Questions

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• Title:	Tax options on large companies with supplementary questions
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Richard Rondel
  Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
  Question date:	30/04/2013
  Reference:

  3.9.2 Deputy M.R. Higgins: Addressing this point, we are not talking about financial … Deputy M.R. Higgins: I do, but I just think that it is the usual spin, Sir, and he is …

• Title:	Estimated shortfall in tax revenues for 2015
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
  Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
  Question date:	14/04/2015
  Reference:

  The facts are going to be … I have seen Deputy Higgins and then a final supplementary … is I will take a question from Deputy Higgins and the final supplementary from Deputy Southern …

• Title:	When the report, verifying that the benefit to Islanders from 1(1)(k) residents is over £50m, will be released
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Trevor Pitman
  Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
  Question date:	05/04/2011
  Reference:

  Senator P.F.C. Ozouf (The Minister for Treasury and Resources … My Assistant Minister has ably answered questions in this area and I ask him to answer the question today …

• Title:	Grant from the Criminal Offences Confiscation Fund
  Question type:	Written
  Asked by:	Sam Mézec
  Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
  Question date:	28/04/2015
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  WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR TREASURY AND RESOURCES … that ‘the purpose set out in Deputy Higgins’ Proposition accords with the statutory purposes for …

• Title:	Breakdown of expenditure figures for court case costs
  Question type:	Written
  Asked by:	Mike Higgins
  Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
  Question date:	01/04/2014
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  FOR TREASURY AND R ESOURCES BY DEPUTY M.R. HIGGINS OF ST HELIER ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON … Answer (a) The level and breakdown of Court and Case Costs incurred is dependent on type …

• Title:	Amounts received from Criminal Offences Confiscation Fund and how it has been distributed
  Question type:	Written
  Asked by:	Mike Higgins
  Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
  Question date:	01/04/2014
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  FOR TREASURY AND R ESOURCES BY DEPUTY M.R. HIGGINS OF ST. HELIER ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON … For example, in 2011 a large confiscation (£29 million) and subsequent expense (£22.6 …

• Title:	Zero Ten tax policy
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Mike Higgins
  Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
  Question date:	28/04/2015
  Reference:

  3.4 Deputy M.R. Higgins of the Minister for Treasury and Resources regarding the Zero/Ten … In answer to Deputy Higgins’s final point, the loss of revenue in respect of the reduction …

• Title:	Provision of services for the incineration of Guernseys waste
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Andrew Lewis
  Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
  Question date:	28/04/2015
  Reference:

  Can the Minister update the Assembly as to how negotiations with the States of Guernsey are progressing with regards to the possibility of Transport and Technical Services …

• Title:	Estimate for Jersey's GVA or GNI 2009 to 2011 and 2012 to 2013 with supplementary questions
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
  Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
  Question date:	17/04/2012
  Reference:

  Senator P.F.C. Ozouf (The Minister for Treasury and Resources): Jersey’s G.V.A. was £3.6 billion in 2009 and £3.5 billion in 2010 … The Fiscal Policy Panel in their October update …

• Title:	(244) Measures under consideration to raise the revenue required to fund the provision of public services
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Montfort Tadier
  Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
  Question date:	18/04/2017
  Reference:

  What measures, if any, does the Minister have under consideration for raising the required amount of revenue to fund the provision of public services in the light of the ongoing …

• Title:	Domestic connections required to ensure viability of Gigabyte project with supplementary questions
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Roy Le Hérissier
  Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
  Question date:	16/04/2013
  Reference:

  Senator P.F.C. Ozouf (The Minister for Treasury and Resources): I am advised that 541 … 2.5.4 Deputy M.R. Higgins: I was trying to listen as closely as I could to his answer to …

• Title:	States of Jersey Development Companys 2014 accounts
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Mike Higgins
  Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
  Question date:	28/04/2015
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  3.10 Deputy M.R. Higgins of the Minister for Treasury and Resources regarding the States … In light of the forecast deficit, will the Minister, as shareholder representative, advise …

• Title:	Tax payments by wealth residents with supplementary questions
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Trevor Pitman
  Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
  Question date:	17/04/2012
  Reference:

  What measures, if any, is he planning to introduce locally to ensure that a level playing … 2.9.6 Deputy M.R. Higgins: Is the Assistant Minister really serious when he says he does …

• Title:	What is the latest assessment of strength and depth of the recession and risks of a double dip
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
  Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
  Question date:	20/04/2010
  Reference:

  Senator P.F.C. Ozouf (The Minister for Treasury and Resources … As I have said in my previous … 5.9.3 Deputy M.R. Higgins: Could the Minister clarify the role of the Fiscal Policy Panel …

• Title:	Questions without notice Treasury and Resources
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Questions without notice
  Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
  Question date:	17/04/2012
  Reference:

  In an effort to promote openness and transparency in public life, would the Minister support a proposition which would see all Members of the States Assembly making public their …

• Title:	(9354) The possible merger of Jersey Telecom and Airtel Vodafone
  Question type:	Written
  Asked by:	Mike Higgins
  Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
  Question date:	12/04/2016
  Reference:

  WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER TREASURY AND RESOURCES … BY DEPUTY M.R. HIGGINS OF ST HELIER … ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 12 th APRIL 2016 … With regard to the possible merger of …

• Title:	WQ.198/2019 Tax raised each year
  Question type:	Written
  Asked by:	Mike Higgins
  Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
  Question date:	30/04/2019
  Reference:	WQ.198/2019

  THE MINISTER FOR TREASURY AND RESOURCES BY DEPUTY M.R. HIGGINS OF ST. HELIER ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON … Answer The amount of tax assessed on corporate taxpayers in respect of the …

• Title:	WQ.152/2021 Money allocated to organisations
  Question type:	Written
  Asked by:	Mike Higgins
  Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
  Question date:	19/04/2021
  Reference:	WQ.152/2021

  WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR TREASURY AND RESOURCES … BY DEPUTY M.R. HIGGINS OF ST. HELIER … QUESTION SUBMITTED ON MONDAY 12th APRIL 2021 … ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON MONDAY 19th APRIL …

• Title:	WQ.147/2022 Different types of fuel duty
  Question type:	Written
  Asked by:	Mike Higgins
  Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
  Question date:	26/04/2022
  Reference:	WQ.147/2022

  FOR TREASURY AND RESOURCES BY DEPUTY M.R. HIGGINS OF ST. HELIER QUESTION SUBMITTED ON TUESDAY … Year Rate of duty per type of hydrocarbon oil (pence per litre) Higher octane ultra …