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1277071

registered interest
date	15/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support is available to owners of small businesses which are legally permitted to remain open during the January 2021 covid-19 lockdown but are closed due to staff health concerns.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	138426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2021 answer text <p>Throughout this crisis, the government has sought to protect people’s jobs and livelihoods while also supporting businesses and public services across the UK. To do this, the government has put in place an economic package of support which will provide businesses and individuals with certainty over the coming months, even as measures to prevent further spread of the virus change. The government has spent over £280 billion this year to provide this support.</p><p> </p><p>The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) was introduced to help employers whose operations have been affected by COVID-19 retain their employees and protect the UK economy. All businesses across the UK can access the scheme, which will run until the end of April 2021, with employees receiving 80% of their usual salary for hours not worked, up to £2,500 per month. The Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) will also run until the end of April.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities will receive an additional £500 million, to a total of £1.6 billion, of discretionary funding through the Additional Restrictions Grant to allow them to support their local businesses, including businesses that are adversely impacted but not forced to close by COVID-19 restrictions.</p><p> </p><p>Businesses have also received billions in loans, tax deferrals, Business Rates relief, and general and sector-specific grants. Individuals and families have benefited from increased welfare payments, enhanced Statutory Sick Pay, a stay on repossession proceedings and mortgage holidays.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 20/01/2021 11:17:28 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1276717

registered interest
date	14/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan 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 viability of deferring Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme repayments in the context of the introduction of additional public health restrictions in the covid-19 lockdown announced in January 2021.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	137924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2021 answer text <p>CBILS capital repayments for businesses start immediately unlike the Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS) where no repayments are due from the business during the first 12 months of the facility. CBILS borrowers have benefitted from the Business Interruption Payment with the Government covering their interest payments for the first 12 months of borrowing to provide additional support at this difficult time.</p><p> </p><p>Any business concerned about their ability to repay their finance should discuss this with their lender in the first instance. Given loans under CBILS are varied and resemble more traditional commercial lending, CBILS borrowers are more likely to benefit from tailored engagement with their lender if they have concerns about repayments. Lenders have an ongoing relationship with CBILS borrowers and will be best placed to provide support tailored to an individual businesses circumstance.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has amended the CBILS rules to allow lenders to extend loan terms from six to a maximum of ten years where they judge that this will help borrowers repay their loan, helping them to reduce their monthly repayments.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 19/01/2021 14:29:50 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1276719

registered interest
date	14/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	New Businesses: Company Liquidations
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 effect on the economy of the number of businesses ceasing trading in their first year in the 2019-20 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	137926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2021 answer text <p>HM Treasury regularly monitor a range of sources to assess the health of businesses and the wider corporate sector.</p><p>Official business demography statistics relating to the period 2019-20 are not yet available. The latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) Business demography series extends to 2019; this series is typically updated in November each year.</p><p> </p><p>However, the ONS Business insights and impact on the UK economy statistical series regularly captures information on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on UK businesses and the economy. This series records the proportion of businesses that have permanently ceased trading, disaggregated by industry. This series can be found here: https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/economicoutputandproductivity/output/datasets/businessinsightsandimpactontheukeconomy</p><p> </p><p>The Government has announced unprecedented support for public services, business and workers to protect lives and livelihoods. Our economic response to the pandemic is one of the most comprehensive globally.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) noted in its Autumn Economic Fiscal Outlook (EFO) in November 2020 that “in the short term, this extra spending will cushion the blow to household incomes and business finances arising from the pandemic. And in the medium term, it should reduce unnecessary job losses and business failures, thus limiting any persistent ‘scarring’ of the economy’s supply capacity and future tax base.”</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 19/01/2021 14:25:34 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1276897

registered interest
date	14/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full-time equivalent civil servants in his Department are working on developing new policy initiatives to support people during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	138000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2021 answer text <p>HMT takes a flexible and dynamic approach to resourcing in order to meet Government priorities. Many staff working on the government’s COVID-19 response often do so alongside its other policy priorities. We do not routinely record the number of full time equivalent civil servants who work on individual policy initiatives.</p><p> </p><p>As at September 2020 HMT had 1838.8 paid full time equivalent staff.</p><p>https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-12-17/131452</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 19/01/2021 14:27:28 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

1276336

registered interest
date	13/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Eat Out to Help Out Scheme: Luton North
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish an evaluation of the (a) financial and (b) public health effects in the Luton North constituency of the Eat Out to Help Out scheme.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Sarah Owen
uin	137325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2021 answer text <p>HMRC published official statistics on the Eat Out to Help Out scheme on 25<sup>th</sup> November 2020. Regional statistics will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The scheme was designed in a safe and responsible manner to aid business owners who worked hard to implement the social distancing guidelines and make their premises safe. The scheme was designed to boost demand when it is typically lowest – during the week, Monday-Wednesday – rather than at the weekend when some restaurants will face excess demand. It did not include spend on alcohol due to its public health impact, which has significant economic and social costs.</p><p> </p><p>The Government considers the effect of all measures in aggregate, based on a range of epidemiological evidence and the expert advice of SAGE. Public Health England’s National COVID-19 Surveillance Reports over August and the early part of September showed that only a small fraction of incidents investigated were linked to restaurant settings. These reports are available on the Government’s website.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 18/01/2021 14:43:36 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4777 label Biography information for Sarah Owen

1276389

registered interest
date	13/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Soft Drinks: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish a list of the organisations that have received funding from the Sugar Tax Levy; and what steps he is taking to promote applications for funding from that Levy.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	137115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2021 answer text <p>Revenue from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy is not formally linked to any specific spending, nor do we take applications for funding. Departmental spend to tackle obesity and promote children’s health is allocated through Spending Reviews.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 18/01/2021 14:32:26 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1276410

registered interest
date	13/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Aerospace Industry and Aviation: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans his Department has for sector-specific support for the aviation and aerospace industries to offset the effect on them of national lockdowns and travel bans during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Filton and Bradley Stoke
tabling member printed	Jack Lopresti
uin	137180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises the challenging circumstances facing the aviation industry as a result of Covid-19 and firms experiencing difficulties can draw upon the unprecedented package of measures announced by the Chancellor, including schemes to raise capital and flexibilities with tax bills. The aerospace sector and its aviation customers are being supported with over £11 billion support through the Bank of England’s Covid Corporate Financing Facility, grants for research and development, and committed loan guarantees for aviation and aerospace exporters. This includes over £8bn of UK Export Finance Guarantees.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor also announced on 17 December that the CJRS will be extended until April, with employees receiving 80% of their usual salary for hours not worked, up to a maximum of £2,500 per month. This will continue to protect jobs and businesses across the UK in light of recent developments in the path of the virus.</p><p> </p><p>The Airport and Ground Operations Support Scheme announced on 24 November will also provide support for eligible businesses, up to the equivalent of their business rates liabilities in the 2020/21 financial year, subject to certain conditions and a cap per claimant of £8m. This is intended to help reduce cash burn and could unlock shareholder and lender support.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 20/01/2021 11:19:59 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	3989 label Biography information for Jack Lopresti

1275646

registered interest
date	12/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Beer: Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps he has taken to support small breweries during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	136614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises that breweries have been acutely disrupted by recent necessary restrictions to hospitality businesses.</p><p> </p><p>On the 5 January the Chancellor announced that £594 million is being made available for Local Authorities and the Devolved Administrations to support businesses ineligible for grants for closed businesses, but who might be impacted by COVID-19 restrictions. This funding comes in addition to the £1.1 billion discretionary grant for Local Authorities previously announced. Local Authorities have discretion to determine how much funding to provide to businesses and have the flexibility to target local businesses that are important to their local economies.</p><p> </p><p>Breweries have and will continue to benefit directly from Government support schemes, and indirectly from the support offered to the pubs and restaurants they supply, protecting jobs in the industry. The Government has acted to deliver support through:</p><p> </p><ul><li>The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), which has supported over 9 million jobs across the UK, including supporting jobs in sectors and their supply chains, that have been directly impacted by restrictions. The CJRS has been extended until the end of April 2021.</li><li>A VAT deferral ‘New Payment Scheme’ whereby businesses which deferred their VAT due between March and June until March 2021 will have the option of making 11 payments spread throughout the year rather than one lump sum.</li><li>Access to affordable, Government backed finance through the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS), the Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBLS) for larger firms and the Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBL) for small and micro enterprises, which have been extended until the end of March.</li><li>‘Pay as You Grow’ options for businesses who have taken out loans through BBLS or CBILS, providing businesses with a longer repayment period and allowing further flexibility on repayments.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 18/01/2021 14:49:01 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1275717

registered interest
date	12/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Carbon Emissions: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to provide a long term budget for the carbon price compensation scheme.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	136674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2021 answer text <p>The UK’s new Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) provides compensation for energy-intensive businesses at risk of competitiveness impacts. This compensation can cover up to 75% of the costs in their electricity bills due to the ETS and Carbon Price Support (CPS). The existing compensation schemes have been extended by a year until the end of 2021 and any funding decisions beyond this will be settled at a future Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 19/01/2021 14:38:41 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1275756

registered interest
date	12/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Service Industries: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he will take to support (a) employers and (b) furloughed employees in the events and hospitality industry who are in financial difficulty.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
uin	136676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises the extreme disruption the necessary actions to combat Covid-19 are having on sectors like events and hospitality.</p><p> </p><p>We have already announced considerable and unprecedented support for businesses and individuals through the national restrictions.</p><p> </p><p>Businesses forced to close can claim grants of up to £3,000 per month (worth over £1 billion per month) through the Local Restrictions Support Grant (Closed). Any business in England forced to close due to national or local restrictions can claim grants, via their local authority, of up to £3,000 per month, per business premises, depending on rateable value.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, on 5th January, the Government announced an extra £4.6 billion to protect jobs and support affected businesses as restrictions get tougher. Businesses forced to close can claim a one-off grant of up to £9,000. This is in addition to the monthly closed grant amounts above. Local authorities (in England) will also be given an additional £500 million discretionary funding to support their local businesses. This builds on the £1.1 billion discretionary funding (worth £20 per head of population) which local authorities in England have already received to support their local economies and help businesses impacted</p><p> </p><p>The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) has been extended until the end of April. This provides a substantial grant for employers to cover 80% of the wages of their employees. As of 13 December, CJRS has support 9.9 million jobs at the cost of roughly £46.4bn.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, individuals who are furloughed, become unemployed, or anyone who sees a fall in their earnings, may become eligible for support through the welfare system, notably, Universal Credit. We have announced significant temporary extra support worth £7.4bn in 2020-21 for families who rely on the safety net of the welfare system. This includes a £20 per week increase to the 2020-21 UC standard allowance, a suspension of the Minimum Income Floor for self-employed UC claimants, and an increase in UC and Housing Benefit Local Housing Allowance rates so they cover the lowest third of local rents</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to monitor the impact of government support on public services, businesses, individuals and sectors, including the events and hospitality sector, as we respond to this pandemic. But we must recognise that it will not be possible to preserve every job or business indefinitely, nor stand in the way of the economy adapting and people finding new jobs or starting new businesses.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 18/01/2021 14:51:18 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome