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1354361

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Trader Support Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, (a) how many businesses have signed up to the Trader Support Service and (b) and what the cost to the public purse has been of operating that service since that service was launched.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
	uin	45951
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2021 answer text <p>The Trader Support Service (TSS) currently has 41,446 Traders registered to use the service. The total spend on the Trader Support Service, since the service was launched to August 2021, is £164 million (including VAT).</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/09/2021 13:59:27 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1352934

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Travel
	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 travel and aviation industry to explore the potential merits of extending the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme for those sectors.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
	uin	43703
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2021 answer text <p>The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme was designed as a temporary, economy-wide measure to support businesses while widespread restrictions were in place. Closing the scheme at the end of September is designed to strike  the right balance between supporting the economy as it opens up, continuing to provide support and protect incomes, and ensuring that incentives are in place to get people back to work as demand returns.  This approach has worked; the OBR have estimated that without the short-term fiscal easing announced in the Budget, and in particular the CJRS extension, unemployment would have been about 300,000 higher in the fourth quarter of this year than the 2.2 million in the central forecast.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises the particular challenges that the travel industry has faced as a result of COVID-19. In England travel agents have recently benefited from Restart Grants worth up to £6,000, and can continue to benefit from the £2 billion of discretionary grant funding that has been made available to local authorities in England through the Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG). Furthermore, the aviation and aerospace sectors are being supported with over £12 billion that has been made available through loan guarantees, support for exporters, the Bank of England’s Covid Corporate Financing Facility (CCFF) and grants for research and development. In addition, airports continue to benefit from the renewed Airport and Ground Operations Support Scheme announced at Budget.</p><p> </p><p>The Global Travel Taskforce (GTT) report sets out a clear framework for the Government’s objective of establishing a safe and sustainable return to international travel, which is key to enabling the sector’s recovery. It has been created following extensive engagement with the international travel and tourism industries, and changes following the recent checkpoint review of the GTT are a vital step in enabling the recovery of travel operators and those whose jobs rely on the travel industry.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has shown throughout the pandemic that it is prepared to adapt support if the path of the virus changes. It continues to engage closely with sectors across the economy, including the travel industry, in order to understand their recovery horizons as the vaccine is rolled out and restrictions ease.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 43704 question first answered 14/09/2021 15:05:02 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1352935

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Travel
	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 effect of the end of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme on employment levels in the travel and aviation sectors.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
	uin	43704
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2021 answer text <p>The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme was designed as a temporary, economy-wide measure to support businesses while widespread restrictions were in place. Closing the scheme at the end of September is designed to strike  the right balance between supporting the economy as it opens up, continuing to provide support and protect incomes, and ensuring that incentives are in place to get people back to work as demand returns.  This approach has worked; the OBR have estimated that without the short-term fiscal easing announced in the Budget, and in particular the CJRS extension, unemployment would have been about 300,000 higher in the fourth quarter of this year than the 2.2 million in the central forecast.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises the particular challenges that the travel industry has faced as a result of COVID-19. In England travel agents have recently benefited from Restart Grants worth up to £6,000, and can continue to benefit from the £2 billion of discretionary grant funding that has been made available to local authorities in England through the Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG). Furthermore, the aviation and aerospace sectors are being supported with over £12 billion that has been made available through loan guarantees, support for exporters, the Bank of England’s Covid Corporate Financing Facility (CCFF) and grants for research and development. In addition, airports continue to benefit from the renewed Airport and Ground Operations Support Scheme announced at Budget.</p><p> </p><p>The Global Travel Taskforce (GTT) report sets out a clear framework for the Government’s objective of establishing a safe and sustainable return to international travel, which is key to enabling the sector’s recovery. It has been created following extensive engagement with the international travel and tourism industries, and changes following the recent checkpoint review of the GTT are a vital step in enabling the recovery of travel operators and those whose jobs rely on the travel industry.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has shown throughout the pandemic that it is prepared to adapt support if the path of the virus changes. It continues to engage closely with sectors across the economy, including the travel industry, in order to understand their recovery horizons as the vaccine is rolled out and restrictions ease.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 43703 question first answered 14/09/2021 15:05:02 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1352940

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Uniforms: VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has been made of the potential merits of the removal of VAT on school uniforms to assist disadvantaged families.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
	uin	43705
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2021 answer text <p>Under the current VAT rules, all children’s clothing and footwear designed for young people less than 14 years of age, including school uniforms, attract a zero-rate of VAT, meaning that no VAT is charged on the sale of these items.</p><p> </p><p>Extending these reliefs would impose additional pressure on the public finances, to which VAT makes a significant contribution. VAT raised around £130 billion in 2019/20, and helps to fund key spending priorities. Any reduction in tax paid is a reduction in the money available to support important public services, including the NHS and policing.</p><p> </p><p>There are no current plans to change the VAT treatment of children’s clothing and school uniforms. However, the Government keeps all taxes under review.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/09/2021 15:06:58 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1352956

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Uniforms: VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue was raised as a result of VAT on school uniforms in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
	uin	43706
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2021 answer text HMRC do not hold information on VAT revenue from specific products or services because businesses are not required to provide figures at a product level on their VAT returns, as this would impose an excessive administrative burden. answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/09/2021 15:10:31 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1314607

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Trader Support Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many companies have signed up to the Trader Support Service in each of the last twelve months.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
	uin	1225
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2021 answer text <p>The Trader Support Service has been open to registrations since November 2020. Since then over 38,400 businesses have registered in total.</p><p> </p><p>The registrations by month are as follows:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>November 2020 – 16,809</p><p>December 2020 – 8,180</p><p>January 2021 – 7,011</p><p>February 2021 – 2,789</p><p>March 2021 – 2,094</p><p>April 2021 – 1,063</p><p>May 2021 – 503 (to date)</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/05/2021 11:40:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1305021

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Self-employment Income Support Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date the fourth self-employed income support grant is planned to open for applications.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
	uin	174338
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2021 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answer given on 23 March 2021 to UIN 171650.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 29/03/2021 12:45:20 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1272997

	registered interest
	date	30/12/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Self-employment Income Support Scheme: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Northern Ireland accessed support through the Self Employment Income Support Scheme in 2020; and what the total amount of that support was.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
	uin	133297
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2021 answer text <p>By 31 July 2020, 78,000 individuals from Northern Ireland had claimed the first SEISS grant and the total claim amount was £223,000,000.</p><p> </p><p>By 31 October 2020, 70,000 individuals from Northern Ireland had claimed the second SEISS grant and the total claim amount was £175,000,000.</p><p> </p><p>By 31 October 2020, 81,000 individuals from Northern Ireland had claimed either the first or second SEISS grant or both and the total claim amount was £398,000,000.</p><p> </p><p>These figures were taken from the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme statistics published on 21 August and 25 November respectively.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 15/01/2021 11:56:44 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1260294

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much and what proportion of funds paid through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme have been voluntarily paid back to his Department by companies that were entitled to the payment; how many companies in Northern Ireland have made such payments; and what the amount was of each such payment.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
	uin	128328
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2020 answer text <p>As of 3 November 2020, Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) grants to the value of £382 million have been recorded as returned. This figure consists of £198 million in payments being repaid and £184 million in adjustments to existing claims.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC do not hold information by the geographic breakdown requested.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 15/12/2020 10:58:07 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1257205

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Hospitality Industry: 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 effect of the reduction in VAT for the hospitality industry to 5 per cent on the viability of that sector.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
	uin	123734
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2020 answer text <p>The temporary reduced rate of VAT (five per cent) was introduced in order to support the cash flow and viability of over 150,000 businesses and protect 2.4 million jobs in the hospitality and tourism sectors. This relief comes at an estimated cost of £2.54 billion and is therefore expected to have benefited the sector by reducing its VAT liabilities by this amount.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/12/2020 11:23:41 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart