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1244779

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date	20/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Fraud: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps the Government is taking to help prevent the fraudulent use of Government schemes to provide financial support for people and businesses during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	907787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2020 answer text <p>HMRC, and the Government more generally, take the risk of fraud arising from the use of COVID-19 support schemes very seriously. Accordingly the Government has established a ministerial board, chaired jointly by ministers from the Cabinet Office and Home Office. This board has set direction on the fraud response, with work coordinated by the Government's Counter-Fraud Function. COVID-19 schemes have been assessed for fraud risk and appropriate controls have been designed and implemented. Departments are working together to share intelligence, and to identify and investigate cases of suspected fraud.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/10/2020 15:44:30 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1194285

registered interest
date	11/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	New Businesses: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to enable fintech banks to provide loans to tech start-ups.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	45207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2020 answer text <p>The UK is home to a world-leading fintech sector and an impressive amount of talent and expertise in this area. The government knows that fintech firms play an important role in the lending market, especially for smaller businesses.</p><p> </p><p>The government is grateful for the way the sector has responded to the current crisis by identifying opportunities where technology may support our response. Already, a number of leading UK fintechs have been accredited by the British Business Bank (BBB) to help deliver the government’s business lending schemes. As of 17 May 464,393 facilities have been approved under the Bounce Back Loan Scheme, totalling £14.18bn.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 19/05/2020 14:54:22 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1194288

registered interest
date	11/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Tourism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many workers in the tourism industry have been furloughed through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	45208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>Applications for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) opened on Monday 20 April. By close of 11 May, HMRC had received 935,000 claims representing 7.5m furloughed employments and £10.1bn.</p><p> </p><p>This is a new scheme and HMRC are currently working through the analysis they will be able to provide based on the data available. HMRC will make the timescales for publication and the types of data available in due course.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 45209 question first answered 18/05/2020 16:03:12 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1194294

registered interest
date	11/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Hospitality Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many workers in the hospitality industry have been furloughed under the Job Retention Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	45209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>Applications for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) opened on Monday 20 April. By close of 11 May, HMRC had received 935,000 claims representing 7.5m furloughed employments and £10.1bn.</p><p> </p><p>This is a new scheme and HMRC are currently working through the analysis they will be able to provide based on the data available. HMRC will make the timescales for publication and the types of data available in due course.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 45208 question first answered 18/05/2020 16:03:12 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1194295

registered interest
date	11/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Self-employment Income Support Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many self-employed workers have been successful with an application to the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	45210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>The Self-Employment Income Support Scheme went live on 13 May 2020.</p><p> </p><p>By midnight on 14 May, about 1.1 million claims representing £3.1 billion had been made.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 18/05/2020 16:14:08 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1194310

registered interest
date	11/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Mortgages: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to extend the mortgage holiday period for people who have recently been made redundant or who are unemployed as a result of the covid-9 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	45220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2020 answer text <p>We are continuing to work closely with lenders and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to ensure that people are supported during these challenging times, especially if they are facing financial distress.</p><p> </p><p>Lenders are continuing to show forbearance as required, working together with borrowers to establish how they can best affordably and gradually get back on track. Customers who are concerned about their current financial situation should get in touch with their lender at the earliest possible opportunity. <strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 19/05/2020 10:54:29 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1193717

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will issue guidance to big businesses using the Job Retention Scheme to not issue large bonuses to their executives.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	43925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2020 answer text <p>The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is designed to help employers whose operations have been severely affected by coronavirus to retain their employees and protect the UK economy. All employers are eligible for the scheme and the Government recognises that different businesses will face different impacts from coronavirus.</p><p> </p><p>To claim, employers must have created and started a PAYE payroll scheme on or before 19 March 2020; enrolled for PAYE online; and have a UK bank account. No other eligibility conditions apply. Full guidance can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-for-wage-costs-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-for-wage-costs-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme</a>. Adding further restrictions would reduce the number of employees who would be eligible for this important financial support.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/05/2020 15:27:56 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1193719

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many applications for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme have been refused.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	43926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2020 answer text <p>To be eligible for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme an employer must have furloughed employees for a minimum of 3 weeks, have a PAYE scheme registered on HMRC’s real time information system for PAYE on 19 March 2020, be enrolled for PAYE online and have a UK bank account. If an employer is eligible a claim will be accepted.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 15/05/2020 12:18:15 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1193720

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Self-employment Income Support Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many applications for the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme have been refused.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	43927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2020 answer text <p>The Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) claims service opened on 13 May 2020, ahead of schedule. Eligibility for SEISS is based on average trading profits for sole traders and income from partnerships. More information on the eligibility criteria can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-a-grant-through-the-coronavirus-covid-19-self-employment-income-support-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-a-grant-through-the-coronavirus-covid-19-self-employment-income-support-scheme</a></p><p> </p><p>HMRC do not refuse applications for the scheme. People are either eligible to apply for SEISS and therefore given access to the service, or they are ineligible and not given access. Eligibility is based strictly on the criteria set by the Chancellor.</p><p> </p><p>Figures relating to the number identified as potentially eligible, yet not claiming, are not available as this is not a HMRC decision. Once the scheme is closed, HMRC will be able to quantify how many of those identified as potentially eligible did not apply.</p><p> </p><p>Those ineligible for SEISS may still benefit from other support. Individuals may have access to a range of grants and loans depending on their circumstances, and the SEISS supplements the significant support already announced for UK businesses, including the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme and the deferral of tax payments. More information about the full range of business support measures is available at <a href="http://www.businesssupport.gov.uk/coronavirus-business-support/" target="_blank">www.businesssupport.gov.uk/coronavirus-business-support/</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/05/2020 18:04:06 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1136090

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Economic Situation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment his Department has made of the short-term economic effect of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	911690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government has prepared extensively for a range of Brexit scenarios.</p><p> </p><p>But even with these preparations, leaving with “No Deal” would entail significant disruption in the short term. And in the long-term, the government’s analysis shows clearly that regions, nations and sectors of the UK would have lower economic output compared to today’s arrangements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 02/07/2019 14:11:29 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali