Asked by: Nigel Evans (Conservative - Ribble Valley)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to allocate additional funds to the NHS when the UK triggers its withdrawal from the EU.
Answered by David Gauke
The funding choices we take after exiting the EU will be based on the UK’s domestic priorities and will be affected by the then economic environment, the fiscal position and the negotiated outcome.
This Government is committed to ensuring that the NHS and local authorities have the funding that they need to deliver health and social care at the high standards that patients rightly expect.
On top of our existing £10 billion additional investment set out at the Spending Review, at Spring Budget we increased NHS capital funding by £425m, and will assess further capital funding proposals again in the autumn.
Asked by: Nigel Evans (Conservative - Ribble Valley)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations the UK Government has made to the World Health Organisation on proposals to change tax rates for e-cigarettes.
Answered by Jane Ellison
HMT has made no representations to the WHO on proposals to change tax rates for e-cigarettes.
Asked by: Nigel Evans (Conservative - Ribble Valley)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the UK's annual financial contribution to the World Health Organisation is.
Answered by David Gauke
The UK’s annual subscription to the WHO, provided by the Department of Health, is approximately £15m per annum. The Department for International Development provides additional ODA-eligible funding for bilateral programming and core contributions. In 2014, the latest year for which figures are published, this totaled £99m.
Asked by: Nigel Evans (Conservative - Ribble Valley)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effect on the employment of the introduction of tax on soft drinks.
Answered by Jane Ellison
The Government is consulting on the detail of the Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL). An initial impact assessment has been published alongside the consultation document.
Asked by: Nigel Evans (Conservative - Ribble Valley)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in what year he predicts the UK will achieve a budget surplus.
Answered by Harriett Baldwin
The Office for Budget Responsibility will produce a revised forecast for the UK public finances in the autumn, which will take account of the UK’s decision to leave the EU, alongside other developments in the economy and public finances.
Asked by: Nigel Evans (Conservative - Ribble Valley)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what research his Department has conducted or commissioned on the effectiveness of tobacco licensing schemes in tackling the illicit market in tobacco; and what the outcomes of such research were.
Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)
HMRC has not conducted or commissioned any research into the effectiveness of tobacco licensing schemes in tackling the illicit market in tobacco.
The World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Illicit Trade Protocol, to which the UK is a signatory, requires parties to consider whether to introduce tobacco licensing schemes for participants in the supply chain.
HMRC is currently undertaking a public consultation on the possible benefits of licensing participants in the supply chain in tackling the illicit trade in tobacco products. The consultation closes on 20 May and also covers the implementation of a licensing scheme for tobacco manufacturing machinery, a further requirement of the Protocol.
HMRC will publish a summary of responses later in 2016.
The consultation is published on GOV.UK:
Asked by: Nigel Evans (Conservative - Ribble Valley)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the effect of alcohol excise duty rates on domestic consumption of Scotch whisky.
Answered by Priti Patel
No estimate has been made of the effect of alcohol excise duty rates on domestic consumption of Scotch Whisky. For the estimated effect on spirits and alcohol of the changes to alcohol excise duty rates at Budget 2014 I refer the hon Member to Lord Newby’s answer of 8th April 2014 HL6317
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201314/ldhansrd/text/140408w0001.htm#wa_st_5
Asked by: Nigel Evans (Conservative - Ribble Valley)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimates have been made for the net financial benefit to the pub industry of the reduction in beer duty in the 2014 Budget.
Answered by Baroness Morgan of Cotes
Budget 2014 cut the tax on a typical pint of beer by one penny. This will support pubs as the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) estimate nearly two thirds of the alcohol sold in pubs is beer. After the beer duty cut at Budget 2013, a BBPA survey suggested 76% of their members increased their investment and 61% employed more staff.
Some pubs have diversified away from beer and these pubs will benefit from the duty on ordinary cider and spirits being frozen this year, as well as from ending the wine duty escalator.