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1696219

registered interest
date	14/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the impact that changes in the national (a) living and (b) minimum wage commencing on 1 April 2024 will have on staffing costs in his Department; and how many staff in his Department will receive a pay uplift as a result of those changes.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	18698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>All HM Treasury staff are paid above the National Living Wage. The changes that take effect on 1 April 2024 will therefore have no impact on staffing costs to the Department.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 20/03/2024 17:54:41 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1693039

registered interest
date	01/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Sterling: Exchange Rates
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 increase the relative value of the Sterling to ease cost of living pressures.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	16477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>The government does not have a preferred level for sterling, or other financial market variables, and has not intervened for the purposes of influencing the sterling exchange rate since 1992.</p><p>Over the 2022-23 and 2023-24 financial years, the Government has provided £96bn of cost of living support to households – that’s an average of £3400 per household. The Government remains committed to improving living standards and building a more prosperous future.</p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 06/03/2024 15:01:26 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1661091

registered interest
date	15/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Shipping: Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the press statement issued by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, published on 30 March 2022, if he will list the targeted enforcement activities that HMRC NMW Enforcement have carried out for seafarers employed in the (a) ferries and (b) wider shipping industry as of 15 September 2023; and what the outcomes of those investigations were.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	199718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2023 answer text <p>HMRC enforces the UK NMW and national living wage in line with the legislative framework owned by the Department for Business and Trade (DBT).</p><p> </p><p>HMRC don’t hesitate to use their powers if they suspect a business isn’t paying their workers at least the correct rate of National Minimum Wage. HMRC deploy resource across all sectors proportionate to the level of risk.</p><p> </p><p>Since the UK NMW changes for the maritime sector in October 2020, HMRC have worked with the domestic maritime sector and unions to ensure obligations and worker rights are understood and are being complied with. HMRC wrote to employers in the Maritime sector asking them to check that they are paying all their workers the correct minimum wage.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC have produced multi-lingual leaflets for seafarers regarding their entitlement and routes of redress and these have been distributed via the RMT and Nautilus International unions. HMRC also provided an article on seafarer minimum wage entitlement published on Nautilus International website encouraging seafarers to make a complaint if they are not receiving National Minimum Wage.</p><p> </p><p>Anyone who thinks they are not being paid what they are entitled to can complain online at <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fminimum-wage-complaint&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cann.elbeck%40hmrc.gov.uk%7C96891566c2a14897bf3f08dbb8e70239%7Cac52f73cfd1a4a9a8e7a4a248f3139e1%7C0%7C0%7C638307074532312360%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=aGR3DITH5trPZ2bkQTXF0PMDBddW3r2oih9De8NcK20%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/minimum-wage-complaint</a> or can contact ACAS, on 0300 123 1100. HMRC won’t tell an employer who complained without the person’s consent.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 22/09/2023 08:00:44 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1652386

registered interest
date	12/07/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Energy: Profits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to tackle excess profits in the energy sector.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	193580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government introduced the Energy Profits Levy (EPL) to respond the exceptional profits being made by the oil and gas sector driven by global circumstances. The EPL is a temporary 35 per cent surcharge on the exceptional profits being made by the sector and comes on top of the default 40 per cent headline tax rate applied to profits from UK oil and gas production, bringing the overall combined tax rate to 75 per cent. The EPL will end in 2028 if the Energy Security Investment Mechanism (ESIM) is not triggered.</p><p>Additionally, the Government introduced the Electricity Generator Levy (EGL), a temporary 45% tax on extraordinary returns made by some UK electricity generators from 1 January 2023. The levy will end in 2028. EGL is applied to extraordinary returns defined as selling electricity for a period at an average price of more than £75/MWh, which is approximately 1.5 times the average price of electricity over the last decade and well beyond pre-crisis expectations.</p><p>At its most recent forecast, the OBR forecasted that together, the EPL and EGL would raise approximately £40 billion while in force. This significant source of tax revenue has helped fund vital cost of living support.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 193800 question first answered 17/07/2023 11:40:34 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1647529

registered interest
date	23/06/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Prisons: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answers of 11 May 2023 to Question 183809 on Prisons: Education and of 10 May 2023 to Question 183703 on Prisons: Education, what steps his Department is taking to clarify the application of the New Fair Deal pensions policy on Prison Education Service contracts.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	190926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2023 answer text <p>Following the ONS reclassification of FE colleges as public sector bodies, HM Treasury is reviewing the New Fair Deal policy in relation to Further Education colleges, including those involved in the Prison Education Service.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 28/06/2023 12:14:53 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris