Asked by: Callum McCaig (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen South)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of sums to be accrued to the public purse from the apprenticeship levy on public sector bodies in Scotland in each of the next three years.
Answered by Jane Ellison
The apprenticeship levy, will be a charge on all employers across the UK who have a paybill greater than £3 million. It is forecast to yield £2.6 billion in 2017-18, £2.7 billion in 2018-19 and £2.8 billion in 2019-20.
In 2016, the then Chancellor, in a letter to the Treasury Select Committee, set out an estimate of the impact of the apprenticeship levy on public sector bodies. This was published at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/letter-from-chancellor-to-chairman-of-treasury-select-committee-on-the-apprenticeship-levy.
Sub-national forecasts of the contribution made by public bodies and NHS trusts have not been made. The Scottish Government and the other devovled administrations will each receive a population share of the apprenticeship levy forecast as set out here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-government-agrees-apprenticeship-levy-funding-deal-with-devolved-administrations.
Asked by: Callum McCaig (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen South)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the revenue to be raised from the Apprenticeship Levy in (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19 and (c) 2019-20.
Answered by Jane Ellison
The expected yield for the apprenticeship levy is published in table C.5: ‘Current Receipts’, in the Autumn Statement 2016 document available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/571559/autumn_statement_2016_web.pdf
Asked by: Callum McCaig (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen South)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he had with representatives of the oil and gas industry before the Autumn Statement 2016.
Answered by David Gauke
Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery.
Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel
Asked by: Callum McCaig (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen South)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of how much proposed simplification of reporting processes for petroleum revenue tax will save oil and gas companies each year.
Answered by Jane Ellison
The average administrative burden saving to companies in the oil and gas sector from simplifying the reporting process for Petroleum Revenue Tax is estimated at £620,000 per annum.
Further information about the measure can be found in the Tax Information and Impact Note (published 23 November 2016). This is available at:
Asked by: Callum McCaig (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen South)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when new reporting processes to reduce the administrative costs of petroleum revenue tax for oil and gas companies are planned to come into effect.
Answered by Jane Ellison
There are two stages to the simplification of the reporting process for the Petroleum Revenue Tax (PRT). The first is the simplification of the process for opting fields out of the PRT regime and the second concerns the removal of reporting requirements from PRT forms. Both simplifications came into force from 23 November 2016.
Further details about the measure can be found in its technical note (published 23 November 2016). This is available at
Asked by: Callum McCaig (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen South)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the role of the carbon price floor in maintaining security of electricity supply.
Answered by Jane Ellison
The Government takes into account a range of factors when considering the future direction of the Carbon Price Floor. An assessment of the wider impacts of the CPF was published in a Tax and Information Impact Note in March 2014 and can be accessed via the following the link, https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/carbon-price-floor-reform.
Asked by: Callum McCaig (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen South)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department plans to provide an update on the future of the carbon price floor after 2021.
Answered by Jane Ellison
The Government continues to consider the long-term direction of the Carbon Price Floor and will make an announcement in due course.