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1675022

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
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 His Majesty's Government, further to the evidence by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the House of Commons Treasury Select Committee on 29 November, why Official Development Assistance will remain at 0.5 per cent of gross national income for five successive years despite previous commitments by Ministers.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Sandwich
uin	HL842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to returning to a target of spending 0.7% of GNI on ODA when, on a sustainable basis, the government is no longer borrowing for day-to-day spending and underlying debt is falling.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 18/12/2023 13:56:57 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	2109 label Biography information for The Earl of Sandwich

1674569

registered interest
date	01/12/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Inheritance Tax: Probate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the average time taken for HMRC to provide an inheritance tax reference number for the start of a probate process.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	4837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2023 answer text <p>HMRC prioritises requests for inheritance tax reference numbers and the follow up IHT400 forms submitted to set up an inheritance tax account.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 07/12/2023 10:23:28 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

1674594

registered interest
date	01/12/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business Rates: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend the 75% reduction in business rates offered by the Retail, Hospitality, and Leisure relief scheme to cover the 2024-25 tax year.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	4855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2023 answer text <p>At Autumn Statement 2023, the government announced it will extend the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure relief scheme at 75 per cent, up to a cash cap of £110,000 per business for 2024-25. Around 230,000 retail, hospitality and leisure properties will be eligible for this relief, a tax cut worth nearly £2.4 billion.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 07/12/2023 10:21:40 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1674398

registered interest
date	30/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Banks: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to help prevent the closure of high street banks in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	4617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>Decisions on opening and closing branches are taken by the management team of each bank on a commercial basis, with which the Government does not interfere.</p><p> </p><p>Nonetheless, the Government believes that the impact of branch closures should be mitigated where possible so that all customers, wherever they live, continue to have access to appropriate banking services.</p><p> </p><p>The Government supports industry working together to provide alternative banking and cash services, such as Banking Hubs. To date, industry has committed to delivering new shared Banking Hubs in over 100 communities. Further alternative options to access everyday banking services can be via telephone banking, through digital means such as mobile or online banking and via the Post Office. The Post Office Banking Framework also allows 99% of personal banking and 95% of business customers to deposit cheques, check their balance and withdraw and deposit cash at more than 11,500 Post Office branches across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance from the Financial Conduct Authority sets out its expectation of firms when they are deciding to close their branches. Firms are expected to carefully consider the impact of a planned closure on their customers’ everyday banking and cash access needs and consider possible alternative access arrangements. This seeks to ensure the implementation of closure decisions is done in a way that treats customers fairly. The Consumer Duty also requires that firms deliver “good outcomes” for customers.</p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 06/12/2023 13:16:50 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1674509

registered interest
date	30/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Debts: Cuba
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 22 November (HL158), why they agreed to defer Cuba’s debt repayments in 2021, how much the UK is owed by Cuba as a member of the Group of Creditors of Cuba, and when payment is expected.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2023 answer text <p>As outlined in the answer to HL549, the Group of Creditors to Cuba (GCC), including the UK, agreed in 2021 to defer payments due under the 2015 Agreement. This was on the basis of the Republic of Cuba’s economic and financial situation and the Cuban Government’s efforts to support Cuban economic development in the context of Covid-19.</p><p> </p><p>The GCC and Cuba have confirmed their willingness to preserve the 2015 Agreement and commitment to ensure its full implementation. The GCC has not published the terms of implementation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 07/12/2023 16:06:21 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

1673899

registered interest
date	29/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he had made a recent assessment of the implications for his policies of the recommendations of public sector pay review bodies on pay increases for public sector workers.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	4424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2023 answer text <p>For the 2023/24 pay round, the Government accepted the headline pay recommendations of the PRBs in full for the armed forces, teachers, prison officers, police, the judiciary, medical workforces, and senior civil servants, which has resulted in the highest pay uplifts in three decades.</p><p> </p><p>We have ensured that these PRB awards will not be paid for through borrowing.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 07/12/2023 10:18:04 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1673903

registered interest
date	29/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of changes in the level of job vacancies; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of that on economic activity.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	4428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>Information on the level of job vacancies was provided by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on 14<sup>th</sup> November 2023. A link to that report is provided below.</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/bulletins/jobsandvacanciesintheuk/november2023" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/bulletins/jobsandvacanciesintheuk/november2023</a></p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 06/12/2023 13:15:19 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1673932

registered interest
date	29/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Apostle Accounting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has held with HMRC on payment requests issued to Apostle Accounting Ltd customers following HMRC compliance checks.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	4451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>HMRC cannot comment on any individual or identifiable businesses and their tax affairs due to strict confidentiality.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 06/12/2023 14:48:53 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1673933

registered interest
date	29/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Apostle Accounting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to conduct an investigation with HMRC into the practices of Apostle Accounting Ltd following its liquidation.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	4452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>HMRC cannot comment on any individual or identifiable businesses and their tax affairs due to strict confidentiality rules, and can neither confirm or deny investigations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 06/12/2023 13:13:39 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1673967

registered interest
date	29/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: International Cooperation
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 Department's policies of the proposed UN framework on international tax cooperation.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	4487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>The UK strongly supports developing countries' efforts to scale-up domestic resource mobilisation to finance sustainable development.</p><p> </p><p>The UK engaged constructively in the negotiations on the UN tax resolution. However, the UK, alongside many other countries, is concerned that proceeding with a UN convention on international tax at this time would not be the most effective way to achieve these goals. An Explanation of Vote was published on GOV.UK on 22nd November. [<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/the-uk-is-committed-to-building-a-fairer-international-tax-system-for-all-uk-statement-at-the-un-second-committee" target="_blank">LINK</a>]</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 4561 question first answered 06/12/2023 13:11:53 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor