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1676803

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Child Trust Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many unclaimed Child Trust Funds are (1) currently outstanding and (2) outstanding where there is a continuing requirement for court approval to parents being able to access the Fund on behalf of their adult children.
tabling member printed	Lord Blunkett
uin	HL1045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2023 answer text <p>Information on Child Trust Funds (CTFs) are available in HMRC’s Annual Savings Statistics<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>.</p><p> </p><p>(1) As of April 2022, there were 428,000 matured accounts continuing as CTFs that had not been claimed or automatically transferred to an ISA.</p><p> </p><p>(2) The Government does not hold information relating to the number of unclaimed Child Trust Funds where there is a need for a Power of Attorney or other court order to control their financial resources.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-savings-statistics-2023" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-savings-statistics-2023</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 21/12/2023 10:03:15 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

1676845

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Bank Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure a fair balance between banks' risk management practices and the impact on small business growth, particularly concerning the use of personal guarantees for business loans.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL1085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises the vital importance SMEs play in fuelling economic growth, and it's important they can access suitable lending products.</p><p> </p><p>Many bank lenders are signed up to a voluntary industry code – the Standards of Lending Practice – which contains clear guidance on best practice and ensures that loans which are not captured by consumer credit regulation nevertheless benefit from effective protections. Overall, the Government believes that the current approach – enforcing standards through industry bodies and voluntary codes whilst facilitating innovation and competition – is more likely to drive positive outcomes for businesses than new regulation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 21/12/2023 14:42:51 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1676919

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Crown Estate Commissioners: Borrowing and Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Autumn Statement 2023, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to provide the Crown Estate with (a) borrowing and (b) wider investment powers during this Session.
tabling member constituency	Suffolk Coastal
tabling member printed	Dr Thérèse Coffey
uin	6123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2023 answer text <p>As set out in Autumn Statement 2023, to further accelerate the UK’s world-leading offshore wind deployment, the government will bring forward legislation to provide the Crown Estate with borrowing and wider investment powers as soon as parliamentary time allows. This will help to unlock a further 20-30GW of new offshore wind seabed rights by 2030.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 15/12/2023 15:00:05 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey

1677004

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Collection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full time equivalent HM Revenue and Customs staff worked on tax compliance activity in each of the last five financial years.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	6244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>The average full-time equivalents (FTE) in HMRC currently working on tax compliance activity is 17,300:</p><p> </p><p>We are unable to provide the previous years of data as it is not currently available, and therefore this information would only be available at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Within Customer Compliance Group staff are deployed across a wide range of compliance risks. Internally, these are usually grouped by customer segment, tax head or specific tax risk being worked.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC publishes information on the amounts spent on compliance by customer segment in our annual report and accounts at Tax by different customer groups – 2022 to 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). The information for 2023/24 will be available in 2024. HMRC does not release detailed breakdowns of this information for operational reasons.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 14/12/2023 15:24:40 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1677006

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on external recruitment consultants in the (a) 2020-21, (b) 2021-22 and (c) 2022-23 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	6246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>Consistent to answers given to written questions on 28 March 2023, 23 February 2023 and 17 May 2022, the information requested on external recruitment consultant expenditure is not available as we do not centrally hold data with this level of granularity on recruitment costs for the financial years in question.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 14/12/2023 15:27:32 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1677039

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business Rates: Hospitality Industry
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 business rate relief for businesses in the hospitality sector.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	6256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>At Autumn Statement 2023, the government announced it will extend the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure (RHL) relief scheme at 75 per cent, up to a cash cap of £110,000 per business for 2024-25. This is a tax cut worth nearly £2.4 billion and around 230,000 retail, hospitality and leisure properties will be eligible for relief.</p><p> </p><p>The government also announced a freeze to the small business multiplier for the fourth consecutive year in 2024-25, protecting over a million ratepayers from bill increases.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 7090 question first answered 18/12/2023 14:04:16 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1677085

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to clarify the guidance his Department has issued on the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	6266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>To help customers make an informed decision on a worker’s status for tax, HMRC provides comprehensive <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employed-or-self-employed" target="_blank">online guidance</a> that explains the relevant factors and tests and how to apply them.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC also provides its digital Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) tool to support employers and workers determine the employment status of an engagement.</p><p> </p><p>The Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 contains a number of provisions related to appeal rights and determining disputes. In 2021, the Government introduced a disagreement process to allow workers to challenge the status determination they have been given under the off payroll working rules with their engager.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps all tax policy and legislation under review. HMRC regularly reviews its guidance products and amends or adds to them where this improves the content or customer experience.</p><p> </p><p>For example, HMRC has recently published <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/help-to-comply-with-the-reformed-off-payroll-working-rules-ir35-gfc4" target="_blank">guidelines for compliance</a> to help organisations comply with the Off-Payroll Working rules contained in Chapter 10 of Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 6267 6268 question first answered 14/12/2023 15:22:13 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1677087

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cash Dispensing: Fees and Charges
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 protect free-to-use ATMs.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	6077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>The government recognises that cash continues to be used by millions of people across the UK, including those who may be in vulnerable groups.</p><p> </p><p>The government legislated through the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 to establish a new legislative framework to protect access to cash. This establishes the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as the lead regulator for access to cash and provides it with responsibility and powers to seek to ensure reasonable provision of cash withdrawal and deposit facilities. Importantly, in relation to personal current accounts the FCA is required to seek to ensure reasonable provision of free cash access services.</p><p> </p><p>The FCA is currently holding a consultation on its proposed regulatory approach ahead of this coming into effect by Q3 2024: <a href="https://www.fca.org.uk/publications/consultation-papers/cp23-29-access-cash" target="_blank">FCA Access to Cash Consultation</a></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 free access to cash on high streets (where there is a cluster of five or more retailers) that do not have a free-to-use ATM or a Post Office counter within one kilometre.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 19/12/2023 14:32:49 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1677092

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Income Tax: Appeals
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 effectiveness of the appeals process for the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	6267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>To help customers make an informed decision on a worker’s status for tax, HMRC provides comprehensive <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employed-or-self-employed" target="_blank">online guidance</a> that explains the relevant factors and tests and how to apply them.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC also provides its digital Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) tool to support employers and workers determine the employment status of an engagement.</p><p> </p><p>The Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 contains a number of provisions related to appeal rights and determining disputes. In 2021, the Government introduced a disagreement process to allow workers to challenge the status determination they have been given under the off payroll working rules with their engager.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps all tax policy and legislation under review. HMRC regularly reviews its guidance products and amends or adds to them where this improves the content or customer experience.</p><p> </p><p>For example, HMRC has recently published <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/help-to-comply-with-the-reformed-off-payroll-working-rules-ir35-gfc4" target="_blank">guidelines for compliance</a> to help organisations comply with the Off-Payroll Working rules contained in Chapter 10 of Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 6266 6268 question first answered 14/12/2023 15:22:13 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1677093

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Self-employed: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department takes to help ensure that (a) companies and (b) other organisations accurately determine whether someone is self-employed for tax purposes under the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 guidance.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	6268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>To help customers make an informed decision on a worker’s status for tax, HMRC provides comprehensive <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employed-or-self-employed" target="_blank">online guidance</a> that explains the relevant factors and tests and how to apply them.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC also provides its digital Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) tool to support employers and workers determine the employment status of an engagement.</p><p> </p><p>The Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 contains a number of provisions related to appeal rights and determining disputes. In 2021, the Government introduced a disagreement process to allow workers to challenge the status determination they have been given under the off payroll working rules with their engager.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps all tax policy and legislation under review. HMRC regularly reviews its guidance products and amends or adds to them where this improves the content or customer experience.</p><p> </p><p>For example, HMRC has recently published <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/help-to-comply-with-the-reformed-off-payroll-working-rules-ir35-gfc4" target="_blank">guidelines for compliance</a> to help organisations comply with the Off-Payroll Working rules contained in Chapter 10 of Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 6266 6267 question first answered 14/12/2023 15:22:13 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle