Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask His Majesty's Government what measures they are taking to encourage holders of paper Premium Bond certificates to check whether they have won a prize.
Answered by Lord Livermore - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
NS&I provides information on its website and through its call centre to help Premium Bonds holders trace unclaimed prizes and their original investment. NS&I also publishes details on unclaimed prizes every month alongside Premium Bonds winners’ details and engages with the media to encourage customers to use its prize checker and tracing services.
Premium Bonds holders with original paper Bonds such as those purchased over the counter at the Post Office, can register them online or by calling NS&I’s helpline. Holders who do not have internet access or cannot print off a form can request a form by phone or in writing.
Finally, Premium Bonds holders who have lost historic certificates, or who do not have their Bond or NS&I number, can use NS&I’s dedicated tracing service by post or online. Holders can also use MyLostAccount which can be used to trace old accounts with other providers, as well as NS&I
Premium Bonds are never lost and NS&I pays out unclaimed prizes no matter how long ago the Bonds were purchased.
Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask His Majesty's Government what advice they give to people who have lost historic Premium Bond certificates.
Answered by Lord Livermore - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
NS&I provides information on its website and through its call centre to help Premium Bonds holders trace unclaimed prizes and their original investment. NS&I also publishes details on unclaimed prizes every month alongside Premium Bonds winners’ details and engages with the media to encourage customers to use its prize checker and tracing services.
Premium Bonds holders with original paper Bonds such as those purchased over the counter at the Post Office, can register them online or by calling NS&I’s helpline. Holders who do not have internet access or cannot print off a form can request a form by phone or in writing.
Finally, Premium Bonds holders who have lost historic certificates, or who do not have their Bond or NS&I number, can use NS&I’s dedicated tracing service by post or online. Holders can also use MyLostAccount which can be used to trace old accounts with other providers, as well as NS&I
Premium Bonds are never lost and NS&I pays out unclaimed prizes no matter how long ago the Bonds were purchased.
Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce proactive measures to track down the holders of the 11 unclaimed Premium Bond prizes worth £100,000 and the 19 unclaimed prizes worth £50,000.
Answered by Lord Livermore - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
NS&I provides information on its website and through its call centre to help Premium Bonds holders trace unclaimed prizes and their original investment. NS&I also publishes details on unclaimed prizes every month alongside Premium Bonds winners’ details and engages with the media to encourage customers to use its prize checker and tracing services.
Premium Bonds holders with original paper Bonds such as those purchased over the counter at the Post Office, can register them online or by calling NS&I’s helpline. Holders who do not have internet access or cannot print off a form can request a form by phone or in writing.
Finally, Premium Bonds holders who have lost historic certificates, or who do not have their Bond or NS&I number, can use NS&I’s dedicated tracing service by post or online. Holders can also use MyLostAccount which can be used to trace old accounts with other providers, as well as NS&I
Premium Bonds are never lost and NS&I pays out unclaimed prizes no matter how long ago the Bonds were purchased.
Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask His Majesty's Government what measures they are taking to encourage Premium Bond holders to check whether they are the recipients of unclaimed Premium Bond prizes.
Answered by Lord Livermore - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
NS&I provides information on its website and through its call centre to help Premium Bonds holders trace unclaimed prizes and their original investment. NS&I also publishes details on unclaimed prizes every month alongside Premium Bonds winners’ details and engages with the media to encourage customers to use its prize checker and tracing services.
Premium Bonds holders with original paper Bonds such as those purchased over the counter at the Post Office, can register them online or by calling NS&I’s helpline. Holders who do not have internet access or cannot print off a form can request a form by phone or in writing.
Finally, Premium Bonds holders who have lost historic certificates, or who do not have their Bond or NS&I number, can use NS&I’s dedicated tracing service by post or online. Holders can also use MyLostAccount which can be used to trace old accounts with other providers, as well as NS&I
Premium Bonds are never lost and NS&I pays out unclaimed prizes no matter how long ago the Bonds were purchased.
Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the timeframe is for five-year review of remote gaming duty set out in the 2014 HMRC draft note on Remote Gambling Taxation Reform.
Answered by Simon Clarke
The benefits, revenue effects and administration of remote gambling taxation are subject to constant evaluation. We currently have no plans to publish any review or evaluation document.
Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to extend the soft drinks industry levy to milk replacement drinks containing sugar; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Robert Jenrick - Shadow Secretary of State for Justice
Milk substitute drinks derived from plants are currently exempt from the soft drinks industry levy. At the time of the introduction of SDIL the Government committed to review this in 2020.
The government has no plans to extend SDIL at the present time.
Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to (a) extend the scope of the soft drinks industry levy to other products containing free sugars and (b) increase the rate of the levy.
Answered by Robert Jenrick - Shadow Secretary of State for Justice
The Government has no plans at this stage to extend the soft drinks industry levy beyond soft drinks. The Government has committed to review the exemption for sugary milk drinks in 2020.
Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether (a) he has and (b) officials of his Department have met with (i) his and (ii) their counterparts in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to discuss extending business rates relief to small music venues.
Answered by Mel Stride - Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
HM Treasury Ministers and officials are in regular contact with their counterparts in other government departments on a range of issues, including business rates.
Since Budget 2016, we have announced cuts worth more than £13bn to businesses over the next five years, including switching to CPI indexation, and making Small Business Rate Relief more generous so that 655,000 of the smallest businesses pay no rates at all. The government also introduced a £3.6bn transitional relief scheme to support ratepayers facing bill increases as a result of the 2017 property revaluation.
Budget 2018 announced a new business rates retail discount, cutting bills by a third for eligible businesses. As is set out in guidance, music venues may be eligible for the discount where they are broadly similar in nature to those properties listed as eligible. It is for local authorities to make that judgement.
Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of trends in the level of business rates on the financial viability of small music venues.
Answered by Mel Stride - Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
HM Treasury Ministers and officials are in regular contact with their counterparts in other government departments on a range of issues, including business rates.
Since Budget 2016, we have announced cuts worth more than £13bn to businesses over the next five years, including switching to CPI indexation, and making Small Business Rate Relief more generous so that 655,000 of the smallest businesses pay no rates at all. The government also introduced a £3.6bn transitional relief scheme to support ratepayers facing bill increases as a result of the 2017 property revaluation.
Budget 2018 announced a new business rates retail discount, cutting bills by a third for eligible businesses. As is set out in guidance, music venues may be eligible for the discount where they are broadly similar in nature to those properties listed as eligible. It is for local authorities to make that judgement.
Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 24 May to Question 146155, on Sugar: Taxation, if he will undertake a review of the exemption for milk drinks containing sugar to the Soft Drinks Industry Levy earlier than 2020.
Answered by Robert Jenrick - Shadow Secretary of State for Justice
The government is committed to reviewing the Soft Drinks Industry Levy in 2020, and there are no plans to alter this timeframe.