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1242797

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date	13/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Debts: Developing Countries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of calls for debt relief from emerging economies to help manage (1) the healthcare, and (2) the economic, consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL9135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government is concerned with the rising debt vulnerabilities in low-income and emerging economies. In April 2020, G20 Finance Ministers agreed to pause debt repayments from the most vulnerable countries in 2020. On 14 October, the Chancellor met with his G20 counterparts where they agreed an extension of this initiative by 6 months, with the possibility of a further six month extension to be reviewed in 2021. The G20 focused on these countries as they are particularly vulnerable to the economic pressures of the pandemic.</p><p>On 14 October, G20 Finance Ministers also agreed, in principle, to a “Common Framework for Future Debt Treatments beyond the DSSI”. This historic achievement marks the first time creditors from the G20 and Paris Club of official creditors have agreed to participate in coordinated debt restructurings. The Common Framework will initially apply to countries eligible for the DSSI. The UK will continue to push for strengthened coordination on emerging economy debt issues.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 27/10/2020 13:12:57 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1242800

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	Unpaid Taxes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to their announcement on 7 October that they intend to legislate to change the language and presentation of information in debt letters, what changes they plan to make to letters and notices from HMRC to taxpayers deemed to be in default on tax payments.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kramer
uin	HL9137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2020 answer text <p>The changes referred to in the legislation apply to lenders in the credit industry, rather than Government departments. HMRC’s letters are always being reviewed and improved to follow best practice in debt collection. At the start of the pandemic, HMRC reviewed and amended the majority of their debt collection letters so they were tailored to taxpayers’ changing circumstances and to promote the support available to them.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 27/10/2020 13:14:26 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer

1242810

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	New Businesses: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the COVID-19 pandemic, what actions and changes the Rose Review Board intends to recommend (1) to support, and (2) to increase the number of, female entrepreneurs.
tabling member printed	Baroness Mone
uin	HL9144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2020 answer text <p>In response to the Alison Rose Review on Female Entrepreneurship, the government set its ambition to increase the number of female entrepreneurs by 600,000 by 2030. The government is working closely with industry to implement the recommendations of the Rose Review and will engage with further actions proposed by the Board.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury launched the Investing in Women Code in 2019 to promote greater transparency in UK funding allocation, and the Code now has over 60 signatories from a wide range of financial institutions. Other actions include the industry-led Council for Investing in Female Entrepreneurs who coordinate industry action to increase investments in female-led firms and the work of industry partners launching new investment vehicles to encourage UK based institutional and private investors to further support and invest in female entrepreneurs.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 28/10/2020 11:40:00 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4544 label Biography information for Baroness Mone

1242835

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	Sports: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to allocate funding when the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme ends to sports clubs to support them in retaining non-playing staff whose services are temporarily surplus to requirements until those clubs can operate on the basis of fans in stadiums.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	102686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2020 answer text <p>When the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) ends, employers will have access to the Job Support Scheme regardless of whether they previously used CJRS. The JSS, announced in September, is designed to protect jobs in businesses who are facing pressures over the winter months due to Covid-19. The JSS Open which was announced in September, provides a Government grant which covers a portion of all hours not worked by an employee on reduced hours.</p><p> </p><p>The JSS Closed, an expansion to the JSS announced on the 9<sup>th</sup> October, provides a Government grant for 2/3 of the wages of all employees in businesses forced to close by local lockdowns. In this way, employees remain linked to businesses and employers can quickly scale up activity to any increase in demand.</p><p> </p><p>We have also introduced the Job Retention Bonus. This provides a £1,000 grant for each previously furloughed employee retained in meaningful employment by January 31<sup>st</sup>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 21/10/2020 14:23:15 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

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

1242851

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	Stamp Duty Land Tax: 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 8 October 2020 to Question 97543 on Housing: Insulation, if he will make it his policy to extend the temporary reduced rate of Stamp Duty Land Tax for home buyers.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	102883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2020 answer text <p>To boost the housing market, the Government decided to cut Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) by temporarily increasing the nil rate band of SDLT to £500,000. This applies from 8 July 2020 to 31 March 2021. The Government keeps all taxes under review, including SDLT, but has no plans to extend the relief.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/10/2020 12:42:03 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1242899

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	Carbon Capture and Storage: Hydrogen
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 effectiveness of the Government’s support for (a) Carbon capture and storage and (b) Hydrogen technologies.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	102964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2020 answer text <p>At Spring Budget 2020, the Chancellor committed to spend at least £800m for the deployment of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) in the 2020s.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, in 2019, the Government announced a £100m Low Carbon Hydrogen Production Fund to incentivise future private sector investment in low carbon hydrogen, while earlier this year, the Government published a response to a consultation on CCS business models, including for low carbon hydrogen production.</p><p> </p><p>Officials at HMT have been working closely with BEIS officials and key industry stakeholders to understand the type and quantum of support required to advance CCS. This includes engaging in a number of boards with industry, such as the Hydrogen Advisory Council.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 21/10/2020 14:21:29 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1242901

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	Public Houses: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the merits of the proposals for support for pubs and brewers in CAMRA’s Save Our Pubs campaign.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	102835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government is acting to support pubs and address the concerns raised by CAMRA. The Government froze beer duty at the last Budget, and has put in place a business rates holiday, has reduced VAT rates for meals they sell and is providing an unprecedented economic response to the COVID-19 pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 16/10/2020 08:54:21 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1242917

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	Deloitte: Tax Avoidance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the judgment in Travel Document Service & Anor v Revenue & Customs (Corporation tax – tax avoidance scheme) UKUT 45 (TCC) by the Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) on 7 February 2017, whether they have (1) investigated, (2) fined, or (3) prosecuted, Deloitte for any role it had in unlawful tax avoidance schemes.
tabling member printed	Lord Sikka
uin	HL9158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2020 answer text <p>It is not possible for HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to provide details of any action taken in connection with this organisation.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC challenge scheme promoters and other enablers in the marketed avoidance supply chain in order to disrupt their business. On 19 March 2020, HMRC published their strategy for tackling promoters of mass-marketed tax avoidance schemes and those who facilitate the use of these schemes. The strategy sets out HMRC’s work to date and outlines how HMRC and Government will continue to take robust action against promoters of tax avoidance. The Promoter Strategy is available on GOV.UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 27/10/2020 13:13:42 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4885 label Biography information for Lord Sikka