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1050317

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Retail Trade: Urban Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What fiscal steps he is taking to support the high street.
tabling member constituency	Nuneaton
tabling member printed	Mr Marcus Jones
uin	908879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>Budget 2018 announced Our Plan for the High Street, which will provide £1.5bn to support high streets as they adapt to meet the changing needs of shoppers.</p><p> </p><p>The Plan includes a £675m Future High Streets Fund, planning reform, a High Streets Taskforce and support for community assets.</p><p> </p><p>It also includes one third off small retailers’ business rates bills for two years from April. [This is worth almost £900m to businesses.]</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 29/01/2019 15:12:59 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones

1050318

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Income Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What progress he has made on reducing the amount of income tax that people pay.
tabling member constituency	Mid Worcestershire
tabling member printed	Nigel Huddleston
uin	908882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The government is committed to keeping taxes low to support working people keep more of what they earn.</p><p>Budget 2018 announced that the government will increase the personal allowance to £12,500 and the higher rate threshold to £50,000 from April 2019, one year earlier than planned.</p><p>This tax cut means, in 2019-20, a typical basic rate taxpayer will pay £1,205 less in tax than in 2010-11. Across the UK, 1.74 million of the lowest paid will be taken out of tax entirely since 2015, leaving more of their hard-earned money in their pockets.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 29/01/2019 16:01:16 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston

1050319

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on reviewing the adequacy of funding for social security benefits.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	908885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>We are projected to spend almost £100bn on working age welfare in GB in 2019/20 – more than in any other year.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 29/01/2019 15:55:44 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

1050320

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the effect of the roll-out of universal credit on the personal finances of claimants.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	908886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>Universal Credit replaces an outdated system of six different benefits, ensuring it always pays to work. We’ve scrapped the seven waiting days for Universal Credit so that people get their payments faster, and we’ve increased advances so everyone who needs it can get their first month’s pay within five days.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 29/01/2019 15:57:34 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1050364

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Low Incomes: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Scotland on providing additional support for low-income households in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	908888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>We’re supporting the living standards of low income families in Scotland and across the UK. The lowest earners saw the fastest pay rise in 20 years with National Living Wage and their wages rose by 8% in real terms between 2015 and 2018.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 29/01/2019 16:18:30 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1049996

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Inflation and Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons (a) his Department uses different indices to measure inflation and (b) benefit increases are pegged to the lower index.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	213258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>The government currently makes use of both the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) and the Retail Prices Index (RPI). We recognise that there are issues in the way that RPI is measured and, as set out at Autumn Budget 2018, the government’s objective is to reduce the use of RPI when and where practicable.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 31/01/2019 15:57:25 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1050133

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Sheltered Housing: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason HMRC has introduced new guidance on the payment of VAT on costs for the provision of site-based staff at (a) sheltered units of accommodation and (b) other such developments.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	213206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>There has been no change in government policy in this area. Service charges payable by residents to a landlord are exempt from VAT and continue to be so. Equally, the supply of any on-site staff to an individual, landlord or company has, since the inception of VAT, been a taxable supply.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC became aware that a number of property management and similar companies had not been correctly accounting for VAT on their services, thereby giving them an unfair advantage over their competitors.</p><p> </p><p>To address this, on 7 September 2018, HMRC issued a Revenue and Customs Brief 06/2018 and associated documents to publicise the correct VAT treatment in respect of goods and services, including staff, supplied by a property management company or similar to a landlord or a “Right to Manage” (RTM) company. These documents are available via the gov.uk website.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 31/01/2019 15:45:05 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1050197

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cash Dispensing: Urban Areas
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 number of towns without free access to the ATM network.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Ruth Smeeth
uin	213424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>Information on ATM numbers by Parliamentary Constituency is publicly available on the LINK website.</p><p> </p><p>LINK, the scheme that runs the UK’s ATM network, has committed to maintain the broad geographical coverage of the ATM network in the UK. The Government-established Payment Systems Regulator, which regulates LINK, is closely monitoring developments within ATM provision and has used its powers to hold LINK to account over its commitments.</p><p> </p><p>LINK has put in place specific arrangements to protect free-to-use ATMs more than 1 kilometre away from the next nearest free-to-use ATM. Furthermore, LINK recently announced new additional premiums to safeguard the presence of free-to-use ATMs in remote and deprived areas.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 213425 question first answered 31/01/2019 16:09:18 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

1050198

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
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 assessment he has made of the effect on the local economy of restricted access to free to use ATMs.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Ruth Smeeth
uin	213425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>Information on ATM numbers by Parliamentary Constituency is publicly available on the LINK website.</p><p> </p><p>LINK, the scheme that runs the UK’s ATM network, has committed to maintain the broad geographical coverage of the ATM network in the UK. The Government-established Payment Systems Regulator, which regulates LINK, is closely monitoring developments within ATM provision and has used its powers to hold LINK to account over its commitments.</p><p> </p><p>LINK has put in place specific arrangements to protect free-to-use ATMs more than 1 kilometre away from the next nearest free-to-use ATM. Furthermore, LINK recently announced new additional premiums to safeguard the presence of free-to-use ATMs in remote and deprived areas.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 213424 question first answered 31/01/2019 16:09:19 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

1050222

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Corporation Tax: Tax Rates and Bands
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 effect on the public finances of reducing the rate of corporation tax from 19 per cent to 17 per cent.
tabling member constituency	Blackburn
tabling member printed	Kate Hollern
uin	213383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>The estimated Exchequer impact of future corporation tax rate reductions are certified by the Office for Budget Responsibility. The most recent estimates can be found in Table 2.2 of Spring Budget 2017 and Table 2.2 of Budget 2018.</p><p>The government is committed to delivering a competitive tax regime. Low corporation tax rates support the economy by increasing the profits retained by companies – enabling them to reinvest in their business, create jobs, and increase wages.</p><p>Despite the rate cuts since 2010, onshore corporation tax revenues have increased by over 50 per cent – from £36.2 billion in 2010-11 to £55.7 billion in 2017-18.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 31/01/2019 15:18:33 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4363 label Biography information for Kate Hollern