Asked by: Paul Monaghan (Scottish National Party - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the national debt, from which individuals or organisations has the money been borrowed; and to whom or to which organisations is the debt owed.
Answered by Harriett Baldwin
The majority of government borrowing is financed through the issuance of UK government bonds known as ‘gilts’ by the Debt Management Office (DMO) and as such, the majority of the government’s debt is held in gilts.
The Treasury does not hold detailed information on the holders of gilts. Information on sectoral holdings of gilts is published on a quarterly basis by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Asked by: Paul Monaghan (Scottish National Party - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2015 to Question 1384, on fuels: rebates, whether the filling station in the KW12 postcode area that submitted evidence as part of the Calls for Information subsequently claimed relief through the rural fuel rebate scheme.
Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)
Records show that a filling station in the KW12 postcode area submitted evidence as part of the Calls for Information in September 2013. The filling station submitted the price spreadsheet provided here: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/proposed-extension-of-the-rural-fuel-rebate-scheme-call-for-information as well as supporting records.
Details of which individual fuel stations claiming relief under the scheme cannot be disclosed due to taxpayer confidentiality.
Asked by: Paul Monaghan (Scottish National Party - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2015 to Question 1384, on fuels: rebates, when the filling station in the KW12 postcode area that submitted evidence as part of the Calls for Information did so; and what the content of that submission was.
Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)
Records show that a filling station in the KW12 postcode area submitted evidence as part of the Calls for Information in September 2013. The filling station submitted the price spreadsheet provided here: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/proposed-extension-of-the-rural-fuel-rebate-scheme-call-for-information as well as supporting records.
Details of which individual fuel stations claiming relief under the scheme cannot be disclosed due to taxpayer confidentiality.
Asked by: Paul Monaghan (Scottish National Party - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many fuel stations are located within the KW12 postcode area and claim relief through the fuel rebate scheme.
Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)
Records show that a filling station in the KW12 postcode area submitted evidence as part of the Calls for Information in September 2013. The filling station submitted the price spreadsheet provided here: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/proposed-extension-of-the-rural-fuel-rebate-scheme-call-for-information as well as supporting records.
Details of which individual fuel stations claiming relief under the scheme cannot be disclosed due to taxpayer confidentiality.
Asked by: Paul Monaghan (Scottish National Party - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how he plans to implement the rural fuel rebate scheme in the KW12 postcode area which contains no fuel stations.
Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)
The Government used pump price data received through calls for information, as well as data previously held by HMRC, to help determine the list of areas to be included in its application to the European Commission for the extension of the rural fuel rebate scheme. Records show that a filling station in the KW12 postcode submitted evidence as part of the Calls for Information. While some areas may have been included in the Government’s application in which a filling station has since closed down, the areas met the strict criteria used for the application, and therefore new filling stations in these areas remain eligible to apply for the scheme.
Asked by: Paul Monaghan (Scottish National Party - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons the proprietors of fuel stations in Durness and Scourie have not been reimbursed through the rural fuel rebate scheme for fuel duty reductions they have passed to customers in the IV27 postcode area for claims submitted on 10 May and 1 June 2015.
Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)
HMRC has a duty to maintain taxpayer confidentiality and cannot comment on individual circumstances.
All claims made for Rural Fuel Duty Relief should be paid provided they meet the criteria set out in the Excise Notice (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/excise-notice-2001-rural-fuel-duty-relief-scheme/excise-notice-2001-rural-fuel-duty-relief-scheme).