20/03/2017 13:36:19 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

710676

registered interest
date	13/03/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Tickets: Touting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Government's response to the Waterson review, published on 13 March 2017, how he plans to make funds available to National Trading Standards to enforce legislation relevant to secondary ticketing websites.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	67627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>In line with the Government’s response to the Waterson review, National Trading Standards and Trading Standards Scotland have been tasked with investigating potential enforcement cases against sellers and secondary ticketing websites that do not comply with legislation from within their forthcoming annual budgets.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 20/03/2017 16:59:24 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

709951

registered interest
date	10/03/2017
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	Music Venues: 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, if he will encourage local authorities to use the funds for discretionary relief on business rates to help music venues.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	67413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government has put in place a £3.6 billion package of transitional relief to help businesses facing an increase in business rates. The Budget on 8 March set out a further package to support businesses that may have difficulty paying business rates, including a £1000 discount for eligible pubs with a rateable value of less than £100,000. My Department will shortly publish a consultation setting out proposals for the eligibility criteria for this discount. Additionally, £110 million will be available to assist those ratepayers losing small business rates relief or rural rate relief as a result of revaluation.</p><p>The Government is also making available a £300 million discretionary relief fund over the next four years to enable local authorities to help individual businesses that are facing increased rates bills. Decisions on how this discretionary fund should be distributed will be for local authorities. A consultation on this scheme is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/598261/Discretionary_Business_Rates_Relief_Scheme_consultation.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/598261/Discretionary_Business_Rates_Relief_Scheme_consultation.pdf</a></p><p>All of these schemes can be applied to music venues, subject to meeting the eligibility criteria.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 67410 67411 67412 question first answered 16/03/2017 09:22:38 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones previous answer version 40572 answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

709953

registered interest
date	10/03/2017
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	Public Houses: 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, when consultation to determine eligibility for the £1,000 business rate discount for public houses announced in paragraph 4.5 of the Spring Budget 2017 will conclude.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	67410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government has put in place a £3.6 billion package of transitional relief to help businesses facing an increase in business rates. The Budget on 8 March set out a further package to support businesses that may have difficulty paying business rates, including a £1000 discount for eligible pubs with a rateable value of less than £100,000. My Department will shortly publish a consultation setting out proposals for the eligibility criteria for this discount. Additionally, £110 million will be available to assist those ratepayers losing small business rates relief or rural rate relief as a result of revaluation.</p><p>The Government is also making available a £300 million discretionary relief fund over the next four years to enable local authorities to help individual businesses that are facing increased rates bills. Decisions on how this discretionary fund should be distributed will be for local authorities. A consultation on this scheme is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/598261/Discretionary_Business_Rates_Relief_Scheme_consultation.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/598261/Discretionary_Business_Rates_Relief_Scheme_consultation.pdf</a></p><p>All of these schemes can be applied to music venues, subject to meeting the eligibility criteria.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 67411 67412 67413 question first answered 16/03/2017 09:22:38 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones previous answer version 40571 answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

709954

registered interest
date	10/03/2017
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	Music Venues: 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 music venues will be eligible for the £1,000 business rate discount for public houses announced in paragraph 4.5 of the Spring Budget 2017.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	67411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government has put in place a £3.6 billion package of transitional relief to help businesses facing an increase in business rates. The Budget on 8 March set out a further package to support businesses that may have difficulty paying business rates, including a £1000 discount for eligible pubs with a rateable value of less than £100,000. My Department will shortly publish a consultation setting out proposals for the eligibility criteria for this discount. Additionally, £110 million will be available to assist those ratepayers losing small business rates relief or rural rate relief as a result of revaluation.</p><p>The Government is also making available a £300 million discretionary relief fund over the next four years to enable local authorities to help individual businesses that are facing increased rates bills. Decisions on how this discretionary fund should be distributed will be for local authorities. A consultation on this scheme is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/598261/Discretionary_Business_Rates_Relief_Scheme_consultation.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/598261/Discretionary_Business_Rates_Relief_Scheme_consultation.pdf</a></p><p>All of these schemes can be applied to music venues, subject to meeting the eligibility criteria.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 67410 67412 67413 question first answered 16/03/2017 09:22:38 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones previous answer version 40569 answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest