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1245553

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date	21/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Employee Ownership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value was of shares issued through Share Incentive Plans by (a) partnership, (b) matching (c) free and (d) dividend shares in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	106984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2020 answer text <p>Share Incentive Plans (SIPs) is a tax-advantaged employee share scheme offered by the Government.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC publishes annual statistics on Employee Share Schemes, including the value of shares, which are available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employee-share-schemes-statistics#national-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employee-share-schemes-statistics#national-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the value of awarded shares for the last four years by type of share. Figures for 2014-15 are not available due to the introduction of the Employment Related Securities service.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1- Initial value of SIP shares by share type (£m)</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>SIP – initial value of awarded shares <strong>(£m)</strong></p></td><td><p>Free shares</p></td><td><p>Partnership shares</p></td><td><p>Matching shares</p></td><td><p>Dividend shares</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14-15</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15-16</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>510</p></td><td><p>310</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16-17</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>430</p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17-18</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18-19</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>310</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 02/11/2020 11:57:27 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1245554

registered interest
date	21/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Employee Ownership and Save as You Earn
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to widen participation in the (a) Save As you Earn and (b) Share Incentive Plan all-employee share schemes.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	106985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government wants to promote employee share ownership in the UK, which is why it offers tax advantaged employee share schemes such as Save As You Earn (SAYE) and Share Incentive Plans (SIPs).</p><p> </p><p>Employers can offer these schemes to share financial rewards with staff who choose to take part. This supports recruitment and retention and helps to encourage employee productivity. The Government keeps all the employee share schemes under review.</p><p> </p><p>In 2018/19, 310,000 employees were granted share options under a SAYE scheme, and around 2.84 million employees were awarded or purchased partnership shares under a SIP.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the employee share schemes for the 2020/21 tax year will not be available until 2021. However, the Government has taken steps to support employees in a SIP or SAYE scheme through the COVID-19 outbreak. This includes extending the payment holiday terms for employees in SAYE plans where the employee is furloughed, has had working hours reduced or has taken unpaid leave during the pandemic, and allowing furlough payments to constitute as salary so SIP contributions can continue to be deducted from these payments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 106986 question first answered 02/11/2020 15:22:00 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1245555

registered interest
date	21/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Employee Ownership and Save as You Earn: Coronavirus
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 effect of the covid-19 outbreak on employee participation levels in (a) Save As You Earn and (b) Share Incentive Plan schemes.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	106986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government wants to promote employee share ownership in the UK, which is why it offers tax advantaged employee share schemes such as Save As You Earn (SAYE) and Share Incentive Plans (SIPs).</p><p> </p><p>Employers can offer these schemes to share financial rewards with staff who choose to take part. This supports recruitment and retention and helps to encourage employee productivity. The Government keeps all the employee share schemes under review.</p><p> </p><p>In 2018/19, 310,000 employees were granted share options under a SAYE scheme, and around 2.84 million employees were awarded or purchased partnership shares under a SIP.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the employee share schemes for the 2020/21 tax year will not be available until 2021. However, the Government has taken steps to support employees in a SIP or SAYE scheme through the COVID-19 outbreak. This includes extending the payment holiday terms for employees in SAYE plans where the employee is furloughed, has had working hours reduced or has taken unpaid leave during the pandemic, and allowing furlough payments to constitute as salary so SIP contributions can continue to be deducted from these payments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 106985 question first answered 02/11/2020 15:22:00 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1242836

registered interest
date	13/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxis: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what financial support is available for self-employed taxi drivers who have been told by NHS England to self-isolate due to underlying health reasons and who have been told that they do not qualify for bounce back loans because they do not have business bank accounts.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	102772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2020 answer text <p>The government is committed to supporting self-employed individuals through any period in which they have to self-isolate. Self-employed individuals may be eligible for “new style” Contributory Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) if they are incapable of work due to Covid-19, including those who are required to self-isolate according to Government guidance. We have made it easier for people to claim new style ESA by removing the seven-day waiting period which means people can get support from day one. If they are on a low-income, they may also be entitled to a £500 self-isolation payment.</p><p> </p><p>Individuals who are self-isolating can also access the wider support which the government has made available to self-employed people. In addition to bounce back loans, self-employed individuals may be eligible for the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) which remains open for applications and has recently been extended. The SEISS Grant Extension will last for 6 months, from November 2020 to April 2021.</p><p> </p><p>This support for the self-employed is in addition to a comprehensive welfare offer: according to OBR estimates, the government has injected a further £9.3bn into the welfare system to support individuals who are unable to work or on a low income, including the self-employed. For those on low incomes, the government has relaxed the UC minimum income floor for all self-employed claimants.</p><p> </p><p>The Government launched Bounce Back Loans on 4<sup>th</sup> May 2020 to ensure that the smallest businesses can access loans of up to £50,000 in a matter of days. However, decisions regarding which products, like business bank accounts, to offer remain at the discretion of lenders, and the Government does not intervene in these decisions.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 16/10/2020 13:03:10 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1242844

registered interest
date	13/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many loan charge settlements were (a) offered and (b) agreed during July, August and September 2020.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	102774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2020 answer text <p>HMRC do not hold aggregate data on when individual taxpayers were issued with settlement offers.</p><p>HMRC are currently compiling, analysing and assuring settlement data up to 30 September 2020. HMRC plan to report the number of agreed settlements when they publish their report on how they have implemented the Loan Charge changes following the Independent Loan Charge Review, later this year.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/10/2020 12:47:07 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1240029

registered interest
date	02/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HMRC staff were allocated to Loan Charge counter-avoidance activities in (a) July, (b) August and (c) September 2020.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	98703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2020 answer text <p>In July, August, and September 2020, HMRC had about 1,000 staff working to help taxpayers affected by the Loan Charge to settle their use of disguised remuneration tax avoidance schemes.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 07/10/2020 14:29:50 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1235075

registered interest
date	16/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Working Tax Credit: Coronavirus
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 financial effect on working tax credits received by health and social care workers of additional hours that have been worked during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	91028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>The Tax Credit system has a degree of flexibility built in, in order to help claimants manage changes in income. The Tax Credit disregard means that the first £2,500 of a increase or decrease in household income, compared with the previous tax year is disregarded. Therefore carers, NHS staff and other key workers working additional hours and experiencing an increase in income of up to £2,500 per year will see no change in their overall Tax Credit award.</p><p>The Government also recognises that Tax Credits were introduced in the early 2000s and no longer fully reflect the world of work for many people. That is why we are introducing Universal Credit.</p><p>Universal Credit replaces Tax Credits and other legacy benefits, to provide a single system of means-tested support for working age people. Universal Credit is assessed and paid monthly and is based on claimants’ actual earnings in the month, rather than their annual income.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 21/09/2020 09:11:31 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1216276

registered interest
date	22/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Investment Income: Coronavirus
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 whether companies have paid dividends while in receipt of the Government's covid-19 support packages.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	62422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2020 answer text <p>Government support is aimed at businesses in genuine need. Our current measures are well-targeted at such businesses, bearing in mind the need to act very quickly to deliver this unprecedented package. We expect everyone to act responsibly and in the spirit of the package, and only claim and use support as intended. The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) for example provides compensation for the cost of paying furloughed workers –money that goes directly to the pockets of workers who might otherwise lose their jobs, whilst Business Rates reductions and Local Authority grant schemes are targeted at sectors which are facing severe hardship. The Government is keeping all measures under constant review.</p><p> </p><p>Companies borrowing more than £50million through the Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS) or accessing the Covid Corporate Financing Facility (CCFF) beyond 19 May 2021, face restrictions on dividend payments, capital distributions and senior pay.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 25/06/2020 14:23:43 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1191215

registered interest
date	28/04/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Customs: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average time taken was for goods to clear customs (a) entering and (b) leaving the UK in each month in 2020.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	41035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2020 answer text <p>95% of Import Frontier Declarations and 99% of Export Declarations receive clearance from customs in 10 minutes. The 10 minutes relate to a trade facilitation time agreed by HMRC to enable traders to be able to amend their declarations within this 10-minute period, before clearance is granted.</p><p>The remaining 5% for Imports and 1% for Exports are accounted for by Declarations that are held in order to perform Documentary or Physical Controls on the goods or to deal with other matters such as the collection of revenue.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 04/05/2020 15:22:17 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1186565

registered interest
date	19/03/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Food Supply: Business Rates
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 extend business rate relief to food producers to mitigate the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on national food security.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	32217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government has provided enhanced support to the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors given the acute impacts of COVID-19 on those sectors. A range of measures to support all businesses has been made available, including the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan scheme, and the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to help firms continue to keep people in employment. HMRC have also set up a dedicated COVID-19 helpline to help those in need, and they may be able to agree a bespoke Time to Pay arrangement.</p><p> </p><p>This is the right response at the right time. As the wider economic picture becomes clearer, the Government will do whatever it takes to get the nation through the impacts of COVID-19, and the Government stands ready to announce further action wherever necessary.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 32218 question first answered 24/03/2020 15:28:32 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson