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registered interest
date	25/04/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Government Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to recover public funds received improperly during the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	182567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>The Government has always been clear that fraud is unacceptable. Those who attempted to defraud public funds will be subject to both criminal and commercial recovery efforts.</p><p> </p><p>On Covid-19 support schemes administered by HMRC, over £1.2 billion worth of grants were either blocked from being paid out or recovered through compliance work by the end of March 2022, with more work ongoing.</p><p> </p><p>Significant work has been underway across Government and commercial lenders to address fraudulent activity in relation to the Covid-19 loan schemes. We are working with lenders, law enforcement, and partners across Government to recover fraudulently obtained loans. We have been clear that Government will not hesitate to take criminal action against serious cases, and as of January 2023 49 arrests have been made in relation to Bounce Back Loan fraud.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 02/05/2023 10:39:34 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1465204

registered interest
date	24/05/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Government Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to address (a) individuals and (b) organisations that made fraudulent claims for covid-19 assistance programmes.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	7982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2022 answer text <p>The government has always been clear that any a) individual and b) organisation who knowingly defrauds the covid – 19 schemes are at risk of prosecution and/or enforcement action. Government departments together with those who implement the schemes are working with enforcement bodies to investigate the cases.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the 2022 Spring Statement, the Chancellor announced an additional £48.8m of funding over 3 years to support the creation of a new Public Sector Fraud Authority and enhance counter fraud work.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 31/05/2022 15:20:39 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1386948

registered interest
date	10/12/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Government Assistance
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 merits of providing additional support to the (a) hospitality, (b) tourism and (c) travel sectors with respect to the Omicron variant.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	90903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2021 answer text <p>Plan B has been designed to help control the virus’s spread while avoiding unduly damaging economic and social restrictions. The Treasury continues to engage with businesses to understand and monitor the impact of the changing nature of the virus.</p><p> </p><p>Impacted businesses can continue to benefit from ongoing economic support, in place through to Spring next year, including the extension of the Recovery Loan Scheme and the Additional Restriction Grants.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Business rates relief for eligible retail, hospitality and leisure businesses in England is available until March 2022, and hospitality and tourism businesses will continue to benefit from a VAT reduction – paying only 12.5% until March 2022.</p><p> </p><p>At Autumn Budget 2021, the Government also announced a new temporary relief for the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors in 2022-23 worth almost £1.7 billion. This will support the businesses that make our high streets and town centres successful to evolve and adapt to changing consumer demands until the next revaluation.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Business will also be protected from eviction if they are behind on rent on their premises, thanks to the moratorium in place until March 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Ultimately the best way to support airports and the wider travel sector is through the safe and sustainable recovery of international travel. The measures HMG introduced to slow the import of Omicron cases were precautionary and time-limited, and following the latest review we have now eased some of these restrictions – removing all of the countries from the Red list. The remaining precautionary measures will be reviewed on 5 January.</p><p> </p><p>The aviation and aerospace sectors are being supported with over £12 billion made available through loan guarantees, support for exporters, the Bank of England’s Covid Corporate Financing Facility and grants for research and development.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the renewed Airport and Ground Operations Support Scheme that the Chancellor announced at the Autumn Budget provides support for eligible businesses with their fixed costs for a further six months over the Winter period, up to the equivalent of their business rates liabilities for the second half of the 2021-22 financial year, subject to certain conditions and a cap per claimant of £4m.</p><p> </p><p>Where applicable, travel businesses can continue to apply for the Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG) scheme through their local authority, which is open until March 2022. Throughout the pandemic, over £2 billion of discretionary business grant funding was provided to local authorities via the ARG to support businesses in their local area. Local authorities determine how much funding to provide to businesses and exactly which businesses to target.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 17/12/2021 10:36:13 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1386949

registered interest
date	10/12/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Government Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide additional financial support to local authorities to assist (a) people who have to isolate and (b) business during the new covid-19 restrictions.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	90904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2021 answer text <p>Plan B has been designed to help control the virus’s spread while avoiding unduly damaging economic and social restrictions. Throughout the pandemic, the government has demonstrated that it can respond proportionately to the changing path of the virus, and will continue to do so. The Government has a strong track record of responding quickly, flexibly and comprehensively in supporting jobs, businesses, individuals and families if needed.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to provide funding to enable local authorities to offer practical and financial support to those who are eligible and require assistance to self-isolate. Since the start of the pandemic the government has provided £2.1 billion of funding to local authorities in England as part of the Contain Outbreak Management Fund (COMF). The COMF has supported local authorities to work with local communities to ensure effective testing, contract tracing in providing these vital services.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government continues to fund a £500 payment available to people on low incomes who are required to self-isolate by NHS Test and Trace, cannot work from home and will lose income as a result of self-isolation. In March 2021, the Government increased funding to local authorities for the discretionary scheme to £20 million a month to enable local authorities to widen eligibility criteria and support more people to isolate. The scheme is in place until March 2022.</p><p> </p><p>As part of our £400 billion package of support, businesses will continue to receive considerable support into the spring of next year. Small and medium-sized businesses can access Government-guaranteed finance through the extended Recovery Loans scheme until next June. Businesses will be protected from eviction if they are behind on rent on their premises, thanks to the moratorium in place until March 2022. Where applicable, businesses can also continue to apply for the Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG) scheme through their local authority, which is open until March 2022.</p><p> </p><p>For the sectors who were hardest hit by previous restrictions and may need additional support, there is further support in place. Business rates relief for eligible retail, hospitality and leisure businesses in England is available until March 2022, and hospitality and tourism businesses will continue to benefit from a VAT reduction, paying only 12.5% until March 2022. The arts and culture sector can still access support from the £2 billion Culture Recovery Fund and Sports Recovery Package, the Film and TV Production Restart Scheme, which is in place until 30 April 2022. In addition, the £800 million Live Events Reinsurance Scheme is giving events across the country the confidence needed for organisers to plan for the future.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 16/12/2021 11:58:30 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1380800

registered interest
date	22/11/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Government Assistance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the prospect of recovering money claimed fraudulently from the (1) Coronavirus Job Retention scheme, (2) Self Employment Income Support scheme, and (3) Eat Out to Help Out scheme.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL4256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2021 answer text <p>HMRC are taking a proportionate approach to recovering overclaimed grants, rather than actively seeking out claimants who have made small mistakes.</p><p> </p><p>In the year 2020-21, HMRC recovered around £500 million. This is in addition to losses of circa £200 million being prevented by not paying out on suspicious claims. In addition, claimants made repayments of around £350 million in 2020-21 to correct claims they had got wrong.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has invested over £100 million in a Taxpayer Protection Taskforce made up of 1,265 HMRC staff to combat fraud in the schemes. The taskforce is forecast to recover a further £1 billion from the schemes in the two years until 31 March 2023.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 03/12/2021 11:24:56 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1353200

registered interest
date	07/09/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Government Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Scotland on the potential effect of ending his Department’s schemes to support people affected by the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Anum Qaisar-Javed
uin	903258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2021 answer text <p>The Chancellor and other Treasury Ministers speak regularly with the Secretary of State for Scotland on a wide range of matters.</p><p> </p><p>We have put in place an economic package of support totalling £352 billion to support both individuals and businesses throughout the pandemic, with the devolved administrations having received an additional £28.1 billion in funding through the Barnett formula to support their recovery through 2020-22.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 07/09/2021 13:34:47 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4917 label Biography information for Ms Anum Qaisar

1338490

registered interest
date	21/06/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Government Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the details of meetings (a) he and (b) other Treasury Ministers have had with groups representing people excluded from covid-19 support schemes in 2021.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	19724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2021 answer text <p>Treasury ministers and officials have had meetings with a wide variety of organisations and individuals in the public and private sectors, including MPs, businesses, professional representative bodies, and the unions, throughout the development of the COVID-19 support package including both the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme and the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>This proactive engagement has been widely praised, and the Institute for Government has said: “The Government’s approach to consultation compensated for some of the difficulties of accelerated policy development, because it gave it fast access to information, and an early sense of whether the measures would work and how they would be received by businesses and workers. This contributed to both positive reception on announcement and successful roll-out.”</p><p> </p><p>Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 19725 question first answered 24/06/2021 14:09:22 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1285144

registered interest
date	09/02/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Government Assistance
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 number of people with trading profits of over £50,000 per annum and therefore ineligible for support from the Government during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	151648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2021 answer text <p>By 31 December 2020, 186,000 individuals have been assessed as ineligible for the third SEISS grant as their trading profits are over £50,000 per annum.</p><p> </p><p>This figure was taken from the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme statistics published on 28 January 2021: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/self-employment-income-support-scheme-statistics-january-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/self-employment-income-support-scheme-statistics-january-2021</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/02/2021 15:24:06 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1273688

registered interest
date	05/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Government Assistance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the total daily cost of their COVID-19 financial support packages.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL11747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2021 answer text <p>In their November 2020 forecast, the Office for Budget Responsibility estimated that costs associated with COVID-19 related support was approximately £280 billion. The OBR will publish a new estimate when they release their next forecast at the Budget on the 3 March.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 18/01/2021 17:37:04 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham