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672035

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Legal Profession
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the cost to his Department was of the use of external lawyers by his Department (a) in general and (b) related to the work of the Treasury Solicitors in (i) 2016, (ii) 2015 and (iii) 2014.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	59708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2017 answer text <p>The cost relating to the use of external lawyers (including lawyers in the Government Legal Department, formerly the Treasury Solicitor’s Department) by the Attorney General’s Office for the last three financial years is in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£</p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cost of GLD lawyers</p></td><td><p>425,859</p></td><td><p>330,442</p></td><td><p>322,023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cost of GLD disbursements (Counsel)</p></td><td><p>210,537</p></td><td><p>340,640</p></td><td><p>220,182</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cost of GLD disbursements (Other external lawyers)</p></td><td><p>40,153</p></td><td><p>8,677</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-GLD legal fees (Counsel)</p></td><td><p>18,816</p></td><td><p>14,252</p></td><td><p>18,949</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total external legal fees</strong> <strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>695,366</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>694,011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>561,153</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>All figures are exclusive of VAT.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 18/01/2017 14:43:50 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

672036

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Average Earnings: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of full-time equivalent employees are women in the gross salary bands (a) £150,000 to £155,000, (b) £155,000 to £160,000, (c) £160,000 to £165,000, (d) £165,000 to £170,000, (e) £170,000 to £175,000, (f) £175,000 to £180,000, (g) £180,000 to £185,000, (h) £185,000 to £190,000, (i) £190,000 to £195,000, (j) £195,000 to £200,000 and (k) £200,000 and above.
tabling member constituency	Rossendale and Darwen
tabling member printed	Jake Berry
uin	59712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 17/01/2017 14:14:27 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ 59712 FINAL.pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Women Salary
tabling member	4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry

672037

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Data Steering Group: Disclosure of Information
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 12 January 2017 to Question 58918, what his Department's policy is on the timetable for the release of the minutes from the Data Steering Group; and if he will take steps to release those minutes on a quarterly basis.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	59728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2017 answer text <p>The Data Steering Group meets quarterly. It last met on 19th December 2016. Draft Minutes are approved in the following meeting and, once approved, are published on a quarterly basis.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 18/01/2017 16:23:16 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

672038

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants are also employed directly by Ministers and paid (a) by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority and (b) any other body.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	59730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2017 answer text <p>Information about any civil servant's outside employment is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 18/01/2017 16:24:28 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

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