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1127954

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to review the system of business rates.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	257140
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government concluded the last fundamental review of business rates in 2016. Respondents to the review agreed that property based taxes are easy to collect, difficult to avoid, relatively stable compared to other taxes, and that they have a clear link with local authority spending.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has taken repeated action to reduce the burden of business rates for all ratepayers. Reforms and reliefs announced since Budget 2016 will reduce rates by more than £13 billion over the next five years. This includes switching from RPI to CPI indexation, increasing the frequency of revaluations, increasing the threshold for the standard multiplier to £51,000, and doubling the threshold for Small Business Rate Relief from April 2017, which means 655,000 of the smallest businesses now pay no business rates at all.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 04/06/2019 10:06:54 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1186110

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will cease charging (a) distilleries and (b) breweries duty on the alcohol that they produce in the event that they switch production and utilise that alcohol to make sanitiser.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	31550
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2020 answer text <p>Alcohol produced for an approved medical, scientific or industrial purpose is already exempt from duty. Organisations wishing to produce alcohol for such a purpose will need to seek prior approval from HMRC.</p><p> </p><p>In light of the current situation, HMRC are fast-tracking applications and temporarily relaxing controls. Licensed distillers and gin producers operating in excise warehouses may now use their stocks to produce hand sanitiser without HMRC approval, provided it is made to WHO standards or the alcohol used is denatured to prescribed formulations.</p><p> </p><p>Further information can be found on GOV.UK:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/producing-hand-sanitiser-and-gel-for-coronavirus-covid-19" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/producing-hand-sanitiser-and-gel-for-coronavirus-covid-19</a></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 27/03/2020 11:11:58 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1186643

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Business: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to support businesses that may be unable to afford rental payments on properties as a result of loss of income during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	32276
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government has already moved to support residential renters by ensuring landlords are unable to start eviction proceedings for at least a three-month period; this now applies to businesses renting commercial properties.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also providing £20 billion of business rates support and grant funding to help the most affected firms manage their cashflow through this period, including: giving retail, hospitality and leisure businesses in England a 100% business rates holiday for the next 12 months; providing grants of £10,000 to small businesses eligible for Small Business Rate Relief, and; providing further £25,000 grants to retail, hospitality and leisure businesses operating from premises with a rateable value over £15,000 and below £51,000.</p><p> </p><p>SMEs will also be able to access the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme offering loans of up to £5 million through the British Business Bank, backed by an 80% government guarantee.</p><p> </p><p>For larger firms, there is a new lending facility from the Bank of England to help support liquidity, helping them bridge coronavirus disruption to their cash flows through loans.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, the HMRC Time To Pay Scheme is in place for all businesses and self-employed people in financial distress to provide support with their tax affairs.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 26/03/2020 09:14:47 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1187718

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what processes are in place to prevent abuse of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme; and how people can report cases of abuse of that scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	35034
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2020 answer text <p>In line with the other payment-out regimes they administer, HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) will undertake pre-payment authentication and risking to identify and block fraudulent claims.</p><p>HMRC will also carry out proportionate risk-based, post-payment compliance checks to test the veracity of claims made using the normal compliance tools available to them.</p><p> </p><p>Fraudulent abuse of the scheme can be reported through HMRC’s online tax evasion reporting form, details of which can be found on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 27/04/2020 07:37:50 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1217723

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2020
	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, what plans the Government has to support self-employed people who do not qualify for the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme or universal credit and who require financial support as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	64291
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the written answer to Parliamentary Question 58596 given on 16 June 2020: <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2020-06-11/58596/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2020-06-11/58596/</a></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 29/06/2020 15:17:01 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1233499

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Food: Wholesale Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason business rate relief has not been made available to food and wholesale businesses during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	88384
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government has provided enhanced support to the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors through business rates relief given the direct and acute impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on those sectors.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has published guidance for local authorities on eligible properties. As set out in the guidance, support is targeted at premises that are wholly or mainly being used as shops, restaurants, cafes, drinking establishments, cinemas and live music venues; for assembly and leisure; or as hotels, guest and boarding premises, and self-catering accommodation. It is for local authorities to determine eligibility for reliefs, having regard to guidance issued by the Government.</p><p> </p><p>A range of further measures to support all businesses, including those not eligible for the business rates holiday such as wholesalers, has also been made available.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 15/09/2020 13:09:47 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1240463

	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	Business: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to Question 97003 on Business: Coronavirus, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the extended VAT reduction on businesses which are legally prevented from re-opening during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	99083
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>To support the cash flow and viability of over 150,000 businesses and to protect 2.4 million jobs, the Government has applied a temporary reduced rate of VAT (5 per cent) to goods and services supplied by the tourism and hospitality sectors. This relief came into effect on 15 July 2020 and will end on 31 March 2021. This relief is estimated to be worth over £3 billion to the tourism and hospitality sectors.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 99086 question first answered 13/10/2020 15:29:54 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1240487

	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	Business: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to Question 97003 on Business: Coronavirus, what estimate he has made of the additional money businesses which are legally prevented from trading as a result of covid-19 legislation will receive from the extension to VAT reduction.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	99086
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>To support the cash flow and viability of over 150,000 businesses and to protect 2.4 million jobs, the Government has applied a temporary reduced rate of VAT (5 per cent) to goods and services supplied by the tourism and hospitality sectors. This relief came into effect on 15 July 2020 and will end on 31 March 2021. This relief is estimated to be worth over £3 billion to the tourism and hospitality sectors.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 99083 question first answered 13/10/2020 15:29:54 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1244612

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Business: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2020 to Question 99086 on Business: Coronavirus, what assessment he has made of the effect of the VAT reduction policy on businesses that are prevented from trading as a result of covid-19 restrictions.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	105516
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2020 answer text <p>In order to support the cash flow and viability of over 150,000 businesses and to protect 2.4 million jobs, the Government has applied a temporary reduced rate of VAT (5 per cent) to goods and services supplied by the tourism and hospitality sectors. This relief is estimated to be worth over £3 billion to the tourism and hospitality sectors.</p><p> </p><p>In light of the COVID-19 outbreak, the Chancellor has announced a range of measures to help individuals and businesses through the crisis, including grants, loans and relief from business rates. For those businesses which are legally forced to close, such as in Tier 3, the Chancellor recently expanded the Job Support Scheme to support businesses.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 27/10/2020 12:17:04 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1253928

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Wholesale Trade: Coronavirus
	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 Federation of Wholesale Distributors on wholesaler’s eligibility for Business Rates Relief.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	118092
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government has been in contact with the Federation of Wholesale Distributors. The Government has provided Local Authorities with £1.1 billion across England via the Additional Restrictions Grant, for businesses which are not legally closed, but which are nonetheless severely affected by local or national restrictions.</p><p> </p><p>Local Authorities have discretion on how to use this funding to support businesses in their areas, but the Government encourages them to set up discretionary grant schemes to support businesses such as wholesalers which can remain open, but which are nonetheless severely affected by the enhanced COVID-19 restrictions.</p><p>There are currently no plans to change the scope of existing business rates relief. HM Treasury is conducting a fundamental review of the business rates system and will consider any future reliefs through that process.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 118093 question first answered 24/11/2020 10:47:17 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi