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1006913

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Natural England: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent (a) assessments and (b) reports have been produced by UK Government Investments on the financial management of Natural England; and if he will place a copy of those documents in the Library.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	191370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p><strong></strong>UK Government Investments have been asked to carry out an internal governance review of Natural England. The findings of this review are currently being discussed with the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Natural England.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 23/11/2018 14:30:18 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

983154

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to improve the time it takes the Valuation Office Agency to process appeals against business rate decisions.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	176217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government introduced the new business rate appeal system Check, Challenge, Appeal (CCA) in April 2017. Under the old system, many appeals were submitted with little or no evidence, causing delay, and the lack of evidence meant the VOA couldn’t separate genuine appeals from speculative ones.</p><p>Under CCA, ratepayers can check the facts held about their property and view their valuation before deciding whether to challenge it. If they go on to challenge they must provide the full evidence for their challenge, giving the VOA the opportunity to address and resolve the issues. This minimises uncertainty, ensuring businesses reach a resolution quicker, without the automatic need for an appeal to the independent Valuation Tribunal.</p><p>Official VOA statistics released on 16 August 2018 show that as of 30 June 2018, most checks are being resolved within three months and most challenges within six months.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 16/10/2018 16:52:20 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

983155

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to take account of (a) housing costs and (b) all other elements of the local cost of living in the calculation of small business rates relief.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	176218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>Business rates are charged on most non-domestic properties, and small business rate relief applies uniformly across England where a business property’s rateable value is less that £15,000.</p><p> </p><p>Where a business occupies more than one property, the total value of all their property must be below £28,000 in London, or £20,000 in the rest of England, to be eligible for small business rate relief.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to considering the feasibility of replacing small business rate relief with a business rates allowance for small businesses once local authority and HMRC systems are linked in line with our planned digitalisation of business rates.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 176219 question first answered 16/10/2018 16:51:14 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

983156

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Non-domestic 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 validity of the recommendation by the Federation of Small Businesses that the rates relief rule which penalises a small business taking on additional premises be abolished and replaced with a personal threshold which is applied to multiple properties owned by one business; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	176219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>Business rates are charged on most non-domestic properties, and small business rate relief applies uniformly across England where a business property’s rateable value is less that £15,000.</p><p> </p><p>Where a business occupies more than one property, the total value of all their property must be below £28,000 in London, or £20,000 in the rest of England, to be eligible for small business rate relief.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to considering the feasibility of replacing small business rate relief with a business rates allowance for small businesses once local authority and HMRC systems are linked in line with our planned digitalisation of business rates.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 176218 question first answered 16/10/2018 16:51:14 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

905547

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Instalment Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2018 to Question 141345 on Instalment Credit, whether (a) he, (b) Ministers of his Department and (c) officials of his Department have discussed the feasibility of introducing a total cap on the cost of rent-to-own goods with the Financial Conduct Authority.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	144880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2018 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. This includes regular meetings with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to discuss relevant regulatory issues.</p><p> </p><p>The government has given the FCA strong powers to protect consumers, including the power to cap the cost of credit, and the FCA can do so if it thinks it is necessary to protect consumers. In 2015, the FCA capped the cost of payday lending, and the FCA has said that it will keep the issue of capping the cost of credit in other markets under review.</p><p> </p><p>The government welcomes the ongoing work of the FCA to review the high-cost credit market, including the rent-to-own sector. The FCA will publish an update later this month.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 24/05/2018 11:16:40 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

903969

registered interest
date	14/05/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Minimum Wage: Arrears
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the HM Revenue and Customs press release of 9 May 2018, 200,000 receive back pay as HMRC enforces National Minimum Wage, how much of the £15.6 million of minimum wage arrears identified in 2017-18 was identified through self-correction by employers; and how many of those 200,000 people those arrears self-corrected by employers relate to.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	143732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>The government is determined that everyone who is entitled to the National Minimum and Living Wage (NMW) receives it. Anyone who feels they have been underpaid NMW should contact the Acas helpline on 0300 123 1100 or use the online pay and work rights complaints form on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pay-and-work-rights-complaints" target="_blank">gov.uk</a>. HMRC review all complaints that are referred to them.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017/18 HMRC identified over £15.6 million arrears for over 200,000 workers. This included around £5.9 million self-correction arrears affecting around than 72,000 workers.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC always takes action to ensure workers receive what they are entitled to, and has robust assurance processes in place to make sure that all employers fully repay their workers. If HMRC believes that the employer has not self-corrected completely, or becomes aware of another NMW risk, the employer will be investigated again</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 22/05/2018 07:45:05 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

897979

registered interest
date	04/05/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Instalment Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's policy is on the introduction of a cap on the total cost of rent-to-own goods; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	141345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>The government is committed to protecting consumers from unfair lending practises. To this end, the government has given the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) strong powers, including the power to cap the cost of credit, and it will do so if it thinks it is necessary to protect consumers.</p><p> </p><p>The FCA is conducting a review of the high-cost credit market, including rent-to-own, and will publish an update later this month. The government will continue to work closely with the FCA to ensure that all customers are treated fairly.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 14/05/2018 09:12:43 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas