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1667508

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Research: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the levels of (a) fraud and (b) error in the amount of tax relief provided as part of the Government’s R&D tax relief schemes between 2022 and 2023.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	23
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2023 answer text <p>The latest error and fraud estimates for the Corporation Tax Research and Development relief schemes were published in <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1179615%2FHMRC_annual_report_and_accounts_2022_to_2023.pdf&amp;data=05%7C01%7Csteve.robinson1%40hmrc.gov.uk%7C7414406e9a9f45bea5d908dbe05fe2f8%7Cac52f73cfd1a4a9a8e7a4a248f3139e1%7C0%7C0%7C638350475389517528%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=uaQpoTNwE0w4TAuZrBaRQPiotk8OAoMl%2FKLdF9lZGjQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">HMRC’s Annual Report and Accounts 2022 to 2023</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 14/11/2023 14:15:55 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1667519

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Central Bank Digital Currencies
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 potential impact of a UK central bank digital currency on the right to privacy.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	44
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>Individuals’ privacy, user control and the proper use of data in line with UK data protection laws are of paramount importance to the design of any digital currency.</p><p> </p><p>A digital pound would be subject to rigorous standards of privacy and data protection. Neither the Government nor the Bank of England would have access to personal data, nor be able to see how consumers use their money.</p><p>The Government has committed to bring forward legislation in Parliament prior to any Digital Pound being introduced.</p><p>The Government and Bank of England consulted on these privacy features of the potential digital pound over February-June 2023, and are currently reviewing the feedback received. A consultation response will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 13/11/2023 13:56:24 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1667544

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	VAT: Tax Thresholds
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 merits of raising the VAT registration threshold to £250,000.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Jonathan Gullis
uin	542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p>Views on the VAT registration threshold are divided and the case for change has been regularly reviewed over the years.</p><p>In 2018, the Government consulted on how the design of the VAT registration threshold could better incentivise growth. However, there was no clear option for reform.</p><p>While the Government keeps all taxes under review, it was announced at Autumn Budget 2022 that the VAT threshold will be maintained at its current level of £85,000 until 31 March 2026.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 15/11/2023 15:18:34 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis

1667545

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge
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 potential merits of ending the high income child benefit charge.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Jonathan Gullis
uin	543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to managing the public finances in a disciplined and responsible way.</p><p>The High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) ensures that the Government supports the majority of families whilst keeping welfare expenditure sustainable.</p><p>Most families are unaffected. In 2020-21, (the latest year that data is available), the HICBC raised over £400m in revenue. 99.7% of those who declared a liability for HICBC paid income tax at the higher rate or above, and 88% of Child Benefit claimants were unaffected by the HICBC.</p><p>The Government therefore considers that keeping the HICBC in place remains appropriate, but keeps all tax policies under review.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 16/11/2023 09:41:10 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis

1667560

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Energy: Debts
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 introduce a temporary Help to Repay scheme for energy debts in the Autumn Statement 2023.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Anne McLaughlin
uin	284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>Through the energy crisis, the Government has provided unprecedented support for consumers, including by paying nearly half of household bills between October 2022 and June 2023, saving households £1,500 on average.</p><p> </p><p>This is in addition to the benefits uprating and Cost of Living Payments in 2023-24, helping more than 8 million UK households on eligible means tested benefits, 8 million pensioner households and 6 million people across the UK on eligible disability benefits.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 13/11/2023 13:27:05 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4437 label Biography information for Anne McLaughlin

1667614

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Banks: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of closures of (a) bank branches and (b) free-to-use ATMs in (i) Enfield North constituency, (ii) the London Borough of Enfield and (iii) London in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p>While the government does not make direct assessments of branch or ATM networks, it believes that all customers, wherever they live, should have appropriate access to banking and cash services. According to LINK there are 76 LINK cash access points, including 55 free-to-use ATMs, in Enfield North constituency.</p><p> </p><p>The government legislated through the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 to establish a new legislative framework to protect access to cash. This establishes the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as the lead regulator for access to cash and provides it with responsibility and powers to seek to ensure reasonable provision of cash withdrawal and deposit facilities across the UK, including free withdrawal and deposit facilities in relation to personal current accounts.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions on opening and closing branches and ATMs are a commercial issue, and the government does not intervene in these. However, under FCA guidance, firms are expected to carefully consider the impact of planned branch closures on the everyday banking and cash access needs of their customers and consider possible alternative access arrangements. This seeks to ensure that the implementation of closure decisions is undertaken in a way that treats customers fairly.</p><p> </p><p>Alternative options for access to banking can be via telephone banking, through digital means such as mobile or online banking, and the Post Office. The Post Office Banking Framework allows 99% of personal banking and 95% of business banking customers to deposit cheques, check their balance and withdraw and deposit cash at 11,500 Post Office branches in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 15/11/2023 16:11:39 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1667621

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what business rates will be in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Dehenna Davison
uin	478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p>The Government froze the business rates multiplier for a third consecutive year in 2023-24, a tax cut worth £9.3 billion to business over the next 5 years. Overall, the Government has taken action to hold the tax rate steady, protecting businesses from inflationary pressures over the last three years at a cost of £14.5 billion to the Exchequer.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions on future business rates support will be made in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 15/11/2023 15:12:32 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison

1667627

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Sanitary Products: VAT
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 potential merits of removing VAT on period pants.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p>The women’s sanitary products VAT zero rate applies to those products which were previously subject to the reduced rate of 5 per cent, for example, tampons and pads. It also applies to reusable menstrual products, such as menstrual cups, to provide greater choice and more sustainable options for those who use sanitary products. The Government is looking into whether this important zero-rating is being passed on to consumers.</p><p> </p><p>The relief does not include articles of clothing, such as period underwear. Such exclusions are designed to ensure that the relief is properly targeted.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps all taxes under review, including considering impacts on pricing, and welcomes representations to help inform future policy decisions.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 15/11/2023 15:14:14 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1667654

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Suicide
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 increase funding for suicide prevention in the 2023 Autumn Statement.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>Government is committed to mental health support and suicide prevention. In September, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) published the new <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/suicide-prevention-strategy-for-england-2023-to-2028" target="_blank">Suicide prevention strategy for England</a> and launched the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/suicide-prevention-grant-fund-2023-to-2025" target="_blank">Suicide Prevention Grant Fund</a> which makes available £10 million from 2023 to 2025 to support suicide prevention. It is the responsibility of local integrated care boards (ICBs) to plan services to meet the needs of their communities, including deciding how much funding they provide for mental health services.</p><p> </p><p>It would not be appropriate to comment on the content of the 2023 Autumn Statement at this time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 598 question first answered 13/11/2023 11:14:24 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1667662

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Suicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to provide ringfenced funding to (a) local authorities and (b) integrated care systems for suicide prevention services at the Autumn Statement.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Ian Byrne
uin	598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>Government is committed to mental health support and suicide prevention. In September, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) published the new <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/suicide-prevention-strategy-for-england-2023-to-2028" target="_blank">Suicide prevention strategy for England</a> and launched the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/suicide-prevention-grant-fund-2023-to-2025" target="_blank">Suicide Prevention Grant Fund</a> which makes available £10 million from 2023 to 2025 to support suicide prevention. It is the responsibility of local integrated care boards (ICBs) to plan services to meet the needs of their communities, including deciding how much funding they provide for mental health services.</p><p> </p><p>It would not be appropriate to comment on the content of the 2023 Autumn Statement at this time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 375 question first answered 13/11/2023 11:14:24 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4831 label Biography information for Ian Byrne