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1504145

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	NHS: Mileage Allowances
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government will adopt the NHS Agenda for Change mileage reimbursement rates.
	tabling member constituency	Midlothian
	tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
	uin	45938
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2022 answer text <p>Approved Mileage Allowance Payments (AMAPs) are used by employers to reimburse an employee’s expenses for business mileage in their private vehicle.</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, servicing and depreciation. Fuel is therefore only one component.</p><p> </p><p>The AMAP rate is advisory and employers can choose to pay more or less than the advisory rate – it is therefore ultimately up to employers to determine the rate at which they reimburse their employees. Employees who receive less than the AMAP rate can claim tax relief on the difference. Employees who receive more will be taxed on the difference.</p><p> </p><p>Like all taxes and allowances, the Government keeps the AMAP rate under review.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak grouped question UIN 45937 45939 question first answered 07/09/2022 08:55:31 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1504144

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	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, if he will make an assessment of the potential financial impact on local authorities of maintaining the present Approved Mileage Allowance Payment rate.
	tabling member constituency	Midlothian
	tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
	uin	45937
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2022 answer text <p>Approved Mileage Allowance Payments (AMAPs) are used by employers to reimburse an employee’s expenses for business mileage in their private vehicle.</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, servicing and depreciation. Fuel is therefore only one component.</p><p> </p><p>The AMAP rate is advisory and employers can choose to pay more or less than the advisory rate – it is therefore ultimately up to employers to determine the rate at which they reimburse their employees. Employees who receive less than the AMAP rate can claim tax relief on the difference. Employees who receive more will be taxed on the difference.</p><p> </p><p>Like all taxes and allowances, the Government keeps the AMAP rate under review.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak grouped question UIN 45938 45939 question first answered 07/09/2022 08:55:31 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1504146

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	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 potential merits of increasing Approved Mileage Allowance Payment rates.
	tabling member constituency	Midlothian
	tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
	uin	45939
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2022 answer text <p>Approved Mileage Allowance Payments (AMAPs) are used by employers to reimburse an employee’s expenses for business mileage in their private vehicle.</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, servicing and depreciation. Fuel is therefore only one component.</p><p> </p><p>The AMAP rate is advisory and employers can choose to pay more or less than the advisory rate – it is therefore ultimately up to employers to determine the rate at which they reimburse their employees. Employees who receive less than the AMAP rate can claim tax relief on the difference. Employees who receive more will be taxed on the difference.</p><p> </p><p>Like all taxes and allowances, the Government keeps the AMAP rate under review.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak grouped question UIN 45937 45938 question first answered 07/09/2022 08:55:31 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

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

1487633

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Beer and Cider: Excise Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of adopting equal tax treatment for beer and cider.
	tabling member constituency	Midlothian
	tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
	uin	32978
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government is currently undertaking a review of alcohol duties in order to simplify the system and make it fairer overall, including ensuring beer and cider both pay duty according to their alcoholic strength.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 14/07/2022 14:58:18 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1487632

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Electricity: Prices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of changing the Advisory Electric Rate each quarter in order to reflect changes in energy prices.
	tabling member constituency	Midlothian
	tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
	uin	32977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government introduced the Advisory Electric Rate (AER) in 2018. It applies to employees who use a fully electric vehicle as a company car.</p><p> </p><p>The Advisory Electric Rate (AER) was changed in December 2021 from 4 pence per mile (ppm) to 5ppm. This was calculated using published consumption rates, adjusted to reflect real driving conditions, and the average cost of electricity.</p><p> </p><p>However, employers are not required to use the AER. Instead, they can use different rates to reflect their employee’s circumstances. Provided they show that the bespoke rates do not result in a profit for the employee, there will be no tax to pay.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps this policy under review.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 13/07/2022 16:19:50 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1504487

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Cash Dispensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will carry out regular assessments of (a) the adequacy of how the ATM network is funded and (b) the impact of the levels of funding of the ATM network on free access to cash.
	tabling member constituency	Midlothian
	tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
	uin	45945
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises that cash will remain an important part of daily life for millions of people across the UK for many more years.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions regarding the operation and funding arrangements of the ATM network are taken by LINK (the scheme that runs the UK's largest ATM network). LINK has commitments to protect the broad geographic spread of free-to-use ATMs and is held to account against these commitments by the Payment Systems Regulator. LINK has committed to protect free-to-use ATMs more than one kilometre away from the next nearest free ATM or Post Office, and free access to cash on high streets (where there is a cluster of five or more retailers) that do not have a free-to-use ATM or a Post Office counter within one kilometre.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has introduced legislation to protect access to cash as part of the Financial Services and Markets Bill. The Bill will establish the Financial Conduct Authority as the lead regulator for cash access and provide it with appropriate powers to seek to ensure reasonable provision of withdrawal and deposit facilities. The powers provided to the FCA will allow it to determine standards to ensure reasonable access, reflecting factors such as cost for end users.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 20/09/2022 14:00:24 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1507765

	registered interest
	date	22/09/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge
	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 merits of basing High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge on household than individual income.
	tabling member constituency	Midlothian
	tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
	uin	54610
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2022 answer text <p>The High Income Child Benefit Charge is calculated on an individual rather than a household basis, in line with other tax policy. Basing HICBC on household income would mean finding out the incomes of everyone in all of the 7.8m households currently registered for Child Benefit.</p><p> </p><p>This would be costly to the Government and burdensome for the majority of claimants who currently do not need to provide information to HM Revenue and Customs. The current approach only requires a small number of claimants to complete a self-assessment, while leaving the majority of claimants unaffected.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 11/10/2022 10:36:38 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1521858

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Capital Investment
	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 potential impact of increased borrowing costs on capital expenditure projects in (a) local government and (b) other public services.
	tabling member constituency	Midlothian
	tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
	uin	62907
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <p>The government will need to take difficult decisions on both spending and on tax in order to place the public finances on a sustainable footing. We have already reversed a number of tax reforms in order to ensure the country’s economic stability and show our commitment to sound public finances.</p><p> </p><p>While no government can eliminate market volatility and its implications for the cost of borrowing, we can give certainty of our plans for the public finances. The government will publish our full Medium-Term Fiscal Plan on 31 October, accompanied by an independent Office for Budget Responsibility economic and fiscal forecast. The Fiscal Plan will set out the government’s responsible fiscal approach fully, including how we will reduce debt as a percentage of GDP over the medium term.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 21/10/2022 12:29:54 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

994147

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's definition of austerity is; and how his Department measures austerity.
	tabling member constituency	Midlothian
	tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
	uin	183422
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>The Chancellor will set out the government’s plans for the economy and public finances in detail at Budget.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 29/10/2018 09:58:30 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley