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	registered interest
	date	17/03/2020
	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, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a tax holiday to defer payments from self-employed people ahead of the July deadline.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	30891
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government has announced an unprecedented package of support for businesses and individuals affected by Covid-19, and remains committed to doing whatever it takes to support the economy as necessary.</p><p> </p><p>UK VAT registered businesses, including charities, can defer VAT payments due with their VAT returns between now and the end of June. No UK VAT registered business will have to make a VAT payment alongside their VAT return to HMRC in that period. They will have until the end of the financial year to repay.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will also give all eligible retail, hospitality and leisure businesses in England a 100% business rates holiday for the next 12 months. The Government also extended the support available to individuals and businesses, including a package of government-backed and guaranteed loans, which make available an initial £330 billion of guarantees – equivalent to 15% of GDP.</p><p> </p><p>For Income Tax Self-Assessment, payments due on the 31st of July 2020 will be deferred until the 31st of January 2021.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, employers (including charities) can put workers on temporary leave and the government will pay them cash grants of 80% of their wages up to a cap of £2,500 a month, providing they keep the worker employed. They will receive the grant from HMRC, covering the cost of wages backdated to 1 March 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) will be available for those unable to work because they are self-isolating in line with government advice; this is on top of the Prime Minister’s announcement that SSP will be payable from day 1 instead of day 4 for affected individuals. Support will be available through Universal Credit and Contributory Employment and Support Allowance for those not eligible for SSP.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC have scaled up their Time to Pay offer to all taxpayers, including charities, who are in temporary financial distress as a result of Covid-19 and have outstanding tax liabilities. Taxpayers can contact HMRC’s dedicated Covid-19 helpline to get practical help and advice on 0800 0159 559.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor will continue to review and make further announcements as events unfold if required.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 30678 30719 30744 30831 31652 32287 question first answered 23/03/2020 17:28:46 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1186540

	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	Personal Income: Insurance
	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 his Danish counterpart on the feasibility of implementing a Danish-style system for income protection for workers in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	32201
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government is taking an approach that best fits the specific circumstances of the UK. On Friday 20 March, the Chancellor announced the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to help firms continue to keep people in employment. This is in addition to nearly £7bn of extra funding for welfare, including: a £20 per week increase to the Universal Credit standard allowance and Working Tax Credit basic element; a relaxation of earnings rules for self-employed Universal Credit claimants affected by the economic impacts of Covid-19; and extension of Statutory Sick Pay from day one.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/03/2020 15:16:07 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1187555

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Agency Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether agency workers will be eligible to access the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	34381
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2020 answer text <p>The Government seeks, as far as possible, to protect people’s jobs and incomes. This is an unprecedented jobs retention scheme and the Government has been working hard to set out further details on the scheme. The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is open to any individual who was on an employer’s PAYE payroll on 19 March 2020. Full details can be found in the guidance available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-for-wage-costs-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-for-wage-costs-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme</a> and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/work-out-80-of-your-employees-wages-to-claim-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/work-out-80-of-your-employees-wages-to-claim-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme</a>, which provides answers to these questions.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 34329 34382 34914 34918 34935 34984 35004 35059 question first answered 21/04/2020 15:59:41 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1187560

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how the average pay of people on (a) zero-hours and (b) casual contracts will be calculated under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	34382
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2020 answer text <p>The Government seeks, as far as possible, to protect people’s jobs and incomes. This is an unprecedented jobs retention scheme and the Government has been working hard to set out further details on the scheme. The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is open to any individual who was on an employer’s PAYE payroll on 19 March 2020. Full details can be found in the guidance available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-for-wage-costs-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-for-wage-costs-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme</a> and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/work-out-80-of-your-employees-wages-to-claim-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/work-out-80-of-your-employees-wages-to-claim-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme</a>, which provides answers to these questions.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 34329 34381 34914 34918 34935 34984 35004 35059 question first answered 21/04/2020 15:59:41 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1192743

	registered interest
	date	04/05/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Charities: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the £750 million Government financial support announced for charities in response to the covid-19 outbreak has been paid out; and to how many charities that funding has been allocated.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	43077
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2020 answer text <p>£360 million will be allocated by the Government directly to charities providing essential services and supporting vulnerable people. Up to £200 million will be allocated to hospices across the next quarter, and £76 million has been allocated for victims of domestic and sexual abuse and vulnerable children. Further allocations will follow shortly. £310 million will be allocated in England through the National Lottery Community Fund, with £60m allocated through the Barnett formula so the devolved administrations are funded to provide similar support in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The application process will be open to charities in the coming weeks.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 11/05/2020 07:40:51 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1223973

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Eat Out to Help Out Scheme
	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 cost to the public purse of administering the Eat Out to Help Out scheme; and whether those costs will be funded from HM Revenue and Custom's budget.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	73006
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2020 answer text <p>HM Treasury has committed to provide HMRC with additional funding to deliver their coronavirus-related schemes, including Eat Out to Help Out. HMRC keep the administrative and policy costs of these schemes under regular review and HMRC will receive additional funding from HM Treasury via standard Government processes.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/07/2020 12:21:29 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1223977

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Kickstart Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many six-month work placements will be created within (a) his Department, (b) HMRC and (c) the civil service as part of the kickstart scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	73007
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2020 answer text <p>The Kickstart Scheme will be open to funding applications from August 2020, and the Government expects the first jobs to begin in the autumn.</p><p> </p><p>The scheme will be open to applications from private, voluntary and public sector employers, including the Civil Service.</p><p> </p><p>More information on the application process will be available in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/07/2020 12:58:04 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1224115

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Green Homes Grant Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 2.40 of the document entitled, Plan for Jobs, CP 261, what the timeframe is for the 600,000 to be upgraded.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	73009
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2020 answer text <p>The Plan for Jobs announced that over £2 billion will be provided to support homeowners and landlords to make their homes more energy-efficient in 2020-21. Funding for future years will be considered as part of the Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p>This could support more than 100,000 green jobs, upgrade more than 600,000 homes across the country, and save households hundreds of pounds a year on their energy bills.</p><p> </p><p>Further details on the Green Homes Grant scheme will be announced in the coming weeks before its full launch in the Autumn.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 16/07/2020 11:48:19 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1224373

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Kickstart Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to open the Kickstart scheme to (a) employers and (b) young people.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	73912
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>The Kickstart Scheme will be open to funding applications from employers from August 2020, and the Government expects that the first jobs for young people will begin in the autumn.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/07/2020 14:16:29 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1224376

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Employment
	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 cost to the public purse of the policy at paragraph 2.14 of the July 2020 Plan for Jobs CP 261.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	73913
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>The government will introduce a new payment of £2,000 to employers in England for each new apprentice they hire aged under 25, and a £1,500 payment for each new apprentice they hire aged 25 and over, from 1st August 2020 to 31st January 2021. Table 1 of the Plan for Jobs shows the level of fiscal support available including £1.6 billion for boosting worksearch, skills and apprenticeships. This includes the indicative cost of 100,000 incentive payments for new apprenticeship hires. The final costs will depend on the number of new apprentices hired.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 20/07/2020 14:47:22 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting