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1643473

registered interest
date	09/06/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Hospitality Industry: VAT
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 reducing VAT for the hospitality sector.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Claire Hanna
uin	188798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2023 answer text <p>Since the start of the pandemic, over £37 billion has been provided to the tourism, leisure and hospitality sectors in the form of grants, loans and tax breaks.</p><p> </p><p>VAT is the UK's third largest tax forecast to raise £161 billion in 2023/2024, helping to fund key spending priorities such as important public services, including the NHS, education and defence. The previous VAT relief for tourism and hospitality cost over £8 billion and reintroducing it would come at a significant further cost.</p><p> </p><p>While there are no plans to reduce the rate of VAT paid by hospitality businesses, the Government keeps all taxes under review.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 14/06/2023 13:23:45 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4827 label Biography information for Claire Hanna

1643475

registered interest
date	09/06/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business: Insurance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the data collected by the Financial Conduct Authority on affected insurers and the progress of their non-damage business interruption insurance claims, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Financial Conduct Authority and (b) insurance companies on outstanding claims where an offer of final settlement has either not (i) been made, (ii) accepted by the policyholder and (iii) paid in full; and what steps he is taking to ensure these cases are resolved in a timely manner.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	188763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2023 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery. Details of ministerial 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-giftsand-overseas-travel" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-giftsand-overseas-travel</a>.</p><p>Under the independent Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) rules, insurers are required to handle claims fairly and promptly and settle claims quickly once settlement terms are agreed. The FCA has also outlined that all deductions from business interruption insurance settlements should be assessed on a case-by-case basis as policies differ significantly. The FCA may intervene and take further actions where firms do not appear to be meeting their expectations.</p><p> </p><p>Policyholders who feel that their claim has not been handled fairly may be able to refer the matter to the Financial Ombudsman Service, an independent body set up to provide arbitration in such cases.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested on business insurance premiums is not held. The Government works closely with the FCA and insurers to support businesses who are under pressure from the rising cost of living. The Government recognises the impact of increased costs on small businesses and has taken unprecedented action to protect millions of businesses, including the Recovery Loan Scheme, which has been extended until June 2024, cutting business rates by 75% for eligible retail, hospitality and leisure businesses in 2022-23, support via the Energy Bill Relief Scheme, and increasing the Employment Allowance to £5,000.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 188764 188765 question first answered 14/06/2023 14:04:03 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1643476

registered interest
date	09/06/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business: Insurance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress he has made on discussions with the insurance industry to agree specific conditions for forms of Government support that should not be taken into account when calculating business interruption insurance claims.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	188764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2023 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery. Details of ministerial 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-giftsand-overseas-travel" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-giftsand-overseas-travel</a>.</p><p>Under the independent Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) rules, insurers are required to handle claims fairly and promptly and settle claims quickly once settlement terms are agreed. The FCA has also outlined that all deductions from business interruption insurance settlements should be assessed on a case-by-case basis as policies differ significantly. The FCA may intervene and take further actions where firms do not appear to be meeting their expectations.</p><p> </p><p>Policyholders who feel that their claim has not been handled fairly may be able to refer the matter to the Financial Ombudsman Service, an independent body set up to provide arbitration in such cases.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested on business insurance premiums is not held. The Government works closely with the FCA and insurers to support businesses who are under pressure from the rising cost of living. The Government recognises the impact of increased costs on small businesses and has taken unprecedented action to protect millions of businesses, including the Recovery Loan Scheme, which has been extended until June 2024, cutting business rates by 75% for eligible retail, hospitality and leisure businesses in 2022-23, support via the Energy Bill Relief Scheme, and increasing the Employment Allowance to £5,000.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 188763 188765 question first answered 14/06/2023 14:04:03 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1643477

registered interest
date	09/06/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Insurance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an estimate of the average increase in insurance premiums for small businesses in the last two years; and what assessment he has made of the impact of increases in insurance premiums on small businesses.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	188765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2023 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery. Details of ministerial 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-giftsand-overseas-travel" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-giftsand-overseas-travel</a>.</p><p>Under the independent Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) rules, insurers are required to handle claims fairly and promptly and settle claims quickly once settlement terms are agreed. The FCA has also outlined that all deductions from business interruption insurance settlements should be assessed on a case-by-case basis as policies differ significantly. The FCA may intervene and take further actions where firms do not appear to be meeting their expectations.</p><p> </p><p>Policyholders who feel that their claim has not been handled fairly may be able to refer the matter to the Financial Ombudsman Service, an independent body set up to provide arbitration in such cases.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested on business insurance premiums is not held. The Government works closely with the FCA and insurers to support businesses who are under pressure from the rising cost of living. The Government recognises the impact of increased costs on small businesses and has taken unprecedented action to protect millions of businesses, including the Recovery Loan Scheme, which has been extended until June 2024, cutting business rates by 75% for eligible retail, hospitality and leisure businesses in 2022-23, support via the Energy Bill Relief Scheme, and increasing the Employment Allowance to £5,000.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 188763 188764 question first answered 14/06/2023 14:04:03 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1643486

registered interest
date	09/06/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department are based full-time in (a) London and (b) the Darlington Economic Campus.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	188793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2023 answer text <p>Information on the number and proportion of roles in the Darlington Economic Campus will be published in HM Treasury’s Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 in July 2023.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 14/06/2023 10:58:27 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1643487

registered interest
date	09/06/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Darlington Economic Campus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of his Department's civil servants working at the Darlington Economic Campus were (a) recruited locally and (b) relocated from London.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	188794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2023 answer text Whilst the information requested is not publicly available, we will publish information on civil servants working at the Darlington Economic Campus in HM Treasury’s Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 in July 2023. answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 14/06/2023 16:20:37 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1643488

registered interest
date	09/06/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Darlington Economic Campus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many civil servants are based full time at the Darlington Economic Campus at grades (a) Administrative Officer/Administrative Assistant, (b) Executive Officer, (c) Senior Executive Officer/Higher Executive Officer, (d) Grade 7, (e) Grade 6, (f) Senior Civil Servant 1, (g) Senior Civil Servant 2, and (h) Senior Civil Servant 3.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	188795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2023 answer text <p>The Darlington Economic Campus comprises of the following civil service departments and agencies, HM Treasury, Department for Business and Trade, Department for Energy, Security and Net Zero, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Office for National Statistics, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Competition and Markets Authority, Department for Culture, Media and Sport.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury does not hold the information requested by grade across the campus.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 14/06/2023 10:56:40 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1643489

registered interest
date	09/06/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Darlington Economic Campus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress his Department has made on securing a lease for a permanent Darlington Economic Campus at Brunswick House; and when he expects that site to open.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	188796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2023 answer text <p>We announced on the 26 July 2022 that the Brunswick Street site would be the permanent home of the economic campus. Since then, the Government Property Agency have been working to finalise the commercial negotiations on the site.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 14/06/2023 12:37:10 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1643490

registered interest
date	09/06/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Darlington Economic Campus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of the civil servants working for his Department at the Darlington Economic Campus were (a) civil servants prior to their deployment to the campus, and (b) new recruits to the civil service.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	188797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2023 answer text <p>Whilst the information requested is not publicly available, we will publish information on civil servants working at the Darlington Economic Campus in HM Treasury’s Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 in July 2023.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 14/06/2023 16:22:47 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1643496

registered interest
date	09/06/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Hospitality Industry and Tourism: VAT
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 reducing VAT to 5 per cent for hospitably businesses for (a) tourism and (b) hospitality.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	188769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2023 answer text <p>Since the start of the pandemic, over £37 billion has been provided to the tourism, leisure and hospitality sectors in the form of grants, loans and tax breaks.</p><p> </p><p>VAT is the UK's third largest tax forecast to raise £161 billion in 2023/2024, helping to fund key spending priorities such as important public services, including the NHS, education and defence. The previous VAT relief for tourism and hospitality cost over £8 billion and reintroducing it would come at a significant further cost.</p><p> </p><p>While there are no plans to reduce the rate of VAT paid by hospitality businesses, the Government keeps all taxes under review.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 14/06/2023 13:25:31 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake