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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2022-07-12more like thismore than 2022-07-12
answering body
Treasury remove filter
answering dept id 14 more like this
answering dept short name Treasury more like this
answering dept sort name Treasury more like this
hansard heading Business: Coronavirus remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has met the (a) Taxpayer Protection Taskforce or (b) National Crime Agency to discuss fraud in the covid-19 support schemes since his appointment as Chancellor. more like this
tabling member constituency Wolverhampton South East more like this
tabling member printed
Pat McFadden more like this
uin 34873 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2022-07-19more like thismore than 2022-07-19
answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials regularly engage with the National Crime Agency and Taxpayer Protection Taskforce to discuss shared policy interests, such as the response to fraud.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has invested over £100 million in the Taxpayer Protection Taskforce to combat fraud on the HMRC Covid-19 schemes, one of the largest and quickest responses to a fraud risk by HMRC.</p><p> </p><p>In 2021-22 the Taxpayer Protection Taskforce prevented more than £350 million from being lost through error and fraud in the COVID-19 financial support schemes. Overall, since the start of the schemes, the amount of money either recovered or blocked from being paid out totals more than £1.2 billion, with compliance activity still ongoing.</p> more like this
answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire more like this
answering member printed Lucy Frazer more like this
question first answered
less than 2022-07-19T15:04:22.677Zmore like thismore than 2022-07-19T15:04:22.677Z
answering member
4517
label Biography information for Lucy Frazer remove filter
tabling member
1587
label Biography information for Pat McFadden more like this
1421157
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2022-02-09more like thismore than 2022-02-09
answering body
Treasury remove filter
answering dept id 14 more like this
answering dept short name Treasury more like this
answering dept sort name Treasury more like this
hansard heading Business: Coronavirus remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment he has made of the equity of his policies on the recovery of fraudulently claimed covid-19 support funds and the pursuance of the retrospective loan charge. more like this
tabling member constituency Falkirk more like this
tabling member printed
John McNally more like this
uin 121805 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2022-02-22more like thismore than 2022-02-22
answer text <p>The Covid-19 support funds and the Loan Charge are two distinct polices.</p><p>In relation to the Covid-19 support funds, throughout the pandemic, the Government’s number one priority has been to protect jobs and livelihoods while also supporting businesses and public services across the UK.</p><p>The overwhelming majority of people that claimed Covid-19 support did so legitimately. However, HMRC are aware that mistakes can happen, which is why they are supporting people who made a mistake to correct it. Those who keep money claimed from any of the Covid-19 support schemes despite knowing they were not entitled to it face having to repay up to double the amount they received, plus interest, and potentially criminal prosecution in the most serious of cases.</p><p>The Loan Charge was announced at Budget 2016 and was a new tax charge on disguised remuneration loan balances outstanding on 5 April 2019. The Government recognises the Loan Charge can have a significant impact. Anyone who is worried about being able to pay their Loan Charge liability should contact HMRC. They may be able to agree an instalment arrangement based on their financial circumstances.</p><p>No comparative assessment of the recovery of Covid-19 support and liabilities related to the Loan Charge has been made, as they are not directly comparable.</p>
answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire more like this
answering member printed Lucy Frazer more like this
question first answered
less than 2022-02-22T15:49:44.697Zmore like thismore than 2022-02-22T15:49:44.697Z
answering member
4517
label Biography information for Lucy Frazer remove filter
tabling member
4424
label Biography information for John McNally more like this
1421267
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2022-02-09more like thismore than 2022-02-09
answering body
Treasury remove filter
answering dept id 14 more like this
answering dept short name Treasury more like this
answering dept sort name Treasury more like this
hansard heading Business: Coronavirus remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings Ministers and officials in his Department held with stakeholders on the £4.3 million lost to fraudulent covid-19 claims; and who was in attendance at those meetings. more like this
tabling member constituency Ellesmere Port and Neston more like this
tabling member printed
Justin Madders more like this
uin 121804 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2022-02-23more like thismore than 2022-02-23
answer text <p>The £4.3 billion figure that has been widely reported is not a figure produced or recognised by HMRC or HMT. HM Treasury works closely with HMRC to ensure a robust approach to error and fraud within the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme, and Eat Out to Help Out, and the Government remains committed to cracking down on fraud wherever it arises.</p><p> </p><p>Within the unprecedented £400 billion package of support, the Government put robust measures in place to control error and fraud in the key pandemic support schemes. By building automated controls into the digital claim process, HMRC prevented more than 100,000 ineligible or mistaken claims in these schemes. At the March 2021 Budget, the Government invested over £100 million in a Taxpayer Protection Taskforce. The taskforce is expected to recover £800 million to £1 billion from fraudulent or incorrect payments over the next two years. This is in addition to the £536 million already recovered by HMRC in 2020-21. After this point, HMRC will continue to address fraud in the schemes through wider compliance activity.</p><p> </p><p>The Government designed these schemes to prevent as much fraud as possible before any payments were made, while still supporting those who needed it as quickly as possible in unprecedented circumstances. As a result, the economy is back to pre-pandemic levels and growing at the fastest rate in the G7.</p>
answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire more like this
answering member printed Lucy Frazer more like this
question first answered
less than 2022-02-23T17:07:40.483Zmore like thismore than 2022-02-23T17:07:40.483Z
answering member
4517
label Biography information for Lucy Frazer remove filter
tabling member
4418
label Biography information for Justin Madders more like this
1417508
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2022-01-27more like thismore than 2022-01-27
answering body
Treasury remove filter
answering dept id 14 more like this
answering dept short name Treasury more like this
answering dept sort name Treasury more like this
hansard heading Business: Coronavirus remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish any strategy he has produced on preventing fraud in the coronavirus business support schemes. more like this
tabling member constituency Erith and Thamesmead more like this
tabling member printed
Abena Oppong-Asare more like this
uin 113291 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2022-02-01more like thismore than 2022-02-01
answer text <p>The Government has consistently stated that fraud is totally unacceptable, and we are taking action on multiple fronts to recover money lost to error and fraud and, where necessary, taking legal action on those who have sought to exploit the COVID-19 support schemes. It was right to establish the schemes quickly and in a way that they could be accessed easily by the millions who needed support.</p><p> </p><p>Given the unprecedented efforts that the Government has made to protect jobs and livelihoods during this pandemic, it would have been impossible to prevent all related fraud.</p><p> </p><p>In designing the COVID-19 support schemes the Government followed the leading practice of the International Public Sector Fraud Forum on dealing with fraud in an emergency context. The dedicated Government Counter Fraud Function and Centre of Expertise re-prioritised its work to focus on COVID Financial Support schemes. It provided fraud risk assessment support, offered expert counter fraud advice, and created data driven tools to Government departments to help prevent, detect, and recover fraud. The Fraud Function continues to offer post event assurance support to Government departments to find and fight fraud.</p><p> </p><p>Robust measures were put in place to control error and fraud in the key COVID-19 support schemes from their inception. For instance, to minimise the risk of fraud and error and unverified claims, the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and Self-Employment Income Support Scheme were designed in a way to prevent ineligible claims being made up front and made payments for employees and businesses using existing data held on HMRC’s systems. That included cut-off dates around scheme eligibility and the need for customers to be registered for pay-as-you-earn online or self-assessment.</p><p> </p><p>To further bolster anti-fraud measures on HMRC-delivered COVID-19 support schemes, the Government invested more than £100 million in a Taxpayer Protection Taskforce of more than 1,200 HMRC staff to combat COVID-19-related fraud, which was announced at Spring Budget 2021. This Taskforce is expected to recover between £800 million and £1 billion from fraudulent or incorrect payments during the years 2021-22 and 2022-23. In addition, HMRC has so far stopped or recovered £743 million of overclaimed grants in the year 2020-21.</p><p> </p><p>For local authority administered business grants, local authorities are responsible for ensuring the safe administration of grants and that appropriate measures are put in place to mitigate the increased risks of fraud and payment error. Guidance for the grant schemes requires that local authorities have assurance plans in place which set out the steps they would take to minimise fraud. The Government has mandated pre-payment checks (company and bank account searches) as well as post-event assurance, and a Fraud Risk Assessment, as standard elements of this plan.</p><p> </p><p>Where grants have been paid in error, non-compliantly or to a fraudster, local authorities must seek to recover these funds and return them to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). If local authorities have been unable to reclaim the grant, the case may be referred to BEIS under the Debt Recovery Policy to establish the next steps. Local Authorities are required to demonstrate that they have taken all reasonable and practicable steps to reclaim incorrectly paid grant funds.</p><p> </p><p>In respect of the Bounce Back Loan Scheme, the Government continues to work closely with the British Business Bank, lenders, and enforcement agencies to tackle fraud and to recover as many fraudulent loans as possible. This is on top of the £2.2 billion worth of fraudulent applications that were prevented by upfront checks.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, as part of the Spring Budget 2021, the Government announced plans to significantly strengthen enforcement activity against fraudulent Bounce Back Loans, including new powers for the Insolvency Service to tackle rogue directors, and investing in the National Investigation Service to investigate serious fraud.</p>
answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire more like this
answering member printed Lucy Frazer more like this
grouped question UIN 113292 more like this
question first answered
less than 2022-02-01T15:42:29.76Zmore like thismore than 2022-02-01T15:42:29.76Z
answering member
4517
label Biography information for Lucy Frazer remove filter
tabling member
4820
label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare more like this
1417510
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2022-01-27more like thismore than 2022-01-27
answering body
Treasury remove filter
answering dept id 14 more like this
answering dept short name Treasury more like this
answering dept sort name Treasury more like this
hansard heading Business: Coronavirus remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what strategy his Department has put in place for recovering fraudulent loans or grants made as part of the covid-19 business support schemes; and if he will publish that strategy. more like this
tabling member constituency Erith and Thamesmead more like this
tabling member printed
Abena Oppong-Asare more like this
uin 113292 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2022-02-01more like thismore than 2022-02-01
answer text <p>The Government has consistently stated that fraud is totally unacceptable, and we are taking action on multiple fronts to recover money lost to error and fraud and, where necessary, taking legal action on those who have sought to exploit the COVID-19 support schemes. It was right to establish the schemes quickly and in a way that they could be accessed easily by the millions who needed support.</p><p> </p><p>Given the unprecedented efforts that the Government has made to protect jobs and livelihoods during this pandemic, it would have been impossible to prevent all related fraud.</p><p> </p><p>In designing the COVID-19 support schemes the Government followed the leading practice of the International Public Sector Fraud Forum on dealing with fraud in an emergency context. The dedicated Government Counter Fraud Function and Centre of Expertise re-prioritised its work to focus on COVID Financial Support schemes. It provided fraud risk assessment support, offered expert counter fraud advice, and created data driven tools to Government departments to help prevent, detect, and recover fraud. The Fraud Function continues to offer post event assurance support to Government departments to find and fight fraud.</p><p> </p><p>Robust measures were put in place to control error and fraud in the key COVID-19 support schemes from their inception. For instance, to minimise the risk of fraud and error and unverified claims, the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and Self-Employment Income Support Scheme were designed in a way to prevent ineligible claims being made up front and made payments for employees and businesses using existing data held on HMRC’s systems. That included cut-off dates around scheme eligibility and the need for customers to be registered for pay-as-you-earn online or self-assessment.</p><p> </p><p>To further bolster anti-fraud measures on HMRC-delivered COVID-19 support schemes, the Government invested more than £100 million in a Taxpayer Protection Taskforce of more than 1,200 HMRC staff to combat COVID-19-related fraud, which was announced at Spring Budget 2021. This Taskforce is expected to recover between £800 million and £1 billion from fraudulent or incorrect payments during the years 2021-22 and 2022-23. In addition, HMRC has so far stopped or recovered £743 million of overclaimed grants in the year 2020-21.</p><p> </p><p>For local authority administered business grants, local authorities are responsible for ensuring the safe administration of grants and that appropriate measures are put in place to mitigate the increased risks of fraud and payment error. Guidance for the grant schemes requires that local authorities have assurance plans in place which set out the steps they would take to minimise fraud. The Government has mandated pre-payment checks (company and bank account searches) as well as post-event assurance, and a Fraud Risk Assessment, as standard elements of this plan.</p><p> </p><p>Where grants have been paid in error, non-compliantly or to a fraudster, local authorities must seek to recover these funds and return them to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). If local authorities have been unable to reclaim the grant, the case may be referred to BEIS under the Debt Recovery Policy to establish the next steps. Local Authorities are required to demonstrate that they have taken all reasonable and practicable steps to reclaim incorrectly paid grant funds.</p><p> </p><p>In respect of the Bounce Back Loan Scheme, the Government continues to work closely with the British Business Bank, lenders, and enforcement agencies to tackle fraud and to recover as many fraudulent loans as possible. This is on top of the £2.2 billion worth of fraudulent applications that were prevented by upfront checks.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, as part of the Spring Budget 2021, the Government announced plans to significantly strengthen enforcement activity against fraudulent Bounce Back Loans, including new powers for the Insolvency Service to tackle rogue directors, and investing in the National Investigation Service to investigate serious fraud.</p>
answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire more like this
answering member printed Lucy Frazer more like this
grouped question UIN 113291 more like this
question first answered
less than 2022-02-01T15:42:29.823Zmore like thismore than 2022-02-01T15:42:29.823Z
answering member
4517
label Biography information for Lucy Frazer remove filter
tabling member
4820
label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare more like this
1416821
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2022-01-26more like thismore than 2022-01-26
answering body
Treasury remove filter
answering dept id 14 more like this
answering dept short name Treasury more like this
answering dept sort name Treasury more like this
hansard heading Business: Coronavirus remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much HMRC plans to spend for the purposes of recovering public money lost to fraud and economic crime through covid-19 support schemes. more like this
tabling member constituency Wolverhampton South East more like this
tabling member printed
Pat McFadden more like this
uin 112518 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2022-02-02more like thismore than 2022-02-02
answer text <p>Throughout the pandemic, the Government’s number one priority has been to protect jobs and livelihoods whilst also supporting businesses and public services across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The overwhelming majority of people that claimed Covid-19 support did so legitimately. HMRC is also aware that mistakes can happen, which is why HMRC is supporting people who made a mistake to correct it. Those who keep money claimed from any of the Covid-19 support schemes despite knowing they were not entitled to it face having to repay up to double the amount they received, plus interest, and potentially criminal prosecution in the most serious of cases.</p><p> </p><p>As published in HMRC’s Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21, over 1,300 Full Time Equivalent staff were deployed onto the COVID schemes during 2020-21. The full report can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-annual-report-and-accounts-2020-to-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-annual-report-and-accounts-2020-to-2021</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government has since invested over £100 million in a Taxpayer Protection Taskforce of over 1,200 Full Time Equivalent of HMRC staff to combat fraud and error within the HMRC Covid-19 schemes, one of the largest and quickest responses to a fraud risk by HMRC.</p><p> </p><p>The taskforce is funded for two years up to the year 2022-23 and will enable HMRC to increase their one-to-one checks to 30,000. The Taskforce is expected to recover between £800 million to £1 billion in overpayments.</p><p> </p><p>Up to November 2021, HMRC issued over 74,000 letters asking claimants to check their claims and self-correct if they had got it wrong, and opened over 26,000 one-to-one checks where there was a risk that the grant had been overclaimed. HMRC’s 2020-21 compliance results for the Covid-19 schemes amounted to over £830 million, achieved by preventing losses by pre-payment activity and recovering overclaimed grants.</p><p> </p><p>Taskforce performance for the year 2021-22 will be published in HMRC’s Annual Report and Accounts for 2021-22.</p>
answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire more like this
answering member printed Lucy Frazer more like this
grouped question UIN
112519 more like this
112520 more like this
question first answered
less than 2022-02-02T18:24:07.73Zmore like thismore than 2022-02-02T18:24:07.73Z
answering member
4517
label Biography information for Lucy Frazer remove filter
tabling member
1587
label Biography information for Pat McFadden more like this
1416822
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2022-01-26more like thismore than 2022-01-26
answering body
Treasury remove filter
answering dept id 14 more like this
answering dept short name Treasury more like this
answering dept sort name Treasury more like this
hansard heading Business: Coronavirus remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many ongoing investigations are underway at HMRC to recover public money lost to fraud and economic crime through the emergency covid-19 schemes as of 26 January 2022. more like this
tabling member constituency Wolverhampton South East more like this
tabling member printed
Pat McFadden more like this
uin 112519 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2022-02-02more like thismore than 2022-02-02
answer text <p>Throughout the pandemic, the Government’s number one priority has been to protect jobs and livelihoods whilst also supporting businesses and public services across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The overwhelming majority of people that claimed Covid-19 support did so legitimately. HMRC is also aware that mistakes can happen, which is why HMRC is supporting people who made a mistake to correct it. Those who keep money claimed from any of the Covid-19 support schemes despite knowing they were not entitled to it face having to repay up to double the amount they received, plus interest, and potentially criminal prosecution in the most serious of cases.</p><p> </p><p>As published in HMRC’s Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21, over 1,300 Full Time Equivalent staff were deployed onto the COVID schemes during 2020-21. The full report can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-annual-report-and-accounts-2020-to-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-annual-report-and-accounts-2020-to-2021</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government has since invested over £100 million in a Taxpayer Protection Taskforce of over 1,200 Full Time Equivalent of HMRC staff to combat fraud and error within the HMRC Covid-19 schemes, one of the largest and quickest responses to a fraud risk by HMRC.</p><p> </p><p>The taskforce is funded for two years up to the year 2022-23 and will enable HMRC to increase their one-to-one checks to 30,000. The Taskforce is expected to recover between £800 million to £1 billion in overpayments.</p><p> </p><p>Up to November 2021, HMRC issued over 74,000 letters asking claimants to check their claims and self-correct if they had got it wrong, and opened over 26,000 one-to-one checks where there was a risk that the grant had been overclaimed. HMRC’s 2020-21 compliance results for the Covid-19 schemes amounted to over £830 million, achieved by preventing losses by pre-payment activity and recovering overclaimed grants.</p><p> </p><p>Taskforce performance for the year 2021-22 will be published in HMRC’s Annual Report and Accounts for 2021-22.</p>
answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire more like this
answering member printed Lucy Frazer more like this
grouped question UIN
112518 more like this
112520 more like this
question first answered
less than 2022-02-02T18:24:07.84Zmore like thismore than 2022-02-02T18:24:07.84Z
answering member
4517
label Biography information for Lucy Frazer remove filter
tabling member
1587
label Biography information for Pat McFadden more like this
1416823
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2022-01-26more like thismore than 2022-01-26
answering body
Treasury remove filter
answering dept id 14 more like this
answering dept short name Treasury more like this
answering dept sort name Treasury more like this
hansard heading Business: Coronavirus remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many members of staff at HMRC are working full-time on the recovery of public money lost to fraud and economic crime through the emergency covid-19 schemes as of 26 January 2022. more like this
tabling member constituency Wolverhampton South East more like this
tabling member printed
Pat McFadden more like this
uin 112520 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2022-02-02more like thismore than 2022-02-02
answer text <p>Throughout the pandemic, the Government’s number one priority has been to protect jobs and livelihoods whilst also supporting businesses and public services across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The overwhelming majority of people that claimed Covid-19 support did so legitimately. HMRC is also aware that mistakes can happen, which is why HMRC is supporting people who made a mistake to correct it. Those who keep money claimed from any of the Covid-19 support schemes despite knowing they were not entitled to it face having to repay up to double the amount they received, plus interest, and potentially criminal prosecution in the most serious of cases.</p><p> </p><p>As published in HMRC’s Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21, over 1,300 Full Time Equivalent staff were deployed onto the COVID schemes during 2020-21. The full report can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-annual-report-and-accounts-2020-to-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-annual-report-and-accounts-2020-to-2021</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government has since invested over £100 million in a Taxpayer Protection Taskforce of over 1,200 Full Time Equivalent of HMRC staff to combat fraud and error within the HMRC Covid-19 schemes, one of the largest and quickest responses to a fraud risk by HMRC.</p><p> </p><p>The taskforce is funded for two years up to the year 2022-23 and will enable HMRC to increase their one-to-one checks to 30,000. The Taskforce is expected to recover between £800 million to £1 billion in overpayments.</p><p> </p><p>Up to November 2021, HMRC issued over 74,000 letters asking claimants to check their claims and self-correct if they had got it wrong, and opened over 26,000 one-to-one checks where there was a risk that the grant had been overclaimed. HMRC’s 2020-21 compliance results for the Covid-19 schemes amounted to over £830 million, achieved by preventing losses by pre-payment activity and recovering overclaimed grants.</p><p> </p><p>Taskforce performance for the year 2021-22 will be published in HMRC’s Annual Report and Accounts for 2021-22.</p>
answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire more like this
answering member printed Lucy Frazer more like this
grouped question UIN
112518 more like this
112519 more like this
question first answered
less than 2022-02-02T18:24:07.887Zmore like thismore than 2022-02-02T18:24:07.887Z
answering member
4517
label Biography information for Lucy Frazer remove filter
tabling member
1587
label Biography information for Pat McFadden more like this
1416399
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2022-01-25more like thismore than 2022-01-25
answering body
Treasury remove filter
answering dept id 14 more like this
answering dept short name Treasury more like this
answering dept sort name Treasury more like this
hansard heading Business: Coronavirus remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much public money intended to support businesses affected by covid-19 restrictions has been lost to fraud. more like this
tabling member constituency Warrington North more like this
tabling member printed
Charlotte Nichols more like this
uin 111724 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2022-02-02more like thismore than 2022-02-02
answer text <p>The Government has provided around £400 billion of direct support for the economy since the start of the pandemic, which has helped to safeguard jobs, businesses, and public services in every region and nation of the UK.</p><p> </p><p>This package has included a wide range of different COVID-19 support schemes for businesses, delivered by a variety of Government departments, either directly, via their arms-length bodies, or via local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>Departments are required to disclose details of material fraud, evasion, and error within their annual report and accounts, which can be found on GOV.UK.</p> more like this
answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire more like this
answering member printed Lucy Frazer more like this
question first answered
less than 2022-02-02T15:30:54.777Zmore like thismore than 2022-02-02T15:30:54.777Z
answering member
4517
label Biography information for Lucy Frazer remove filter
tabling member
4799
label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols more like this
1405254
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2022-01-21more like thismore than 2022-01-21
answering body
Treasury remove filter
answering dept id 14 more like this
answering dept short name Treasury more like this
answering dept sort name Treasury more like this
hansard heading Business: Coronavirus remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the number of entities that have self-reported funds paid out due to fraud or error in relation to the coronavirus support schemes. more like this
tabling member constituency Blackburn more like this
tabling member printed
Kate Hollern more like this
uin 109257 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2022-01-26more like thismore than 2022-01-26
answer text <p>HMRC have taken a supportive and reasonable approach where mistakes have been made, giving customers the opportunity to correct them without fear of sanctions. By law, claimants can notify and amend incorrect claims within 90 days without penalty.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants can return monies that they are not entitled to in a number of ways, for example, via an online digital service or by making an entry in their income or corporation tax return. As HMRC does not yet have all the returns for the periods in which the grants were paid, they are not currently able to quantify the numbers of entities who have returned grants.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the document that accompanied HMRC’s 2020-21 Annual Report &amp; Accounts, claimants have repaid more than £350 million to correct mistakes without HMRC intervention in addition to the compliance results for the schemes. HMRC’s 2020-21 Annual Report &amp; Accounts can be found here: <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fmeasuring-error-and-fraud-in-the-covid-19-schemes&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cmonique.deveaux%40hmrc.gov.uk%7C1083de9e91df42479c8808d9e0aa510a%7Cac52f73cfd1a4a9a8e7a4a248f3139e1%7C0%7C0%7C637787844367250413%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=z5PGo6hiBlRT5n3KOKTQkxo4t1qOZLgY0sV5DmEeu4Y%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/measuring-error-and-fraud-in-the-covid-19-schemes</a></p>
answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire more like this
answering member printed Lucy Frazer more like this
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less than 2022-01-26T17:17:47.69Zmore like thismore than 2022-01-26T17:17:47.69Z
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label Biography information for Lucy Frazer remove filter
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label Biography information for Kate Hollern more like this