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1299373

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date	03/03/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Motorcycles: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the EU on allowing motorcycles purchased in the UK to be moved and used in the EU, without the need to pay EU VAT, where those motorcycles are temporarily in the EU for a recreational period and will not be sold in the EU.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	162671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2021 answer text <p>Discussions about VAT on goods have featured as part of discussions with the EU in the context of the Withdrawal Agreement.</p><p> </p><p>The VAT treatment of goods entering the EU, including on a temporary basis, is a matter for the EU. EU Member States are responsible for the implementation of those rules.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/03/2021 12:46:10 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

1286594

registered interest
date	11/02/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Weddings: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has has made of the potential merits of establishing a Government-backed scheme to support consumers and wedding business in the absence of available insurance cover.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	153328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2021 answer text The Government recognises the essential role of the insurance industry in providing the cover businesses need to operate. We are working closely with the insurers, the trade bodies and regulators to understand what more the industry can do to help individuals and businesses in their time of need, and how the insurance market delivers the support firms need as the economy reopens.<p> </p><p>Over the course of the pandemic the Government has worked closely with the weddings sector to understand the impact of COVID-19 on their businesses and has responded with a substantial package of business support, which we keep under regular review.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 22/02/2021 09:52:50 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

1276897

registered interest
date	14/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full-time equivalent civil servants in his Department are working on developing new policy initiatives to support people during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	138000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2021 answer text <p>HMT takes a flexible and dynamic approach to resourcing in order to meet Government priorities. Many staff working on the government’s COVID-19 response often do so alongside its other policy priorities. We do not routinely record the number of full time equivalent civil servants who work on individual policy initiatives.</p><p> </p><p>As at September 2020 HMT had 1838.8 paid full time equivalent staff.</p><p>https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-12-17/131452</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 19/01/2021 14:27:28 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

1274007

registered interest
date	06/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Parents: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what financial support he has made available to parents who are home schooling due to the January 2021 covid-19 lockdown.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	134043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>The government has invested over £300 million to support remote education, including providing devices and internet access to pupils who need it most.</p><p> </p><p>Since its introduction, the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) has been available to anyone who has been unable to work due to caring responsibilities arising from COVID-19, such as caring for children who are at home as a result of school and childcare facilities closing, or caring for a vulnerable individual in their household. The Self-Employment Income Support Scheme is also available to parents and carers who cannot work because of childcare commitments.</p><p> </p><p>In order to support businesses to retain their employees and protect the UK economy, the Chancellor has extended both the CJRS and SEISS until the end of April 2021.</p><p> </p><p>Individual families have also benefitted from increased welfare payments, enhances statutory sick pay, a stay of repossession proceedings and mortgage holidays.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 11/01/2021 17:37:01 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

1258707

registered interest
date	07/12/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Self-employed: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date he last met with representatives from organisations representing PAYE freelancers who are ineligible for the (a) Self-Employment Income Support Scheme and (b) Coronavirus Job Support Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	126094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2020 answer text <p>Treasury ministers and officials have had meetings with a variety of organisations in the public and private sectors (including MPs, businesses, professional representative bodies, and the unions) throughout the development of the COVID-19 support package, including both the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme and the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. The Government has engaged widely, including with IPSE, the TUC and other organisations who represent the self-employed.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s proactive approach to stakeholder engagement has been recognised by the Institute for Government, who said: “The government’s approach to consultation compensated for some of the difficulties of accelerated policy development, because it gave it fast access to information, and an early sense of whether the measures would work and how they would be received by businesses and workers. This contributed to both positive reception on announcement and successful roll-out.”</p><p> </p><p>Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury continues to speak to stakeholders, and has met with representatives including from the ExcludedUK campaign group, the Chair of the Gaps in Support APPG, Refused Furlough Support Group, Forgotten Ltd, Maternity Petition and Forgotten PAYE, alongside MPs.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/12/2020 15:45:48 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

1248481

registered interest
date	03/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Theatre: Tax Allowances
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 potential merits of extending the Theatre Tax Relief to cover (a) digital output and (b) community-based artistic activity.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	110883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>In 2019-20, the Government provided £71 million of support to 3,580 productions through the Theatre Tax Relief. While all tax reliefs are kept under review, the Government is not planning any changes to the Theatre Tax Relief.</p><p> </p><p>The current rules do allow any theatrical production company to claim Theatre Tax Relief if its live performances will be to paying members of the general public or provided for educational purposes. This does not exclude qualifying community-based performances.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has taken action to support the cultural sector during the pandemic through a £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund. To date, £409 million in grant funding has been awarded to over 2,000 cultural organisations in England including orchestras, music venues, galleries, theatres, museums and festivals.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/11/2020 16:23:23 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

1240333

registered interest
date	05/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Self-employment Income Support Scheme: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people are receiving funding from the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme in Yorkshire and the Humber.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	99066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2020 answer text <p>By 31 July 2020, 187,000 individuals from Yorkshire and the Humber had claimed the first SEISS grant. This is seven per cent of all claims made for the first SEISS grant.</p><p> </p><p>By 31 August 2020, 147,000 individuals from Yorkshire and the Humber had claimed the second SEISS grant. This is seven per cent of all claims made for the second SEISS grant.</p><p> </p><p>These figures were taken from the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme statistics published on 21 August and 18 September respectively.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 99067 question first answered 08/10/2020 13:12:52 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

1240334

registered interest
date	05/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Self-employment Income Support Scheme: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of successful applications to the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme are from people in Yorkshire and the Humber.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	99067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2020 answer text <p>By 31 July 2020, 187,000 individuals from Yorkshire and the Humber had claimed the first SEISS grant. This is seven per cent of all claims made for the first SEISS grant.</p><p> </p><p>By 31 August 2020, 147,000 individuals from Yorkshire and the Humber had claimed the second SEISS grant. This is seven per cent of all claims made for the second SEISS grant.</p><p> </p><p>These figures were taken from the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme statistics published on 21 August and 18 September respectively.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 99066 question first answered 08/10/2020 13:12:52 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

1240335

registered interest
date	05/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Self-employment Income Support Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in receipt of support from the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme live in (a) areas of intervention and (b) areas of enhanced support or concern.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	99068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>HMRC have published tables showing the geographical distribution of the numbers of individuals claiming the first SEISS grant by 31 July 2020 and the second SEISS grant by 31 August 2020. The tables include claims by parliamentary constituency and local authority: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/self-employment-income-support-scheme-statistics-august-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/self-employment-income-support-scheme-statistics-august-2020</a> and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/self-employment-income-support-scheme-statistics-september-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/self-employment-income-support-scheme-statistics-september-2020</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/10/2020 13:14:38 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

1236120

registered interest
date	21/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Employment: Coronavirus
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 the potential merits of introducing a furlough-style scheme for people who cannot work as a result of being instructed to self-isolate.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	92853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2020 answer text <p>If an employee is on sick leave or self-isolating as a result of coronavirus, they may be able to receive Statutory Sick Pay. Those who have been furloughed already can inform their employer that they are unable to work due to ill health, and until the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme closes on 31 October, the employer has the option to treat the days they should have been working as furlough days instead. However, it remains the case that the CJRS is not intended for short-term absences from work due to sickness.</p><p> </p><p>As announced on 20 September, the Government is introducing a new package to support and enforce self-isolation. People required to self-isolate who are on a low income, cannot work from home and have lost income as a result will be eligible for a payment of £500. Just under four million people who are in receipt of benefits in England will be eligible for this payment from 28 September.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/09/2020 15:55:23 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin