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837749

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date	06/02/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the Public Accounts Committee session on 20 November 2017, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the accuracy of the evidence from HMRC that it had no evidence to suggest there would be increased trade flows after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	126780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>“The Secretary of State has regular meetings with the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the course of carrying out his duties.</p><p>The IMF has predicted that 90% of future growth will come from outside the EU in the next 10-15 years. The UK needs to take advantage of this growth and position itself to ensure maximum prosperity for its people.”</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 126781 question first answered 20/02/2018 17:25:34 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

837750

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the session of the Public Accounts Committee on 20 November 2017, what disscussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the accuracy of the evidence given by HMRC that it was not expecting any shift in risk profile on goods coming into the UK from the EU after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	126781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>“The Secretary of State has regular meetings with the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the course of carrying out his duties.</p><p>The IMF has predicted that 90% of future growth will come from outside the EU in the next 10-15 years. The UK needs to take advantage of this growth and position itself to ensure maximum prosperity for its people.”</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 126780 question first answered 20/02/2018 17:25:34 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

837880

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Cash Dispensing: Fees and Charges
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 the ratio of fee-charging and free-to-use cash dispensers in the 100 most deprived wards in England.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	126910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2018 answer text <p>There are currently around 70,000 ATMs in the UK, 55,000 of which are free to use. Government has not made an estimate of the ratio of fee charging and free to use cash dispensers in in the 100 most deprived wards in England. However, LINK, the scheme behind the UK’s ATM network, publishes data showing the number of free-to-use ATMs and pay-to-use ATMs available in each Parliamentary Constituency on its website https://www.link.co.uk/initiatives/financial-inclusion/.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 14/02/2018 15:58:37 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

837882

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Companies: Guernsey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects Guernsey’s register of beneficial ownership to be published; for what reasons publication has not yet taken place; and what support the Government is providing to assist Guernsey in publishing that register.
tabling member constituency	Barking
tabling member printed	Dame Margaret Hodge
uin	126912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2018 answer text <p>The Crown Dependencies are separate jurisdictions with their own democratically elected governments. The UK Government works closely with the Crown Dependencies, on transparency issues. Our priority is the implementation of the new bilateral arrangements concluded with them in 2016. Under these arrangements, the Crown Dependencies have committed to establish, where they have not already done so, central registers of beneficial ownership information or similarly effective systems and to give UK law enforcement and tax authorities near real-time access to beneficial ownership information on corporate and legal entities incorporated in their jurisdictions. Nevertheless, it remains the Government’s ambition for public registers to become the global standard. If this happens, we would expect the Crown Dependencies to follow suit.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 13/02/2018 15:14:22 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge

837894

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Vocational Guidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has for prisoners to receive professional and impartial careers advice once the current provision from the National Careers Service ends on 1 April 2018.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	126924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>We are working to put in place an alternative approach to commissioning information, advice and guidance as part of our wider reforms of education - one that will encourage more joined up delivery of learning and employment guidance and support. This will support the prisoner from the beginning of their sentence and throughout their journey.</p><p> </p><p>With the experienced Offender Learning and Skills Service providers, the DWP work coaches and the Community Rehabilitation Companies there will continue to be a range of employment support and guidance services for prisoners.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to providing education and training to deliver more effective rehabilitation to address the needs of offenders.</p><p> </p><p>The Education Skills Funding Agency National Careers Service contract for services in custody ends in March 2018.</p><p> </p><p>We are reviewing options for alternative provision as part of wider employment services. This will give governors further control over how their education and training offer is delivered.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/02/2018 17:11:38 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

837917

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tax Evasion: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many prosecutions have been (a) brought to court and (b) completed for offences under the failure to prevent the facilitation of UK and foreign tax evasion clause of the Criminal Finances Act 2017; and how much has been collected in fines from those convicted of such offences to date.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	126947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>To date no prosecutions have been either brought to court or completed under the ‘failure to prevent the facilitation of UK and foreign tax evasion’ clause of the Criminal Finances Act 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The new offences will be committed where a relevant body fails to prevent an associated person criminally facilitating the evasion of a tax, and this will be the case whether the tax evaded is owed in the UK or in a foreign country.</p><p> </p><p>The failure to prevent the facilitation of a UK tax offence by a corporate body or partnership will be investigated by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC). The failure to prevent the facilitation of a foreign tax offence by a corporate body or partnership will be investigated by the Serious Fraud Office or the National Crime Agency (NCA).</p><p> </p><p>Neither HMRC nor the NCA are prosecuting authorities. All prosecutions leading from their investigations have to be authorised by the relevant independent prosecuting authority, which for England and Wales would be the Crown Prosecution Service; for Scotland, the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service; and for Northern Ireland, the Public Prosecution Service for NI.</p><p> </p><p>The offences are not retrospective and therefore only apply to acts of criminal facilitation undertaken from 30 September 2017.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 20/02/2018 16:20:18 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

837960

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Unexplained Wealth Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Crown Prosecution Service has the resources necessary to implement the new unexplained wealth orders.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	126990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2018 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has adequate resources to undertake work relating to unexplained wealth orders.</p><p>The Home Office will provide funding to the value of £70,500 in 2017-18 in order to support CPS POC and the ROCU/RART network to develop the knowledge and skills required in order to investigate cases appropriately and to conduct High Court civil litigation.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 19/02/2018 09:36:32 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

837964

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Severn River Crossing: Tolls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what modelling the Government has conducted on the potential effect on traffic on nearby roads of the removal of the Severn Bridge tolls.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	126994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2018 answer text <p>Prior to the Severn Crossings consultation in 2017 the Government undertook modelling to assess the impact of the policy to continue tolling at a reduced rate, and on the possible option of free-flow tolling. The modelling used a version of the M4-CAN traffic model extended to take account of the impact of changes in tolls on both the South West of England and Wales and included estimates of wider economic impacts consistent with DfT Transport Appraisal Guidance.</p><p> </p><p>The Government announced on 21 July 2017 that it was removing tolls by the end of 2018. No further modelling was undertaken by the Department for Transport on this specific option.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/02/2018 11:43:29 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

837965

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Severn River Crossing: Tolls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans the Government has to ensure that adequate infrastructure is in place to cope with the potential increased traffic flow caused by the removal of the Severn Bridge toll.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	126995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2018 answer text <p>Government is looking at the investment needs of the South West as part of the next round of the Roads Investment Strategy (RIS), as part of its commitment to improving journeys across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/02/2018 11:35:57 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

837967

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Severn River Crossing: Tolls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment the Government has made of the potential benefits of the removal of the Severn Bridge toll to the surrounding communities and businesses in (a) South Gloucestershire, and (b) the South West.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	126997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2018 answer text <p>We do not have specific modelling results for South Gloucestershire or the South West for the wider economic benefits of removing the existing tolls.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/02/2018 11:18:38 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall