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1605878

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Actuaries: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason he proposes that the new Audit Regulation and Governance Authority will regulate non-public interest actuarial work.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	170528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2023 answer text <p>As set out in the Government’s May 2022 response to its White Paper consultation, <em>Restoring trust in audit and corporate governance, </em>the Government intends that the Audit, Reporting and Governance Authority (ARGA) will regulate public interest actuarial work. These activities have the most significant adverse consequences if not carried out and completed to an appropriate standard.</p><p> </p><p>For non-public interest actuarial work, ARGA will have powers to set technical standards, but will not have monitoring or enforcement powers.</p><p> </p><p>This approach maintains the status quo in respect of non-public interest actuarial work, as the Financial Reporting Council currently sets technical actuarial standards. It will also deliver a broader strengthening of the actuarial regime, as recommended in Sir John Kingman’s independent review.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 24/03/2023 13:26:48 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1605912

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to Question 165453 tabled by the hon. Member for Ealing North on 14th March 2023.
tabling member constituency	Ealing North
tabling member printed	James Murray
uin	170754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2023 answer text <p>PQ UIN 165453 has now been answered.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 24/03/2023 14:54:32 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4797 label Biography information for James Murray

1606014

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Charities: Tax Allowances
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 impact of restricting charitable tax reliefs to UK charities on the number of donations to UK causes from overseas donors.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	170571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2023 answer text <p>Restricting charitable tax reliefs to UK charities is not expected to have any impact on the level of donations to UK causes from overseas donors. Overseas donors will be able to continue supporting UK charities and causes in exactly the same way as they have always done.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 24/03/2023 14:23:30 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1606023

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Gift Aid
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 uptake of Gift Aid.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	170573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2023 answer text <p>Information on trends in the amount of Gift Aid HMRC pays to charities is available in the Charity Tax Relief statistics at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1092066/Tables_1_and_2_-_summary.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1092066/Tables_1_and_2_-_summary.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong><strong>No formal assessment of trend has been made.</strong></p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 24/03/2023 14:21:06 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1606072

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Research: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 4.52 of the Spring Budget Report 2023, HC1183, published on 15 March 2023, what estimate his Department has made of the potential impact of the postponement of restrictions on overseas R&D tax reliefs expenditure on R&D investment in the financial years (a) 2022-23 and (b) 2023-24.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	170595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2023 answer text <p>The previously announced restriction on some overseas expenditure will now come into effect from 1 April 2024 instead of 1 April 2023. This will allow the Government to consider the interaction between this restriction and the design of a potential merged R&amp;D relief.</p><p>Overall, R&amp;D reliefs will support an estimated £60 billion of business R&amp;D expenditure in 2027-2028, a 50 per cent increase from £40 billion in 2020-21. Expenditure on R&amp;D reliefs is forecast to increase in every year of the scorecard period.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 24/03/2023 14:52:15 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1605454

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Bank Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a minimum level of access to essential in-person banking services.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	169362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2023 answer text <p>The way consumers and businesses interact with their banking and make payments continues to develop at pace, bringing significant benefits to those who choose to opt for the convenience, security, and speed of digital services.</p><p> </p><p>In recognition that cash continues to be used by millions of people across the UK, the government is currently taking legislation through Parliament as part of the Financial Services and Markets Bill to protect access to cash. The Bill will establish the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as the lead regulator for access to cash and provide it with appropriate powers to seek to ensure reasonable provision of withdrawal and deposit facilities. These powers will allow the FCA to have regard to factors it considers appropriate, which could include cost for users.</p><p> </p><p>Regarding in-person banking services, the government believes that everyone, wherever they live, should have appropriate access to banking services. However, decisions on opening and closing branches, and the provision of in-person services, are a commercial issue for banks and building societies.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance from the FCA sets out its expectation of firms when they are deciding to reduce their physical branches or the number of free-to-use ATMs. The guidance has recently been strengthened and clearly expects firms to put in place alternatives, where this is reasonable, to ensure customer needs are met. Where firms fall short of expectations, the FCA may ask for closures to be paused or other options to be put in place.</p><p> </p><p>Alternative options to access cash and in-person banking services can be via the Post Office and other industry initiatives including cash pods, mobile banking vans and shared banking hubs. The Post Office Banking Framework allows 99% of personal banking and 95% of business customers to deposit cheques, check their balance and withdraw and deposit cash at 11,500 Post Office branches across the UK. Meanwhile, industry has committed to shared banking hubs in over 40 locations across the UK to date.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 169363 question first answered 24/03/2023 08:14:57 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1605455

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cash Dispensing: Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a minimum level of access to free-of-charge cash services for small businesses.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	169363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2023 answer text <p>The way consumers and businesses interact with their banking and make payments continues to develop at pace, bringing significant benefits to those who choose to opt for the convenience, security, and speed of digital services.</p><p> </p><p>In recognition that cash continues to be used by millions of people across the UK, the government is currently taking legislation through Parliament as part of the Financial Services and Markets Bill to protect access to cash. The Bill will establish the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as the lead regulator for access to cash and provide it with appropriate powers to seek to ensure reasonable provision of withdrawal and deposit facilities. These powers will allow the FCA to have regard to factors it considers appropriate, which could include cost for users.</p><p> </p><p>Regarding in-person banking services, the government believes that everyone, wherever they live, should have appropriate access to banking services. However, decisions on opening and closing branches, and the provision of in-person services, are a commercial issue for banks and building societies.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance from the FCA sets out its expectation of firms when they are deciding to reduce their physical branches or the number of free-to-use ATMs. The guidance has recently been strengthened and clearly expects firms to put in place alternatives, where this is reasonable, to ensure customer needs are met. Where firms fall short of expectations, the FCA may ask for closures to be paused or other options to be put in place.</p><p> </p><p>Alternative options to access cash and in-person banking services can be via the Post Office and other industry initiatives including cash pods, mobile banking vans and shared banking hubs. The Post Office Banking Framework allows 99% of personal banking and 95% of business customers to deposit cheques, check their balance and withdraw and deposit cash at 11,500 Post Office branches across the UK. Meanwhile, industry has committed to shared banking hubs in over 40 locations across the UK to date.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 169362 question first answered 24/03/2023 08:14:57 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1605541

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Complaints
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 increase the speed of responses to HMRC complaints.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	169413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2023 answer text HMRC is committed to delivering performance improvements to complaints handling and response times for customers. HMRC are working hard to address backlogs across post receipts from customers across various channels as well as customer complaints.<p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 24/03/2023 08:19:36 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1603138

registered interest
date	10/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Theatres: Tax Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Penn on 9 March (HL Deb col 886), whether they will include 50 per cent of marketing spend in the qualifying expenditure for Theatre Tax Relief to match the level of the equivalent scheme in the United States of America.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bull
uin	HL6339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2023 answer text <p>Whilst the Government keeps all tax reliefs under review, the Government is not planning to expand the scope of Theatre Tax Relief (TTR) to include 50 per cent of marketing spend. The objective of theatre tax relief is to support and incentivise production and that is why eligible expenditure is focussed on the costs that are incurred producing and closing the theatrical production, rather than marketing.</p><p> </p><p>The Government assesses that the equivalent scheme in New York is less generous overall than the UK relief: the amount of relief a production can receive is capped at $3 million and there are additional eligibility criteria and a more limited scope (for example, ballet and opera will not qualify). Whilst the UK scheme excludes marketing, it is uncapped and more generous in scope.</p><p> </p><p>At Spring Budget 2023, the Government went further to support theatres by extending the 45 per cent (for non-touring productions) and 50 per cent (for touring productions) rates of TTR for a further 2 years. The rates will taper to 30 per cent /35 per cent on 1 April 2025 and return to 20 per cent /25 per cent on 1 April 2026.</p><p> </p><p>The extension will continue to offset ongoing pressures and boost investment in our cultural sectors.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 24/03/2023 13:51:22 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	4706 label Biography information for Baroness Bull