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1353604

registered interest
date	07/09/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business Rates: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the £1.5 billion Business Rates Relief fund, announced on 25 March 2021, has been distributed to businesses; and what the timescale is by which all of the fund will have been distributed to businesses.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	44317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>Funding for businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic that have not otherwise been eligible for existing reliefs will be available once the legislation relating to material change in circumstance provisions has passed and Local Authorities (LAs) have established their own local relief schemes. The Government will support LAs to do this as quickly as possible, including through new burdens funding.</p><p> </p><p>Formal guidance will follow in due course, setting out the specific considerations that LAs should have regard for when providing relief. Relief will be for LAs to award on a discretionary basis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/09/2021 13:20:15 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

1284122

registered interest
date	04/02/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Secondhand Goods: UK Trade with EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support the Government is providing to UK charities facing difficulties in exporting second-hand clothing to the EU under rules of origin requirements.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	149218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2021 answer text <p>The UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) ensures there will be zero tariffs or quotas on trade between the UK and the EU, where goods meet the relevant rules of origin. Rules of origin are a standard feature of trade agreements and serve to protect UK industry from unfair competition by ensuring that products from third countries cannot unduly benefit from the TCA.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has always been clear that leaving the Single Market and Customs Union will result in new customs processes for businesses trading with the EU, and this also applies for charities exporting clothes. The rules of origin in the TCA were developed in close consultation with stakeholders to reflect the needs of UK-EU supply chains, and those agreed for the textiles and clothing sectors are in line with the most liberal precedents found in other FTAs the EU has agreed, ensuring as many UK exports as possible can meet them and benefit from zero tariffs. However, there will necessarily be some circumstances where goods do not satisfy rules of origin requirements. The Government is working closely with businesses and other organisations to ensure that they understand any new requirements, and it has published detailed guidance.</p><p> </p><p>For goods that do not meet rules of origin requirements, depending on the goods’ circumstances, businesses may be able to use existing reliefs in place to ease trade between the UK and EU. The Government understands that the EU, like the UK, provides for relief from customs duties on imports of humanitarian goods, irrespective of the TCA. Charities can find out more information on the EU’s procedures on its Europa.eu website and on those of its Member States.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/02/2021 16:25:45 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

1281634

registered interest
date	28/01/2021
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, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2020 to Question 128136 on Customs Intermediaries, how many of the 50,000 customs agents needed to implement the new UK-EU trading arrangements have been (a) hired and (b) trained.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	145004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2021 answer text <p>The Government does not employ customs agents/customs intermediaries directly, and the Government does not have a target for numbers of customs agents. Readiness in the sector relates to the capacity to make declarations, rather than numbers of staff employed. This is because the sector is varied and made up of a number of different business models including specific customs brokers, freight forwarders and fast parcel operators; all of which will require different numbers of staff to complete declarations and to provide their services.</p><p> </p><p>Many in the sector have innovated and brought in significant IT solutions to automate processes which have reduced the numbers of staff they require.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has helped them to do this by making over £80 million of support available, including flexible grants that can be used for IT and training as well as recruitment, depending on the needs of the business. There is also support for intermediaries available through the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS).</p><p> </p><p>The sector has scaled up significantly, and the Government continues to monitor progress closely and engage with the sector in order to understand the support it needs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/02/2021 15:41:17 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

1281085

registered interest
date	27/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	VAT: Registration
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 support businesses to register for VAT in multiple jurisdictions in response to the UK no longer being part of the single EU VAT area.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	144670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2021 answer text <p>UK businesses exporting goods into the EU will be subject to EU rules relating to import VAT. Many businesses will already be registered in Member States that they export into as a result of existing distance selling rules. The Government is committed to supporting business to understand and carry out the requirements necessary to continue trading.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 01/02/2021 16:30:02 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

1281087

registered interest
date	27/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business: UK Trade with EU
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 number of (a) UK and (b) EU businesses unable to send goods across the border due to changes to tax and VAT since 1 January 2021.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	144671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2021 answer text <p>The Government has provided extensive guidance for the VAT treatment of cross-border goods following the end of the transition period and is committed to supporting businesses to enable them to continue to trade.</p><p> </p><p>As with all tax measures, where new changes have been introduced, the Government includes its assessment of the impacts of the changes in Tax Information and Impact Notes. Notes for measures recently legislated for in the Taxation (Post-transition Period) Act were published alongside that legislation.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 01/02/2021 16:28:41 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

1281089

registered interest
date	27/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Retail Trade: UK Trade with EU
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 protect UK consumers from (a) hidden or unclear customs and (b) VAT charges when buying goods from EU retailers.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	144672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2021 answer text <p>Where goods are subject to both import VAT and customs charges, these are due at the border and will be collected from the UK recipient. Guidance on this can be found at GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises the importance of transparent prices for goods purchased from abroad. That is why, from 1 January, the Government introduced new rules for most goods in consignments not exceeding £135. Overseas businesses involved in these sales are now required to show a price which includes VAT at the point of purchase.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 01/02/2021 16:30:24 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

1280627

registered interest
date	26/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU: Customs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Government plans to retire its Chief customs system and transition to the Customs Declaration Service for GB-EU trade.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	143744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2021 answer text <p>HMRC are currently dual running both CHIEF and the Customs Declaration Service. HMRC will continue to work with key delivery partners and declarants on their readiness for CDS and any change to a single customs platform will be considered as part of HMRC’s continued joint working.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 01/02/2021 16:34:58 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

1260171

registered interest
date	10/12/2020
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, pursuant to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office's oral contribution of 9 December 2020, Official Report, column 852, and the letter of the hon. Member for Leeds West of 3 December 2020, how many of the 50,000 customs agents needed for the end of the transition period are ready to begin their duties on 1 January 2021.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	128136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2020 answer text <p>HMRC’s focus has been on capacity to make declarations, rather than the number of staff employed. This is because the sector is varied and made up of a number of different business models including specific customs brokers, freight forwarders and fast parcel operators. All of these require varied numbers of staff to complete declarations and to provide their services.</p><p>Many in the sector have innovated and brought in IT solutions to reduce the numbers of staff they require. The Government has helped them to do this by making over £80 million of support available, including flexible grants that can be used for IT and training, as well as recruitment; depending on the needs of their business.</p><p>The findings from recently published Ipsos MORI research set out that the sector expects to be able to complete 76-119 million additional declarations by the end of the transition period. This aligns with HMRC’s estimate that intermediaries will need to facilitate c.94m EU declarations per year at that point.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 15/12/2020 10:46:40 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

1239318

registered interest
date	30/09/2020
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, how many (a) applications have been made and (b) how much funding has been issued to customs intermediaries by HMRC.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	97559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2020 answer text <p>In total, the Government has now made £84 million available to support the customs intermediary sector to deal with EU trade after 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The initial £34 million has been fully allocated with over 4,000 grant offers for the recruitment and training of agents, improved software and hardware capability for businesses and supporting the establishment of the customs academy. The Government opened an additional £50 million of funding on 29 July and since then it has received over 1,300 applications totalling £18.4m.</p><p> </p><p>Businesses are applying enthusiastically, and funding is still available. The Government encourages industry to take advantage of this support to expand.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 05/10/2020 16:24:18 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

1239319

registered interest
date	30/09/2020
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, how many customs intermediaries (a) there are as at 30 September 2020 and (b) will be needed from 1 January 2021.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	97560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2020 answer text <p>The UK has a well-established customs intermediaries sector which serves British businesses trading outside the EU. The sector is varied and consists of a number of different business models, including specific customs agents, freight forwarders and fast parcel operators; all of which will require differing numbers of staff.</p><p> </p><p>The sector is responding to the increased demand from traders. Government support of up to £84m has been designed to meet the needs of the sector to build capacity flexibly by covering training and IT, as well as recruitment.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to monitor progress carefully and keeps support under review.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 05/10/2020 16:37:08 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves