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1507275

registered interest
date	21/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Sunscreens: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will remove VAT on (a) suntan lotion and (b) other similar products in the context of the rising cost of living.
tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Mrs Pauline Latham
uin	53373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government keeps all taxes under review, however, there are currently no plans to reduce or remove VAT on sunscreen products.</p><p> </p><p>Although sun protection products are subject to the standard rate of VAT, high-factor sunscreen is provided VAT free when dispensed by a pharmacist.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Richard Fuller question first answered 29/09/2022 11:06:18 answering member 3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller
tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

1507330

registered interest
date	21/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Credits Ltd: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints under process by HMRC relate to Tax Credits Ltd.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	53445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>HMRC is unable to comment on named individuals, companies, or organisations.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Richard Fuller grouped question UIN 53446 53447 question first answered 28/09/2022 08:22:23 answering member 3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1507332

registered interest
date	21/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Credits Ltd: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the average amount of time it takes for HMRC to resolve complaints related to Tax Credits Ltd.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	53446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>HMRC is unable to comment on named individuals, companies, or organisations.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Richard Fuller grouped question UIN 53445 53447 question first answered 28/09/2022 08:22:23 answering member 3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1507333

registered interest
date	21/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Credits Ltd: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the average amount of time it took for a complaint related to Tax Credits Ltd being submitted to HMRC to receive a resolution.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	53447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>HMRC is unable to comment on named individuals, companies, or organisations.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Richard Fuller grouped question UIN 53445 53446 question first answered 28/09/2022 08:22:23 answering member 3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1507425

registered interest
date	21/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of HMRC's (a) average telephone response time targets and (b) operating phone hours; and what information his Department holds on average response times from first contact to query resolution for those contacting HMRC across all communication methods.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	53397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2022 answer text <p>HMRC targets are agreed with HM Treasury and are then used by HMRC to allocate resources appropriately across the department.</p><p> </p><p>Information in the form requested is not readily available and could only be obtained, compiled, and collated at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>However, HMRC publish monthly and quarterly performance data on GOV.UK, available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrc-monthly-performance-reports" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrc-monthly-performance-reports</a> and here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrc-quarterly-performance-updates" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrc-quarterly-performance-updates</a>.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Richard Fuller question first answered 29/09/2022 11:04:36 answering member 3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1507443

registered interest
date	21/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Rent a Room Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on consumers of raising the £7500 threshold on the Rent a Room scheme.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	53459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2022 answer text <p>The most recent assessment on the impacts of raising the threshold for Rent a Room relief was carried out in 2015, when the threshold was increased from £4,250 up to its current level of £7,500 per year. The summary of impacts can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rent-a-room-relief-increase/increasing-rent-a-room-relief" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rent-a-room-relief-increase/increasing-rent-a-room-relief</a>.</p><p> </p><p>No further changes to the threshold have been assessed since then.</p><p> </p><p>Ongoing cost estimates of the relief are published annually as part of the Non-Structural Tax Relief statistics release. The most recent release containing information on the Rent a Room scheme was published in December 2021, and can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1046800%2Fnon_structural_cost_estimates_tables_december_2021.ods&amp;data=05%7C01%7CBethany.Douce%40hmtreasury.gov.uk%7Cb0d66f1247c84d2c8c8908daa206fd43%7Ced1644c505e049e6bc39fcf7ac51c18c%7C0%7C0%7C638000448136797493%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=aa13Z3k5iI4IwG89vj3OPhayfR5Nl%2BqN2wEARKkMlhg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1046800/non_structural_cost_estimates_tables_december_2021.ods</a>.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Richard Fuller question first answered 29/09/2022 11:01:24 answering member 3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1506567

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Funerals: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of making costs associated with the organisation of remembrance services exempt from VAT.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	51458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p>VAT has been designed as a broad-based tax on consumption, and the 20 per cent standard rate applies to the vast majority of goods and services.</p><p> </p><p>It would be administratively challenging for suppliers to identify and apply a different VAT treatment to supplies based on the type of event and for HMRC to ensure that the VAT treatment and VAT accounting is applied correctly throughout the supply chain. Businesses and organisations in the supply chain are normally able to recover VAT on costs. However, they are unable to recover the VAT on costs used in making exempt or out of scope supplies.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps all taxes under review and welcomes representations to help inform future decisions on tax policy, as part of the tax policy making cycle and Budget process.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Richard Fuller question first answered 23/09/2022 13:26:09 answering member 3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1506697

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Guaranteed Minimum Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many pensioners affected by the Guaranteed Minimum Pension reconciliation exercise had their pensions (a) reduced and (b) increased; and what was the (a) highest loss, (b) lowest loss and (c) average loss of pension for those pensioners.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
uin	51969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text This question is being answered assuming the Hon. Member for Angus is referring to the Scheme Reconciliation Service that ended in 2021 and that the pension information requested relates to occupational pensions. HMRC are unable to provide the data requested. answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Richard Fuller question first answered 23/09/2022 16:01:25 answering member 3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller
tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan