Asked by: Jim McMahon (Labour (Co-op) - Oldham West and Royton)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 3.36 of the Autumn Statement 2016, if he will take steps to ensure that the £400 million Patient capital funding supports new ventures in Greater Manchester.
Answered by David Gauke
Current programmes run by the British Business Bank support £560m of lending to and investment into firms in the Greater Manchester area. While the new £400m investment into venture capital will be operated on a national basis to maximise its impact, this and other programmes will continue to support firms in the Greater Manchester area to obtain the finance that they need to grow.
Asked by: Jim McMahon (Labour (Co-op) - Oldham West and Royton)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 3.37 of the Autumn Statement 2016, what the (a) bidding and (b) assessment process will be for the new pipeline of projects suitable for delivery through the PF2 Public Private Partnership scheme.
Answered by David Gauke
All public procurements are governed by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The bidding process for projects suitable for delivery through PF2 will follow these regulations.
The assessment and appraisal for any new PF2 projects will follow Green Book principles.
Asked by: Jim McMahon (Labour (Co-op) - Oldham West and Royton)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 3.4 of the Autumn Statement 2016, how much of the funding for Local Enterprise Partnerships will be allocated to (a) the North West, (b) the North East, (c) Yorkshire and the Humber, (d) the East Midlands, (e) the West Midlands, (f) the South East and (g) London.
Answered by David Gauke
The Autumn Statement announced that the government will award £1.8 billion to Local Enterprise Partnerships across England. £556 million of this will go to the North of England, £392 million to LEPs in the Midlands, £151 million to the East of England, £492 million to London and the South East, and £191 million to the South West. Awards to individual LEPs will be announced by DCLG in the coming months.
Asked by: Jim McMahon (Labour (Co-op) - Oldham West and Royton)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding will be allocated to each region under the National Productivity Investment Fund announced in the Autumn Statement 2016.
Answered by David Gauke
The government has established a National Productivity Investment Fund (NPIF) to provide £23bn of additional spending between 2017/18 and 2021/22. Every penny spent by the UK government is explicitly earmarked for areas that are critical to boosting productivity: economic infrastructure (transport and digital communications), Research and Development (R&D), and housing.
Further details about specifically how and where this money will be invested will be set out in due course.
Where spending on measures within the NPIF does not extend to Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, the devolved administrations will receive funding through the Barnett formula in the usual way.
Asked by: Jim McMahon (Labour (Co-op) - Oldham West and Royton)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 3.18 of the Autumn Statement 2016, how much of the proposed £390 million funding for future transport will be spent in each region.
Answered by David Gauke
£290m funding for future transport has been provided to the Department for Transport for buses and taxis (£150m), the Plug-In Car Grant (£40m), charging infrastructure (£80m) and renewable fuels (£20m). £100m has been provided to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy for infrastructure for testing connected and autonomous vehicles. The exact allocation of this funding will be a decision for the departments and it is therefore not possible at this stage to be specific about the regions in which this will be spent.
Asked by: Jim McMahon (Labour (Co-op) - Oldham West and Royton)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 3.17 of the Autumn Statement 2016, what proportion of the proposed £1.1 billion funding for roads and local transport will be spent in each region.
Answered by David Gauke
At Autumn Statement the government announced an additional £1.1 billion funding to relieve congestion and deliver upgrades on local roads and public transport networks. Further announcements on the allocation of this funding will be made by Department of Transport in due course.
Asked by: Jim McMahon (Labour (Co-op) - Oldham West and Royton)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on reforming the reporting of air passenger duty to attribute that duty to each airport.
Answered by Jane Ellison
Air Passenger Duty (APD) is a tax levied on airlines with respect to any passengers departing from a UK airport. Airlines aggregate their full APD liabilities when making payments, and there is no requirement on them to attribute this to particular flights. The government does not believe that any benefits from reforming the reporting process would outweigh the additional administrative burdens on taxpayers.
Asked by: Jim McMahon (Labour (Co-op) - Oldham West and Royton)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has undertaken or commissioned research on introducing an internet sales tax.
Answered by Jane Ellison
Electronic services and goods sold online to consumers in the UK are subject to UK VAT in the same way as if a consumer purchased them through other means.
Asked by: Jim McMahon (Labour (Co-op) - Oldham West and Royton)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was raised for the public purse from (a) Vehicle Excise Duty and (b) Fuel Duty in each year since 2011-12.
Answered by Jane Ellison
The table below indicates revenues raised from Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) and fuel duty since financial year 2011-12:
Financial year | Vehicle Excise Duty collected (£bn) | Fuel duty collected (£bn) |
2011-12 | 5.9 | 26.8 |
2012-13 | 6.0 | 26.5 |
2013-14 | 6.0 | 26.8 |
2014-15 | 6.1 | 27.1 |
2015-16 | 5.6 | 27.6 |
The Government recognises that fuel costs remain a significant part of business and household costs and at a time when petrol prices are rising and the value of the pound is falling it is important that we focus on the cost of living to ensure we’re protecting the public from any additional costs on their fuel. For this reason, at Autumn Statement 2016, the Government announced the main rate of fuel duty will be frozen for the seventh successive year, saving the average driver £130 every year compared to what they would have been paying under pre-2010 escalator plans.
Asked by: Jim McMahon (Labour (Co-op) - Oldham West and Royton)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employers in Greater Manchester have been found not to have paid employees the national minimum wage.
Answered by Jane Ellison
The Government is determined that everyone who is entitled to the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and National Living Wage (NLW) receives it. Anyone who feels they have been underpaid NMW or NLW should contact the Acas helpline on 0300 123 1100. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) reviews all complaints that are referred to them.
HMRC does not record statistics on complaints or the outcomes of its investigations by reference to Government regions, constituencies or counties. In 2015-16, HMRC recovered record arrears of almost £10.3m for over 58,000 workers from 958 employers.