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1725558

	registered interest
	date	30/08/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Heat Batteries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if her Department will grant heat batteries Energy Saving Material status.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	2769
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>The installation of qualifying energy-saving materials in residential accommodation and buildings used solely for a relevant charitable purpose benefits from a temporary VAT zero rate until March 2027, after which they will revert to the reduced rate of VAT at five per cent. This support aids households and charities in improving the energy efficiency of their buildings, helping to reduce carbon emissions.</p><p> </p><p>Last year, a Call for Evidence (CfE) seeking views on additional technologies to potentially include within this relief was run. Heat batteries were one of the technologies put forwards by respondents. As set out in the Government response to the CfE, at that time, the Government was unable to identify sufficient independent data regarding the efficiency of heat batteries, making it difficult to assess the technology’s energy-saving properties objectively.</p><p>The Government keeps all taxes under review as part of the policy making process. Changes to the tax system are announced at fiscal events in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Ealing North answering member printed James Murray question first answered 09/09/2024 14:06:53 answering member 4797 label Biography information for James Murray
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1725623

	registered interest
	date	30/08/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Banking Hubs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to help ensure that high street banks and building societies are incentivised to provide bank hubs.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	2771
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that the UK’s world-leading financial services sector enables all people to have access to affordable products and services. That’s why the Government is working closely with industry to ensure that 350 banking hubs are delivered by the end of this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>Over 60 banking hubs are already open and Cash Access UK, who oversee banking hub rollout, expect 100 hubs to be open by the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency Hampstead and Highgate answering member printed Tulip Siddiq question first answered 09/09/2024 09:53:07 answering member 4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1723280

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will abolish air passenger duty for domestic flights.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	1476
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2024 answer text <p>Air Passenger Duty (APD) applies to airlines and is the principal tax on aviation, since tickets are VAT-free and aviation fuel is untaxed.</p><p> </p><p>In April 2023, reforms to APD took effect, which included halving the rate of duty charged on domestic flights. The domestic rate of APD applies to flights between airports in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, excluding private jets.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor makes decisions on tax policy at fiscal events in the context of public finances.</p> answering member constituency Ealing North answering member printed James Murray question first answered 01/08/2024 16:09:04 answering member 4797 label Biography information for James Murray
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1719090

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Banking Hubs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to provide incentives to high street (a) banks and (b) building societies to provide bank hub services.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	26855
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>Banking Hubs are a voluntary initiative provided by the financial services sector. Upon the closure of a core cash access service, such as a bank branch, or a direct request from a community, LINK assesses the community’s access to cash needs. If additional cash services are needed, industry will provide a shared solution such as a Banking Hub. Hubs offer basic counter services provided by Post Office staff, allowing people and businesses to withdraw and deposit cash, deposit cheques, pay bills and make balance enquiries. They also contain dedicated rooms where customers can see community bankers from their own bank.</p><p> </p><p>UK Finance have recently confirmed 225 Banking Hubs will be announced by the end of 2024, up from the 130 locations currently confirmed. Furthermore, following the Government’s recent discussions with the UK high street banks, participating firms have also committed to improving Hubs by standardising the services available between firms, ensuring that customers will not require their own digital device to bank, trialling a ‘customer liaison service’ and trialling Saturday openings.</p><p> </p><p>The Government legislated as part of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 to establish the FCA as the lead regulator for access to cash, giving it responsibility to seek to ensure reasonable provision of cash withdrawal and deposit facilities. The FCA recently held a consultation on its proposed regulatory regime for access to cash, following the Government’s legislation: <a href="https://www.fca.org.uk/publications/consultation-papers/cp23-29-access-cash" target="_blank">FCA consultation on access to cash</a>. These proposals build on and strengthen the arrangement that has been established by the financial services sector by placing it on a regulatory footing. The FCA expects to publish its final rules by the end of the third quarter of this year.</p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 23/05/2024 15:50:29 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1700064

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Banks: Artificial Intelligence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of artificial intelligence on banking.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	20924
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The adoption and deployment of AI is increasingly prevalent in the financial sector and has the potential to significantly improve productivity, both for individual banks and at an aggregate level. The government is committed to supporting the digital sector and has invested more than £3.5 billion in AI since 2014.</p><p>The government’s response to the AI White Paper consultation sets out how we are encouraging the safe use of AI across the economy by strengthening our global AI leadership (including by hosting the world’s first AI Safety Summit) and supporting the UK’s regulators to deliver on our pro-innovation framework.</p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 22/04/2024 13:13:08 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1698873

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Tourism: VAT
	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 impact of re-introducing tax-free shopping for international visitors on retail businesses.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	20557
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>The government published its next steps on tax-free shopping in the Spring Budget 2024 which is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/spring-budget-2024/spring-budget-2024-html.</p><p> </p><p>The OBR published a review of the original 2020 costing of the withdrawal of tax-free shopping in the Economic and Fiscal Outlook on 6 March, with a follow up supplementary document published on 11 March, which is available here: https://obr.uk/docs/dlm_uploads/VAT-RES-costing-review.pdf.</p><p>The government welcomes further submissions in response to the OBR’s findings.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 17/04/2024 08:53:46 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1698419

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Tax Avoidance: Bankruptcy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of people who will become bankrupt as a result of the (a) loan charge and (b) associated activity.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	20209
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) only ever considers insolvency as a last resort. Anyone who is worried about being able to pay what they owe should contact HMRC, who may be able to agree an instalment arrangement based on the individual’s financial circumstances. There is no maximum length for these arrangements.</p><p> </p><p>Where people are facing insolvency, HMRC is not always the only creditor. Some individuals are declared bankrupt as a result of a non-HMRC debt and some individuals may choose to enter insolvency themselves based on their overall financial position. To date, HMRC has not initiated insolvency proceedings against any taxpayer solely for a Loan Charge debt.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the answer to <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-03-05/17136" target="_blank">PQ 17136</a>, since 2022, HMRC has issued around 2,700 decisions under s.684(7A)(b) of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 to disguised remuneration scheme users.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 20210 question first answered 15/04/2024 08:47:54 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1698420

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Tax Avoidance: Bankruptcy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have been issued section 684 notices by HMRC in relation to disguised remuneration schemes in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	20210
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) only ever considers insolvency as a last resort. Anyone who is worried about being able to pay what they owe should contact HMRC, who may be able to agree an instalment arrangement based on the individual’s financial circumstances. There is no maximum length for these arrangements.</p><p> </p><p>Where people are facing insolvency, HMRC is not always the only creditor. Some individuals are declared bankrupt as a result of a non-HMRC debt and some individuals may choose to enter insolvency themselves based on their overall financial position. To date, HMRC has not initiated insolvency proceedings against any taxpayer solely for a Loan Charge debt.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the answer to <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-03-05/17136" target="_blank">PQ 17136</a>, since 2022, HMRC has issued around 2,700 decisions under s.684(7A)(b) of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 to disguised remuneration scheme users.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 20209 question first answered 15/04/2024 08:47:54 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1697944

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Tourism: VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions has he had with businesses on tax-free shopping for international visitors.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	19823
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>As the UK’s economic and finance ministry, HM Treasury has regular discussions with representatives from a wide range of industries including travel and retail as well as business representative organisations covering many sectors.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 27/03/2024 15:47:43 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1691174

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Bank Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to work with stakeholders to help ensure that people in (a) England and (b) Romford constituency can access physical banking facilities in their local area.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	15238
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government believes that all customers, wherever they live, should have appropriate access to banking and cash services, and is monitoring this issue closely.</p><p>Though the closure of bank or building society branches are commercial decisions, it is imperative that firms recognise the needs of all their customers, including those who need to use in-person services.</p><p>Guidance from the FCA sets out its expectation of firms when they are deciding to reduce their physical branches or the number of free-to-use ATMs. The FCA’s guidance is clear that firms are expected to carefully consider the impact of planned branch closures on their customers’ everyday banking and cash access needs, and put in place alternatives, where this is reasonable.</p><p>UK customers can access banking services through a number of different channels. This includes in branches, Post Offices or Banking Hubs, as well as via telephone banking and through digital means such as mobile or online banking.</p><p>The Post Office allows personal and business customers to carry out everyday banking services at 11,500 Post Office branches across the UK. Banking Hubs are an initiative which enable customers of participating banks to access cash and banking services in shared facilities. Over 100 Banking Hubs have been announced so far, and the Government hopes to see these Hubs open as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 28/02/2024 11:26:11 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell