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1651926

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Works Loan Board
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Public Works Loan Board (a) principal and (b) debt repayments were for local authorities in the (i) 2020-21, (ii) 2021-22 and (iii) 2022-23 financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Flynn
	uin	193442
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2023 answer text <p>Figures for principal and interest repayments to the Public Works Loan Board for the financial years 2020-21 to 2022-23 are published in their annual reports and accounts. Links to those reports can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/public-work-loans-board-annual-report-and-accounts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/public-work-loans-board-annual-report-and-accounts</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 17/07/2023 13:53:38 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	4735 label Biography information for Stephen Flynn

1651927

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Works Loan Board
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of what the Public Works Loan Board (a) principal and (b) debt repayments for local authorities will be in the 2023-24 financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Flynn
	uin	193443
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2023 answer text <p>The Office for Budget Responsibility publishes the official forecast for local authority borrowing and spending in their Economic and Fiscal Outlook, including future spending on principal and debt interest. The latest estimate in the March 2023 forecast is published here: <a href="https://obr.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-march-2023/" target="_blank">https://obr.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-march-2023/</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 18/07/2023 14:30:26 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	4735 label Biography information for Stephen Flynn

1355795

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Health and Social Care Levy
	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 businesses of administering the new Health and Social Care Levy.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Flynn
	uin	50135
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>The Health and Social Care Levy will levy a 1.25% tax on taxpayers liable to Class 1, Class 1A, Class 1B and Class 4 National Insurance contributions, via a temporary increase to NICs rates in 2022-23 and a separate Levy from 2023-24. Revenue raised will be ringfenced to support UK health and social care bodies.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has published a Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) setting out that this measure will affect over 1.6 million employers required to introduce this change, including through one-off familiarisation costs. Further details can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/health-and-social-care-levy/health-and-social-care-levy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/health-and-social-care-levy/health-and-social-care-levy</a>.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 20/09/2021 16:06:02 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4735 label Biography information for Stephen Flynn

1248354

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Freeports: Business Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment the Government has made of the potential effect of free ports on business rates receipts for local authorities.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Flynn
	uin	110903
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2020 answer text <p>The UK Government plans to establish Freeports across the UK as soon as possible. These will be national hubs for trade, innovation and commerce, regenerating communities across the UK. Freeports will spread jobs, investment and opportunity to towns and cities up and down the country by unleashing the economic potential of our ports.</p><p> </p><p>In the UK Government’s recently published consultation response, we outlined that that the UK government is evaluating options for local authorities to retain business rates as part of the Freeports programme. This would apply in England only, or where decisions are not devolved. Further details will be included in the Bidding Prospectus, which will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Where policies are devolved, as in Scotland, the implementation and design of Freeports, including any infrastructure funding, will be a matter for each devolved administration to decide upon - although the UK Government will provide any assistance necessary if requested. The UK Government continues to work collaboratively and openly with the devolved administration in Scotland to deliver at least one Freeport in Scotland as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 11/11/2020 17:34:46 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	4735 label Biography information for Stephen Flynn

1248356

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Freeports: Infrastructure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether funding has been allocated for any infrastructure costs associated with the roll out of free ports in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Flynn
	uin	110904
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2020 answer text <p>The UK Government plans to establish Freeports across the UK as soon as possible. These will be national hubs for trade, innovation and commerce, regenerating communities across the UK. Freeports will spread jobs, investment and opportunity to towns and cities up and down the country by unleashing the economic potential of our ports.</p><p> </p><p>In the UK Government’s recently published consultation response, we outlined that the Freeports model on offer will provide some seed capital from the UK Government to address infrastructure constraints relevant to Freeports and their surrounding area. This would apply in England only, or where decisions are not devolved. Further details will be included in the Bidding Prospectus, which will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Where policies are devolved, as in Scotland, the implementation and design of Freeports, including any infrastructure funding, will be a matter for each devolved administration to decide upon - although the UK Government will provide any assistance necessary if requested. The UK Government continues to work collaboratively and openly with the devolved administration in Scotland to deliver at least one Freeport in Scotland as soon as possible.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 11/11/2020 17:36:36 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	4735 label Biography information for Stephen Flynn

1197610

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Bounce Back Loan Scheme: Aberdeen
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses in Aberdeen have (a) applied and (b) been approved for a loan from the Bounce Back Loan Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Flynn
	uin	49835
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>The Bounce Back Loans Scheme (BBLS), which was launched on 4 May, helps the smallest businesses access loans of up to £50,000 within days.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury carefully monitors the progress of the scheme, including by collecting data on applications and loans directly from accredited lenders. However, this data is commercially sensitive and provided in confidence by each lender, so can only be disclosed at an aggregate level.</p><p> </p><p>Since its launch, lenders have approved over 464,000 Bounce Back Loans worth a total value of over £14bn. HM Treasury is now regularly publishing the total number and value of loans approved under the scheme.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 49836 question first answered 02/06/2020 07:00:04 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4735 label Biography information for Stephen Flynn

1197611

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Bounce Back Loan Scheme: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses in Scotland have (a) applied and (b) been approved for a Business Bounce Back Loan.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Flynn
	uin	49836
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>The Bounce Back Loans Scheme (BBLS), which was launched on 4 May, helps the smallest businesses access loans of up to £50,000 within days.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury carefully monitors the progress of the scheme, including by collecting data on applications and loans directly from accredited lenders. However, this data is commercially sensitive and provided in confidence by each lender, so can only be disclosed at an aggregate level.</p><p> </p><p>Since its launch, lenders have approved over 464,000 Bounce Back Loans worth a total value of over £14bn. HM Treasury is now regularly publishing the total number and value of loans approved under the scheme.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 49835 question first answered 02/06/2020 07:00:04 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4735 label Biography information for Stephen Flynn

1197612

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Self-employment Income Support Scheme: Aberdeen
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many self-employed workers in Aberdeen (a) earn less than £50,000 each year, (b) have applied to the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme and (c) have been awarded a grant under that scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Flynn
	uin	49837
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2020 answer text <p>Applications for the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) opened on 13 May. By midnight on 24 May, HMRC had received 2.3m claims representing a total of £6.8bn claimed.</p><p> </p><p>SEISS is a new scheme and HMRC are currently working through the analysis they will be able to provide based on the data available. HMRC will update in due course on the types of data available and timescales for publication.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 49838 question first answered 03/06/2020 08:47:46 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4735 label Biography information for Stephen Flynn

1197614

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Self-employment Income Support Scheme: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many self-employed workers in Scotland (a) earn less than £50,000 each year, (b) have applied to the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme and (c) have been awarded a grant under that scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Flynn
	uin	49838
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2020 answer text <p>Applications for the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) opened on 13 May. By midnight on 24 May, HMRC had received 2.3m claims representing a total of £6.8bn claimed.</p><p> </p><p>SEISS is a new scheme and HMRC are currently working through the analysis they will be able to provide based on the data available. HMRC will update in due course on the types of data available and timescales for publication.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 49837 question first answered 03/06/2020 08:47:46 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4735 label Biography information for Stephen Flynn

1197616

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Aberdeen
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses in Aberdeen (a) have claimed wages through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and (b) are continuing to pay their workers the additional 20 per cent of their contracted salary.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Flynn
	uin	49839
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2020 answer text <p>Applications for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) opened on Monday 20 April. By midnight on 24 May, 1m employers had submitted claims to HMRC representing 8.4m furloughed employments and £15bn.</p><p> </p><p>This is a new scheme and HMRC are currently working through the analysis they will be able to provide based on the data available. HMRC will make the timescales for publication and the types of data available in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 49840 question first answered 03/06/2020 08:45:25 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4735 label Biography information for Stephen Flynn