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1353196

registered interest
date	07/09/2021
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	What assessment he has made of the potential effect of the end of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme on the number of jobs that will be retained.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	903248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2021 answer text <p>The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme was designed as a temporary measure. Closing the scheme at the end of September strikes the right balance between supporting the economy, protecting incomes, and getting people back to work.</p><p> </p><p>This is working; at the start of this crisis, unemployment was expected to reach 12 per cent or more. It is now forecast to peak at about half of that level, meaning almost 2 million fewer people losing their jobs than previously feared.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 07/09/2021 13:54:34 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1353197

registered interest
date	07/09/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What fiscal steps his Department is taking to help small and medium-sized businesses recover from the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Bolsover
tabling member printed	Mark Fletcher
uin	903249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2021 answer text <p>Throughout the pandemic, the Government has sought to protect people’s jobs and livelihoods while also supporting businesses of all sizes across the UK. We put in place an economic support package totaling £352 billion through the furlough and self-employed income support schemes, as well as support for businesses of all sizes through grants and loans, business rates and VAT relief, and a commercial rents moratorium.</p><p> </p><p>We want to help small businesses across the UK to scale and grow as they recover from the pandemic. At Budget, we announced Help to Grow: Digital and Management. Help to Grow: Digital provides a new online platform and voucher to support SMEs to adopt software which could help them save time and money and grow faster. Help to Grow: Management offers a new, world-leading management skills training programme to upskill 30,000 small businesses across the UK over three years, to help boost their business’s performance, resilience, and long-term growth through practical leadership and management training.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 903257 question first answered 07/09/2021 15:19:10 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4774 label Biography information for Mark Fletcher

1353198

registered interest
date	07/09/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Employment Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What fiscal steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support people who are out of work to gain skills to find new, well-paid jobs.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	Simon Fell
uin	903254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2021 answer text <p>The Plan for Jobs supports people to gain the skills needed to access high quality jobs. The Chancellor provided £111 million to triple traineeships, £17 million to expand sector-based work academies, and £32 million to boost the National Careers Service’s capacity.</p><p> </p><p>At the Spending Review, the Government announced £95 million to fund free courses for adults in subjects with strong employment prospects and £43 million to provide 16,000 places on employer-led skills bootcamps.</p><p> </p><p>At Budget, the Chancellor announced £126 million more for traineeships, and increased incentives for hiring apprentices to £3,000.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 903259 question first answered 07/09/2021 14:01:18 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4744 label Biography information for Simon Fell

1353199

registered interest
date	07/09/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What fiscal steps his Department is taking to help small and medium-sized businesses recover from the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Eastleigh
tabling member printed	Paul Holmes
uin	903257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2021 answer text <p>Throughout the pandemic, the Government has sought to protect people’s jobs and livelihoods while also supporting businesses of all sizes across the UK. We put in place an economic support package totaling £352 billion through the furlough and self-employed income support schemes, as well as support for businesses of all sizes through grants and loans, business rates and VAT relief, and a commercial rents moratorium.</p><p> </p><p>We want to help small businesses across the UK to scale and grow as they recover from the pandemic. At Budget, we announced Help to Grow: Digital and Management. Help to Grow: Digital provides a new online platform and voucher to support SMEs to adopt software which could help them save time and money and grow faster. Help to Grow: Management offers a new, world-leading management skills training programme to upskill 30,000 small businesses across the UK over three years, to help boost their business’s performance, resilience, and long-term growth through practical leadership and management training.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 903249 question first answered 07/09/2021 15:19:10 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4803 label Biography information for Paul Holmes

1353200

registered interest
date	07/09/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Government Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Scotland on the potential effect of ending his Department’s schemes to support people affected by the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Anum Qaisar-Javed
uin	903258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2021 answer text <p>The Chancellor and other Treasury Ministers speak regularly with the Secretary of State for Scotland on a wide range of matters.</p><p> </p><p>We have put in place an economic package of support totalling £352 billion to support both individuals and businesses throughout the pandemic, with the devolved administrations having received an additional £28.1 billion in funding through the Barnett formula to support their recovery through 2020-22.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 07/09/2021 13:34:47 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4917 label Biography information for Ms Anum Qaisar

1352776

registered interest
date	06/09/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Stamp Duty Land Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to provide support for property buyers who agreed sales ahead of the end of the stamp duty freeze and who will not complete sales until after the end of that freeze due to waiting for the completion of building surveys.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	43645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2021 answer text <p>The SDLT threshold for all purchases of property, except purchases by first time buyers, will be £125,000 from 1 October 2021. The SDLT threshold is £300,000 for first time buyers who purchase a property for £500,000 or below.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2021, the Chancellor extended the period in which the £500,000 SDLT threshold applies to 30 June 2021. This was designed to ensure that transactions that were unable to be completed by the original 31 March 2021 deadline because of delays in the sector would still receive the relief.</p><p> </p><p>The SDLT threshold then stepped down to £250,000 on 1 July 2021 to transition the market back to the standard rate. The standard SDLT threshold will return to £125,000 on 1 October 2021.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/09/2021 13:52:31 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1352794

registered interest
date	06/09/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Banks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the number of (a) bank branch closures and (b) cashpoints in England.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	43599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>Decisions on opening and closing branches are a commercial issue for banks and building societies. The Government does not intervene in these decisions or make direct assessments of banks’ branch networks.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Government also firmly believes that the impact of branch closures should be understood, considered, and mitigated where possible so that all customers, wherever they live, continue to have appropriate access to banking services.</p><p> </p><p>In September 2020, the Financial Conduct Authority published guidance setting out its expectation of firms when they are deciding to reduce their physical branches or the number of free-to-use ATMs. 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. Alternative options for access might include the Post Office, and the Post Office Banking Framework allows 95% of business and 99% of personal banking customers to carry out their everyday banking at 11,500 Post Office branches in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>LINK (the scheme that runs the UK's largest ATM network) has commitments to protect the broad geographic spread of free-to-use ATMs and is held to account against these commitments by the Payment Systems Regulator. LINK has committed to protect free-to-use ATMs more than one kilometre away from the next nearest free ATM or Post Office, and LINK's members have made £5 million available to fund ATMs at the request of communities with poor access to cash.</p><p> </p><p>More broadly, the Government recognises that access to cash remains important to millions across the UK and has committed to legislating to protect access to cash and ensuring that the UK’s cash infrastructure is sustainable in the longer term. On 1 July, the Government published a consultation on legislative proposals to protect access to cash. These proposals seek to ensure that people only need to travel reasonable distances to pay in or take out cash, and that the right regulatory oversight for cash access is in place for the future. The consultation is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/access-to-cash-consultation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/access-to-cash-consultation</a></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 43601 question first answered 13/09/2021 10:09:35 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1352795

registered interest
date	06/09/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Money
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ensure the long-term future of cash.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	43600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of cash to the daily lives of millions of people and businesses across the UK, including those who may be on low incomes or vulnerable. That is why at the March 2020 Budget, the Government committed to legislating to protect access to cash and ensuring that the UK’s cash infrastructure is sustainable in the longer term.</p><p> </p><p>On 1 July, the Government published a consultation on access to cash, which sets out proposals for new laws to make sure people only need to travel a reasonable distance to pay in or take out cash. The Government’s proposals would support the continued use of cash in people’s daily lives and help local businesses to continue accepting cash by ensuring reasonable access to deposit facilities. The consultation will be open until 23 September and is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/access-to-cash-consultation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/access-to-cash-consultation</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government also made legislative changes to support the widespread offering of cashback without a purchase by shops and other businesses as part of the Financial Services Act 2021.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 13/09/2021 10:05:52 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1352796

registered interest
date	06/09/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Banks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the number of (a) bank branch closures and (b) cashpoints in England.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	43601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>Decisions on opening and closing branches are a commercial issue for banks and building societies. The Government does not intervene in these decisions or make direct assessments of banks’ branch networks.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Government also firmly believes that the impact of branch closures should be understood, considered, and mitigated where possible so that all customers, wherever they live, continue to have appropriate access to banking services.</p><p> </p><p>In September 2020, the Financial Conduct Authority published guidance setting out its expectation of firms when they are deciding to reduce their physical branches or the number of free-to-use ATMs. 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. Alternative options for access might include the Post Office, and the Post Office Banking Framework allows 95% of business and 99% of personal banking customers to carry out their everyday banking at 11,500 Post Office branches in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>LINK (the scheme that runs the UK's largest ATM network) has commitments to protect the broad geographic spread of free-to-use ATMs and is held to account against these commitments by the Payment Systems Regulator. LINK has committed to protect free-to-use ATMs more than one kilometre away from the next nearest free ATM or Post Office, and LINK's members have made £5 million available to fund ATMs at the request of communities with poor access to cash.</p><p> </p><p>More broadly, the Government recognises that access to cash remains important to millions across the UK and has committed to legislating to protect access to cash and ensuring that the UK’s cash infrastructure is sustainable in the longer term. On 1 July, the Government published a consultation on legislative proposals to protect access to cash. These proposals seek to ensure that people only need to travel reasonable distances to pay in or take out cash, and that the right regulatory oversight for cash access is in place for the future. The consultation is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/access-to-cash-consultation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/access-to-cash-consultation</a></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 43599 question first answered 13/09/2021 10:09:35 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1352814

registered interest
date	06/09/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many calls were made to the helpline established to report instances of potential fraud regarding the furlough scheme in the last twelve months; and how many of those calls related to cases in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	43396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2021 answer text <p>There are two hotlines that the public can use to contact HMRC to report potential fraud. The first (0800 788 887) is a dedicated HMRC line and the second, the COVID Fraud Hotline (0800 587 5030) is a Government line, in conjunction with Crimestoppers, which was launched in October 2020.</p><p>HMRC are unable to provide the breakdown requested within the timeframe given to respond. However, HMRC are able to provide the total number of calls received about the furlough scheme over the last 12 months from 01/09/2020 to 31/08/2021:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Hotline</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Calls received</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Crimestoppers</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMRC line</p></td><td><p>19681</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19754</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/09/2021 13:47:37 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell