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1201729

registered interest
date	09/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Office for Environmental Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to ensure the adequate funding of the proposed Office for Environmental Protection from the point at which that office becomes operational.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	57156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2020 answer text <p>The government is committed to establishing the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) which will play an important role in upholding environmental standards and helping fulfil the government’s ambition to be the first generation to the leave the environment in a better condition than we inherited it. Sufficient funding will be made available to enable it to fulfil its statutory advice, scrutiny, and enforcement functions.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 57157 question first answered 17/06/2020 16:02:04 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1201730

registered interest
date	09/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Office for Environmental Protection
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 the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the adequacy of funding allocated to the proposed Office for Environmental Protection; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	57157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2020 answer text <p>The government is committed to establishing the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) which will play an important role in upholding environmental standards and helping fulfil the government’s ambition to be the first generation to the leave the environment in a better condition than we inherited it. Sufficient funding will be made available to enable it to fulfil its statutory advice, scrutiny, and enforcement functions.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 57156 question first answered 17/06/2020 16:02:04 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1201744

registered interest
date	09/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Social Distancing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect of distanced working during the covid-19 lockdown on the proposals for the closure of local branches of his Department's offices.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	57080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2020 answer text <p>HMRC remain committed to their locations strategy of moving to regional centres and specialist sites. Timescales for some existing office closures are currently under review due to the impact of COVID-19 on the construction of some regional centres. As is always the case, if there are ways in which HMRC can improve how they deliver their vital public services then they will seek to implement those improvements. This includes reviewing how HMRC have been able to respond to COVID-19 and determining whether and how they might be able to sustain any changes to ways of working that are proven to lead to better outcomes for both HMRC and taxpayers.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/06/2020 13:16:33 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1201751

registered interest
date	09/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what financial support will be made available to people who (a) lose income and (b) are forced to close their businesses in the event of local, rather than national, covid-19 lockdown restrictions being imposed.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	57164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government has announced unprecedented support for business and workers to protect them against the current economic emergency including almost £300 billion of guarantees – equivalent to 15% of UK GDP. The support measures which remain open to businesses and individuals include:</p><p> </p><ul><li>A 12-month business rates holiday for all eligible retail, leisure and hospitality businesses in England</li><li>Small business grant funding (SBGF) of £10,000 for all business in receipt of small business rate relief or rural rate relief</li><li>The retail, hospitality and leisure grant fund (RHLGF)</li><li>A Discretionary Grant Fund for Local Authorities in England</li><li>The Self Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS)</li><li>The Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS)</li><li>The Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS)</li><li>The Covid Corporate Financing Scheme (CCFF)</li><li>The Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBL) for small and micro enterprises</li><li>VAT deferral for up to 12 months</li><li>The Time To Pay scheme, through which businesses and self-employed individuals in financial distress, and with outstanding tax liabilities, can receive support with their tax affairs</li><li>A £20 per week increase to the Universal Credit (UC) standard allowance and Working Tax Credit basic element</li><li>A relaxation of UC minimum income floor for all self-employed UC claimants</li><li>An increase in the Local Housing Allowance rates for UC and Housing Benefit claimants</li><li>A rebate scheme reimbursing employers with less than 250 employees for up to 2 weeks of Statutory Sick Pay per employee.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Business Support website provides further information about how businesses can access the support that has been made available, who is eligible and how to apply - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/business-coronavirus-support-finder" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/business-coronavirus-support-finder</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to closely monitor the impact of COVID-19 and support packages remains under review.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 17/06/2020 16:15:49 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1201791

registered interest
date	09/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Music: Business Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of including recording, mixing and mastering studios which require musicians to perform together in the business rates deferral scheme that has been extended to live music venues.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	57378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government has provided enhanced support to the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors through business rates relief given the direct and acute impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on those sectors.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the guidance, support is targeted at premises that are wholly or mainly being used as shops, restaurants, cafes, drinking establishments, cinemas and live music venues; for assembly and leisure; or as hotels, guest and boarding premises, and self-catering accommodation. It is for local authorities to determine eligibility for reliefs, having regard to guidance issued by the Government.</p><p> </p><p>Businesses not eligible for business rates relief may benefit from the Government’s wider COVID-19 business and employment support package.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/06/2020 13:12:51 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1201818

registered interest
date	09/06/2020
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 estimate he has made of the number of limited companies that (a) operate an annual payroll for the tax year 2019-2020 and (b) qualify for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Eastleigh
tabling member printed	Paul Holmes
uin	57400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2020 answer text No such estimates have been made. answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 57401 question first answered 17/06/2020 13:14:41 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4803 label Biography information for Paul Holmes

1201820

registered interest
date	09/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	PAYE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of limited companies that operate an annual payroll system that made an RTI notification of payment to HMRC after 20 March 2020.
tabling member constituency	Eastleigh
tabling member printed	Paul Holmes
uin	57401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2020 answer text No such estimates have been made. answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 57400 question first answered 17/06/2020 13:14:41 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4803 label Biography information for Paul Holmes

1201873

registered interest
date	09/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Charities: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to provide additional support to medical charities to help those charities maintain (a) their research work and (b) provision of their wider services during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	57269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2020 answer text <p>Science and innovation is a priority for the Government. That is why we have committed to increase economywide investment in R&amp;D to 2.4%, and at Budget 2020, announced the biggest ever uplift in public R&amp;D investment. The Budget also provided the British Business Bank with £200 million of additional funding for health technology and life sciences firms. Over the next five years this is expected to attract a further £400 million of additional private investment for the sector which will also help bring new and promising health innovation to the market and reach more people.</p><p> </p><p>To deal with the immediate situation, the Government has set out a £750 million package of support for charities providing key services and supporting vulnerable people during the COVID-19 crisis. Part of the funding for charities is being disbursed with £360 million directly allocated by government departments. The most up to date information is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-for-the-charity-sector#government-financial-support-for-charities" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-for-the-charity-sector#government-financial-support-for-charities</a>. Our aim is to get funding to those in greatest need as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p>Health services have never been more needed than they are now. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is responsible for allocating funding to health charities and making decisions about the criteria and effectiveness of the services they are funding. Further details about funding awarded to this sector and the types or organisations supported is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/22-million-awarded-to-life-saving-health-charities-during-virus-outbreak" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/22-million-awarded-to-life-saving-health-charities-during-virus-outbreak</a>.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 57271 question first answered 17/06/2020 16:04:19 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1201876

registered interest
date	09/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Charities: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimates he has made of the potential costs to the NHS as a consequence of the loss of income to medical charities as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	57271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2020 answer text <p>Science and innovation is a priority for the Government. That is why we have committed to increase economywide investment in R&amp;D to 2.4%, and at Budget 2020, announced the biggest ever uplift in public R&amp;D investment. The Budget also provided the British Business Bank with £200 million of additional funding for health technology and life sciences firms. Over the next five years this is expected to attract a further £400 million of additional private investment for the sector which will also help bring new and promising health innovation to the market and reach more people.</p><p> </p><p>To deal with the immediate situation, the Government has set out a £750 million package of support for charities providing key services and supporting vulnerable people during the COVID-19 crisis. Part of the funding for charities is being disbursed with £360 million directly allocated by government departments. The most up to date information is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-for-the-charity-sector#government-financial-support-for-charities" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-for-the-charity-sector#government-financial-support-for-charities</a>. Our aim is to get funding to those in greatest need as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p>Health services have never been more needed than they are now. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is responsible for allocating funding to health charities and making decisions about the criteria and effectiveness of the services they are funding. Further details about funding awarded to this sector and the types or organisations supported is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/22-million-awarded-to-life-saving-health-charities-during-virus-outbreak" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/22-million-awarded-to-life-saving-health-charities-during-virus-outbreak</a>.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 57269 question first answered 17/06/2020 16:04:19 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1201889

registered interest
date	09/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Riot Control Weapons: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the (a) quantity and (b) value of α-Bromobenzeneacetonitrile, known as Bromobenzyl cyanide that was exported to end users in the US in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	57116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) are responsible for the collection and publication of data on UK imports and exports of goods to and from the UK. HMRC release this information monthly as a National Statistic: the Overseas Trade in Goods Statistics.</p><p> </p><p>The trade data collected does not enable HMRC to determine the ultimate end user of exports. Nor does the trade data collected enable HMRC to distinguish exports of a-Bromobenzene acetonitrile (known as Bromobenzyl cyanide) from other exports of other Nitrile function compounds classified under commodity code 29269070.</p><p> </p><p>However, there is aggregated trade data available for goods classified under commodity code 29269070 and the periods requested on the uktradeinfo.com website, under ‘Build your own data tables’. The site also contains a ‘Help’ function with information on how to extract trade data.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/06/2020 16:38:37 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry