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1228286

registered interest
date	29/07/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Import Duties
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to apply tariffs on imported wines and spirits after the end of the transition period.
tabling member printed	Lord Moynihan
uin	HL7540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/08/2020 answer text <p>On 19 May, the Secretary of State for International Trade announced the UK Global Tariff<sup>[</sup><sup>[</sup><sup>1]</sup><sup>]</sup> which will take effect on 1 January 2021. It set out the UK’s Most Favoured Nation (MFN) import tariffs, including for wine and spirits, on GOV.UK. These are the tariffs that will apply to all imports unless there is a preferential trading arrangement in place.</p><p> </p><p>Under the UK Global Tariff, import tariffs on wines and spirits will range from 0% to 40%, depending on the type of product. Within the 0-40% range, the average tariff will be around 8% on wine and approximately 1% on spirits. However, where a preferential trading arrangement is in place, for example a Free Trade Agreement, the tariffs will be lower and often 0%.</p><p> </p><p>[1] https://www.gov.uk/check-tariffs-1-january-2021</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 11/08/2020 15:25:49 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	924 label Biography information for Lord Moynihan

1228289

registered interest
date	29/07/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Customs Intermediaries: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to their announcement on 12 June of an additional £50 million being made available for customs agent recruitment, training and IT, what that money is intended to cover; and what assessment they have made of the statement by the Road Haulage Association that the amount of money allocated is insufficient.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL7549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/08/2020 answer text <p>The Government has already injected £34 million into growing the intermediary sector, in order to encompass EU trade after 2020. Thousands of agents, freight forwarders and parcel operators have taken advantage of this funding to make improvements, from IT hardware to staff training. To date, this funding has supported over 20,000 training courses, nearly 15,000 units of IT, the recruitment of an additional 600 new customs agents, and the online customs academy training centre (where Government has procured training capacity directly) which has delivered 1,139 courses so far.</p><p> </p><p>The new £50 million support package will further boost the capacity of the customs intermediary sector to help provide businesses with support ahead of the new processes taking effect in July 2021. Having listened to industry feedback, the focus of support will continue to be on IT, recruitment, and training. This new investment will provide a significant boost to the sector and build on the success of the grant scheme to date.</p><p> </p><p>This additional funding is one element of the wider package of measures announced in June to help lay the foundations for a diverse, innovative and competitive intermediary sector. The Government also intends to change rules which will remove the financial liability from intermediaries operating on behalf of their clients, and allow parcel operators to continue declaring multiple consignments in a single customs declaration.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 10/08/2020 14:36:08 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

1228145

registered interest
date	28/07/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Retail Trade: Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will take into account the multi-channel nature of retail sales when (1) undertaking their fundamental review of business rates, and (2) considering the introduction of any form of online sales tax.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL7415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/08/2020 answer text <p>On 21 July, HM Treasury published a Call for Evidence for the fundamental review of business rates. The Call for Evidence invites stakeholders to contribute their views on ideas for reform on all elements of the business rates system and on alternative taxes.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the Call for Evidence, the fundamental review will have an interim report in Autumn 2020, ahead of concluding in Spring 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will consider all relevant evidence submitted to the review.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 11/08/2020 15:09:26 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1228003

registered interest
date	27/07/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Wines: Imports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made, if any, on developing a new IT system for pre-lodgement for the wine trade to assist movement through roll-on roll-off ports after 31 December.
tabling member printed	Lord Moynihan
uin	HL7376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/08/2020 answer text <p>HMRC’s IT delivery of the Goods Vehicle Movement Service (GVMS) is expected to be ready from January 2021.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 10/08/2020 14:36:26 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	924 label Biography information for Lord Moynihan

1228019

registered interest
date	27/07/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Electronic Government
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 impact of the Making Tax Digital programme on the productivity of the self-employed.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL7410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/08/2020 answer text <p>The Government expects the Making Tax Digital programme to have a positive impact on the productivity of self-employed businesses, as set out in the Financial Secretary to the Treasury’s written ministerial statement on 21 July (HCWS400) and HMRC and HM Treasury’s publication “Building a trusted, modern tax administration” of the same date.</p><p>About 1.4 million businesses, some of whom are self-employed, have already joined Making Tax Digital (MTD) for their VAT affairs and many of these are already experiencing productivity gains associated with more digital ways of working, as set out in HMRC’s Evaluation of the MTD for VAT service published in March.</p><p> </p><p>The Enterprise Research Centre (2018) found that for micro-businesses, web-based accounting software delivered productivity increases of over 10%.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 10/08/2020 14:30:03 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1228031

registered interest
date	27/07/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Working Hours
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to encourage and support firms in reducing working hours in an equitable manner while avoiding redundancies, on a model similar to the German Kurzarbeit scheme.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL7324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/08/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that people are able to return to work in a manner that is sustainable and adjustable to the reopening of the economy.</p><p> </p><p>The Government therefore introduced flexible furloughing from 1 July. Firms can now bring back employees that have been furloughed for any amount of time and any shift pattern, while still being able to claim Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme grants for the hours not worked, with no minimum furlough period.</p><p> </p><p>It is right that state support is slowly reduced and the focus shifts to getting furloughed employees back to work. As such, from August 2020, the level of the grant will be slowly tapered to reflect that people will be returning to work. Employees will continue to receive 80% of wages up to a cap of £2,500 when furloughed.</p><p>While other countries have announced similar schemes, the UK response remains among the most comprehensive.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 10/08/2020 14:32:13 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1228049

registered interest
date	27/07/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Self-assessment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the size of the tax return backlog; and when they estimate to complete processing those returns.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL7372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/08/2020 answer text <p>HMRC currently have 57,000 2019-20 Self-Assessment tax returns on hand and aim to process 99% of these by the end of December; this is in line with previous years.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 10/08/2020 14:30:16 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1228054

registered interest
date	27/07/2020
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had, and with whom, about the effect of the withdrawal of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme on those with protected characteristics.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL7390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/08/2020 answer text <p>In making decisions about the withdrawal of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, HM Treasury worked closely with key stakeholders, including business representatives, and other Government departments.</p><p>HM Treasury considers the equality impacts of individual policies on those with protected characteristics carefully and consistently, in line with both its legal obligations and its strong commitment to equality; and there are internal procedural requirements and support in place for ensuring that such considerations inform decisions taken by Ministers.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 10/08/2020 14:31:07 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1227923

registered interest
date	24/07/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Development Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to their announcement that they have identified a £2.9 billion package of reductions in their planned Official Development Assistance spend, whether the budgets of other Government departments will be affected by those reductions; if so, which; and in each case, what will be the value of such reductions.
tabling member printed	Baroness Goudie
uin	HL7284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/08/2020 answer text <p>Official Development Assistance (ODA) spending departments have identified changes to their budget to make sure we meet, but do not exceed the 0.7% commitment. This package includes underspends, delaying activity and stopping some activity to maintain our flexibility in managing our ODA spending against an uncertain 0.7% position.</p><p>As normal, there will continue to be adjustments in-year to individual departmental ODA spend to meet the 0.7% commitment. Revised ODA allocations for 2020/21 will be published by HM Treasury at Autumn Budget and the Statistics for International Development to be published in 2021 will provide a full breakdown of the UK’s ODA spend for 2020.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 06/08/2020 14:13:09 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3575 label Biography information for Baroness Goudie

1227935

registered interest
date	24/07/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	VAT
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Agnew of Oulton on 20 May (HL4033), what has been the net income to HM Treasury from VAT in each month since March.
tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
uin	HL7296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2020 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs publish monthly net VAT receipts within the National Statistics release “HMRC tax receipts and National Insurance contributions for the UK”. Since March 2020, HM Revenue &amp; Customs have received the following net VAT monthly amounts:</p><p> </p><p>March 2020: £2,362 million</p><p>April 2020: -£897 million</p><p>May 2020: -£635 million</p><p>June 2020: £1,104 million</p><p> </p><p>Net VAT receipts during this period have been affected by the policy measure providing a deferral of VAT payments. This measure allowed UK VAT registered traders to defer VAT payments between 20 March 2020 and 30 June 2020, up until 31 March 2021.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 04/08/2020 15:00:43 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford