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1658573

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date	06/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Money: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he is taking steps to address the potential impact of a cashless society on financial inclusivity.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mark Logan
uin	198234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>The government recognises that while the transition towards digital payments brings many opportunities, cash continues to be used by many people across the UK, including those who may be in vulnerable groups.</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. The government considers that this legislation will also support organisations, including local businesses, to continue accepting cash by ensuring that they have reasonable access to cash deposit facilities.</p><p> </p><p>Following this, the government recently published a Cash Access Policy Statement, which sets out the government’s policies on access to cash. The FCA is required by law to have regard to these policies when determining its regulatory approach. The FCA will publicly consult on its regulatory approach in due course. The government’s policy statement is available on gov.uk: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cash-access-policy-statement/cash-access-policy-statement" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cash-access-policy-statement/cash-access-policy-statement</a></p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 14/09/2023 15:11:45 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4815 label Biography information for Mark Logan

1658574

registered interest
date	06/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the annual VAT registration threshold to help support small businesses.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mark Logan
uin	198235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2023 answer text <p>Views on the VAT registration threshold are divided and the case for change has been regularly reviewed over the years. While some businesses have argued that a higher threshold would reduce administrative and financial burdens, others contend that a lower threshold would provide a fairer competitive environment.</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>It was announced at Autumn Statement 2022 that the VAT threshold will be maintained at its current level of £85,000 until 31 March 2026.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 12/09/2023 15:05:05 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4815 label Biography information for Mark Logan

1656876

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Money
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 help ensure the continued acceptance of cash as a payment option within the UK.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mark Logan
uin	197199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The government recognises that, to support people’s ability to continue to transact using cash, businesses need reasonable access to cash deposit facilities to support them to keep accepting cash.</p><p>The government legislated through the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 to establish the Financial Conduct Authority as the lead regulator for access to cash and provide it with responsibility and powers to seek to ensure reasonable provision of cash withdrawal and deposit facilities. The government considers that this legislation will support organisations, including local businesses, to continue accepting cash by ensuring that they have reasonable access to cash deposit facilities.</p><p> </p><p>Following this, the government recently published a Cash Access Policy Statement, which sets out the government’s policies on access to cash. The FCA is required by law to have regard to these policies when determining its regulatory approach. The FCA will publicly consult on its regulatory approach in due course. The government’s policy statement is available on gov.uk: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cash-access-policy-statement/cash-access-policy-statement" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cash-access-policy-statement/cash-access-policy-statement</a></p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 11/09/2023 14:58:48 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4815 label Biography information for Mark Logan

1047716

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Debt Respite Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans his Department has for debts owed to HMRC to be included in its new Breathing Space scheme.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
uin	212320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government published a consultation on a single policy proposal for the breathing space scheme in October 2018. The consultation proposed that as wide a range of an individual’s personal debts as possible would be included in the scheme, including certain tax and benefit debts.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation closed on 29 January, and the Government intends to confirm its approach to these aspects of the scheme in its response.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 29/01/2019 16:23:43 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

1047718

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Medicine: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions officials in his Department have had with officials in the Department of Health and Social Care on funding to provide additional places for medical students.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
uin	212321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The government is delivering on its commitment to roll out an extra 1,500 medical school places. Around 630 have taken up places on medical courses in September 2018, bringing the total intake for 2018/19 to 6,701 - the highest on record. A further 690 will be available to students in 2019/20 and the remaining 180 places will be available in 2020/21.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS has established a national workforce group, which will look at the future medical workforce as part of delivering on the workforce aims set out in the Long-Term Plan. The NHS will publish a detailed workforce implementation plan in the Spring.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 212322 question first answered 29/01/2019 16:34:39 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

1047719

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Medicine: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he is taking to ensure that the UK can train sufficient medical students for the NHS workforce.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
uin	212322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The government is delivering on its commitment to roll out an extra 1,500 medical school places. Around 630 have taken up places on medical courses in September 2018, bringing the total intake for 2018/19 to 6,701 - the highest on record. A further 690 will be available to students in 2019/20 and the remaining 180 places will be available in 2020/21.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS has established a national workforce group, which will look at the future medical workforce as part of delivering on the workforce aims set out in the Long-Term Plan. The NHS will publish a detailed workforce implementation plan in the Spring.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 212321 question first answered 29/01/2019 16:34:39 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby