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1658177

registered interest
date	05/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Technology: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to impose a duty on (a) technology, (b) social media and (c) telecommunication companies to contribute towards the costs of refunding victims of fraud which originated on their platforms.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	197810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2023 answer text <p>It is vital that the tech sector takes a proactive role to prevent online fraud and that the requirement on the sector is proportionate to their ability, as a platform host, to identify online fraud.</p><p> </p><p>In recognition of the responsibility of the tech sector for tackling fraud, the Online Safety Bill will place a requirement on relevant companies to take preventive measures to stop fraudulent content and advertising from appearing on their platforms, or face fines of up to £18m or 10% of their annual turnover. In the interim, the Fraud Strategy, published by the Home Office in May, set out measures to reduce fraud incidents by 10% by the end of the current Parliament, including the announcement that the government would negotiate and agree a voluntary Online Fraud Charter with the tech sector by the end of the summer. We will publish further details on the Charter in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 13/09/2023 15:11:50 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1658271

registered interest
date	05/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Royal Mint: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 40 of the document entitled Royal Mint Trading Fund annual report and accounts 2022-23, HC 1644, published on 19 July 2023, which body or agency investigated the external fraud incident; what the nature of that incident was; and whether that investigation has concluded.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	197760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>As outlined in the Royal Mint Trading Fund’s Annual Reports and Accounts, an external fraud incident occurred impacting the Royal Mint. A small number of fraudulent transactions were made on the Royal Mint’s website. The incident did not impact Royal Mint customers details and there was no risk to customer data. The Royal Mint has provided assurances to the Department on the incident and commissioned external fraud risk and assurance advice. There is an ongoing investigation by law enforcement agencies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 197761 197762 question first answered 14/09/2023 14:55:06 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1658272

registered interest
date	05/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Royal Mint: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 40 of the document entitled Royal Mint Trading Fund annual report and accounts 2022-23, HC 1644, published on 19 July 2023, what the nature of the external fraud incident was; which areas of the Royal Mint’s operations were targeted by that incident; and what proportion of the resulting losses have been recovered as of 1 September 2023.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	197761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>As outlined in the Royal Mint Trading Fund’s Annual Reports and Accounts, an external fraud incident occurred impacting the Royal Mint. A small number of fraudulent transactions were made on the Royal Mint’s website. The incident did not impact Royal Mint customers details and there was no risk to customer data. The Royal Mint has provided assurances to the Department on the incident and commissioned external fraud risk and assurance advice. There is an ongoing investigation by law enforcement agencies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 197760 197762 question first answered 14/09/2023 14:55:06 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1658273

registered interest
date	05/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Royal Mint: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 40 of the document entitled Royal Mint Trading Fund annual report and accounts 2022-23, HC 1644, published on 19 July 2023, on what date he was informed of the external fraud incident; and what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Royal Mint’s cyber security.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	197762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>As outlined in the Royal Mint Trading Fund’s Annual Reports and Accounts, an external fraud incident occurred impacting the Royal Mint. A small number of fraudulent transactions were made on the Royal Mint’s website. The incident did not impact Royal Mint customers details and there was no risk to customer data. The Royal Mint has provided assurances to the Department on the incident and commissioned external fraud risk and assurance advice. There is an ongoing investigation by law enforcement agencies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 197760 197761 question first answered 14/09/2023 14:55:07 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1658319

registered interest
date	05/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Banks: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of high street bank branch closures in (a) Enfield North constituency, (b) the London Borough of Enfield and (c) London on people affected by those closures in those areas.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	197932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2023 answer text <p><strong>T</strong>he government believes that all customers, wherever they live, should have appropriate access to banking and cash services.</p><p> </p><p>The government has legislated to protect access to cash. The Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 provides the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) with responsibility and powers to seek to ensure reasonable provision of cash access services. The FCA is currently developing its approach and will consult in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Regarding bank branch closures, these decisions are a commercial issue for banks and building societies. The government does not intervene in these decisions or make direct assessments of these branch networks.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance from the Financial Conduct Authority sets 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 planned branch closures on the everyday banking and cash access needs of their customers and consider possible alternative access arrangements. This ensures that the implementation of closure decisions is undertaken in a way that treats customers fairly.</p><p> </p><p>Alternative options for access to banking can be via telephone banking, through digital means such as mobile or online banking, and the Post Office. The Post Office Banking Framework allows 99% of personal banking and 95% of business banking customers to deposit cheques, check their balance and withdraw and deposit cash at 11,500 Post Office branches in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>New shared Banking Hubs are also being introduced, providing cash and basic banking services and dedicated space where community bankers from major banks can meet customers of that bank. To date, industry has committed to deliver Banking Hubs in 80 locations. Further information on Banking Hubs is available at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cashaccess.co.uk%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CPQ.PQMAIL%40hmtreasury.gov.uk%7Ceff1b6913818479a2a9c08dbb0687ec0%7Ced1644c505e049e6bc39fcf7ac51c18c%7C0%7C0%7C638297735344807980%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=nviFRlRjh78p%2BYVwAbSyERlHnlvBdXqJP3U5FxnSEYs%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.cashaccess.co.uk/</a></p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 197933 question first answered 13/09/2023 13:24:17 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1658320

registered interest
date	05/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Bank Services: Greater London
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 access to (a) cash and (b) banking services in (i) Enfield North constituency, (ii) the London Borough of Enfield and (iii) London; and what steps he is taking to ensure adequate access to (A) cash and (B) banking services in those areas in the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	197933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2023 answer text <p><strong>T</strong>he government believes that all customers, wherever they live, should have appropriate access to banking and cash services.</p><p> </p><p>The government has legislated to protect access to cash. The Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 provides the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) with responsibility and powers to seek to ensure reasonable provision of cash access services. The FCA is currently developing its approach and will consult in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Regarding bank branch closures, these decisions are a commercial issue for banks and building societies. The government does not intervene in these decisions or make direct assessments of these branch networks.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance from the Financial Conduct Authority sets 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 planned branch closures on the everyday banking and cash access needs of their customers and consider possible alternative access arrangements. This ensures that the implementation of closure decisions is undertaken in a way that treats customers fairly.</p><p> </p><p>Alternative options for access to banking can be via telephone banking, through digital means such as mobile or online banking, and the Post Office. The Post Office Banking Framework allows 99% of personal banking and 95% of business banking customers to deposit cheques, check their balance and withdraw and deposit cash at 11,500 Post Office branches in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>New shared Banking Hubs are also being introduced, providing cash and basic banking services and dedicated space where community bankers from major banks can meet customers of that bank. To date, industry has committed to deliver Banking Hubs in 80 locations. Further information on Banking Hubs is available at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cashaccess.co.uk%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CPQ.PQMAIL%40hmtreasury.gov.uk%7Ceff1b6913818479a2a9c08dbb0687ec0%7Ced1644c505e049e6bc39fcf7ac51c18c%7C0%7C0%7C638297735344807980%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=nviFRlRjh78p%2BYVwAbSyERlHnlvBdXqJP3U5FxnSEYs%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.cashaccess.co.uk/</a></p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 197932 question first answered 13/09/2023 13:24:17 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1658447

registered interest
date	05/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Self-employed: National Insurance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to fully digitise the processing of A1 (CA3837) documents for UK self-employed workers in the music industry temporarily working in Europe, including the issuing of such documents.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Clancarty
uin	HL9883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2023 answer text <p>In response to customer feedback, HMRC introduced a new online version of the form CA3837 in June 2023, which was designed to streamline the application process, offering a number of enhancements and providing additional guidance for more complex questions.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC intend to automate the CA3837 application process in the Autumn which will improve processing times and remove opportunities for error.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 13/09/2023 13:18:31 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	3391 label Biography information for The Earl of Clancarty

1658448

registered interest
date	05/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Self-employed: National Insurance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is the average time between the (1) application for, and (2) issuing of, an A1 (CA3837) document for UK self-employed workers; and whether they have any plans to reduce the processing time for such applications.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Clancarty
uin	HL9884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2023 answer text <p>The average time it is taking HMRC to process/issue A1s received online is 15 weeks as it stands today. HMRC processes 3 different applications forms (CA3822, CA3837 and CA8421) that can result in A1s being issued.</p><p>It is not possible to break it down to average processing times for each application due to the complexities of HMRC’s internal digital mail systems.</p><p>In quarter 3, HMRC plans to upskill additional colleagues to help process the backlog of CA3822s and this will include CA3837s and CA8421s which will help to reduce processing times.</p><p>HMRC intend to automate the CA3837 application process in the Autumn which will improve processing times and remove opportunities for error.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 13/09/2023 12:17:13 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	3391 label Biography information for The Earl of Clancarty

1658449

registered interest
date	05/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Self-employed: National Insurance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to replace all single-use A1 (CA3837) documents for UK self-employed workers in the music industry with an A1 document valid for two years covering multiple unspecified (1) tours, (2) countries, and (3) dates.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Clancarty
uin	HL9885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2023 answer text <p>HMRC issues A1 certificates where a self-employed individual is subject to UK social security legislation whilst working in the EU. The rules for issuing certificates apply equally to HMRC and EU Member State social security authorities. The government has no plans to seek changes at this time.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 13/09/2023 13:03:10 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	3391 label Biography information for The Earl of Clancarty

1657598

registered interest
date	04/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Bank of England: Forecasts
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Bank of England’s financial forecasting record; and what steps, if any, they plan to take to improve the Bank’s forecasting.
tabling member printed	Lord Strathcarron
uin	HL9850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2023 answer text <p>The Bank of England has statutory responsibilities for monetary policy and financial stability, and operational independence from the Government to carry out those responsibilities. The Government remains fully committed to the Bank’s independence.</p><p> </p><p>The Court of the Bank of England has commissioned the Bank’s Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) to review the Bank’s forecasting, and related processes. It will be led by Dr Ben Bernanke. The review began this summer and is expected to publish its findings in spring 2024.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 18/09/2023 14:28:51 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	4937 label Biography information for Lord Strathcarron