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1535449

registered interest
date	24/10/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps his Department is taking to support small and medium size enterprises.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
uin	69616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2022 answer text <p>Over the past two years, the Government has taken unprecedented action to protect millions of businesses, including the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and Government-guaranteed loans.</p><p> </p><p>We have brought forward a number of measures to support businesses this year, including extending the Recovery Loan Scheme until June 2024; freezing the business rates multiplier for 2022-23; cutting business rates by 50% for eligible retail, hospitality and leisure businesses in 2022-23 up to a cash cap of £110,000 per business; and permanently setting the Annual Investment Allowance at its highest ever level of £1 million from 1 April 2023, instead of reverting to £200,000 as previously planned.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also increased the Employment Allowance from £4,000 to £5,000, which cuts the cost of employment for 495,000 small businesses.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the Government is helping all eligible UK businesses, including small and medium sized businesses, with their energy bills through the Energy Bill Relief Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>This builds on existing business support, including the Business Support Helpline which provides businesses with tools, resources and signposting to specialist organisations.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 01/11/2022 15:55:02 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

1462797

registered interest
date	13/05/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Married People: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the number of married couples eligible to receive the Marriage Allowance.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
uin	1504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available to HMRC and could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC estimated around 4.2 million non-taxpayer/basic-rate taxpayer married couples, and civil partnerships, are eligible to receive the Marriage Allowance.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 1505 question first answered 20/05/2022 12:28:05 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

1462798

registered interest
date	13/05/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Married People: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many couples claiming the Marriage Allowance are claiming retrospectively for (a) two years (b) three years and (c) four years.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
uin	1505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available to HMRC and could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC estimated around 4.2 million non-taxpayer/basic-rate taxpayer married couples, and civil partnerships, are eligible to receive the Marriage Allowance.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 1504 question first answered 20/05/2022 12:28:05 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

1148378

registered interest
date	04/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Inflation and Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment he has made of rates of wage growth and inflation.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
uin	294713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The fundamentals of the British economy are strong – wages are growing at the fastest rate in over a decade, employment is at a joint record high and the unemployment rate is at its lowest in over 40 years. Inflation has been at or around target since the start of 2019, and as a result wages have now outpaced inflation on a CPI basis for over a year.</p><p>On 1 April 2019, we increased the National Living Wage by 4.9% to £8.21 - an above inflation increase which meant that a full-time worker on the National Living Wage would be earning £690 more over the coming year. Supported by the National Living Wage, the lowest earners have seen their wages grow by 8% above inflation between April 2015 and April 2018.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 08/10/2019 12:08:40 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

1148149

registered interest
date	03/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Fuels: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the total revenue the public purse has forgone due to the freeze in fuel duty since 2011.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
uin	294158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>Based on the Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) published policy costings, we estimate the cumulative loss to the Exchequer from the successive fuel duty freezes from financial year 2011-12 to the current financial year 2018-19 to be around £46.2bn to the benefit of the UK taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>The annual impacts on the Exchequer are reported in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Exchequer impact (£m)</p></td><td><p>-2,275</p></td><td><p>-3,465</p></td><td><p>-4,645</p></td><td><p>-5,800</p></td><td><p>-6,375</p></td><td><p>-6,815</p></td><td><p>-7,875</p></td><td><p>-8,070</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The OBR’s policy costings are available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://obr.uk/download/policy-measures-database/" target="_blank">https://obr.uk/download/policy-measures-database/</a></p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 08/10/2019 07:52:31 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

1148150

registered interest
date	03/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Productivity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of productivity growth can be attributed to financial technology in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
uin	294159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The government has not made an assessment of the proportion of productivity growth in the last five years that is attributable to financial technology.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Government has taken significant steps to increase competition in financial services, including creating an environment in which Fintech firms can grow and compete with incumbents. The Competition and Market Authority has led the Open Banking initiative, bringing more competition and innovation to financial services. The FCA has also established the Innovation Hub and Regulatory Sandbox to support Fintech, both of which are held up as global examples of best practice. Further information on the Government’s efforts to promote Fintech can be found in the Fintech Sector Strategy, published in March 2018.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 08/10/2019 07:55:59 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

1148155

registered interest
date	03/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Motor Insurance: Fees and Charges
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 Financial Conduct Authority on the cost to consumers of private motor insurance auto-renewals.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
uin	294164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The FCA has published this month its interim report into General Insurance Pricing Practices. Consumers should always be able to get a fair deal and it is vital that the FCA comes to a solution that will achieve this important outcome as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p><p>It is for regulators to determine the powers they use to address problems in the markets they regulate. If needed, the Government has committed to legislate to give regulators new powers to stop loyal customers being taken advantage of.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 07/10/2019 13:50:32 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

1148024

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Banks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many retail bank branches there are per head of population.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
uin	293551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>HM Treasury does not hold this information. However, the House of Commons Library published a report on ‘Bank branch and ATM statistics’ on 17 May 2019 which includes helpful information on this topic, based on ONS data.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 07/10/2019 14:03:01 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

1145033

registered interest
date	05/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will allocate a fixed proportion of road tax receipts for the repair of roads.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
uin	287534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The government is delivering its commitment to hypothecate English Vehicle Excise Duty to roads spending, and has announced that the National Roads Fund will be £28.8 billion between 2020-25. From this, we expect £25.3 billion to be spent on the Road Investment Strategy 2, which will repair, renew and enhance the Strategic Road Network. The remaining £3.5 billion will be spent on local roads, with major structural renewals eligible for funding.</p><p> </p><p>On top of this, we have allocated £6.6 billion between 2015 and 2021 to local highway authorities in England, outside London, for highways maintenance.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 09/09/2019 15:26:05 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

1145034

registered interest
date	05/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will allocate a fixed proportion of fuel duty receipts for the repair of roads.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
uin	287535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Fuel Duty receipts are collected for the consolidated fund. However, all English Vehicle Excise Duty revenues will be set aside for the £28.8bn National Roads Fund from 2020 to provide long term certainty for roads investment.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 09/09/2019 15:23:59 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord