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	registered interest
	date	16/01/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	VAT: Electronic Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2019 to Question 207321, for what reasons that answer did not provide an estimate of what proportion of eligible businesses the 4000 companies now in scope for making tax digital represents.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	209400
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>Further to my response on 15 January 2019 to PQ 207321, daily take-up during this pilot stage has now increased to over 200 businesses a day, and total take-up has increased to over 6,000.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in my previous response, a key objective of this pilot stage is to ensure that full testing is undertaken with the full range of mandated business types, so that improvements to the service and customer support model can be made where necessary. The technical aspects of the service have been rigorously tested to date with a cross-section of business types, including specific trades, representative of the wider business population. While we expect take-up to increase further in the run-up to the mandation date, it would be misleading for the reasons set out in my previous response for that to be the sole focus. At this stage, in line with expectations and plans, take-up is a small but growing proportion of the overall mandated population of 1.1 million.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC is continuing to issue letters to all businesses in scope inviting them to join early, alongside a range of other communications activity, which is increasing participation in the pilot. HMRC’s assessment is that progress with take-up across the range of business types and other delivery activity is on track to be ready to mandate the service for VAT periods which start on or after 1 April 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has continued to engage with stakeholders and listen to their concerns about business readiness. In October I announced a 6 month delay for those customers with the most complex requirements, to ensure there is sufficient time for testing the service with them in the pilot before they are mandated to join from 1 October 2019.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 21/01/2019 15:15:23 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1042398

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Loan Guarantee Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that loans provided (a) under English law and (b) by UK-based companies to (i) governments and (ii) with government guarantees are publicly disclosed when they are given.
	tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
	tabling member printed	John McDonnell
	uin	209300
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>UK-based lenders are subject to prudential disclosure requirements under UK prudential and accounting law. This includes loans made to foreign governments. Compliance with these requirements are independently assessed by the relevant UK regulator during their supervisory activities.</p><p> </p><p>Given the complex international nature of sovereign debt, we continue to believe that internationally-agreed approaches are the most effective way to promote sovereign debt transparency. The UK supports the IMF and World Bank’s efforts to improve capacity and capabilities of sovereign borrowers.</p><p> </p><p>The UK recognizes that creditors also have an important role to play in securing debt transparency and sustainability. The UK is working through the G20 to monitor an industry-led initiative by the Institute of International Finance (IIF) to improve the transparency of lending of private creditors.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 21/01/2019 15:46:15 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1042400

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Brexit: Northern Ireland
	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 effect on (a) GDP and (b) wages in Northern Ireland of the backstop provisions contained in the Government's proposed EU Withdrawal Agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
	tabling member printed	John McDonnell
	uin	209302
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>As set out in the Chancellor’s letter to the Treasury Select Committee on the 3rd January, there is not yet sufficient specificity on detailed arrangements of the backstop for modelling purposes, and therefore an estimate of the effect on a) GDP and b) wages for Northern Ireland has not been made.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 21/01/2019 14:58:55 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1041739

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Credit: Interest Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to protect consumers from high risk pay-day loans.
	tabling member constituency	Blackburn
	tabling member printed	Kate Hollern
	uin	208936
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>On 1 April 2014, regulation of the consumer credit market, including payday lenders, was transferred to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The government has given the FCA strong powers to protect consumers and to take action against firms and individuals that do not meet its standards. In 2017, the FCA issued total fines of £229 million.</p><p> </p><p>The government legislated to require the FCA to introduce a cap on the cost of payday loans, which came into force on 2 January 2015. The FCA published a feedback statement in July 2017, showing that the price cap has been effective, leading to savings of approximately £150 million for 760,000 individuals using payday loans each year.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 21/01/2019 13:50:10 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4363 label Biography information for Kate Hollern