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1237210

	registered interest
	date	23/09/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Working Tax Credit: Stockton North
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families with children have received the £20 per week uplift in Working Tax Credit basic element payments in Stockton North in each month since that uplift was introduced.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	94416
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2020 answer text <p>This information is not currently available.</p><p> </p><p>Provisional information on the number of families with children receiving Working Tax Credit at the parliamentary constituency level is published twice a year. In April 2020, the number of families with children receiving Working Tax Credit in Stockton North was 1,700: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-statistics-provisional-awards-geographical-analyses-december-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-statistics-provisional-awards-geographical-analyses-december-2013</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The next update to this publication will be available in January 2021 with statistics relating to December 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Finalised annual information on families with children receiving Working Tax Credits is published once a year and is updated each July: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-statistics-finalised-annual-awards-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-statistics-finalised-annual-awards-2018-to-2019</a>.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 28/09/2020 14:19:09 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1279686

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Working Tax 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 potential merits of paying childcare tax credits directly to childcare providers.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	141980
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2021 answer text <p>The childcare element of Working Tax Credit is intended to facilitate parental employment and is considered to be most effective when paid directly as part of a tax credits award, so that parents are afforded more of the choice and flexibility they need in order to work.</p><p> </p><p>As well as giving families flexibility and responsibility in managing their financial affairs, the current approach avoids increasing the administrative burden on providers. Given that the childcare element covers a proportion of costs, paying providers directly would add an unnecessary layer of complexity, as providers would still have to obtain the remaining costs directly from parents.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 27/01/2021 14:01:01 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1126152

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 9 May 2019 to Question 249276, if he will provide the figures for the number of workers in the offshore wind sector transported by helicopter (a) to and (b) from wind farms on the UK continental shelf in each year for which there are records.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	253568
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information requested.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/05/2019 10:05:10 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

709438

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2017
	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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many wind turbines were installed in the (a) Irish Sea, (b) North Sea and (c) English Channel in each year between 2006-07 and 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	67119
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on annual turbine installation rates.</p><p>However, Wind Europe’s “<em>The European Offshore Wind Industry, key trends and statistics 2016</em>” records that, at the end of 2016, the UK had a total of 1,472 turbines installed and connected across 28 windfarms.</p><p>The details can be found at <a href="https://windeurope.org/wp-content/uploads/files/about-wind/statistics/WindEurope-Annual-Offshore-Statistics-2016.pdf" target="_blank">https://windeurope.org/wp-content/uploads/files/about-wind/statistics/WindEurope-Annual-Offshore-Statistics-2016.pdf</a>.</p><p>The Rampion project is in the process of installing the first turbines in the English Channel.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 15/03/2017 17:54:07 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

709439

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2017
	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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many (a) directly employed and (b) contractor employees there were in the offshore wind industry in each year between 2006-07 and 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	67098
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not collate this data on an annual basis. However, the industry currently supports around 13,700 jobs in the UK (7,900 direct and 5,800 indirect) with GVA* of £1 billion (£600m direct and £400m indirect).</p><p> </p><p><em>Source: “The size and performance of the UK low-carbon economy”, BIS, March 2015, </em><em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/low-carbon-economy-size-and-performance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/low-carbon-economy-size-and-performance</a></em></p><p><em>*Gross Value Added</em></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 15/03/2017 18:01:41 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1185727

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	VAT: Energy
	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 effect of removing VAT on energy efficiency products on encouraging the take up of those products.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	30762
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2020 answer text <p>Although the standard rate of VAT of 20% applies on energy saving materials, the Government allows a reduced rate of 5% of VAT on:</p><p> </p><p>- all installations of energy saving materials for recipients who are aged 60 or over or on certain benefits, for housing associations, and where the installations are in buildings used for relevant residential purposes, and;</p><p> </p><p>- on all other installations of energy saving materials in residential accommodation where the cost of the materials does not exceed 60% of the total cost of the installation.</p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that if the value of the energy-saving materials exceeds 60%, then only the labour cost element will qualify for the reduced rate (with the supply of the materials being taxed at the standard rate).</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/03/2020 12:39:02 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1310563

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	UAE-UK Sovereign Investment Partnership
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Department for International Trade’s announcement of 24 March 2021 on the Sovereign Investment Partnership between the UK and the United Arab Emirates, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of that partnership on tax incentives for (a) businesses and (b) investors in the Tees Freeport.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	184439
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government has developed an attractive and ambitious policy offer for freeports, including tax reliefs, which it is working to introduce as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury welcomes the Sovereign Investment Partnership announced by DIT and the benefits it will bring to places like Tees.</p><p> </p><p>The precise impacts in freeports will ultimately depend on individual businesses and investors, and MHCLG are currently working with each of the announced freeports to agree their plans.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 26/04/2021 15:04:02 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1173703

	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	Tax Avoidance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of the loan charge on the physical and mental wellbeing of people subject to it.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	8276
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government published a tax information and impact note (TIIN) for the Loan Charge, in common with all new tax legislation, and has since published a TIIN on the reform measures recommended in the independent review led by Sir Amyas Morse. These provide a clear explanation of the policy objective, together with details of the effect on the Exchequer, the economy, individuals, businesses, civil society organisations, as well as any equality or other specific area of impact.</p><p> </p><p>As a result of these reforms, it is estimated that more than 30,000 people will benefit from reduced bills. The Government takes very seriously concerns over the physical and mental wellbeing of those subject to the Loan Charge and over the last year HMRC have significantly increased the support offered to customers undergoing compliance checks.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 04/02/2020 17:02:06 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1275205

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Stamp Duty Land Tax: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when purchasing a property that is under construction whether the stamp duty holiday applies at the point of purchase of the property or at the point of completion of the construction.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	135918
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2021 answer text <p>When a property is under construction, Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) applies at the point of purchase of the property. This means that SDLT would apply either at the completion of the contract or when it is substantially performed. A contract is substantially performed when the purchaser has taken possession of the property or when the purchaser has paid 90 percent of the price due under the contract.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/01/2021 12:53:09 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1275207

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Stamp Duty Land Tax: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to extend the stamp duty holiday on new homes in response to delays to building work due to the covid-19 lockdown.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	135919
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2021 answer text <p>The temporary increase in the Stamp Duty Land Tax nil rate band was designed to create immediate momentum within the property market, where property transactions fell by as much as 50 per cent during the COVID-19 lockdown in March.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is closely monitoring delays in the building process. As the relief was designed to provide an immediate stimulus to the property market, the Government does not plan to extend this relief.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 137921 question first answered 19/01/2021 10:25:52 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham