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1504423

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to (a) review inheritance policy and (b) increase the annual allowance for gifts.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	45818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2022 answer text <p>As with all taxes, the Government keeps this under review.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 07/09/2022 12:52:49 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1491054

registered interest
date	20/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Insurance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that National Insurance Numbers are issued three months before a person's 16th birthday.
tabling member constituency	Burton
tabling member printed	Kate Griffiths
uin	40949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>HMRC issues National Insurance Numbers to most young people just before their 16<sup>th</sup> birthday.</p><p> </p><p>In order for a child to be issued a National Insurance Number (NINo) automatically, the child must be part of a live Child Benefit claim when they are 15 years, 9 months old.</p><p> </p><p>If a child has been part of a claim, but is not part of a claim when they are 15 years, 9 months old, HMRC can be contacted to request a NINo. This process takes approximately 15 working days.</p><p> </p><p>If a child has never been part of a Child Benefit claim (or a claim for a childcare service administered by HMRC) HMRC will have no record of them. An online application can be made to the Department for Work and Pensions to obtain a NINo. HMRC does not collate information on the number of young people who cannot be included in the automatic process.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 40950 question first answered 05/09/2022 07:23:16 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4773 label Biography information for Kate Kniveton

1491055

registered interest
date	20/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Insurance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of people were not issued a National Insurance number in the three months before their 16th birthday in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Burton
tabling member printed	Kate Griffiths
uin	40950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>HMRC issues National Insurance Numbers to most young people just before their 16<sup>th</sup> birthday.</p><p> </p><p>In order for a child to be issued a National Insurance Number (NINo) automatically, the child must be part of a live Child Benefit claim when they are 15 years, 9 months old.</p><p> </p><p>If a child has been part of a claim, but is not part of a claim when they are 15 years, 9 months old, HMRC can be contacted to request a NINo. This process takes approximately 15 working days.</p><p> </p><p>If a child has never been part of a Child Benefit claim (or a claim for a childcare service administered by HMRC) HMRC will have no record of them. An online application can be made to the Department for Work and Pensions to obtain a NINo. HMRC does not collate information on the number of young people who cannot be included in the automatic process.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 40949 question first answered 05/09/2022 07:23:16 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4773 label Biography information for Kate Kniveton

1490174

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Employment: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress his Department has made on implementing the recommendation of the Taylor Review on ensuring that the taxation of labour is consistent across all employment forms.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	38641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises that differences in tax treatment for individuals across employment forms can have a fiscal impact and affect how people and businesses choose to provide or take on labour.</p><p> </p><p>Good progress has been made in ensuring different forms of labour are taxed more consistently by, for example, addressing non-compliance with the off-payroll working rules, also known as IR35, which are designed to ensure that individuals working like employees but through their own company, usually a personal service company, pay broadly the same Income Tax and National Insurance contributions as those who are directly employed.</p><p> </p><p>The Government announced a 1.25 percentage point increase in all dividend tax rates alongside the Health and Social Care levy, to ensure that those with dividend income make a contribution on that income in line with the contribution made by employees and the self-employed on their earnings.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to keep all aspect of the tax system under review and any decisions on future changes will be taken as part of future fiscal events and in the context of wider public finances.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 25/07/2022 09:05:03 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1489580

registered interest
date	15/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: VAT
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 potential merits of temporarily increasing the VAT taxable turnover threshold from £85,000 to help small businesses with the rise in the cost of living.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	37474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2022 answer text <p>The UK has the highest VAT registration threshold in the OECD and as compared to EU Member States at £85,000. This keeps the majority of UK businesses out of VAT altogether.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst the Government keeps all taxes under review, it was announced at Budget 2021 that the VAT threshold will be maintained at its current level of £85,000 until 31 March 2024.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 25/07/2022 08:56:46 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1489187

registered interest
date	14/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Exports: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the number of cars that were exported to Russia during the 12 months before sanctions were imposed against that country.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	36742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2022 answer text <p>HMRC is responsible for the collection and publication of data on imports and exports of goods to and from the UK. HMRC releases this information monthly, as a National Statistic called the Overseas Trade in Goods Statistics (OTS), which is available via their dedicated website: <a href="http://www.uktradeinfo.com/" target="_blank">www.uktradeinfo.com</a>. From this website, it is also possible to build your own data tables based upon bespoke search criteria: <a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/trade-data/ots-custom-table" target="_blank">https://www.uktradeinfo.com/trade-data/ots-custom-table</a>.</p><p>Classification codes (according to the Harmonised System) are available to assist with accessing published trade statistics data in the UK Global Tariff: <a href="https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/find_commodity" target="_blank">https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/find_commodity</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Trade data about cars, gas turbines, packaged medicaments, and construction vehicles exported to Russia prior to sanctions being imposed is publicly available on: <a href="http://www.uktradeinfo.com/" target="_blank">www.uktradeinfo.com</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The site also contains a ‘Help’ function with information on how to extract trade data. Further assistance can also be obtained via the Customer Services team on phone number: 03000 594 250 or via email: <a href="mailto:uktradeinfo@hmrc.gov.uk" target="_blank">uktradeinfo@hmrc.gov.uk</a>.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 36743 36744 36745 question first answered 22/07/2022 10:28:13 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1489188

registered interest
date	14/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Exports: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the number of gas turbines that were exported to Russia during the 12 months before sanctions were imposed against that country.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	36743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2022 answer text <p>HMRC is responsible for the collection and publication of data on imports and exports of goods to and from the UK. HMRC releases this information monthly, as a National Statistic called the Overseas Trade in Goods Statistics (OTS), which is available via their dedicated website: <a href="http://www.uktradeinfo.com/" target="_blank">www.uktradeinfo.com</a>. From this website, it is also possible to build your own data tables based upon bespoke search criteria: <a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/trade-data/ots-custom-table" target="_blank">https://www.uktradeinfo.com/trade-data/ots-custom-table</a>.</p><p>Classification codes (according to the Harmonised System) are available to assist with accessing published trade statistics data in the UK Global Tariff: <a href="https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/find_commodity" target="_blank">https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/find_commodity</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Trade data about cars, gas turbines, packaged medicaments, and construction vehicles exported to Russia prior to sanctions being imposed is publicly available on: <a href="http://www.uktradeinfo.com/" target="_blank">www.uktradeinfo.com</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The site also contains a ‘Help’ function with information on how to extract trade data. Further assistance can also be obtained via the Customer Services team on phone number: 03000 594 250 or via email: <a href="mailto:uktradeinfo@hmrc.gov.uk" target="_blank">uktradeinfo@hmrc.gov.uk</a>.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 36742 36744 36745 question first answered 22/07/2022 10:28:13 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1489190

registered interest
date	14/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Exports: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the number of packaged medicaments that were exported to Russia during the 12 months prior to sanctions being imposed against that country.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	36744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2022 answer text <p>HMRC is responsible for the collection and publication of data on imports and exports of goods to and from the UK. HMRC releases this information monthly, as a National Statistic called the Overseas Trade in Goods Statistics (OTS), which is available via their dedicated website: <a href="http://www.uktradeinfo.com/" target="_blank">www.uktradeinfo.com</a>. From this website, it is also possible to build your own data tables based upon bespoke search criteria: <a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/trade-data/ots-custom-table" target="_blank">https://www.uktradeinfo.com/trade-data/ots-custom-table</a>.</p><p>Classification codes (according to the Harmonised System) are available to assist with accessing published trade statistics data in the UK Global Tariff: <a href="https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/find_commodity" target="_blank">https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/find_commodity</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Trade data about cars, gas turbines, packaged medicaments, and construction vehicles exported to Russia prior to sanctions being imposed is publicly available on: <a href="http://www.uktradeinfo.com/" target="_blank">www.uktradeinfo.com</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The site also contains a ‘Help’ function with information on how to extract trade data. Further assistance can also be obtained via the Customer Services team on phone number: 03000 594 250 or via email: <a href="mailto:uktradeinfo@hmrc.gov.uk" target="_blank">uktradeinfo@hmrc.gov.uk</a>.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 36742 36743 36745 question first answered 22/07/2022 10:28:13 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1489191

registered interest
date	14/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Exports: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the number of large construction vehicles that were exported to Russia during the 12 months prior to sanctions against that country being imposed.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	36745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2022 answer text <p>HMRC is responsible for the collection and publication of data on imports and exports of goods to and from the UK. HMRC releases this information monthly, as a National Statistic called the Overseas Trade in Goods Statistics (OTS), which is available via their dedicated website: <a href="http://www.uktradeinfo.com/" target="_blank">www.uktradeinfo.com</a>. From this website, it is also possible to build your own data tables based upon bespoke search criteria: <a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/trade-data/ots-custom-table" target="_blank">https://www.uktradeinfo.com/trade-data/ots-custom-table</a>.</p><p>Classification codes (according to the Harmonised System) are available to assist with accessing published trade statistics data in the UK Global Tariff: <a href="https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/find_commodity" target="_blank">https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/find_commodity</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Trade data about cars, gas turbines, packaged medicaments, and construction vehicles exported to Russia prior to sanctions being imposed is publicly available on: <a href="http://www.uktradeinfo.com/" target="_blank">www.uktradeinfo.com</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The site also contains a ‘Help’ function with information on how to extract trade data. Further assistance can also be obtained via the Customer Services team on phone number: 03000 594 250 or via email: <a href="mailto:uktradeinfo@hmrc.gov.uk" target="_blank">uktradeinfo@hmrc.gov.uk</a>.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 36742 36743 36744 question first answered 22/07/2022 10:28:13 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1488706

registered interest
date	13/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy about the operation of the business rates system; and if he will make an assessment of the potential benefits for businesses of a reform of the business rates system.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	36038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2022 answer text <p>The Final Report of the Business Rates Review was published at Autumn Budget 2021. The report reaffirms the importance of business rates for raising revenue for essential local services and announces a package of changes worth £7 billion over the next 5 years.</p><p> </p><p>The review has implemented significant new measures to reduce the burden of business rates on firms, including a freeze in the multiplier, new support for improvements and green technology, and further relief for high street businesses. The Government is committing to more frequent revaluations, which represents significant reform of the system and will ensure that liabilities are more responsive to changing market conditions. This addresses a key ask of stakeholders for more frequent revaluations, and to reduce the burden of business rates to make the system fairer.</p><p> </p><p>As with all elements of tax policy, the Government keeps this under review.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 19/07/2022 15:05:46 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq