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1524610

registered interest
date	20/10/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Banks: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of bank branches which have closed in (a) Lancashire and (b) England in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	67933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The way people bank in the UK continues to develop at pace, with more consumers and businesses than ever enjoying the convenience, security, and speed of digital banking. In 2021, 86% of UK adults used a form of remote banking, such as an app, online or on the phone. Banking customers have never had more choice in how they fit their banking into their everyday lives.</p><p> </p><p>The Government believes that all customers, wherever they live, should have appropriate access to banking services. However, decisions on opening and closing branches are a commercial issue for banks and building societies. The Government does not intervene in these decisions or make direct assessments of these branch networks.</p><p /><p>Guidance from the Financial Conduct Authority sets out its expectation of firms when they are deciding to close their branches or free-to-use ATMs. Firms are expected to carefully consider the impact of planned branch closures on the everyday banking and cash access needs of their customers and consider possible alternative access arrangements. This ensures that the implementation of closure decisions is undertaken in a way that treats customers fairly.</p><p> </p><p>Alternative options for access can be via telephone banking, through digital means such as mobile or online banking, and the Post Office. The Post Office Banking Framework allows 99% of personal banking and 95% of business banking customers to deposit cheques, check their balance and withdraw and deposit cash at 11,500 Post Office branches in the UK. New shared bank hubs are also being piloted, providing basic banking services and dedicated space where community bankers from major banks can meet customers of that bank.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Financial Services and Markets Bill 2022, the Government has introduced legislation to protect access to cash. The Bill protects access to cash by establishing the Financial Conduct Authority as the lead regulator and providing it with appropriate powers to ensure reasonable provision of withdrawal and deposit facilities.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 25/10/2022 13:35:17 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1524717

registered interest
date	20/10/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	PAYE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many PAYE taxpayers were subject to enforcement action due to non-payment of (a) income tax and (b) national insurance by their employers in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	67906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>HMRC only ever considers enforcement action as a last resort. Many customers that they take enforcement action against will have multiple debts and they apply their powers consistently across all debts and customers, regardless of how the tax arose.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC do not treat PAYE debts any differently and so do not collect or hold data on the number of cases in which enforcement action was taken against employers or employees, where an employer refuses to pay their liabilities.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Richard Fuller grouped question UIN 67907 question first answered 25/10/2022 16:01:42 answering member 3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1524718

registered interest
date	20/10/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	PAYE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many registered employers of PAYE taxpayers were subject to enforcement action due to non-payment of (a) income tax and (b) national insurance in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	67907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>HMRC only ever considers enforcement action as a last resort. Many customers that they take enforcement action against will have multiple debts and they apply their powers consistently across all debts and customers, regardless of how the tax arose.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC do not treat PAYE debts any differently and so do not collect or hold data on the number of cases in which enforcement action was taken against employers or employees, where an employer refuses to pay their liabilities.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Richard Fuller grouped question UIN 67906 question first answered 25/10/2022 16:01:42 answering member 3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1524763

registered interest
date	20/10/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Location
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish a breakdown of the total payments made to civil servants in his Department for relocation costs to government offices outside London in 2021.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Florence Eshalomi
uin	68032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The total payment made to HM Treasury employees for relocation costs to government offices outside London in 2021, was £47,501.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 25/10/2022 15:05:31 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	4870 label Biography information for Florence Eshalomi

1524787

registered interest
date	20/10/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Money Laundering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department will publish its conclusions on the consultation on reforming the UK's Anti-Money Laundering Supervision system.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	67913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The government published a review of the UK’s anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing (AML/CFT) regulatory and supervisory regime in June 2022. The review recognised that despite significant progress from the UK’s AML/CFT supervisors, there is still room for further improvement to strengthen the UK’s defences against economic crime.</p><p>The review also set out possible options for future reform. The Treasury will publish its conclusions following a formal consultation on the options under consideration, to ensure the risks and implications are fully understood.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 25/10/2022 07:04:11 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1524315

registered interest
date	19/10/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	First Time Buyers
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 adequacy of the support available for people saving to buy a house; and if he will reconsider the limits placed on help to buy ISAs.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Aaron Bell
uin	67256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The Help to Buy: ISA scheme aims to help those who are struggling to save enough to get onto the housing ladder. As first-time buyers tend to buy smaller (and therefore cheaper) first properties, the scheme’s property price cap of £250,000 for properties outside London (£450,000 within London) allows the Government to target support more precisely at the people the scheme is intended to help. Since its launch in 2015, the scheme has supported 497,940 property completions across the UK, with a mean property value of £176,125 compared with an average first-time buyer house price of £231,704.</p><p> </p><p>While the Government keeps all aspects of savings policy under review, Help to Buy: ISA account holders can transfer their funds to a Lifetime ISA without incurring any penalties. The Lifetime ISA allows first-time buyers to benefit from the Government bonus when purchasing properties up to £450,000 anywhere in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Further information on the Lifetime ISA together with a comprehensive list other forms of home purchase support schemes can be found on the Government’s website below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.ownyourhome.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.ownyourhome.gov.uk/</a></p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 25/10/2022 13:36:45 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4837 label Biography information for Aaron Bell

1523541

registered interest
date	18/10/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Local Government Finance: Havering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to increase funding for the London Borough of Havering.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	65654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>Spending Review 2021 provided councils with £1.6 billion of new grant funding in each year between 2022-23 and 2024-25 to meet pressures in social care and other local services, resulting in £4.8 billion of additional grant in total over the three years. This represents the largest annual increases in core funding for local authorities in over a decade.</p><p>The 2022-23 Local Government Finance Settlement makes available an additional £3.7 billion to councils in total, including funding for adult social care reform. Funding allocations for future years will be confirmed by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities in due course.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 25/10/2022 11:16:22 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1523630

registered interest
date	18/10/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Blockchain and Cryptoassets: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure that the regulatory framework for (a) cryptoassets and (b) blockchain technology helps facilitate investment and growth.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	65875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government set out at Fintech Week its firm ambition to make UK a global hub for cryptoasset technology and investment. The Government wants to ensure firms can invest, innovate and scale up in this country. And the Government has announced a number of reforms which will see the regulation and aspects of tax treatment of cryptoassets evolve – our clear message to cryptoasset firms is that the UK is open for business.</p><p /><p>These include committing to consult on a future regulatory regime; legislating to bring stablecoins into payments regulation; setting up a series of ministerial-chaired roundtables, bringing together key figures in industry; and exploring ways of enhancing the competitiveness of the UK tax system to encourage further development of the cryptoasset market in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 25/10/2022 13:41:56 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

1523798

registered interest
date	18/10/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cost of Living Payments: Visual Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing targeted cost of living support for blind and partially sighted people.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	65981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises that the rising cost of living has presented additional financial challenges to many people, and especially to the most vulnerable members of society, such as blind or partially sighted people. That is why the Government is taking decisive action to get households through this winter, while ensuring we act in a fiscally responsible way.</p><p> </p><p>People who are blind or partially sighted and in receipt of extra-costs disability benefits such as Personal Independence Payment (PIP) or Disability Living Allowance (DLA) will receive a one-off Disability Cost of Living Payment of £150 from 20th September, to help with the extra costs disabled people are facing. The DWP has already processed around 6 million such payments. This payment can be received in addition to the other £650 Cost of Living Payment for households on means-tested benefits that was announced as part of the same package.</p><p> </p><p>People who are blind or partially sighted will also benefit from the £400 of support for energy bills that the Government is providing through an expansion of the Energy Bills Support Scheme, as well as from the £150 Council Tax rebate and the recently announced Energy Price Guarantee, which will support millions of households with rising energy costs this winter.</p><p> </p><p>This cost of living support is in addition to the existing specific financial support to help blind or partially sighted people. The Government provides the Blind Person's Allowance (BPA), an extra amount of tax-free allowance that can be added to an individual’s Personal Allowance, to those who are blind or severely sight impaired. In 2022-23, the allowance is £2,600 and therefore worth £520 given the basic rate of 20%. If the recipient does not pay tax or earn enough to use their full BPA, the remainder of the allowance can be transferred to a spouse or civil partner.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 25/10/2022 12:09:12 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1523833

registered interest
date	18/10/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Bank Services: Urban Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of designated high street areas without a bank branch.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	65889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text The way people bank in the UK continues to develop at pace, with more consumers and businesses than ever enjoying the convenience, security, and speed of digital banking. In 2021, 86% of UK adults used a form of remote banking, such as an app, online or on the phone. Banking customers have never had more choice in how they fit their banking into their everyday lives.<p> </p><p>The Government believes that all customers, wherever they live, should have appropriate access to banking services. However, decisions on opening and closing branches are a commercial issue for banks and building societies. The Government does not intervene in these decisions or make direct assessments of these branch networks.</p><p /><p>Guidance from the Financial Conduct Authority sets out its expectation of firms when they are deciding to close their branches or free-to-use ATMs. Firms are expected to carefully consider the impact of planned branch closures on the everyday banking and cash access needs of their customers (including charities) and consider possible alternative access arrangements. This ensures that the implementation of closure decisions is undertaken in a way that treats customers fairly.  The FCA expects firms to exercise particular care with vulnerable customers, such as those who are elderly, disabled or have low financial capability, and the guidance has recently been strengthened to enhance protections for consumers that rely on branch services.</p><p> </p><p>Alternative options for access can be via telephone banking, through digital means such as mobile or online banking, and the Post Office. The Post Office Banking Framework allows 99% of personal banking and 95% of business banking customers (including charities) to deposit cheques, check their balance and withdraw and deposit cash at 11,500 Post Office branches in the UK. New shared bank hubs are also being piloted, providing basic banking services and dedicated space where community bankers from major banks can meet customers of that bank.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Financial Services and Markets Bill 2022, the Government has introduced legislation to protect access to cash. The Bill protects access to cash by establishing the Financial Conduct Authority as the lead regulator and providing it with appropriate powers to ensure reasonable provision of withdrawal and deposit facilities. These powers will allow the FCA to take account of factors it considers appropriate for seeking to ensure there is reasonable provision of cash access services, this could include factors such as the appropriateness of facilities for people in vulnerable groups.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 65890 65891 65892 65893 question first answered 25/10/2022 13:40:48 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes