Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1712895

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Hybrid Vehicles: Fuels
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to introduce a specific advisory fuel rate for hybrid vehicles.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington South
	tabling member printed	Andy Carter
	uin	23054
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>Advisory Fuel Rates apply when an employer reimburses an employee for business travel in a company car, or when an employee reimburses an employer for the cost of fuel used for private travel. Rates vary by engine size and fuel type and are reviewed quarterly. There are no current plans to introduce a specific advisory rate for hybrid vehicles.</p><p> </p><p>The Advisory Fuel Rates are not mandatory. Employers and employees can instead agree to reimburse different amounts, subject to certain tax conditions.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 30/04/2024 08:28:44 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
	tabling member	4791 label Biography information for Andy Carter

1666499

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Personal Savings: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure consistency of collection of tax on the interest of savings that are not due until maturity of the savings bond.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington South
	tabling member printed	Andy Carter
	uin	203964
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>The taxation of interest arising on savings bonds depends on the terms and conditions applying to each and may differ as not all savings bonds are the same.</p><p> </p><p>Income tax is charged on the full amount of interest ‘arising’ to a person in a tax year and interest normally ‘arises’ when the amount is received or is credited to an account on which the holder is free to draw.</p><p> </p><p>The terms of a savings bond may be that interest is credited each year and, once credited, the bondholder is able to draw on it. In this case, the interest arises each year and is taxed each year as it is credited.</p><p> </p><p>On the other hand, it is possible that interest may be credited each year, but the terms of the bond may mean the bondholder cannot draw on it or benefit from it until the end of the term. In that case all the interest paid on the bond would be regarded as ‘arising’ when it became available to the bondholder on maturity of the bond.</p><p> </p><p>This long-standing position is explained in HMRC’s guidance at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/savings-and-investment-manual/saim2440#:~:text=Interest%20'arises'%20when%20it%20is,when%20interest%20arises%20see%20SAIM2400." target="_blank">SAIM2440</a>, and there have been no recent changes.</p><p> </p><p>In either case, to the extent that the interest arising in any year is not covered by personal allowances, such as the Personal Savings Allowance, the tax will be collected in the same way, usually through a taxpayer’s PAYE code or a self-assessment tax return.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 26/10/2023 10:56:17 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	4791 label Biography information for Andy Carter

1151075

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will increase the £66 million funding for early years education announced in the Spending Round 2019 by 10 per cent by 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington South
	tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
	uin	2943
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>At Spending Round 2019 the government announced an additional £66m to increase the hourly rate paid to early years providers through the government’s free hours offers. The Department for Education will share further details of funding for 2020-21 in due course.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 29/10/2019 14:59:32 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid

1149268

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Pensions: Misrepresentation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to (a) prevent pension phone scams and (b) bring people who undertake pension phone scams to justice.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington South
	tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
	uin	683
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to protecting people from pension scams, and pursuing those who perpetrate pension scams wherever possible. That is why the government established Project Bloom, a joint taskforce between government, regulators and law enforcement to share intelligence, raise awareness of scams through communications campaigns, and take enforcement action when appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>Regulations to ban pensions cold calling came into force in early January 2019, using the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PECR) as a legal framework. Firms who break the rules could face penalties of up to half a million pounds. As well as deterring cold callers by making their activities illegal, the cold calling ban makes it clear to the public that any pensions cold call they receive is illegal and likely to be a scam call.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also recently amended PECR to allow fines on individual directors who consent to or connive in or neglect to prevent serious contraventions of PECR by their organisation(s). The new measure came into force in December 2018. This measure gives the Information Commissioner the power to impose civil monetary penalties of up to £500,000 on those in positions of responsibility in all forms of corporate entities.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government has recently provided the National Trading Standards Scams team up to £640,000 for the roll out of call blocking devices, free of charge, to vulnerable people, including old aged pensioners. The National Trading Standards launched this project on 15 October of this year.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 21/10/2019 14:52:01 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid

1148138

	registered interest
	date	03/10/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Minimum Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will increase the minimum wage to £10.50 in the next Budget.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington South
	tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
	uin	294237
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>Both the National Living Wage and the National Minimum Wage rates for younger workers and apprentices saw above inflation increases in April. The National Living Wage is currently on target to reach 60 per cent of median hourly earnings in 2020, subject to sustained economic growth. The independent Low Pay Commission will recommend next year’s rates to us later this month, and we will announce the rates at the next Budget.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor has also announced his intention to increase the National Living Wage to two-thirds of median hourly earnings within five years. He will confirm this at the next Budget.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 07/10/2019 14:19:20 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid

1143082

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Beer: Excise Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to reduce the level of beer duty in Budget 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington South
	tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
	uin	284758
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government supports consumers, pubs and breweries. To this end, the Government has cut or frozen beer duty at six of the last seven Budgets. These actions have ensured the price of a pint of beer is 14p is lower than it otherwise would have been since ending the beer duty escalator in 2013.</p><p> </p><p>All taxes are kept under review and the impact of a change to beer duty is considered at each fiscal event, including its effect on pubs and the wider economy.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 09/09/2019 10:06:04 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
	tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid

1143851

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Off-payroll Working
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure those affected by IR35 changes and who pay national insurance contributions will receive holiday and sick pay and other benefits associated with employment.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington South
	tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
	uin	285449
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>At present there is no direct link between employment status for rights and employment status for tax.</p><p> </p><p>Those who wish to challenge their employment status for rights can take their case to an employment tribunal, regardless of their tax status. In order to modernise and enhance the enforcement of the employment rights for workers, the government is currently consulting on the proposal to introduce a new single enforcement body for employment rights. The government is also consulting on strengthening enforcement and extending entitlement to statutory sick pay.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/09/2019 14:46:22 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid

1134070

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	VAT: Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what safeguards his Department has put in place to prevent online VAT fraud.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington South
	tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
	uin	268530
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government has led the way in tackling this complex and international problem. A package of measures was announced at Budget 2016 to tackle abuse by overseas businesses selling goods to UK customers through online marketplaces. This included holding online marketplaces jointly liable for the future unpaid VAT of non-compliant overseas businesses and the introduction of the Fulfilment House Due Diligence Scheme which went live in April 2019. At Budget 2017 the Government strengthened the joint and several liability rules for online marketplaces to include UK businesses, where they either knew or should have known that an overseas business should have been registered for VAT and required them to display a valid VAT number where provided with one. Taken together, these measures are expected to deliver just under £1bn by 2023.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/07/2019 15:49:43 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid

1134071

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	VAT: Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HMRC takes in responding to complaints on online VAT fraud; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of HMRC's response to such complaints.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington South
	tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
	uin	268531
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>HMRC take all complaints seriously. When complaints are received, HMRC aim to deal with them effectively and learn from them to improve services and operations for the benefit of all customers. HMRC have complete operational independence from Treasury Ministers, and therefore the Chancellor of the Exchequer will not be privy to the results of how HMRC has responded to specific complaints.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/07/2019 15:54:09 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid