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1257734

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Hospitality Industry and Tourism: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of the second lockdown and tier restrictions on suppliers to pubs, restaurants and other hospitality and tourism businesses; how many pubs he estimates will be protected against closure by the one-off coronavirus emergency payment of £1,000 in December; and whether he will make it his policy to bring support for hospitality and tourism businesses and business-to-business companies in line with what the sector has identified as needed across each of the three tiers.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	124154
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2020 answer text <p>On the 30 November, the Government published ‘<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/939876/Analysis_of_the_health_economic_and_social_effects_of_COVID-19_and_the_approach_to_tiering_FINAL__SofS_.pdf" target="_blank">Analysis of the health, economic and social effects of COVID-19 and the approach to tiering’</a>. As stated in this analysis, it is not possible to forecast the precise economic impact of a specific change to a specific restriction with confidence, however it is clear that restrictions to contain COVID-19 have had major impacts on the economy and public finances.</p><p> </p><p>The Government understands that this is a very challenging time for the UK’s hospitality sector and recognises that the pub sector in particular has been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. The Government continues to collect evidence on the impact of the pandemic on the sector and on the economy as whole and is working with businesses and trade groups to inform our efforts to support these businesses.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has announced an additional £1,000 Christmas grant for ‘wet-led pubs’ in tiers 2 and 3 who will miss out on business during the busy Christmas period. Wet-led pubs in tiers 2 and 3 will be subject to significant measures under the new regional tiered system and it is right for the government to increase its support.</p><p> </p><p>The additional support comes on top of the £1.1 billion of Discretionary Grant funding for local authorities to target support to the businesses that are most important to their local economy. Businesses are also still able to access wider support, including:</p><p>o The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, which has been extended until the end of March;</p><p>o Affordable, Government backed finance through loan schemes – extended until the end of January 2021 and ‘Pay as You Grow’ options for businesses which have taken out loans, to make repayments over the long-term;</p><p>o A VAT deferral for up to 12 months;</p><p>o A 12-month business rates holiday;</p><p>o A moratorium on evictions to protect commercial tenants;</p><p>o Targeted support through the temporarily reduced rate of VAT (5%)</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 10/12/2020 10:44:50 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1290249

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Climate Change
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how he plans to integrate the findings of the Dasgupta Review on the Economics of Biodiversity into his plans for the COP26 on climate change relating to (a) the need for Governments to change their primary measures of economic success away from GDP and (b) other priority areas for action outlined in those findings.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	159273
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government welcomes the recent publication of the Dasgupta Review as a strong example of UK thought leadership on an important environmental issue with clear – but often overlooked – economic consequences. The Government will closely examine the Review’s findings - including those concerning measures of economic success. It will call on international partners, including through the UK’s Presidencies of the G7 and COP26, to do the same and will respond formally to the Review in due course.</p><p> </p><p>On 12 February, the Chancellor co-hosted the first G7 meeting with the Governor of the Bank of England and called on the G7 to take the lead in shaping support for vulnerable countries in 2021. He stated that climate and nature considerations will be a central priority for this year’s Finance Agenda, paving the way to a truly green global economic recovery. The Chancellor urged his counterparts to match the UK’s ambitions ahead of COP26 and stressed the importance of working together to support a smooth and effective transition of our economies to net zero.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 159269 159270 159271 question first answered 08/03/2021 09:50:57 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1190607

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Small Businesses: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are excluded from the Small Business Grants Fund and Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund because those SMEs have a rateable value of more than £51,000; and whether it is the Government’s policy that not all SMEs are eligible to access financial support made available in response to the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	40554
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2020 answer text <p>According to the VOA<ins class="ministerial"> official statistics</ins>, there are<ins class="ministerial"> around</ins> <del class="ministerial">299,000</del> <ins class="ministerial">205,000 </ins>business properties in England with a rateable value over £51,000<ins class="ministerial"> as at 31 March 2019. </ins>. Of these,<ins class="ministerial"> approximately 83,000 are identified as </ins> <del class="ministerial">116,000</del> <del class="ministerial">are</del> retail, hospitality and leisure properties<ins class="ministerial"> using VOA's administrative data source</ins>.</p><p> </p><p>The Small Business Grants Fund and the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grants Fund have been designed to support the smallest businesses, and smaller businesses in the some of the sectors which have been hit hardest by measures taken to prevent the spread of Covid-19.</p><p> </p><p>Around 1 million small and medium businesses will receive cash grants as a result of these schemes, and over £12 billion will be paid out to these businesses.</p><p> </p><p>The two schemes have been tied to the business rates system and rating assessments, which together provide a framework for Local Authorities to make payments as quickly as possible. Businesses in the business rates system are also likely to face particularly high fixed costs, such as fixed rents.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the main grants schemes, Government has made available up to an additional £617m for Local Authorities in England to enable them to pay grants to small businesses which also face high fixed building-related costs but which are excluded from the current system due to the way they fit into the business rates system.</p><p> </p><p>Businesses which are not eligible for the grants schemes should be able to benefit from other measures in the Government’s unprecedented package of support for business, including:</p><p> </p><ul><li>An option to defer VAT payments by up to twelve months;</li><li>The Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme, now extended to cover all businesses including those which would be able to access commercial credit;</li><li>The Bounce Back Loan scheme, which will ensure that small and micro businesses can quickly access loans of up to £50,000 which are 100% guaranteed by the Government;</li><li>The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, to support businesses with their wage bills; and</li><li>The Self-Employment Income Support Scheme, to provide support to the self-employed.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 04/05/2020 12:51:42 question first ministerially corrected 19/05/2020 17:20:45 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch previous answer version 18197 answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1199609

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Newspaper Press: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much financial support has been provided from the public purse to (a) news providers who belong to the Independent Community News Network and (b) other news providers via (i) the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, (ii) the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme, (iii) Government-backed loans, (iv) the deferral of the next quarter of VAT, (v) the scrapping of VAT on e-publications and (v) the £35 million public information campaign entitled All-in, All together.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	53370
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2020 answer text <p>The four government backed loan schemes have seen over £40bn lent to hundreds of thousands of businesses, whilst, as of midnight 7<sup>th</sup> June, 8.9 million jobs had been furloughed through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), with a total of £19.6bn claimed, and 2.6 million claims had been made through the Self Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS), with a total value of £7.5 bn. The VAT deferral is worth over £30 billion or 1.5% of GDP with £22.4bn deferred by 251,000 businesses so far.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has published aggregate application and approval figures on the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS), Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS) and Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS) since 12 May but does not hold specific breakdown information relating to collective sectors or organisations which have accessed these schemes, including the Independent News Network and other news providers. The Government is actively considering what further data can be made available in the future. HMRC will publish Official Statistics covering the CJRS and the SEISS on 11 June.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 10/06/2020 15:10:04 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1346327

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Food: VAT
	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 (a) reduce beer duty, (b) lower business rates for pubs and (c) introduce a permanent lower level of VAT for (i) all food and beverages sold in pubs and (ii) the tourism sector; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	32347
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>The Treasury keeps all taxes under review and any changes made will be announced at the next fiscal event.</p><p> </p><p>The Fundamental Review of Business Rates will consider ideas for reform on all elements of the business rates system and will conclude in the autumn.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 19/07/2021 14:03:54 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1249744

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Green Recovery Challenge Fund
	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 allocate an additional £1 billion to the Green Recovery Challenge Fund in the forthcoming spending review.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	113055
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to pursuing a green recovery, with concern for our environment at its heart. The £40m Green Recovery Challenge Fund opened to applications in September and will provide funding for projects across England to restore nature while creating and safeguarding jobs.</p><p> </p><p>In order to prioritise the response to Covid-19, and our focus on supporting jobs, the Chancellor and the Prime Minister have decided to conduct a one-year Spending Review, setting departments’ resource and capital budgets for 2021-22, and Devolved Administrations’ block grants for the same period.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 17/11/2020 11:54:29 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1197719

	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	Economics of Biodiversity Review
	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 apply the interim findings of the Dasgupta review on the economics of biodiversity to decisions on economic policy and spending decisions being made in response to the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	49651
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>Protecting and enhancing the UK’s natural capital assets is essential to delivering on the government’s ambitious environmental agenda and ensuring a strong and sustainable economic recovery from the impacts of Covid-19. The government welcomes Professor Dasgupta’s interim report and looks forward to receiving and responding to the full report in due course.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 02/06/2020 06:58:41 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1232010

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Climate Change Convention
	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 support the recommendation of the Committee on Climate Change on the UK’s intended Nationally Determined Contribution to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	86013
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2020 answer text <p>The UK has committed to coming forward with an increased Nationally Determined Contribution well ahead of COP26. In setting the Nationally Determined Contribution the government will take into account a range of factors and be informed by advice from the UK’s independent Committee on Climate Change.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 10/09/2020 15:21:44 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1284719

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Build Back Better Council
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the (a) scope and (b) timetable for the work due to be carried out by the Build Back Better Council.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	150748
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2021 answer text <p>The Council has been established to support the UK to Build Back Better in 2021. It will enable a broad range of business leaders from across the economy to work with the Government to unlock investment, boost job creation, promote Global Britain and level up and unite the whole of the UK. The Council will provide an opportunity for the Government and business leaders to share ideas and views in a confidential forum. It will meet quarterly in plenary, and further meetings can be held with the agreement of the Prime Minister and the Chancellor. The Council’s terms of reference were published on the Government’s website on 9 February 2021 and can be found via this link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/build-back-better-business-council-terms-of-reference" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/build-back-better-business-council-terms-of-reference</a></p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 11/02/2021 17:43:41 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1301249

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	National Infrastructure Bank: Public Appointments
	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 that the governance structure of the UK Infrastructure Bank will (a) require that the bank be headed by someone with public banking experience, (b) include the range of expertise needed to make decisions about the suitability of projects including, but not limited to, engineering and scientific knowledge, (c) include representatives from all of the nations of the UK, and (d) be representative of the UK population; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	166378
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2021 answer text <p>The UK Infrastructure Bank will be a world-class institution, staffed by people from a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences, with expertise to help meet the government’s objectives on economic growth, levelling up, and transitioning to net zero. The Bank will be headquartered in Leeds, and will operate UK-wide, supporting projects in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland</p><p> </p><p>The recruitment process for the Chair of the Bank is currently underway. When evaluating candidates, the selection panel will review applicants against a range of relevant criteria, including commercial or financial business leadership.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury will publish a framework document later in the spring outlining further details of the Bank’s governance and its relationship with government.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 17/03/2021 16:18:16 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas