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1563848

registered interest
date	21/12/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Autumn Statement announcement on vehicle excise duty (VED) changes, whether they intend to levy annual VED of £165 from 2025 on electric vehicles; whether pre-2017 petrol and diesel vehicles rated at less than 110 gCO2/km will continue to pay £20; and whether those rated 110–120gCO2/km will continue to pay £30; if so, what are their reasons for charging lower road tax on more polluting vehicles; and if not, what steps they will take to ensure that electric vehicles are not charged higher VED than more polluting vehicles.
tabling member printed	Baroness Worthington
uin	HL4518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2023 answer text <p>In his Autumn Statement the Chancellor announced that electric cars, vans and motorcycles will begin to pay Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) in the same way as petrol and diesel vehicles from April 2025. With the EV transition accelerating, it’s right that all drivers start to make a fair tax contribution through changes to VED.</p><p> </p><p>The details requested are included in the Autumn Statement document and in the tax information and impact notes.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 10/01/2023 15:16:35 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	4235 label Biography information for Baroness Worthington

1563849

registered interest
date	21/12/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Commodity Markets
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the value of commodity derivatives or economically equivalent contracts which were traded (1) over the counter, and (2) in trading venues in the UK, by FCA-regulated firms in respect of (a) oil, (b) gas, (c) coal, (d) electricity, and (e) soft commodities, in the past 12 months.
tabling member printed	Baroness Worthington
uin	HL4519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text HM Treasury does not hold this data. However, such data may be provided publicly by certain financial markets data companies. answering member printed Baroness Penn grouped question UIN HL4520 HL4521 HL4523 question first answered 09/01/2023 16:57:38 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	4235 label Biography information for Baroness Worthington

1563850

registered interest
date	21/12/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Commodity Markets
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of how many consumers have directly invested in commodity derivatives for (1) oil, (2) gas, (3) coal, (4) electricity, and (5) soft commodities, in the past 12 months.
tabling member printed	Baroness Worthington
uin	HL4520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text HM Treasury does not hold this data. However, such data may be provided publicly by certain financial markets data companies. answering member printed Baroness Penn grouped question UIN HL4519 HL4521 HL4523 question first answered 09/01/2023 16:57:38 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	4235 label Biography information for Baroness Worthington

1563851

registered interest
date	21/12/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Commodity Markets
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of how many consumers have invested in commodity derivatives for (1) oil, (2) gas, (3) coal, (4) electricity, and (5) soft commodities, via automatic enrolment in workplace pensions over the past 12 months.
tabling member printed	Baroness Worthington
uin	HL4521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text HM Treasury does not hold this data. However, such data may be provided publicly by certain financial markets data companies. answering member printed Baroness Penn grouped question UIN HL4519 HL4520 HL4523 question first answered 09/01/2023 16:57:38 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	4235 label Biography information for Baroness Worthington

1563852

registered interest
date	21/12/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Commodity Markets
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what consumer protections are in place for consumers directly or indirectly investing in commodity derivatives.
tabling member printed	Baroness Worthington
uin	HL4522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>Most commodity derivatives are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), who have an operational objective to secure appropriate protection for consumers of regulated financial services.</p><p> </p><p>The protections the FCA have in place to protect consumers include requiring firms to provide clients with a general description of the nature and risks of financial instruments, and a warning that people usually lose money when trading speculative instruments with commodities as an underlying asset. These protections apply when consumers participate in the market directly and indirectly and enables them to make investment decisions on an informed basis. Depending on the circumstances, consumers may also be able to qualify for Financial Services Compensation Scheme protection when dealing indirectly with commodity markets.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 09/01/2023 17:40:28 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	4235 label Biography information for Baroness Worthington

1563853

registered interest
date	21/12/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Commodity Markets
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the revenue and earnings attributable to UK listed firms from (1) trading commodity derivatives, and (2) economically equivalent over the counter contracts.
tabling member printed	Baroness Worthington
uin	HL4523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text HM Treasury does not hold this data. However, such data may be provided publicly by certain financial markets data companies. answering member printed Baroness Penn grouped question UIN HL4519 HL4520 HL4521 question first answered 09/01/2023 16:57:38 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	4235 label Biography information for Baroness Worthington

1469225

registered interest
date	09/06/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the numbers and total values of public contracts covered by (1) the National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No. 2) Regulations 2013, (2) the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, (3) the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016, (4) the Concession Contracts Regulations 2016, and (5) the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011.
tabling member printed	Baroness Worthington
uin	HL849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office does not hold the data in the manner requested. However, information on the value of contracts anticipated to be covered by the Procurement Bill and the NHS Provider Selection Regime is set out in the Impact Assessment published alongside the Procurement Bill (<a href="https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3159/publications" target="_blank">https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3159/publications</a>)</p><p><br>Details of Government contracts above £10,000, and £25,000 in the wider public sector, should be published on Contracts Finder (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder</a>).</p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 21/06/2022 11:07:15 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	4235 label Biography information for Baroness Worthington

1469226

registered interest
date	09/06/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the greenhouse gas emissions associated with public contracts entered into by (1) government departments, their executive agencies, and non-departmental public bodies, and (2) other public authorities covered by public procurement regulations.
tabling member printed	Baroness Worthington
uin	HL850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office does not hold the reporting or recording of contract level greenhouse gas emissions for the public sector. Individual departmental emissions (including contributions made by public contracts) are recorded via the Greening Government commitments (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/greening-government-commitments" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/greening-government-commitments</a>).</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>By the end of May 2021, 50 commercial agreements above the threshold of £5m per annum had applied Procurement Policy Notice 06/21, with a total value of £82 billion over the life of those agreements.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True grouped question UIN HL851 question first answered 21/06/2022 11:07:47 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	4235 label Biography information for Baroness Worthington

1469227

registered interest
date	09/06/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the (1) numbers, and (2) total values, of public contracts entered into by government departments, their executive agencies, and non-departmental public bodies with an anticipated contract value above £5 million (excluding VAT) per annum, that are (a) subject to Procurement Policy Note 06/21, and (b) not subject to Procurement Policy Note 06/21.
tabling member printed	Baroness Worthington
uin	HL851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office does not hold the reporting or recording of contract level greenhouse gas emissions for the public sector. Individual departmental emissions (including contributions made by public contracts) are recorded via the Greening Government commitments (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/greening-government-commitments" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/greening-government-commitments</a>).</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>By the end of May 2021, 50 commercial agreements above the threshold of £5m per annum had applied Procurement Policy Notice 06/21, with a total value of £82 billion over the life of those agreements.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True grouped question UIN HL850 question first answered 21/06/2022 11:07:47 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	4235 label Biography information for Baroness Worthington

1469228

registered interest
date	09/06/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the (1) numbers, and (2) total values, of public contracts entered into by public authorities with an estimated value of (a) more than £2 million that is not a light-touch contract, (b) more than £2 million that is a light-touch contract, and (c) less than £2 million.
tabling member printed	Baroness Worthington
uin	HL852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office does not hold this information.</p><p><br>Details of Government contracts above £10,000, and £25,000 in the wider public sector, are published on Contracts Finder (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder</a>).</p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 21/06/2022 11:08:08 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	4235 label Biography information for Baroness Worthington