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1385744

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Public Inquiries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the inquiry into the Government's handling of the covid-19 pandemic will include the Government's strategy to secure global access to vaccines and other pandemic health tools.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	88800
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2021 answer text <p>On 12 May, the Prime Minister confirmed that a public inquiry into COVID-19 will be established on a statutory basis, with full formal powers and that it will begin its work in spring 2022. A chair will be appointed by the end of the year. More details about the inquiry, including its terms of reference, will be set out in due course.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 16/12/2021 17:55:43 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1646659

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2023
	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, how many and what proportion of families are impacted by the High Income Child Benefit Charge.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	190823
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2023 answer text <p>In 2020-2021, 88 per cent of Child Benefit claimants were unaffected by High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC). Of the remaining 12 per cent, 355,000 paid (or had a partner who paid) the tax charge, and 624,000 chose to opt out of receiving Child Benefit payments as an alternative to paying the charge. Please see the Child Benefit Statistics available on the GOV.UK website here: Child Benefit Statistics: annual release, data at August 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/high-income-child-benefit-charge-data/high-income-child-benefit-charge" target="_blank">High Income Child Benefit Charge - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 28/06/2023 15:49:54 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1507330

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Tax Credits Ltd: Complaints
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints under process by HMRC relate to Tax Credits Ltd.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	53445
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>HMRC is unable to comment on named individuals, companies, or organisations.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Richard Fuller grouped question UIN 53446 53447 question first answered 28/09/2022 08:22:23 answering member 3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1646658

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2023
	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, how many people HMRC contacted during tax years (a) 2021-22 and (b) 2022-23 to advise that they may be liable to pay the High Income Child Benefit Charge.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	190822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2023 answer text <p>The High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) is a tax charge which was introduced in 2013 for recipients of Child Benefit payments on higher incomes. The HICBC applies to Child Benefit recipients who have, or whose partner has, an adjusted net income of £50,000.</p><p>The Government is grateful to the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) for their suggestions for how the individual’s experience of child benefit and the High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) could be improved.</p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has taken considerable steps to raise awareness of the HICBC. They share information via social media, through third parties such as websites aimed at parents or families, and on GOV.UK. Information about the High Income Child Benefit Charge is on the front page of the Child Benefit claim form and explains how the charge works, including the importance of claiming to ensure receipt of National Insurance credits even if opting out of payments. HMRC also write to around 70,000 customers each year to remind them what they need to do to pay the HICBC.</p><p> </p><p>The latest information on how many people HMRC contact to advise that they may be liable to pay the HICBC is published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/high-income-child-benefit-charge-data/high-income-child-benefit-charge" target="_blank"><em>High Income Child Benefit Charge - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</em></a><em>.</em></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 190821 question first answered 30/06/2023 10:51:26 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1399254

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2022
	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, how many taxpayers are liable to pay the High Income Child Benefit Charge in the 2021-22 tax year.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	96983
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2022 answer text <p>The High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) was introduced in January 2013 to target support at those who need it most. It applies to anyone with an income over £50,000 who claims Child Benefit or whose partner claims it. The charge is tapered for taxpayers with incomes between £50,000 and £60,000. Where income is over £60,000, the amount of the charge is equal to the Child Benefit payments.</p><p> </p><p>HICBC is based on the amount of Child Benefit paid and the higher earner’s Adjusted Net Income. A Self Assessment tax return is the only means of establishing this.</p><p> </p><p>As the 2021-22 Self Assessment deadline has not yet passed, HMRC cannot provide the number of taxpayers who are liable to pay HICBC in the 2021-22 tax year. The numbers of individuals with a High Income Child Benefit Charge liability in each tax year are published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/high-income-child-benefit-charge-data/high-income-child-benefit-charge" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/high-income-child-benefit-charge-data/high-income-child-benefit-charge</a></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 12/01/2022 13:19:02 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1403353

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Child Benefit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many taxpayers had opted out of receiving the Child Benefit payment as of August 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	105646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2022 answer text <p>The number of taxpayers that have opted out of receiving Child Benefit at August 2021 is not currently available.</p><p> </p><p>As of August 2020, 623,900 families in the United Kingdom had opted out of receiving Child Benefit. This number is published in official statistics release, ‘Child Benefit Statistics: Annual Release, August 2020’ within Table 9 of the Main Tables found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-benefit-statistics-annual-release-august-2020" target="_blank">Child Benefit Statistics: Annual Release, August 2020 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 24/01/2022 12:33:20 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1685251

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Standards
	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 adequacy of HMRC response times to enquiries from financial representatives.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	11637
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p>Financial representatives such as tax agents are encouraged to use HMRC’s free online services wherever possible. Agents can save time by using online services specifically designed to help them manage their client’s tax affairs. Online information and tools are also available, this includes the agent dashboard where agents can check HMRC’s current <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fcheck-hmrcs-current-performance-and-service-levels&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cstan.dsouza%40hmrc.gov.uk%7Cef6007ae1e3b460554d908dc20d4fe2d%7Cac52f73cfd1a4a9a8e7a4a248f3139e1%7C0%7C0%7C638421346376467893%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=pUYsl3ZY3okgg%2FUsaKIwuCtIKXTncyOFAcTmI4rLfqw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">processing times and service levels for post and online requests. </a></p><p>Agents are also directed to use HMRCs webchat for simple enquiries so we can free up our advisers time to help those agents with more complex queries.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC performance data is published on a monthly and quarterly basis and can be found on the GOV.UK Website here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrc-monthly-performance-reports" target="_blank"><em>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrc-monthly-performance-reports</em></a></p><p><em> </em></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrc-quarterly-performance-updates%20https:/www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrc-quarterly-performance-updates" target="_blank"><em>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrc-quarterly-performance-updates</em></a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 01/02/2024 15:51:12 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1676540

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Credit
	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 implications for his policies of different practices relating to the (a) provision of forbearance and (b) prioritisation of payments on essential bills in the (i) regulated and (ii) buy-now-pay-later sector.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	6056
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) rules require firms offering regulated credit products to offer forbearance to customers who are in arrears with their repayments. Firms can meet these requirements by suspending, reducing, waiving, or cancelling any further interest or charges on credit agreements and allowing customers to defer payment of arrears or make token payments for a reasonable period of time.</p><p> </p><p>The FCA is also in the process of strengthening its framework for firms to provide better support to customers facing payment difficulties. It recently consulted on plans to incorporate its Tailored Support Guidance into its Handbook. This guidance sets out the FCA’s expectations of firms when supporting borrowers in financial difficulty, including providing tailored forbearance.</p><p> </p><p>While Buy-Now, Pay-Later (BNPL) agreements are unregulated, when a BNPL firm passes a debt to a debt collection agency, the debt collection agency must be authorised and regulated by the FCA. It must also comply with the FCA’s rules, including those on the treatment of customers in financial difficulty outlined above.</p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami grouped question UIN 5951 question first answered 18/12/2023 17:21:49 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1676539

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Credit
	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 implications for his policies of the (a) repayment terms and (b) enforcement action borrowers are subject to when in arrears with buy-now-pay-later products.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	5951
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) rules require firms offering regulated credit products to offer forbearance to customers who are in arrears with their repayments. Firms can meet these requirements by suspending, reducing, waiving, or cancelling any further interest or charges on credit agreements and allowing customers to defer payment of arrears or make token payments for a reasonable period of time.</p><p> </p><p>The FCA is also in the process of strengthening its framework for firms to provide better support to customers facing payment difficulties. It recently consulted on plans to incorporate its Tailored Support Guidance into its Handbook. This guidance sets out the FCA’s expectations of firms when supporting borrowers in financial difficulty, including providing tailored forbearance.</p><p> </p><p>While Buy-Now, Pay-Later (BNPL) agreements are unregulated, when a BNPL firm passes a debt to a debt collection agency, the debt collection agency must be authorised and regulated by the FCA. It must also comply with the FCA’s rules, including those on the treatment of customers in financial difficulty outlined above.</p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami grouped question UIN 6056 question first answered 18/12/2023 17:21:49 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1689531

	registered interest
	date	16/02/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Child Benefit
	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 administering Child Benefit as a joint claim per household.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	14430
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government does not have plans to administer Child Benefit as a working age benefit via the Department for Work and Pensions.</p><p>Administering Child Benefit as a joint claim per household could mean finding out the incomes and relationships of all Child Benefit claimants. This would pose administrative burdens on households, who do not currently need to provide this information to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), and on HMRC.</p><p>As with all Government policy, Child Benefit is kept under regular review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 14429 question first answered 26/02/2024 16:15:57 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day