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1251919

registered interest
date	13/11/2020
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, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2020 to Question 102112, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of monies voluntarily returned as part of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme since 13 October 2020.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	91986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2020 answer text <p>As of 3 November 2020, Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) grants to the value of £382m have been recorded as returned. This figure consists of £198m in payments being repaid and £184m in adjustments to existing claims.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 18/11/2020 12:31:08 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1251953

registered interest
date	13/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Self-employment Income Support Scheme: Mortgages
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department have provided any guidance to mortgage lenders on the potential merits of including SEISS payments as income for the purposes of assessing affordability of a mortgage applicant.
tabling member constituency	Gateshead
tabling member printed	Ian Mearns
uin	91961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2020 answer text <p>HM Treasury is in regular conversations with mortgage lenders about market conditions. However, the decision of a lender to offer products to customers is a commercial one, in which the government does not seek to interfere.</p><p> </p><p>In 2014 the FCA introduced regulations under the Mortgage Market Review which required lenders to conduct a rigorous affordability assessment for new borrowers, obtaining evidence of income and expenditure. Lenders have significant flexibility in determining how to assess the affordability and circumstances of individual customers.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 18/11/2020 11:55:29 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4000 label Biography information for Ian Mearns

1251384

registered interest
date	12/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Beer: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of retaining the Small Brewers Relief threshold at 5000 hectolitres rather than lowering that threshold to 2100 hectolitres.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	114833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2020 answer text <p>An estimate is not possible at this stage as the Government has not consulted on its announced plans for a new, more gradual taper for the SBR scheme. This will take place later this year.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 17/11/2020 11:52:54 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1251393

registered interest
date	12/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Redundancy: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the number of employees that would have been eligible for the coronavirus job retention scheme that have been made redundant as a result of their employer being unable to meet the cost of Class 1 National Insurance contributions for those employees, since the removal of the grant to cover that cost on 1 August 2020.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	114897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2020 answer text <p>Of the employees who left the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) furlough scheme between April and July, 90% were still on their original payroll in August, suggesting they remained working for their original employer.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC do not collect information on the reasons why employers choose to make employees redundant, and so it is not possible to estimate how many employees have been made redundant as a result of their employer being unable to meet the cost of Class 1 National Insurance contributions for those employees. For the average claim, employer National Insurance and pension contributions account for 5% of total employment costs.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 18/11/2020 09:14:08 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1251413

registered interest
date	12/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Buildings: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to reduce VAT on essential repairs to pre-1919 properties.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
uin	114942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2020 answer text <p>There was previously a zero rate of VAT on restorative work to listed and historic buildings. However, the relief was mainly being used to carry out extension work, which was contrary to the intent of the legislation to preserve heritage, and was removed following consultation in 2012.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has no current plans to change the VAT treatment of restorative construction work on listed and historic buildings.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/11/2020 10:40:17 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan

1251452

registered interest
date	12/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Companies: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many supervised company formation agents HMRC visited from (a) 1 Jan 2018 to 31 Dec 2018 and (b) 1 Jan 2019 to 31 Dec 2019.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	114930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2020 answer text <p>HMRC supervises businesses in nine sectors under the Money Laundering Regulations (MLRs), including those Trust or Company Service Providers (TCSPs) not supervised by other bodies. HMRC does not publish information relating to targeting of supervisory visits in particular sectors. Such information could be used by criminals to aid their efforts to attempt to launder money or finance terrorism.</p><p>HM Treasury publishes aggregate details of HMRC’s supervision activity in its annual “Anti-money laundering and counter terrorist finance supervision report”.</p><p>Since 8 May 2019, HMRC has not identified any company formation agents who should be but are not registered with HMRC.</p><p>HMRC’s Anti Money Laundering Supervision team employs 16 full time equivalent staff to identify businesses that should be registered with HMRC under the MLRs but are not. These ‘policing the perimeter’ staff are not designated to specific sectors.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 114931 114932 question first answered 17/11/2020 11:45:41 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1251453

registered interest
date	12/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Companies: Registration
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 company formation agents that should be registered for supervision but are not have been identified by HMRC since 8 May 2019.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	114931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2020 answer text <p>HMRC supervises businesses in nine sectors under the Money Laundering Regulations (MLRs), including those Trust or Company Service Providers (TCSPs) not supervised by other bodies. HMRC does not publish information relating to targeting of supervisory visits in particular sectors. Such information could be used by criminals to aid their efforts to attempt to launder money or finance terrorism.</p><p>HM Treasury publishes aggregate details of HMRC’s supervision activity in its annual “Anti-money laundering and counter terrorist finance supervision report”.</p><p>Since 8 May 2019, HMRC has not identified any company formation agents who should be but are not registered with HMRC.</p><p>HMRC’s Anti Money Laundering Supervision team employs 16 full time equivalent staff to identify businesses that should be registered with HMRC under the MLRs but are not. These ‘policing the perimeter’ staff are not designated to specific sectors.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 114930 114932 question first answered 17/11/2020 11:45:41 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1251454

registered interest
date	12/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Companies: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HMRC full time equivalent staff are tasked with identifying company formation agents that should be registered for supervision but are not.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	114932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2020 answer text <p>HMRC supervises businesses in nine sectors under the Money Laundering Regulations (MLRs), including those Trust or Company Service Providers (TCSPs) not supervised by other bodies. HMRC does not publish information relating to targeting of supervisory visits in particular sectors. Such information could be used by criminals to aid their efforts to attempt to launder money or finance terrorism.</p><p>HM Treasury publishes aggregate details of HMRC’s supervision activity in its annual “Anti-money laundering and counter terrorist finance supervision report”.</p><p>Since 8 May 2019, HMRC has not identified any company formation agents who should be but are not registered with HMRC.</p><p>HMRC’s Anti Money Laundering Supervision team employs 16 full time equivalent staff to identify businesses that should be registered with HMRC under the MLRs but are not. These ‘policing the perimeter’ staff are not designated to specific sectors.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 114930 114931 question first answered 17/11/2020 11:45:41 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1251468

registered interest
date	12/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Mortgages
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 implications for his policies of the proposals made by the London School of Economics on mortgage prisoners, published 11 November 2020.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Claire Hanna
uin	115040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2020 answer text <p>We are grateful to London School of Economics (LSE) and Martin Lewis for their contribution to this conversation.</p><p> </p><p>We remain committed to supporting these borrowers and are pleased that active lenders have started offering switching options specifically for mortgage prisoners taking advantage of the new flexibilities given to them by the FCA. We will monitor the impact of this in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 17/11/2020 11:16:42 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4827 label Biography information for Claire Hanna

1251477

registered interest
date	12/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Wholesale Trade: Coronavirus
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 effect of the ineligibility of wholesalers for Business Rates Relief on the integrity of public sector supply chains.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	114797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government has provided unprecedented levels of support for workers and businesses to protect, as much as possible, against the current economic emergency. Food and drink wholesalers have been eligible for a number of these support schemes, with the most relevant likely to include:</p><p> </p><ul><li>The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to help keep millions of people in employment;</li><li>£10,000 cash grants for all business properties in receipt of Small Business Rates Relief and Rural Rates Relief;</li><li>The Bounce Back Loan Scheme for small businesses to borrow between £2,000 and £50,000, with no interest payments or fees for the first 12 months.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Food and drink wholesalers have also benefited from the Eat Out to Help Out Scheme which provided over 100 million half price meals during August and helped to protect the livelihoods of the 1.8 million people working in the hospitality sector.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 114951 question first answered 17/11/2020 11:48:03 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne