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1491526

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Mileage Allowances
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to review the Approved Mileage Allowance Payments rate.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	42161
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government sets the Approved Mileage Allowance Payment (AMAP) rates to minimise administrative burdens.</p><p> </p><p>The current AMAP rates allow employees to claim up to 45 pence per mile for the first 10,000 miles and 25 pence for each subsequent mile, tax free if they use their private car or van for business purposes. An additional 5 pence per mile may also be claimed for every passenger transported.</p><p> </p><p>AMAPs are intended to create administrative simplicity and certainty by using an average rate, which reflects vehicle running costs including fuel, depreciation, servicing, insurance, and Vehicle Excise Duty. As it is an average, the rate is necessarily more appropriate for some drivers than others.</p><p> </p><p>Employers are not required to use the AMAP rates. Instead, they can agree to reimburse a different amount that better reflects their employees’ circumstances. If an employee is paid less than the AMAP rate, they can claim Mileage Allowance Relief (MAR) on the shortfall. However, where payments exceed the relevant AMAP rate, there will be an Income Tax and National Insurance charge on the difference.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps the AMAP rates, like all taxes and allowances, under review and any changes are considered by the Chancellor.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak grouped question UIN 42162 question first answered 05/09/2022 11:55:50 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1491528

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Mileage Allowances
	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 impact of recent increases in fuel prices on the efficacy of the Approved Mileage Allowance Payments rate.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	42162
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government sets the Approved Mileage Allowance Payment (AMAP) rates to minimise administrative burdens.</p><p> </p><p>The current AMAP rates allow employees to claim up to 45 pence per mile for the first 10,000 miles and 25 pence for each subsequent mile, tax free if they use their private car or van for business purposes. An additional 5 pence per mile may also be claimed for every passenger transported.</p><p> </p><p>AMAPs are intended to create administrative simplicity and certainty by using an average rate, which reflects vehicle running costs including fuel, depreciation, servicing, insurance, and Vehicle Excise Duty. As it is an average, the rate is necessarily more appropriate for some drivers than others.</p><p> </p><p>Employers are not required to use the AMAP rates. Instead, they can agree to reimburse a different amount that better reflects their employees’ circumstances. If an employee is paid less than the AMAP rate, they can claim Mileage Allowance Relief (MAR) on the shortfall. However, where payments exceed the relevant AMAP rate, there will be an Income Tax and National Insurance charge on the difference.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps the AMAP rates, like all taxes and allowances, under review and any changes are considered by the Chancellor.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak grouped question UIN 42161 question first answered 05/09/2022 11:55:50 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1490539

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Mileage Allowances
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the fuel mileage allowance rates.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	39773
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government sets the Approved Mileage Allowance Payment (AMAP) rates to minimise administrative burdens.</p><p>The current AMAP rates allow employees to claim up to 45 pence per mile for the first 10,000 miles and 25 pence for each subsequent mile, tax free if they use their private car or van for business purposes. An additional 5 pence per mile may also be claimed for every passenger transported.</p><p>AMAPs are intended to create administrative simplicity and certainty by using an average rate, which reflects vehicle running costs including fuel, depreciation, servicing, insurance, and Vehicle Excise Duty. As it is an average, the rate is necessarily more appropriate for some drivers than others.</p><p>Employers are not required to use the AMAP rates. Instead, they can agree to reimburse a different amount that better reflects their employees’ circumstances. If an employee is paid less than the AMAP rate, they can claim Mileage Allowance Relief (MAR) on the shortfall. However, where payments exceed the relevant AMAP rate, there will be an Income Tax and National Insurance charge on the difference.</p><p>The Government keeps the AMAP rates, like all taxes and allowances, under review and any changes are considered by the Chancellor.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 05/09/2022 11:53:40 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1491670

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Uber
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings (a) he and (b) the former Chancellor have had with representatives from Uber since 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford South
	tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
	uin	42277
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery.</p><p> </p><p>Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel</a></p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak grouped question UIN 42276 question first answered 05/09/2022 07:28:51 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1491669

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Uber
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department have held with representatives of Uber since 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford South
	tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
	uin	42276
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery.</p><p> </p><p>Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel</a></p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak grouped question UIN 42277 question first answered 05/09/2022 07:28:51 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1491690

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the impact of levels of nursery care costs on economic productivity and output.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	42181
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>The government recognises the importance of families being able to access affordable childcare, including nursery care, in allowing parents to work.</p><p> </p><p>The government offers a range of support for parents to help with childcare costs, including access to early education through the Department for Education’s free hours entitlements, and financial support with childcare through Tax-Free Childcare (TFC) and Universal Credit (UC) childcare offers.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this support, the government remains committed to driving down childcare costs for providers and parents. In July, it announced a series of measures to achieve this including consulting on increasing the number of children that can be looked after by each staff member in early years settings; taking action to grow the childminder market; reforming the way early years funding is distributed in England; and driving a renewed campaign to increase take-up of UC Childcare and TFC.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 05/09/2022 07:27:52 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1491465

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Agency Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on (a) agency workers and (b) agency retainer fees in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	41943
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>A - Agency workers:</p><p> </p><p>Agency workers (more commonly referred to as “Contingent Labour” or “Temporary Workers”) are subject to a Cabinet Office controls framework to ensure robust governance of spending in this area. This framework can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/contingent-labour-spend-control" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/contingent-labour-spend-control</a></p><p> </p><p>Commentary on Contingent Labour usage, if applicable, is available in departmental annual reports: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/annual-reports-and-accounts-for-central-government-departments" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/annual-reports-and-accounts-for-central-government-departments</a></p><p> </p><p>The Crown Commercial Service provides two frameworks specifically for the supply of Contingent Labour which are used by central government departments. These are:</p><p> </p><p>RM3749 - Public Sector Resourcing <a href="https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/rm3749" target="_blank">https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/rm3749</a>, which provides a managed service for departmental use including low supplier margins, regular pay rate benchmarking, comprehensive tracking and reporting of contingent labour assignments, full time sheeting and approvals technology and onboarding, contracting and payroll services.</p><p> </p><p>RM6160 - Non Clinical Temporary and Fixed Term Staff <a href="https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/RM6160" target="_blank">https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/RM6160</a>, which provides access to a range of generalist, specialist and niche contingent labour agencies offering a wide range of suppliers, maximum margins, free transfer to permanent after 12 weeks and onboarding, contracting and payroll services.</p><p> </p><p>Use of these frameworks provides robust governance, visibility, value for money and flexibility in meeting departmental contingent labour needs.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury has spent the following on agency workers:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Value (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>783,224</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>1,029,471</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022 (up to June)</p></td><td><p>289,177</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>B - Agency retainer fees:</p><p> </p><p>We have interpreted your reference to agency retainer fees as the fees charged at the commencement of the provision of a search recruitment service, this is only applicable when recruiting for a permanent or fixed term post.</p><p> </p><p>Agency retainer fees are not applicable to the contingent labour market.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury has spent the following on agency retainer fees:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Value (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>6,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>117,038</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>165,851</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The vast majority of HM Treasury’s agency retainer fees relate to the setup of the UK Infrastructure Bank.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 05/09/2022 07:24:53 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1491067

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Construction and Horticulture: Red Diesel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 July 2022 to Question 35899 on Fuels: Prices, in the context of significant increases in the cost of white diesel since the conclusion of the consultation on reforms to the tax treatment of red diesel and other rebated fuels, if he will reassess the impact of the removal of the red diesel fuel entitlement on the (a) construction and (b) horticultural industries, including landscape gardeners.
	tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
	tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
	uin	40751
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>In 2020, the Government ran a public consultation to make sure it had not overlooked any exceptional reasons why sectors currently using red diesel should be allowed to continue to do so beyond April 2022, and to seek views on its proposals for implementing the changes.</p><p>Following the consultation, the Government decided that rebated fuel in certain vehicles and machines could continue to be used for purposes relating to horticulture. As set out in guidance on GOV.UK, for the purpose of rebated fuel entitlement, horticulture is treated as the cultivation and management of gardens (including vegetable plots, allotments and market gardens, but also flowerbeds, trees, shrubberies and ornamental lawns in public parks). In contrast, landscaping and maintenance of grassy recreational areas is not regarded as horticulture.</p><p>The relevant guidance, Excise Notice 75, is available at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/using-rebated-fuels-in-vehicles-and-machines-excise-notice-75-from-1-april-2022</p><p>Having assessed the cases made by other sectors to retain their red diesel entitlement, including construction, the Government did not believe that they were compelling enough to outweigh the need to ensure fairness between the different users of diesel fuels and the Government’s long-term environmental objectives.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 05/09/2022 07:15:02 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1491021

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Alternative Fuels: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 July 2022 to Question 35899 on Fuels: Prices, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing further financial incentives for switching to cleaner alternatives to red diesel; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
	tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
	uin	40749
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government announced in the 2020 Budget that it would be removing the entitlement to use red diesel from most sectors from April 2022. These are important long-term reforms, which ensure most businesses that used red diesel prior to April 2022 now pay the same amount of tax as ordinary motorists. This more fairly reflects the harmful emissions produced. These reforms are also designed to incentivise the development and adoption of greener alternative technologies, and improvements in the energy efficiency of vehicles and machinery.</p><p> </p><p>To support the development of alternatives that affected businesses can switch to, the Government is at least doubling the funding provided for energy innovation through the £1 billion Net Zero Innovation Portfolio. From that portfolio, the Government announced the £40 million Red Diesel Replacement Competition, which will provide grant funding for projects that develop and demonstrate lower carbon, lower cost alternatives to red diesel for the construction, and mining and quarrying sectors. These sectors were chosen because they encompass 62% of the UK’s red diesel use. However, the technologies developed from this programme will also be applicable to other sectors to support decarbonisation, and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is planning a series of dissemination events in the future with industry and other affected sectors to spread awareness about the successes achieved and lessons learned through this programme.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 05/09/2022 07:14:11 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1490661

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Energy: Billing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to provide any further support to people in arrears on fuel and electricity bills.
	tabling member constituency	Midlothian
	tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
	uin	39913
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises that millions of households across the UK have been impacted by rising energy bills and the wider cost of living. That is why the Government is providing over £15 billion in further support, targeted particularly on those with the greatest need. This package is in addition to the over £22 billion announced previously, with government support for the cost of living now totalling over £37 billion this year. The package includes:</p><ul><li>£400 off GB energy bills from October through the expansion of the Energy Bills Support Scheme (EBSS);</li><li>A £650 Cost of Living Payment for over 8 million households across the UK in receipt of means tested benefits;</li><li>A £150 one-off disability Cost of Living Payment for 6 million people who receive non-means tested disability benefits;</li><li>An extra one-off £300 this year for over eight million pensioner households to help them cover the rising cost of energy this winter;</li><li>An extra £500 million of local support, via the Household Support Fund, for households that are not eligible for Cost of Living Payments or for families that still need additional support.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The Government has also expanded and increased the Warm Home Discount. Three million vulnerable households will now receive £150 each year. The Government’s objective for the Warm Home Discount is to focus the support towards those on the lowest incomes and in, or at greatest risk, of fuel poverty.</p><p> </p><p>The Government expects and encourages energy suppliers to make it their priority to work actively to move customers with large arrears balances onto repayment plans wherever possible. This is already an Ofgem licence condition for suppliers.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is monitoring a range of pressures on households, including the cost of energy, and as we move into winter we will continue to listen to people’s concerns.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 05/09/2022 07:03:30 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson