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1717502

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Motor Vehicles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of (a) cars and (b) other vehicles used by his Department were made in Britain.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	25743
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>HMT does not hold this information as it contracts the use of cars and vehicles from the Government Car Service operated by the Department of Transport.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 20/05/2024 15:35:19 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1717504

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Pensioners: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of those receiving State Pension paid tax in the (a) 2021-22, (b) 2022-23, and (c) 2023-24 financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	25886
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>This information is published in <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/number-of-individual-income-taxpayers-by-marginal-rate-gender-and-age" target="_blank">Table 2.1 Number of individual Income Tax payers</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 20/05/2024 09:59:11 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1717529

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Holiday Accommodation: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 22 April 2024 to Question 21018 on Holiday Accommodation: Taxation, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the abolition of the furnished holiday lettings tax regime on business resilience and diversification of farms.
	tabling member constituency	Suffolk Coastal
	tabling member printed	Dr Thérèse Coffey
	uin	25839
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government recognises the important role that Furnished Holiday Lets (FHLs), including those located on farms, have in the visitor economy. This measure does not penalise or prohibit the provision of FHLs and brings their tax treatment in line with other rentals.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will publish draft legislation, explanatory notes, and a tax information and impacts note in due course. These will set out how the announced changes will apply in practice.</p><p> </p><p>As with all aspects of the tax system, the Government keeps the taxation of property under review and any decision on future changes will be taken by the Chancellor in the context of the wider public finances.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 20/05/2024 10:03:00 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey

1717586

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Darlington
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of people employed at his Department's office in Darlington have previously held posts in Whitehall.
	tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
	tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
	uin	25849
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>HM Treasury continues to drive forward the government’s levelling up agenda by establishing roles in the Darlington Economic Campus and the 2022-23 Annual Reports and Accounts celebrates our achievement in building sustainable careers outside of London.</p><p> </p><p>The department is unable to answer this question in full due to the use of the term ‘Whitehall’. It is unclear whether this means those based in Whitehall or a term used to describe all Civil Service departments.</p><p> </p><p>However, information on HM Treasury colleagues based in Darlington is available in the Annual Report and Accounts, here: <a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-treasury-annual-report-and-accounts-2022-to-2023" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-treasury-annual-report-and-accounts-2022-to-2023" target="_blank">HM Treasury annual report and accounts 2022 to 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 20/05/2024 14:46:03 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
	tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

1717587

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Darlington
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of people employed by the civil service in Darlington have previously held posts in Whitehall.
	tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
	tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
	uin	25850
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 20/05/2024 14:43:35 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
	tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

1717588

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Stamp Duty Land Tax: Private Rented Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the abolition of multiple dwellings relief within stamp duty land tax on new housing supply in the private rented sector.
	tabling member constituency	Northampton South
	tabling member printed	Andrew Lewer
	uin	25922
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>The abolition of Multiple Dwellings Relief follows an external evaluation which found no strong evidence that the relief is meeting its original objectives of supporting investment in residential property in the private rented sector. The evaluation can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/stamp-duty-land-tax-relief-for-multiple-dwellings-evaluation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/stamp-duty-land-tax-relief-for-multiple-dwellings-evaluation</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 20/05/2024 10:01:12 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4659 label Biography information for Andrew Lewer

1717664

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Economic Growth: North West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Office for National Statistics' report entitled GDP first quarterly estimate, UK: January to March 2024, published on 10 May 2024, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the growth figures in that report on towns and cities in the North West.
	tabling member constituency	Southport
	tabling member printed	Damien Moore
	uin	25942
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>The economy has performed better than expected in the face of unprecedented shocks, and the plan is working. The economy grew by 0.6% in the first quarter of 2024, the fastest quarterly growth rate in over two years, and growth is forecast to pick up both this year and next.</p><p> </p><p>Subnational GDP figures over the same period are not yet available therefore no assessment has been made of the latest UK GDP growth figure on towns and cities in the North West.</p><p> </p><p>The North West continues to benefit from over £15bn of local growth funding announced since 2019, including over £52m going to the Liverpool City Region through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 20/05/2024 15:36:56 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
	tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1717684

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	VAT Exemptions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses are VAT exempt in each region of the UK.
	tabling member constituency	West Dorset
	tabling member printed	Chris Loder
	uin	25981
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>The most recent year for which we hold complete tax records is for businesses with a basis period ending in 2021-22. For this year across the whole of the UK, there were a total of 9,170,000 businesses that declared turnover below the VAT threshold. Of these, 210,000 also had profits above £45,000.</p><p> </p><p>Please note that this is the total number of businesses with turnover below the VAT threshold. Of these some may have registered for VAT voluntarily, and others may be exempt from VAT for other reasons.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC does not hold readily available data on the regional breakdown of the total number of businesses across the UK which can be used for analysing VAT. This is because some businesses can have both single and multiple sites, and therefore such breakdowns would be of limited value.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 25982 25983 question first answered 20/05/2024 15:33:22 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4751 label Biography information for Chris Loder

1717685

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses do not meet the VAT threshold in (a) the UK and (b) in each region of the UK.
	tabling member constituency	West Dorset
	tabling member printed	Chris Loder
	uin	25982
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>The most recent year for which we hold complete tax records is for businesses with a basis period ending in 2021-22. For this year across the whole of the UK, there were a total of 9,170,000 businesses that declared turnover below the VAT threshold. Of these, 210,000 also had profits above £45,000.</p><p> </p><p>Please note that this is the total number of businesses with turnover below the VAT threshold. Of these some may have registered for VAT voluntarily, and others may be exempt from VAT for other reasons.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC does not hold readily available data on the regional breakdown of the total number of businesses across the UK which can be used for analysing VAT. This is because some businesses can have both single and multiple sites, and therefore such breakdowns would be of limited value.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 25981 25983 question first answered 20/05/2024 15:33:22 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4751 label Biography information for Chris Loder

1717686

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses (a) do not meet the VAT threshold and (b) have profits over £45,000 in (i) the UK and (ii) in each region of the UK.
	tabling member constituency	West Dorset
	tabling member printed	Chris Loder
	uin	25983
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>The most recent year for which we hold complete tax records is for businesses with a basis period ending in 2021-22. For this year across the whole of the UK, there were a total of 9,170,000 businesses that declared turnover below the VAT threshold. Of these, 210,000 also had profits above £45,000.</p><p> </p><p>Please note that this is the total number of businesses with turnover below the VAT threshold. Of these some may have registered for VAT voluntarily, and others may be exempt from VAT for other reasons.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC does not hold readily available data on the regional breakdown of the total number of businesses across the UK which can be used for analysing VAT. This is because some businesses can have both single and multiple sites, and therefore such breakdowns would be of limited value.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 25981 25982 question first answered 20/05/2024 15:33:22 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4751 label Biography information for Chris Loder