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1459990

registered interest
date	25/04/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what analysis he has undertaken on the potential impact of recent tax rises on consumer confidence and retail sales.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	John Redwood
uin	158849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publish monthly statistics on retail sales. According to latest data, retail sales volumes in Great Britain decreased by 1.4 per cent on the month in March 2022 but remain 2.2 per cent above February 2020 levels. The ONS does not publish official data on consumer confidence.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) set out its latest assessment of the impact of tax changes on the economy in the Economic and Fiscal Outlook, published at Spring Statement 2022. In its latest forecast, the OBR expects household consumption to grow by 5.4 per cent in 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Further details can be found in the OBR’s latest Economic and Fiscal Outlook published in March 2022: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fobr.uk%2Fefo%2Feconomic-and-fiscal-outlook-march-2022%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CBethany.Douce%40hmtreasury.gov.uk%7C15420dab6d014ea829a408da286cb1a3%7Ced1644c505e049e6bc39fcf7ac51c18c%7C0%7C0%7C637866744535149029%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Bl7ItsyqiL8Rg1%2BX1hc%2FGdEuL3zQBw2%2FldvxZLT%2BWyU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://obr.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-march-2022/</a>.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 28/04/2022 09:47:01 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

1460073

registered interest
date	25/04/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Customs Intermediaries: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to tackle the shortage of qualified customs professionals.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	158886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>The customs intermediary sector has significantly increased their capacity to meet demand following the introduction of full customs controls from 1 January 2022.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC is closely monitoring the capacity of the sector, and its ability to respond to demand, through regular engagement and surveys. HMRC continue to engage closely with the sector to understand how it is responding and keep their support measures under constant close review.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC publishes an intermediary register to make traders aware of businesses offering customs services. The register shows whether the intermediary is taking on clients and the services they offer including out of hours support. As of 26 April 2022, there are 1622 intermediaries. 987 say they have capacity to take on new business.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 158887 question first answered 28/04/2022 08:21:44 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

1460074

registered interest
date	25/04/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Customs Intermediaries
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 trends in the level of demand for trade compliance professionals following the UK’s departure from the EU.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	158887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>The customs intermediary sector has significantly increased their capacity to meet demand following the introduction of full customs controls from 1 January 2022.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC is closely monitoring the capacity of the sector, and its ability to respond to demand, through regular engagement and surveys. HMRC continue to engage closely with the sector to understand how it is responding and keep their support measures under constant close review.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC publishes an intermediary register to make traders aware of businesses offering customs services. The register shows whether the intermediary is taking on clients and the services they offer including out of hours support. As of 26 April 2022, there are 1622 intermediaries. 987 say they have capacity to take on new business.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 158886 question first answered 28/04/2022 08:21:44 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

1460075

registered interest
date	25/04/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Customs Grant 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 merits of extending the scope of HMRC’s Customs Training Grants to private individuals who wish to undertake qualifications at the Institute of Export and UK Customs Academy in the context of the shortage of trained customs professionals.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	158888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>The Government provided support to the intermediary sector through the grant scheme. We made over £80 million available to the intermediaries sector via the intermediaries grant scheme to help it scale up. This included grant funding for customs IT, training, and recruitment of staff. The fund has now been fully allocated and no further applications are being accepted.</p><p> </p><p>The customs intermediary sector has significantly increased its capacity to meet demand following the introduction of full customs controls from 1 January 2022.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC continues to closely monitor the capacity of the sector, and its ability to respond to demand through regular engagement and surveys. HMRC continue to engage closely with the sector to understand how it is responding and to keep their support measures under constant close review.</p><p> </p><p>To further support traders, on 15 March 2021 HMRC launched the £20 million SME Brexit Support Fund to support small and medium sized businesses to adjust to new customs, Rules of Origin, and VAT rules when trading with the EU. The fund has now closed.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 28/04/2022 08:27:14 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

1460076

registered interest
date	25/04/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Customs Grant Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses made use of HMRC's Customs Training Grants in (a) 2020 and (b) 2021.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	158889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>3542 grants to support training were offered through the Customs Grant Scheme in the 2019-21 period, from a wider cohort of 8,274 unique businesses that were supported with grants made available to invest in training, IT, and recruitment as part of this scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, in 2021, the Small Business Brexit Support Fund offered 3,034 grants to support Small and Medium-Sized enterprises with training, from a total of 4,174 businesses that were helped to invest in either training or professional advice.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 27/04/2022 14:24:13 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

1460077

registered interest
date	25/04/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Customs Intermediaries: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to take steps to regulate customs intermediaries.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	158890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>The customs intermediary sector has significantly increased their capacity to meet demand following the introduction of full customs controls from 1 January 2022. It is a government priority to ensure that there is sufficient capacity in the customs intermediary market to support UK traders.</p><p> </p><p>Following the recent period of significant change to and scaling of the customs intermediary sector, we want to understand how the sector is performing and ensure that all traders, including Small and Medium-Sized enterprises, are able to access a customs intermediary at an affordable cost and that the service they receive is of high quality. To gather insight from industry, HMRC and HM Treasury have recently published a call for evidence which includes a section on the customs intermediary sector. The call for evidence opened on Monday 7 February 2022 and closes on Monday 2 May 2022.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 28/04/2022 08:24:46 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

1460078

registered interest
date	25/04/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Customs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to take steps to reduce customs border requirements.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	158891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>The 2025 UK Border strategy sets out the Government’s vision for the UK border to be the most effective border in the world. At its core, that strategy is about making it as straightforward as possible for businesses to comply with customs requirements whilst keeping the UK safe and protecting our fiscal interests. To do that, we are embracing innovation and technology, including by investing £180 million to build a UK Single Trade Window which will streamline how traders share information with the Government.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 28/04/2022 08:26:50 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

1460102

registered interest
date	25/04/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Shein: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what VAT receipts have been received for items sold to UK customers by the Chinese fashion firm Shein (a) since 1 January 2021 and (b) between 1 January 2021 and 5 September 2021.
tabling member constituency	Ealing North
tabling member printed	James Murray
uin	159095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>HMRC cannot comment on identifiable taxpayers.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 28/04/2022 07:13:49 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4797 label Biography information for James Murray

1460103

registered interest
date	25/04/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Shein: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC have conducted investigations into the payment of (a) VAT, (b) corporation tax and (c) any other UK taxes by the Chinese fashion firm, Shein.
tabling member constituency	Ealing North
tabling member printed	James Murray
uin	159096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>HMRC cannot comment on identifiable taxpayers.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 28/04/2022 07:15:17 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4797 label Biography information for James Murray

1459396

registered interest
date	22/04/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Self-employment Income Support Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of taxes due to self-employment income support scheme grants on the disposable income and wellbeing of self-employed workers.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	157541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>The Government has supported UK households throughout the pandemic with nearly £400 billion of COVID support, including through the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS), which provided over £28 billion in grants to 2.9 million individuals.</p><p> </p><p>The SEISS was designed to support those whose income had dropped temporarily due to COVID-19. Like self-employed income, SEISS grants are subject to Income Tax and self-employed National Insurance contributions at the recipient’s rate of Income Tax in the year the grant was received. This was set out by the Chancellor when announcing the scheme in March 2020, and in subsequent SEISS guidance throughout the scheme’s lifetime.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has implemented an unprecedented package of support for taxpayers struggling with paying tax liabilities. HMRC has scaled up its longstanding Time to Pay policy, which allows any business or individual in temporary financial difficulty to schedule their tax debts into affordable, sustainable, and tailored instalment arrangements.</p><p> </p><p>Anyone experiencing difficulties paying their tax bill can discuss payment options with HMRC, who are committed to supporting taxpayers through difficult times and will agree a Time to Pay arrangement wherever possible. There are further details available on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 27/04/2022 15:31:28 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson