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To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by the Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on 21 November (HCWS1098) in relation to the annual financial report for the Government’s hospitality wine cellar, what saving they estimate might be made by substituting English and Welsh...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by the Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on 21 November (HCWS1098) in relation to the annual financial report for the Government’s hospitality wine cellar, what saving they estimate might be made by substituting English and Welsh...
The Government Hospitality wine cellar supplies wines and spirits for official business hospitality offered by Government Ministers to a range of domestic and international guests. The cellar has a clear objective of being able to supply the highest quality wines from around the world at the best prices, by purchasing wines young and relatively inexpensive and keeping them until they are ready to drink. The cellar has been a supporter of the UK wine industry for over 25 years and stocks a range of English and Welsh still and sparkling wines. However, some UK wines can cost more than some imported wines, and Government Hospitality must always strike a careful balance between the proper expenditure of taxpayers' money and the desire to promote UK produce. The stocking of the cellar is carefully managed to achieve the best value for money.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 September to Question 172413 on Public Houses: Non-domestic Rates, what evaluation has been made of the effect of increasing the duty on wine on (a) pubs and (b) the wine industry.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 September to Question 172413 on Public Houses: Non-domestic Rates, what evaluation has been made of the effect of increasing the duty on wine on (a) pubs and (b) the wine industry.
When considering changes in alcohol duty rates, the Government models changes in consumption driven by those duty-changes, but it does not explicitly model other effects on pubs and the wine industry. The Treasury takes all issues into account when setting alcohol duty rates.
At Budget 2018, we froze duty on beer, cider and spirits. Pubs, and other businesses, with a rateable value below £51,000 will also benefit from the business rates discount announced.
My Right Honourable Friend, the Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Sir Alan Duncan), has made the following written Ministerial statement:
I have today placed a copy of the Government Hospitality Wine Cellar Annual Report for the Financial Year 2017-18 in the Libraries of both Houses.
Following the outcome of...
My Right Honourable Friend, the Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Sir Alan Duncan), has made the following written Ministerial statement:
I have today placed a copy of the Government Hospitality Wine Cellar Annual Report for the Financial Year 2017-18 in the Libraries of both Houses.
Following the outcome of...
I have today placed a copy of the Government Hospitality Wine Cellar Annual Report for the Financial Year 2017-18 in the Libraries of both Houses.
Following the outcome of the review of the Government Hospitality Wine Cellar in 2011, this seventh Annual Report continues our commitment to annual reporting to Parliament...
I have today placed a copy of the Government Hospitality Wine Cellar Annual Report for the Financial Year 2017-18 in the Libraries of both Houses.
Following the outcome of the review of the Government Hospitality Wine Cellar in 2011, this seventh Annual Report continues our commitment to annual reporting to Parliament...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much additional revenue has accrued to the public purse in taxation on (a) beer, (b) wine and (c) spirits since the introduction of the Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme in 2017.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much additional revenue has accrued to the public purse in taxation on (a) beer, (b) wine and (c) spirits since the introduction of the Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme in 2017.
The Alcohol Wholesalers Registration Scheme was introduced as one of a number of HMRC initiatives to tackle alcohol excise duty fraud. HMRC assesses all applications to ascertain whether the business and key persons within it are fit and proper for approval.
Approved businesses are monitored to ensure compliance with the scheme and to minimise the risk of illicit alcohol entering the wholesale market. To date HMRC has approved approximately 8000 businesses and over 800 applications have been refused.
HMRC publishes alcohol receipts on a monthly basis on the UK Trade Info website. Multiple factors influence revenue receipts. Therefore, HMRC is unable to directly attribute any increases to introduction of the Alcohol Wholesalers Registration Scheme.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is the Government's policy that UK citizens returning with purchased wine from the EU will have to pay (a) £2 duty on wine that they have bought in bulk direct from vineyards and have bottled themselves before returning to the UK...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is the Government's policy that UK citizens returning with purchased wine from the EU will have to pay (a) £2 duty on wine that they have bought in bulk direct from vineyards and have bottled themselves before returning to the UK...
Currently individuals can bring back wine into the UK from other EU Member States without being charged excise duty, as long as the wine is only for their personal consumption. The UK’s excise rules following EU Exit and the end of the Implementation Period remain subject to negotiation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government plans to join the World Wine Trade Group after the UK leaves the EU; and what support his Department is offering to UK wine importers and English wine producers for when the UK leaves the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government plans to join the World Wine Trade Group after the UK leaves the EU; and what support his Department is offering to UK wine importers and English wine producers for when the UK leaves the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions Ministers of his Department have had with wine importers on wine-related policies after the UK leaves the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions Ministers of his Department have had with wine importers on wine-related policies after the UK leaves the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the effect of the Government's industrial strategy will be on the UK’s wine and spirit businesses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the effect of the Government's industrial strategy will be on the UK’s wine and spirit businesses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions Ministers of his Department have had with wine importers on business policy after the UK leaves the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions Ministers of his Department have had with wine importers on business policy after the UK leaves the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans his Department has to support the UK wine industry after the UK leaves the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans his Department has to support the UK wine industry after the UK leaves the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support small vineyards in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support small vineyards in the UK.
Defra does not distinguish between small or large vineyards, but has been working hard to support the growth and development of our flourishing domestic wine production sector as a whole.
Under the current Rural Development Programme we have provided £2.736m in direct support for vineyard projects against total project costs amounting to £7.086m. This funding has been used to support various initiatives including infrastructure projects such as helping build or develop wineries or tourist facilities, to purchase winery equipment, and even the development of a smartphone app that will amongst other features, show users where their nearest vineyard is located.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made on the potential effect on (a) businesses and (b) levels of employment of increasing the duty paid on the dilution of wine and made-wine.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made on the potential effect on (a) businesses and (b) levels of employment of increasing the duty paid on the dilution of wine and made-wine.
At Autumn Budget 2017, the government announced a review of the practice of diluting wine and made-wine after the excise duty has been accounted for. HMRC has invited views from representative bodies and affected businesses. Responses are currently being analysed and assessments of impact will be considered as part of the review process.
Figures for hospitality can be found in the table below. Wine is not purchased independently but included within catering expenditure on hospitality. It is not possible to identify the cost of wine within amounts paid and accrued for hospitality catering.
Financial Yr |
Hospitality |
Catering |
H&C |
201718 YTD |
23,017 |
... |
Figures for hospitality can be found in the table below. Wine is not purchased independently but included within catering expenditure on hospitality. It is not possible to identify the cost of wine within amounts paid and accrued for hospitality catering.
Financial Yr |
Hospitality |
Catering |
H&C |
201718 YTD |
23,017 |
... |
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the tax gap was on (a) beer, (b) wine, (c) spirits and (d) tobacco in the financial tax years (i) 2013-14, (ii) 2014-15, (iii) 2015-16 and (iv) 2016-2017; and what steps he is taking to tackle those tax gaps.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the tax gap was on (a) beer, (b) wine, (c) spirits and (d) tobacco in the financial tax years (i) 2013-14, (ii) 2014-15, (iii) 2015-16 and (iv) 2016-2017; and what steps he is taking to tackle those tax gaps.
The tax gap for (a) beer, (b) wine, (c) spirits in the financial tax years (i) 2013-14, (ii) 2014-15, (iii) 2015-16 is available in Chapter 3 of ‘Measuring Tax Gaps 2017’ at https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/655097/HMRC-measuring-tax-gaps-2017.pdf.
Estimates for the alcohol tax gaps for 2016-17 will be published in due course.
The tax gap was for tobacco tax all financial years including 2016-17 is available in ‘Tobacco tax gap estimates 2016-17’, available at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tobacco-tax-gap-estimates.
There are two strategies in place to tackle these tax gaps: one for alcohol, and one for tobacco.
The HM Revenue and Customs Alcohol Strategy is available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-alcohol-strategy. This is designed to tackle all forms of fraud throughout the supply chain, working with other enforcement agencies and industry. Measures to tackle alcohol duty fraud include:
- Full implementation of Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme on 1 April 2017. This requires businesses to meet rigorous standards to receive approval from HMRC in order to trade. Where standards are not met approval may be refused or revoked.
- The Joint Alcohol Anti-fraud Taskforce, which brings together the alcohol industry and law enforcement agencies
- Sharing HMRC data with alcohol producers to restrict access by fraudsters to UK-sensitive brands, and the introduction of a ‘due diligence’ condition requiring traders to consider the risk of excise duty evasion in their supply chains.
For tobacco, HMRC’s strategy is detailed in “Tackling illicit tobacco: From leaf to light”, a joint publication with Border Force, available at https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/418732/Tackling_illicit_tobacco_-_From_leaf_to_light__2015_.pdf.
This strategy aims to:
• Create a hostile global environment for tobacco fraud through intelligence sharing and policy change.
• Tackle the fraud at all points in the supply chain from production to retail.
• Change perceptions - Raising public awareness of the links between illicit tobacco and organised criminality to reduce tolerance of the fraud in the UK.
Optimise the use of the sanctions available and, where necessary, develop tougher ones.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much his Department spent on (a) art, (b) wine and (c) hospitality in each of the last seven financial years for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much his Department spent on (a) art, (b) wine and (c) hospitality in each of the last seven financial years for which figures are available.
a) Since 2010 the Department procured a printed portrait of Her Majesty the Queen for display in the reception of Eland House at a cost of £256.74 including VAT. This was funded from savings made by consolidating seven sets of papers and periodicals for Ministers and special advisers, delivering over £15,000 a year in on-going revenue savings. Previously the Department did not possess a portrait of Her Majesty, despite it being the legal title holder of the Government's civil estate on behalf of the crown. No artworks have been purchased by the Department in the timescale indicated.
b) Records indicate the Department spent £708 with Majestic Wine in 2010-11. There is no record of any further spend on wine in the timescale indicated.
c) I refer the Hon Member to the answer to Question UIN 107801 on 24 October 2017. Spending for catering and hospitality is down to £9,822 in 2016-17 from £456,142 in 2009-10. This is a total reduction of £446,320 or 98 per cent over the years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department spent on (a) art, (b) wine and (c) hospitality in each of the last seven financial years for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department spent on (a) art, (b) wine and (c) hospitality in each of the last seven financial years for which figures are available.
The department has spent the following on hospitality in the last seven financial years:
Financial year | Amount (£) |
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2016-17 | 1,952.51 |
2015-16 | 8,151.45 |
2014-15 | 3,237.68 |
2013-14 | 625.73 |
2012-13 | 928.86 |
2011-12 | 68.63 |
2010-11 | 3,903.53 |
The department does not hold specific data for how much has been spent on art and wine in the last seven financial years, only information on items that have been ordered from the government wine cellar (one occasion in 2014-15 totalling £113.05).
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on (a) art, (b) wine and (c) hospitality in each of the last seven financial years for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on (a) art, (b) wine and (c) hospitality in each of the last seven financial years for which figures are available.
The Scotland Office has not purchased any original art in any of the last seven financial years; all artwork in our buildings is on loan from the government art collection or the National Galleries of Scotland. The Scotland Office does not separately record wine costs. Any such costs will be met from within the Office's events or hospitality budget. All expenditure incurred is in accordance with the principles of Managing Public Money and the Treasury handbook on Regularity and Propriety.
The hospitality spend is shown below:
2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 |
£27,793 | £25,466 | £37,865 | £24,973 | £9,905 | £8,987 | £453 |
From 2016, events spend has been recorded separately to hospitality spend. This is reflected in the figures above and I refer the hon Member to my answer to the hon Member for Edinburgh North and Leith on 14 December 2017 (UIN 118330).
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent on (a) art, (b) wine and (c) hospitality in each of the last seven financial years for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent on (a) art, (b) wine and (c) hospitality in each of the last seven financial years for which figures are available.
Figures for hospitality can be found in the table below. Wine is not purchased independently but included within catering expenditure on hospitality. It is not possible to identify the cost of wine within amounts paid and accrued for hospitality catering.
Financial Yr | Hospitality | Catering | H&C |
201718 YTD | 23017 | 23400 | 46,417 |
2016/17 | 10130 | 42068 | 52,198 |
2015/16 | -3415 | 13059 | 9,644 |
2014/15 | 62712 | 54432 | 117,144 |
2013/14 | 3816 | 14920 | 18,736 |
2012/13 | 17980 | 37475 | 55,455 |
2011/12 | 39788 | 31527 | 71,315 |
2010/11 | 40572 | 1371 | 41,943 |
Total | 194,600 | 218,252 | 412,852 |
We do not hold figures for spending on art, separate from the Government Art Collection
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department spent on (a) art, (b) wine and (c) hospitality in each of the last seven financial years for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department spent on (a) art, (b) wine and (c) hospitality in each of the last seven financial years for which figures are available.
All DWP artwork is provided on loan from the Government Art Collection free of charge.
The Department has no record relating specifically to the purchase of alcohol in each of the last seven years.
Expenditure on hospitality in each of the last seven years is set out in the table below. It should be seen in the context of the number of full-time equivalent staff employed by the Department, currently over 78,000. The Department’s guidance on hospitality is in accordance with financial procedures and propriety, based on the principles set out in Government Accounting.
| 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 |
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Hospitality | £3,857 | £649 | £868 | £4,220 | £4,826 | £3,081 | £7,164 |