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	registered interest
	date	10/09/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will limit disguised remuneration loan charges to loans entered into after the Finance Act 2017 received Royal Assent; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	172456
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The charge on disguised remuneration (DR) loans is targeted at artificial tax avoidance schemes where earnings were paid via a third party in the form of ‘loans’ which in reality were never repaid.</p><p> </p><p>DR scheme users took home almost all of their pay tax-free. However, despite the claims made by promoters, these schemes never worked and the amounts paid were always taxable under the law at the time.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has decided that the charge on DR loans is the right way to ensure that everybody pays the taxes they owe and contributes towards the public-funded services from which they benefit.</p><p> </p><p>Restricting the charge only to DR loans entered into after Finance Act 2017 received Royal Assent would not be fair to ordinary taxpayers, who have always paid the right amount of tax and have not engaged in tax avoidance schemes.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 13/09/2018 15:15:30 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

964221

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Energy: Prices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent estimate he made of the cost of electricity being supplied by utility companies without charge to the user.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	169124
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not hold data on the cost of electricity supplied by energy companies without charge.</p><p> </p><p>Ofgem regularly reports on energy customer debt as part of the monitoring of their Consumer Vulnerability Strategy. Their latest report can be found online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/consumer-vulnerability-strategy" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/consumer-vulnerability-strategy</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 13/09/2018 15:19:52 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

964222

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Energy: Prices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with utility companies on reducing the number of instances where electricity is supplied without charge to the user.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	169125
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>BEIS Ministers and officials meet energy companies to discuss a range of issues.</p><p> </p><p>Ofgem rules require energy suppliers to engage with their customers when they become aware they may be in payment difficulty and offer the opportunity to repay money owed through a repayment plan.</p><p> </p><p>Energy suppliers can ultimately disconnect customers who fail to agree, or stick to an agreed repayment plan. Alternatives to disconnection include recovery of debt directly from certain benefits or the installation of prepayment meter, either by agreement or under a warrant to recover the money owed, but only where it is safe and reasonably practicable to do so.</p><p> </p><p>Vulnerable customers, eligible for the Priority Services Register, cannot be disconnected during the winter months (1 October- 31 March) and many suppliers have signed a ‘safety net’, a pledge to never knowingly disconnect a vulnerable customer at any time of year.</p><p> </p><p>Suppliers should signpost vulnerable customers in debt to impartial advice and specialist support services, such as the Extra Help Unit, run by Citizens Advice.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 13/09/2018 15:19:37 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan