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1310511

registered interest
date	20/04/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Housing: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will hold discussions with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the costs to the public purse of leaseholders (a) losing their home and (b) declaring bankruptcy as a result of the costs of resolving fire safety issues.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	184379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text The Chancellor of the Exchequer liaises with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on a wide range of issues, including on the Government’s £5 billion investment in building safety.<p> </p><p>On 10 February 2021, the Government announced a 5-point plan for investment in building safety, with £3.5 billion earmarked for the removal of unsafe cladding on high-rise residential buildings, as well as a new finance scheme for cladding removal on buildings between 11 and 18 metres where no leaseholder will ever pay more than £50 a month.</p><p> </p><p>These measures will provide certainty to residents and lenders, boosting the housing market and helping to ensure that developers, investors and building owners who have the means make a fair contribution to costs of remediation, without passing on costs to leaseholders.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 26/04/2021 09:49:38 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1310528

registered interest
date	20/04/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much (a) Coronavirus Job Retention Support Scheme funding and (b) business rates relief has been returned to the Exchequer by businesses since the first covid-19 lockdown in March 2020.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	184454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government is currently looking at the feasibility of publishing information on how much Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme funding and business rates relief has been returned to the Exchequer by businesses since the first COVID-19 lockdown in March 2020 and a decision will be forthcoming in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 26/04/2021 14:58:43 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1310529

registered interest
date	20/04/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Gyms: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care's Answer of 15 April 2021 to Question 179033, on Coronavirus: Gyms, whether his Department has plans to introduce incentives similar to the Eat out to help out scheme for gyms and fitness facilities.
tabling member constituency	Gateshead
tabling member printed	Ian Mearns
uin	184423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises the significant disruption the necessary actions to combat Covid-19 are having on sectors like the fitness industry.</p><p> </p><p>During this difficult time the Treasury is working intensively with employers, delivery partners, industry groups and other government departments to understand the long-term effects of social distancing across all key areas of the economy.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor has already announced unprecedented support for individuals and businesses, to protect against the current economic emergency. By the end of March 2021, the Government made up to £20 billion available for business grants. At Budget 2021, the Government announced a further £5 billion of business grant support, including the Restart Grants Scheme, in which hospitality, accommodation, leisure, personal care and gym business premises in England will be eligible for grants up to £18,000, subject to their rateable value. The Restart Grants will replace the monthly Local Restrictions Support Grant and Local Restrictions Support Grant, which both closed at the end of March.</p><p> </p><p>There are no current plans to introduce incentives like the Eat Out to Help Out scheme for gyms and fitness facilities. We will continue to monitor the impact of government support on public services, businesses, individuals and sectors, including the leisure, gyms and fitness sector, as we respond to this pandemic, and keep all policies under review.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 26/04/2021 13:13:57 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4000 label Biography information for Ian Mearns

1310563

registered interest
date	20/04/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	UAE-UK Sovereign Investment Partnership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Department for International Trade’s announcement of 24 March 2021 on the Sovereign Investment Partnership between the UK and the United Arab Emirates, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of that partnership on tax incentives for (a) businesses and (b) investors in the Tees Freeport.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	184439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government has developed an attractive and ambitious policy offer for freeports, including tax reliefs, which it is working to introduce as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury welcomes the Sovereign Investment Partnership announced by DIT and the benefits it will bring to places like Tees.</p><p> </p><p>The precise impacts in freeports will ultimately depend on individual businesses and investors, and MHCLG are currently working with each of the announced freeports to agree their plans.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 26/04/2021 15:04:02 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1310564

registered interest
date	20/04/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Freeports: Tees Valley
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 annual cost to the public purse of reliefs granted in the Tees Freeport on (a) employers' national insurance contributions, (b) Stamp Duty Land Tax, (c) Enhanced Capital Allowance, (d) business rates and (e) Enhanced Structures Buildings Allowance to 2026.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	184440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government has considered the costs of the tax reliefs that will be granted across each of the eight English freeport locations, including the Teesside Freeport. However, as a result of these tax reliefs applying only in tax sites agreed and confirmed by Government, estimates of their cost will be dependent on the final locations once agreed.</p><p> </p><p>Bidders were required to submit initial proposals for their tax sites as part of their bids. The Government will outline the process for confirming tax sites in due course and expects to score the costs of tax reliefs at the next fiscal event. These costings will undergo the usual scrutiny from the Office for Budget Responsibility.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 26/04/2021 15:02:51 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1310565

registered interest
date	20/04/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Capital Allowances: Freeports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Enhanced Capital Allowance scheme intended to apply within Freeport tax sites is planned to be claimable on qualifying new plant and machinery purchased outside the UK.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	184441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>This Enhanced Capital Allowance scheme is designed to incentivise companies to invest in plant and machinery in freeport tax sites. There is no restriction specific to this scheme in respect of purchasing assets abroad. Qualifying plant and machinery purchased outside of the UK will be eligible for the Enhanced Capital Allowance for freeport tax sites. The main requirements in order to qualify for this relief are that such plant and machinery must be new, it must be primarily for use in a freeport tax site, and the relief is only available to companies within the charge to corporation tax with trading businesses or carrying on certain other activities. This Enhanced Capital Allowance will be available for qualifying expenditure incurred during the period from when the relevant freeport tax site is designated until 30 September 2026. As for other capital allowances for plant and machinery, the expenditure must be incurred by the business carrying out the qualifying activity and the plant or machinery must be owned by that company or deemed to be owned by that company under the capital allowance rules.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 26/04/2021 14:57:37 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1310571

registered interest
date	20/04/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Finance: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April 2021 to Question 179434, if he will list the (a) finance industry and (b) business groups that were involved in the discussions referenced in that Answer; and if he will publish the minutes of those discussions.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	184537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>As set out in our previous response HM Treasury, BEIS and the British Business Bank (BBB) engaged with a range of stakeholders from the finance industry to ensure the covid loan schemes could efficiently deliver support to those businesses most in need of Government-backed finance. This included banks, building societies, non-bank lenders and trade associations.</p><p> </p><p>Details of all ministerial meetings are published on the department’s transparency returns.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 26/04/2021 13:09:54 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1310666

registered interest
date	20/04/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxis: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide urgent financial support to taxi drivers at risk of having their vehicle repossessed.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	184409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>The government has provided an unprecedented package of support for individuals through the pandemic. The majority of taxi drivers are self-employed and so may have been able to benefit from the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS), which was extended at Budget, through a fourth and fifth grant, until September.</p><p>Taxi drivers are amongst the 1.5 million businesses that have accessed the Bounce Back Loan scheme over the past 11 months, which has provided facilities totalling £46.5billion. Taxi drivers experiencing hardship can also apply to the Recovery Loan Scheme, launched earlier this month, which maintains a generous 80% guarantee to ensure lenders continue to have the confidence to lend.</p><p>Beyond these schemes, taxi drivers may be able to access other elements of support, including continuation of the uplift in Universal Credit, rental support, mortgage holidays, enhanced Time to Pay for taxes, VAT cuts and deferrals, and other business support grants. At the budget, an extra £425 million business grant funding was announced, on top of the £1.6 billion already allocated, for local authorities to use at their discretion to support local businesses not eligible for Restart Grants, but nonetheless experiencing severe impacts on their business. The taxi and private hire sector may be able to benefit from these recently extended schemes.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 26/04/2021 13:12:30 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1310671

registered interest
date	20/04/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Infrastructure: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2021 to Question 152528 on Infrastructure: Finance, when he plans to publish the next iteration of the National Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	184452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>The Infrastructure and Projects Authority is committed to publishing regular National Infrastructure and Construction Pipelines. The last Pipeline, published in response to COVID-19, set out planned procurements with an estimated contract value of up to £37bn across the 20/21 financial year.</p><p> </p><p>As stated in the National Infrastructure Strategy, the next iteration of the National Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline will be published in 2021 and will set out future planned investments and procurements.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 26/04/2021 14:56:42 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1310672

registered interest
date	20/04/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Manufacturing Industries: Business Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the feasibility of extending the eligibility of the business rate relief scheme to businesses that manufacture (a) food and (b) soft drink products for hospitality businesses to sell.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	184453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government has provided enhanced support to eligible properties in the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors through business rates relief given the direct and acute impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on those sectors.</p><p> </p><p>As announced in a Written Ministerial Statement on 25 March the Government is providing a further £1.5 billion of additional support to businesses that have not already received business rates relief. This is the fastest and fairest way to support businesses outside the retail, hospitality and leisure relief who have been most adversely affected by the economic impacts of the pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>A range of other measures has been made available for all businesses, including those in the supply chain, such as the extension of the furlough scheme, Recovery Loan schemes, and enhanced Time to Pay for taxes.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 26/04/2021 14:59:38 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis