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1587158

registered interest
date	20/02/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a comparative assessment of the potential merits of providing payments through the Energy Bills Support Scheme (a) after and (b) before the application of VAT.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	148779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text Whether VAT applies to the payment made under the Energy Bills Support Scheme is determined by VAT legislation. Under the Scheme, the government is paying £400 of the domestic customer’s energy bills. Payments made under the scheme into the customers energy account are regarded as third-party payments from the government. Energy suppliers are required to account for VAT at the reduced rate of five percent under the normal rules, as the payment is made for a taxable supply of energy. There are no plans to review the VAT legislation. answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 27/02/2023 16:29:37 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1587167

registered interest
date	20/02/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Energy Bills Discount Scheme: Hospices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to add hospices to the list of Energy and Trade Intensive Industries eligible for increased support under the Energy Bills Discount Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	148781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2023 answer text <p>The new Energy Bills Discount Scheme will provide all eligible non-domestic energy users with a discount on high energy bills until 31 March 2024, following the end of the current Energy Bill Relief Scheme. It will also provide businesses in sectors with particularly high levels of energy use and trade intensity with a higher level of support.</p><p> </p><p>We have taken a consistent approach to identifying the most energy and trade intensive sectors, with all sectors that meet agreed thresholds for energy and trade intensity eligible for Energy and Trade Intensive Industries support. These thresholds have been set at sectors falling above the 80th percentile for energy intensity and 60th percentile for trade intensity, plus any sectors eligible for the existing energy compensation and exemption schemes.</p><p> </p><p>All other eligible non-domestic users, including eligible hospices, will automatically receive a unit discount on their bills of up to £19.61/MW for electricity, and £6.97/MW for gas.</p><p> </p><p>Additional financial support has been provided to Integrated Care Boards for inflation in addition to the energy support provided by the Government.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 23/02/2023 16:58:17 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1587172

registered interest
date	20/02/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Official Gifts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has approved gifts exceeding £300,000 made by (a) Government departments and (b) arms-length bodies through the (i) sale and (ii) lease of public assets at below market value since December 2019.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	148783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2023 answer text <p>Managing Public Money (MPM) states that if an asset is sold or leased at a loss, the proceeds forgone (compared to market value) should be treated as a gift. Departments should treat this gift in line with MPM, approved by HM Treasury and disclosed in Annual Report of Accounts to Parliament via Written Ministerial Statement. Following a review, HM Treasury has not identified any approvals given for gifts above £300,000 in value through the sale or lease of an asset below market value since 2019.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 23/02/2023 13:56:31 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1587177

registered interest
date	20/02/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Apprentices: Social Security Benefits
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 allow the families of young apprentices to continue to access (a) child benefit, (b) child tax credits and (c) child support allowance for at least the first year of their apprenticeship.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	148784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>Both Child Benefit and Child Tax Credit are payable for children until 31 August following their 16th birthday without any education or training conditions. Thereafter, payment is conditional upon the young person either:</p><p> </p><ul><li>being in full-time, non-advanced education – which is education up to A-level or equivalent, or</li><li>undertaking a course of approved training that is not provided under a contract of employment.</li></ul><p> </p><p>This means that for young people undertaking a paid apprenticeship, where they are normally paid a wage, neither Child Benefit nor Child Tax Credit are payable in respect of them.</p><p> </p><p>Where a young person moves into a waged apprenticeship, this progression marks the point at which they begin to become independent from their parents or guardians and the Government’s view is that payments for the young person as a dependent should cease from this point.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 27/02/2023 10:50:05 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1587212

registered interest
date	20/02/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Insurance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether National Insurance incentives for employers will be included in his Spring Budget 2023.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Claire Hanna
uin	148789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2023 answer text <p>The Government will consider policy decisions in the upcoming Budget in the context of the wider fiscal and economic situation. All aspects of the tax system are kept under review.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 23/02/2023 15:50:33 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4827 label Biography information for Claire Hanna

1587250

registered interest
date	20/02/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Iron and Steel: Imports
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 effectiveness of a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism in ensuring that imported steel is subject to similar carbon taxes to UK steel.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	148601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2023 answer text <p>The government committed to consult on this issue, and intends to do so in the spring.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2022-05-16/hcws26" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2022-05-16/hcws26</a></p><p>The Government recognises the role that steel plays within the UK economy and is working with industry on its decarbonisation options.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 23/02/2023 18:06:14 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1587273

registered interest
date	20/02/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Mileage Allowances: Voluntary Work
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to review the Approved Mileage Payment Allowance that can be claimed by volunteer drivers.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
uin	148815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2023 answer text <p>Approved Mileage Allowance Payments (AMAPs) are used by employers to reimburse an employee’s expenses for business mileage in their private vehicle.</p><p> </p><p>AMAPs are intended to create administrative simplicity and certainty by using an average rate, which reflects vehicle running costs including fuel, servicing and depreciation. Fuel is therefore only one component. As an average, it will necessarily be more suitable for some drivers than others. This may vary across sector.</p><p> </p><p>The AMAP rate also applies to volunteers. Organisations do not need to use the AMAP rates. Instead, they can reimburse the actual cost incurred when volunteer drivers can show evidence of the expenditure, without a tax liability arising. Or they can agree to reimburse a different amount, such as a higher or lower rate.</p><p> </p><p>Any reimbursement above the AMAP rates would be subject to Income Tax unless the driver can show evidence of the expenditure. As volunteer driving does not count as employment for NI purposes, volunteers do not need to pay NICs on profits made from volunteer driving.</p><p> </p><p>Like all taxes and allowances, the Government keeps the AMAP rate under review.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 147358 question first answered 23/02/2023 17:02:28 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1587312

registered interest
date	20/02/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Health and Social Care Levy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2022 to Question 72471 on Health and Social Care Levy, what the cost to the public purse has been of the (a) IT, (b) extra support staff and (c) other costs arising from the (i) planned introduction and (ii) reversal of the Health and Social Care Levy; and what estimate he has made of the impact of these changes on the level of National Insurance collected in the 2022-23 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Ealing North
tabling member printed	James Murray
uin	148826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2023 answer text <p>The additional National Insurance Contributions (NICs) revenue from the 1.25 percentage point increase is not directly identifiable in HMRC data. In its Economic and Fiscal Outlook for October 2021, the Office for Budget Responsibility said that it expected the measure to yield £16.5 billion over a 12-month period. Since that forecast, multiple changes to NICs rates and thresholds have taken place, making it difficult to quantify the effect of the increased rates that applied from April to November in isolation from other changes.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 23/02/2023 15:17:35 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4797 label Biography information for James Murray

1587330

registered interest
date	20/02/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Electricity Generation: Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have plans to amend the terms of the Electricity Generator Levy to make it comparable with the equivalent regime relating to fossil fuels, including in the area of investment relief; and if so, when.
tabling member printed	Lord Teverson
uin	HL5718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>The Electricity Generator Levy (EGL) and the Energy Profits Levy (EPL) have different tax bases and combined rates. The EPL applies to oil and gas producers, and is charged at 35% on total profits, whereas the EGL is charged only on the portion of returns that are extraordinary. Also, the EPL applies on top of the default 40% headline tax rate applied to this sector and is expected to raise considerably more in revenues than the EGL.</p><p> </p><p>The EGL applies above a benchmark price which is set at a level approximately 50% more than the average electricity price over the last decade and will be indexed to inflation. There is a £10 million allowance, below which the levy will not be charged. Electricity generators will continue to be able to claim relief for their investments from the corporation tax they pay.</p><p> </p><p>The EGL is not intended to penalise electricity generators; it is a response to some electricity generators realising extraordinary returns from higher electricity prices because of unforeseen geopolitical events. This levy leaves them with a share of the upside they receive at times of high wholesale prices which they can use to invest in the clean energy generation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 06/03/2023 12:03:00 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	3789 label Biography information for Lord Teverson

1587339

registered interest
date	20/02/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Children: Visual Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what targeted support his Department is providing to families with a child with a vision impairment.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	148685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>Children under 16 with a disability such as a vision impairment may qualify for Disability Living Allowance for Children (DLA) if they meet certain conditions. Families can access DLA regardless of income.</p><p> </p><p>At the Autumn Statement, the Chancellor announced that benefits including DLA will be uprated by 10.1% in April this year, protecting the value of awards for the thousands of DLA recipients with vision impairments. From April 2023, those on the highest rate of DLA will see their award increased from £156.9 a week to £172.75 a week.</p><p> </p><p>Children who are 16 or older and who have a vision impairment can make an application for Personal Independent Payment (PIP); a non-means tested benefit to help with the extra costs associated with their health condition or disability.</p><p> </p><p>Families who are in receipt of benefits such as DLA or PIP may be eligible for one-off Disability Cost of Living Payments. At Autumn Statement, the Government announced that it will provide a further payment of £150 in 2023/24 to people in receipt of extra-costs disability benefits. This is additional to the £150 payment for recipients of disability benefits in 2022 already announced as part of the Cost of Living package in May.</p><p>For children with a vision impairment who are educated in special schools, funding comes from the Local Authorities’ high needs budgets. High needs funding will be rising to £10.1 billion in 2023-24 - an increase of over 50% from the 2019-20 allocations.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 27/02/2023 13:21:49 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq