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1664623

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: VAT
	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 impact of the VAT charged on alcohol supplied by (a) pubs and (b) supermarkets on the level of competition between those sectors.
	tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
	tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
	uin	202476
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2023 answer text <p>VAT is a broad-based tax on consumption and the 20 per cent standard rate applies to most goods and services, including alcohol sold at both pubs and supermarkets. Exceptions to the standard rate have always been limited by both legal and fiscal considerations.</p><p> </p><p>The Government understands the vital role the hospitality industry plays in the UK economy. We have implemented a new alcohol duty system on 1 August, which also has many benefits for pubs. The new Draught Relief provides a significant duty discount on alcohol sold in containers of 20 litres or more, in pubs and other on-trade venues. As well as this, the Government’s ‘Brexit Pubs Guarantee,’ confirms that the duty on a draught pint will always be lower than its equivalent in a supermarket.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to keep all taxes under review.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 18/10/2023 13:55:54 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1666138

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Exports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish a list of the ten largest exporters of goods in each region of the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	203588
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) is responsible for the collection and publication of data on imports and exports of goods to and from the UK. HMRC releases this information monthly, as a National Statistic called the Overseas Trade in Goods Statistics (OTS), which is available via their dedicated website (<a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.uktradeinfo.com%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Csatvinder.juttla%40hmrc.gov.uk%7Cf7850ca447ed4360c4d108dbd151faa3%7Cac52f73cfd1a4a9a8e7a4a248f3139e1%7C0%7C0%7C638333922240552133%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=G9m1A5zHX%2FwdbEzdyro4a8hQsgbOVDpilw%2BsU%2BfSqdI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.uktradeinfo.com</a>). From this website, it is possible to build your own data tables based upon bespoke search criteria and download bulk datasets.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (CRCA), HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has a statutory duty of confidentiality to protect the information it holds about taxpayers. As a result, it is not possible to confirm the ten largest exporters of goods in each region of the UK without the request identifying information relating to an individual taxpayer or taxpayers.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 25/10/2023 07:39:28 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1624491

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Pensioners: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people of state pension age will start to pay tax for the first time on their pensionable income due to the freezing of the personal allowance at £12,570 following the increase of the state pension by 10.1 per cent.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	183125
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that older people are able to live with the dignity and respect they deserve, and the State Pension is the foundation of state support for older people.</p><p> </p><p>The Personal Allowance (PA), the amount of income that each individual may receive before paying income tax is currently set at a level high enough to ensure that those pensioners whose sole income is the new State Pension or basic State Pension do not pay any income tax.</p><p> </p><p>The Government publish estimates of the number of income taxpayers who are above the state pension age. This is available in National Statistics Table 2.1 Number of individual income taxpayers available on GOV.UK here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/number-of-individual-income-taxpayers-by-marginal-rate-gender-and-age" target="_blank"><em>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/number-of-individual-income-taxpayers-by-marginal-rate-gender-and-age</em></a><em>.</em></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 09/05/2023 15:59:14 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1587158

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a comparative assessment of the potential merits of providing payments through the Energy Bills Support Scheme (a) after and (b) before the application of VAT.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	148779
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text Whether VAT applies to the payment made under the Energy Bills Support Scheme is determined by VAT legislation. Under the Scheme, the government is paying £400 of the domestic customer’s energy bills. Payments made under the scheme into the customers energy account are regarded as third-party payments from the government. Energy suppliers are required to account for VAT at the reduced rate of five percent under the normal rules, as the payment is made for a taxable supply of energy. There are no plans to review the VAT legislation. answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 27/02/2023 16:29:37 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1579519

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Care Homes: Tax 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 merits of making care home expenses tax deductible.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	129984
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>This Government believes we need to have a social care system to give every person the dignity and security that they deserve. This is why we committed to improving social care in our manifesto.</p><p> </p><p>At the Autumn statement, in November, the Government made available up to £2.8 billion in 2023-2024 and £4.7 billion in 2024-2025 to support adult social care and get people out of hospital on time and into appropriate care settings.</p><p> </p><p>This includes £1 billion of new grant funding in 2023-2024 and £1.7 billion in 2024-2025, £1.3 billion in 2023-2024 and £1.9 billion in 2024-2025 savings from delaying the rollout of charging reform and further flexibility for local authorities on council tax.</p><p> </p><p>Successive Governments have held the longstanding principle that personal expenditure is not deductible against income tax.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 31/01/2023 15:24:57 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1601094

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Humanitarian Aid: Ukraine
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of extending the customs easement on humanitarian aid for Ukraine after June 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	157688
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2023 answer text <p>On 27 May 2022 the UK Government extended the temporary customs easement introduced in March 2022 to make it easier to move aid and donations out of the UK to support the people of Ukraine.</p><p> </p><p>The easement, which excludes all controlled goods and dual use goods, remains under review ahead of its scheduled end date on 19 June 2023.</p><p> </p><p>Government advice remains that organisations and people who would like to help should donate cash through trusted charities and aid organisations, rather than donating goods. Cash can be transferred quickly to the areas of greatest need, where it can be used to buy what is most needed.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 09/03/2023 08:15:18 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1605541

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Complaints
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to increase the speed of responses to HMRC complaints.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	169413
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2023 answer text HMRC is committed to delivering performance improvements to complaints handling and response times for customers. HMRC are working hard to address backlogs across post receipts from customers across various channels as well as customer complaints.<p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 24/03/2023 08:19:36 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1610196

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Sanctions: Russia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to enforce sanctions on businesses trading with Russia; and whether her Department is taking steps to help tackle the shipment of goods by Mykines Corporation LLP to Russia.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	180329
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>HMRC is responsible for enforcing export controls on strategic goods and sanctions and investigating potential breaches of those controls; a role it takes very seriously.</p><p>HMRC considers all credible information it receives and takes action accordingly. However, HMRC is unable to comment on specific cases.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 24/04/2023 16:36:15 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1641555

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2023
	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 with Cabinet colleagues of the impact of energy price increases on the hospitality sector; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reducing VAT on that sector.
	tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
	tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
	uin	187517
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>The new Energy Bills Discount Scheme (EBDS) provides all eligible businesses and other non-domestic energy users including hospitality, with a discount on high energy bills for 12 months from 1 April 2023 until 31 March 2024.</p><p> </p><p>Wholesale gas prices have now fallen to levels before Putin’s invasion. The new EBDS therefore strikes a balance between supporting businesses for a further 12 months, from April 2023 to March 2024, and limiting taxpayer’s exposure to volatile energy markets. This provides long-term certainty for businesses and reflects how the scale of the challenge has changed since September last year.</p><p> </p><p>Businesses in the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors will also receive a tax cut worth over £2 billion in 2023-2024. Eligible properties will receive 75 per cent off their business rates bill, up to a cap of £110,000 per business with 80 per cent of retail, hospitality and leisure properties seeing their bills falling or staying the same from April 2023.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has been clear that the reduced rate of VAT for tourism and hospitality was a temporary measure designed to support the cash flow and viability of sectors that were severely affected by COVID-19.</p><p> </p><p>The previous VAT relief cost over £8 billion. Reintroducing it would come at a significant further cost, reducing the money available to help fund key spending priorities, including important public services, such as the NHS, education and defence.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 12/06/2023 13:44:42 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1641556

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Hospitality Industry: Business Rates and VAT
	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 level at which (a) business rates and (b) VAT are set for (i) micro businesses and (ii) small and medium sized enterprises in the hospitality sector.
	tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
	tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
	uin	187518
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>The recent revaluation of business rates, which came into effect on 1 April 2023, ensures rateable values, and therefore bills, more accurately reflect current market values.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has announced a package worth £13.6 billion over the next five years to support businesses with the revaluation. This includes an increased 75 per cent relief for retail, hospitality and leisure properties, up to a cash cap of £100,000 per business for 2023-2024. This is a tax cut worth over £2 billion for around 230,000 RHL businesses, to support the high street and protect small shops.</p><p> </p><p>Regarding small and microbusinesses in particular, the Government has continued its generous Small Business Rate Relief scheme which means properties with a rateable value below £12,000 (over a third of properties, 720,000) pay no business rates at all, with an additional 76,000 in the taper, with a rateable value below £15,000, benefitting from reduced bills.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that accounting for VAT can be a burden on small businesses. This is why, at £85,000, the UK has a higher VAT registration threshold than any EU Member State and the second highest in the OECD. This keeps the majority of UK businesses out of VAT altogether (3.1 of 5.6 million). Of the 2.5 million businesses that are registered, 1.2 million exceed the threshold, and roughly 1.3 million are registered voluntarily.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 12/06/2023 16:07:58 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford