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	registered interest
	date	10/12/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Married People: Tax Allowances
	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 increase the marriage allowance.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
	uin	908132
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>Every time the personal allowance increases, the marriage allowance automatically becomes more generous.</p><p>The increase to personal allowance announced at Budget 2018 means that in 2019-20, an individual will be able to transfer £1,250 to a partner, compared to £1,060 in 2015-16.</p><p>This means that in 2019-20, eligible couples can receive a tax reduction of up to £250, or £1,150 if they make a backdated claim to 2015-16.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 11/12/2018 17:31:22 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1109899

	registered interest
	date	05/04/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Married People: Tax Allowances
	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 increase the marriage allowance.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
	uin	910318
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>Every time the personal allowance increases, the marriage allowance automatically becomes more generous.</p><p>The increase to personal allowance to £12,500 means that, from April this year, eligible couples will be able to transfer £1,250, compared to £1,060 in 2015-16.</p><p>This means that in 2019-20, eligible couples can receive a tax reduction of up to £250, or £1,150 if they make a backdated claim to 2015-16.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 09/04/2019 16:11:26 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1110020

	registered interest
	date	05/04/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the £1.5 billion allocated for Equitable Life compensation, what proportion of that sum has been paid out; and what the reasons are for the amount that has not yet been paid out.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
	uin	241466
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>The Equitable Life Payment Scheme published a final report in 2016 which set out the details of payments made and how the remaining funds will be allocated. A copy can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/equitable-life-payment-scheme-final-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/equitable-life-payment-scheme-final-report</a></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 10/04/2019 15:32:32 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1110023

	registered interest
	date	05/04/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	First Time Buyers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he is taking to help those who are ready to move on from their first property to move up the housing ladder.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
	uin	241467
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>At Autumn Statement 2014 the government reformed SDLT on residential properties, cutting the tax for 98% of buyers who pay it, unless they are purchasing additional property. These changes benefit those who are moving up the housing ladder.</p><p> </p><p>However, the government’s priority remains helping first time buyers because this group are particularly cash constrained. So far, over 240,000 people have benefited from the Stamp Duty relief announced for first time buyers at Autumn Budget 2017.</p><p> </p><p>In all, the government are providing at least £44 billion in financial support for housing over a five-year period to help improve affordability and support homeownership.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 15/04/2019 09:48:57 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1144511

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Owner Occupation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he is taking to help people who are ready to move up the housing ladder from their first property.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
	uin	286379
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>At Autumn Statement 2014 the government reformed SDLT on residential properties, cutting the tax for 98% of buyers who pay it, unless they are purchasing additional property. These changes benefit those who are moving up the housing ladder.</p><p> </p>The Government has already committed significant financial support for housing, with at least £44bn over a five-year period announced at Autumn Budget 2017, supporting its ambition to increase supply to 300,000 homes per annum on average by the mid-2020s to improve affordability, and to increase home ownership. answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/09/2019 12:50:38 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1171925

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Personal Income
	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 number of households with a single-earner income of over £50,000 in (a) North East Hampshire constituency and (b) the UK; and if he will make it his policy to support those households through the tax system.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
	uin	5481
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2020 answer text <p>The number of households with a single-earner income of over £50,000 is based on Department for Work and Pensions analysis of Households Below Average Income (HBAI) data sourced from the 2017-18 Family Resources Survey (FRS).</p><p> </p><p>The survey sample sizes are too small to produce robust estimates at local authority or constituency level. The Department for Work and Pensions estimate that in the UK in 2017-18 there were 2.7m households with one person earning over £50,000 per year from employment (either as an employee or self-employed). Of these, 700,000 households contained only one person in employment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has made substantial increases to the personal allowance and higher rate threshold in recent years. In April 2019, the Government increased the personal allowance to £12,500 and the higher rate threshold to £50,000. This ensured that nearly one million fewer people pay the higher rate of tax compared to 2015-16 and that a typical higher rate taxpayer pays over £1,800 less income tax than in 2010-11.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 28/01/2020 13:56:47 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1173391

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Gambling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on (a) the cost to the NHS of treating (i) addiction to gambling and (ii) gambling-related harm and (b) the proportion of that cost that is accrued to the public purse through taxation on gambling.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
	uin	8391
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>In line with successive administrations, the details of Ministerial discussions are not normally disclosed.</p><p> </p><p>Gambling Duties raise around £3bn in revenue for the Exchequer per year. As is the case with taxes in general, the revenue raised goes into the consolidated fund.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 04/02/2020 12:06:15 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
	tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1177599

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Gambling: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2020 to Question 8391 on Gambling and Health, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of monies raised by gambling duties to meet the costs to the public purse associated with gambling.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
	uin	609
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2020 answer text <p>No assessment has been made. The Government has committed an extra £33.9 billion every year by 2023/24 for the NHS as part of its Long-term plan, which has been enshrined in law.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Long-term plan includes a commitment to expand the coverage of NHS services for people with serious gambling problems, which includes plans to open around 15 clinics by 2023/24.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 18/02/2020 18:51:21 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1186383

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Roads: South East
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the economic benefits of improving the Reading to Gatwick road corridor.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
	uin	901728
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2020 answer text <p>At Budget, the Chancellor confirmed a record £27.4 billion to improve England’s strategic roads from 2020 to 2025. This funding will help maintain and improve the Reading-Gatwick road corridor, which includes converting part of the M4 to a smart motorway. Highways England will complete work to upgrade the 18 km stretch of the M23 near Gatwick Airport to a smart motorway this year. They are also looking at ways to optimise capacity on the existing M25.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 24/03/2020 17:15:32 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1192915

	registered interest
	date	04/05/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Airlines: Government Shareholding
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of the Government taking an equity stake in (a) British Airways and (b) other airlines that are domiciled for tax purposes in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
	uin	43219
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises the challenging times facing the aviation sector as a result of COVID-19 and firms experiencing difficulties as a result of COVID-19 can draw upon the unprecedented package of measures announced by the Chancellor, including schemes to raise capital, flexibilities with tax bills, and financial support for employees.</p><p> </p><p>As the Chancellor set out in his letter to the aviation sector, should individual firms still find themselves in difficulty after exhausting all other options, the Government is prepared to enter negotiations with them as a last resort. Any intervention would need to represent value for money for taxpayers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 11/05/2020 12:43:49 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena