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1202824

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date	11/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Arts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make available support provided by the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme for workers, such as those employed in post-production in the creative industries, whose employment will not be impacted by the covid-19 outbreak until later in the year once their pre-existing projects have been completed.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	58800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government is aware that different employers and sectors will face different challenges in getting up and running again. However, it would be challenging to target the CJRS to specific sectors in a fair and deliverable way, and it may not be the case that this is the most effective or sensible way to provide longer term support for those sectors most affected by coronavirus. It is the case that some firms will be affected by coronavirus for longer than others, and the Government will seek to support these firms, and their workers, appropriately.</p><p>The CJRS is just one form of support on offer to employers and employees during this difficult period. The Government will continue to engage with businesses and representative groups with the aim of ensuring that the support provided is right for individual sectors and for the economy as a whole.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/06/2020 11:24:02 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1202881

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Visas: Turkey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many grants under the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme have been issued to applicants that hold a Turkish Businessperson visa.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	58750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>Applications for the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) opened on 13 May. By 11 June 2020, HMRC had received:</p><ul><li>2.1m claims representing a total of £6.1bn in England;</li><li>146k claims representing a total of £425m in Scotland;</li><li>102k claims representing a total of £273m in Wales; and</li><li>69k claims representing a total of £198m in Northern Ireland.</li></ul><p> </p><p>HMRC have published tables showing the number of individuals claiming the SEISS by 31 May 2020 which can be found at</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/self-employment-income-support-scheme-statistics-june-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/self-employment-income-support-scheme-statistics-june-2020</a>.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC do not hold data on whether SEISS applicants hold a Turkish Businessperson visa and so cannot provide this information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/06/2020 10:51:19 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1202895

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Civil Society: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether people who work for the charity, voluntary and community sector organisations who have been furloughed may return to their places of work in a volunteering capacity whilst still receiving the support through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	58644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>The purpose of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is to support people who would otherwise have been made redundant. To prevent fraudulent claims, the Government made clear that individuals cannot work or volunteer for their organisation. This also serves to protect employees. If the Government allowed workers to volunteer for their employer, the employer could ask them to effectively work full time whilst only paying them 80% of the wages. These wages would also be paid at the Government’s expense, and therefore an abuse of the system. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport are working with other Government departments and the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise sector to identify areas where volunteers can contribute to the Covid-19 response.</p><p>On 8 April, the Chancellor announced a £750m support package for charities providing key services and supporting vulnerable people during the Covid-19 crisis. £360m will be allocated by central Government to charities in England based on evidence of service need. £370m will support smaller, local charities working with vulnerable people.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/06/2020 10:53:38 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1202901

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	International Tax Enforcement (Disclosable Arrangements) Regulations 2020
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to repeal the International Tax Enforcement (Disclosable Arrangements) Regulations 2020 after the end of the transition period.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	58797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>The International Tax Enforcement (Disclosable Arrangements) Regulations 2020 implement an EU Directive known as DAC 6. The UK is obliged to implement this Directive during the transition period.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will keep the Regulations under review. Further legislative action may be appropriate in light of the outcome of negotiations with the EU on the future relationship between the UK and the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The Government remains committed to tax transparency and will continue to apply international standards on transparency and exchange of information.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/06/2020 11:28:15 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1202932

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Self-employed: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to provide financial support to self-employed people who are ineligible for the (a) Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and (b) Self-Employment Income Support Scheme and who cannot access (i) universal credit and (ii) self-employment income support.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	58596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>Self-employed individuals who are ineligible for the Self Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS), may be able to benefit from the other elements of the unprecedented financial support provided by the Government. This package includes Bounce Back loans, tax deferrals, rental support, mortgage holidays, and other business support grants.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/06/2020 10:43:24 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

1202933

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Markets: Business Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether market traders who occupy sub-leases will be given compensation for business rates paid by their landlord included in their rent.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
uin	58819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>Business rates relief is provided to the relevant ratepayer. In cases where the ratepayer is the landlord, it is for them and their tenants to resolve how that is distributed.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is aware that some small businesses have found themselves excluded from the existing business rates relief and grants schemes because of the way they interact with the business rates system. That is why the Government has allocated up to an additional £617 million to Local Authorities to enable them to give discretionary grants to businesses in this situation.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/06/2020 10:56:06 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4790 label Biography information for Apsana Begum

1202946

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Local Government: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which local authorities have furloughed workers to date; and how many workers have been furloughed by each of those local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	58634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given on 11 June. As with the answer of 11 June (<a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2Clords&amp;uin=55864" target="_blank">UIN 55864</a>) it is not possible to provide an answer in the time available. In addition, in order to protect the confidentiality of individual organisations’ tax affairs HMRC are unable to provide information on individual local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/06/2020 10:49:45 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1202962

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans the Government has to support workers who are diagnosed with a condition that makes them extremely clinically vulnerable to covid-19 after the 10 June 2020 cut-off date for an employer to decide to furlough staff under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	58698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>Employees who are unable to work because they are shielding in line with public health guidance can be furloughed under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS). However, such an employee can only continue to be furloughed from 1 July if they have previously been furloughed, for any reason, for at least 3 consecutive weeks taking place any time between 1 March and 30 June.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has set out an unprecedented package of financial support to help the country through the coronavirus pandemic. Closing the scheme to new entrants is necessary for a gradual closure of the scheme. The focus is now on bringing those currently furloughed back into productive employment. CJRS is only one part of the support offered to shielded people, which also includes help with accessing food, medicines and care, alongside financial support through Statutory Sick Pay and the welfare system. Further details about the future of shielding are due to be announced the week commencing 15 June.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/06/2020 11:26:13 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1203006

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Aviation: Business Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with representatives of the aviation industry on business rates relief.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	58687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials meet with a wide range of stakeholders across sectors as part of ongoing policy development and implementation.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers and officials from the Department for Transport are in regular contact with airlines, airports and unions to understand the impact that COVID-19 is having on the sector and its workers.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/06/2020 10:56:56 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1203019

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
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 difficulties caused to businesses of the further guidance on the flexible furlough scheme being published after the cut-off date for an employee to be placed on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
uin	58841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>The announcement on 29 May provided the key information required for firms to make decisions about furloughing employees. Full information on how the scheme will change from 1 July has been available in published factsheets since the Chancellor announced the changes.</p><p> </p><p>The guidance was updated on 12 June only to provide additional detail on how the scheme will operate in practice.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/06/2020 10:55:15 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome