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1227278

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much additional funding has been allocated to Northern Ireland through Barnett consequentials as a result of the Government response to the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
uin	78924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>On 24 July we made an unprecedented upfront guarantee to the devolved administrations. We guaranteed that they will receive at least £12.7bn in additional funding for this year, £2.2bn of which is for the Northern Ireland Executive.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 01/09/2020 10:56:15 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1227329

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
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 plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals in 2020 to implement the recommendations of the Office of Tax Simplification on reforming the turnover threshold for Value Added Tax registration by businesses; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	78629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>The case for change of the VAT registration threshold has been regularly reviewed over the years, and public views are divided. Whilst some argue that a lower threshold would provide a fairer competitive environment, others contend that a higher threshold would reduce financial and administrative burdens.</p><p> </p><p>In 2018, the Government consulted on how the design of the VAT registration threshold could better incentivise growth and considered the effects of a smoothing mechanism, however there was no clear option for reform. The summary of responses to the call for evidence can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/vat-registration-threshold-call-for-evidence." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/vat-registration-threshold-call-for-evidence.</a></p><p> </p><p>At Budget 2018, the Government announced it would maintain the VAT registration threshold at £85,000 until March 2022.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 01/09/2020 09:51:07 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1227330

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change VAT arrangements in the UK after the transition period; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	78630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>From 1 January 2021, the UK will need to introduce new arrangements for VAT at its borders. New measures for movements of goods within and into Great Britain were published on 20 July, and the treatment of travellers with personal goods, which was recently subject to consultation, will be made available in due course. The Government continues to work through the implications of the Northern Ireland Protocol, including in relation to VAT, and is committed to providing guidance on how the Northern Ireland Protocol will work ahead of the end of the transition period.</p><p> </p><p>There are no further changes planned to domestic UK VAT law following the end of the transition period and any future changes are for the Chancellor to announce at fiscal events.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 01/09/2020 09:52:50 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1227332

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Food: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change the rate of VAT applied to food of a kind used for human consumption.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	78631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>There are no current plans to change the rate of VAT applied to:</p><p> </p><p>- Magazines</p><p>- Renovating a dwelling that has been empty for at least two years</p><p>- Smoking cessation products</p><p>- Installation of mobility aids for the elderly for use in domestic accommodation</p><p>- Supplies of magnetic tape adapted for recording speech for blind people</p><p>- Motorcycle helmets that meet safety standards</p><p>- Cycle helmets marked CE</p><p>- Maps and charts</p><p>- Printed music</p><p>- Newspapers</p><p>- Books</p><p>- Food of a kind used for human consumption</p><p>- Children’s clothes</p><p>- Children’s shoes</p><p>- Clothes for babies</p><p>- Equipment for blind or partially sighted people</p><p>- Incontinence products</p><p>- Low Vision aids</p><p>- Emptying domestic septic tanks and cesspools</p><p>- Water supplied to households.</p><p>There are limits to the changes the Government can make to the VAT treatment of these goods under the framework of European law. While the UK is in the transition period, all existing EU VAT rules will continue to apply. Although all taxes are kept under review, there are no plans to change these reliefs at this time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 78632 78633 78636 78644 78645 78646 78647 78648 78747 78750 78751 78752 78753 78754 78755 78756 78757 78758 78762 question first answered 01/09/2020 13:13:46 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1227333

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Clothing: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change the rate of VAT applied to children's clothes.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	78632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>There are no current plans to change the rate of VAT applied to:</p><p> </p><p>- Magazines</p><p>- Renovating a dwelling that has been empty for at least two years</p><p>- Smoking cessation products</p><p>- Installation of mobility aids for the elderly for use in domestic accommodation</p><p>- Supplies of magnetic tape adapted for recording speech for blind people</p><p>- Motorcycle helmets that meet safety standards</p><p>- Cycle helmets marked CE</p><p>- Maps and charts</p><p>- Printed music</p><p>- Newspapers</p><p>- Books</p><p>- Food of a kind used for human consumption</p><p>- Children’s clothes</p><p>- Children’s shoes</p><p>- Clothes for babies</p><p>- Equipment for blind or partially sighted people</p><p>- Incontinence products</p><p>- Low Vision aids</p><p>- Emptying domestic septic tanks and cesspools</p><p>- Water supplied to households.</p><p>There are limits to the changes the Government can make to the VAT treatment of these goods under the framework of European law. While the UK is in the transition period, all existing EU VAT rules will continue to apply. Although all taxes are kept under review, there are no plans to change these reliefs at this time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 78631 78633 78636 78644 78645 78646 78647 78648 78747 78750 78751 78752 78753 78754 78755 78756 78757 78758 78762 question first answered 01/09/2020 13:13:46 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1227335

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Footwear: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change the rate of VAT applied to children's shoes.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	78633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>There are no current plans to change the rate of VAT applied to:</p><p> </p><p>- Magazines</p><p>- Renovating a dwelling that has been empty for at least two years</p><p>- Smoking cessation products</p><p>- Installation of mobility aids for the elderly for use in domestic accommodation</p><p>- Supplies of magnetic tape adapted for recording speech for blind people</p><p>- Motorcycle helmets that meet safety standards</p><p>- Cycle helmets marked CE</p><p>- Maps and charts</p><p>- Printed music</p><p>- Newspapers</p><p>- Books</p><p>- Food of a kind used for human consumption</p><p>- Children’s clothes</p><p>- Children’s shoes</p><p>- Clothes for babies</p><p>- Equipment for blind or partially sighted people</p><p>- Incontinence products</p><p>- Low Vision aids</p><p>- Emptying domestic septic tanks and cesspools</p><p>- Water supplied to households.</p><p>There are limits to the changes the Government can make to the VAT treatment of these goods under the framework of European law. While the UK is in the transition period, all existing EU VAT rules will continue to apply. Although all taxes are kept under review, there are no plans to change these reliefs at this time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 78631 78632 78636 78644 78645 78646 78647 78648 78747 78750 78751 78752 78753 78754 78755 78756 78757 78758 78762 question first answered 01/09/2020 13:13:47 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1227340

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Clothing: Babies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change the rate of VAT applied to clothes for babies.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	78636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>There are no current plans to change the rate of VAT applied to:</p><p> </p><p>- Magazines</p><p>- Renovating a dwelling that has been empty for at least two years</p><p>- Smoking cessation products</p><p>- Installation of mobility aids for the elderly for use in domestic accommodation</p><p>- Supplies of magnetic tape adapted for recording speech for blind people</p><p>- Motorcycle helmets that meet safety standards</p><p>- Cycle helmets marked CE</p><p>- Maps and charts</p><p>- Printed music</p><p>- Newspapers</p><p>- Books</p><p>- Food of a kind used for human consumption</p><p>- Children’s clothes</p><p>- Children’s shoes</p><p>- Clothes for babies</p><p>- Equipment for blind or partially sighted people</p><p>- Incontinence products</p><p>- Low Vision aids</p><p>- Emptying domestic septic tanks and cesspools</p><p>- Water supplied to households.</p><p>There are limits to the changes the Government can make to the VAT treatment of these goods under the framework of European law. While the UK is in the transition period, all existing EU VAT rules will continue to apply. Although all taxes are kept under review, there are no plans to change these reliefs at this time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 78631 78632 78633 78644 78645 78646 78647 78648 78747 78750 78751 78752 78753 78754 78755 78756 78757 78758 78762 question first answered 01/09/2020 13:13:47 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1227350

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Village Halls: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has change the rate of VAT applied to the construction of new village halls.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	78640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>Consumers already benefit from a reduced VAT rate of 5 per cent on residential construction under certain conditions. This includes conversions of buildings from one use to another, and the renovation of properties that have been empty for two years or more prior to the renovation work.</p><p> </p><p>Going further would be very expensive: reducing VAT on all property renovation, repairs and improvements would cost the Exchequer approximately £6 billion per year. Although all taxes are kept under review, the Government has no plans to change the VAT treatment of construction at this time.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 78641 78642 78643 78761 question first answered 01/09/2020 14:43:20 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1227351

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Housing Associations: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change the rate of VAT applied to the conversion for a housing association of a non-residential building into a communal residential building.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	78641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>Consumers already benefit from a reduced VAT rate of 5 per cent on residential construction under certain conditions. This includes conversions of buildings from one use to another, and the renovation of properties that have been empty for two years or more prior to the renovation work.</p><p> </p><p>Going further would be very expensive: reducing VAT on all property renovation, repairs and improvements would cost the Exchequer approximately £6 billion per year. Although all taxes are kept under review, the Government has no plans to change the VAT treatment of construction at this time.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 78640 78642 78643 78761 question first answered 01/09/2020 14:43:20 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1227352

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Building Alterations: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change the rate of VAT applied to domestic alterations to suit the condition of a resident with disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	78642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>Consumers already benefit from a reduced VAT rate of 5 per cent on residential construction under certain conditions. This includes conversions of buildings from one use to another, and the renovation of properties that have been empty for two years or more prior to the renovation work.</p><p> </p><p>Going further would be very expensive: reducing VAT on all property renovation, repairs and improvements would cost the Exchequer approximately £6 billion per year. Although all taxes are kept under review, the Government has no plans to change the VAT treatment of construction at this time.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 78640 78641 78643 78761 question first answered 01/09/2020 14:43:20 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson