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1468033

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Disguised Remuneration Loan Charge Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people seeking refunds due to the changes made by the Morse Review have been refunded by HMRC.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	13727
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2022 answer text <p>The Loan Charge was announced at Budget 2016 as part of a package of measures to tackle Disguised Remuneration (DR) tax avoidance. The forecast was last revised at Spring Statement 2022, with the latest estimated overall Exchequer yield of £3.4 billion for the entire package, which includes the Loan Charge.</p><p> </p><p>In September 2019, the Government commissioned an Independent Review into the Loan Charge, led by Lord Morse. The Government accepted 19 of the 20 recommendations made by the review. Changes to the Loan Charge were estimated to reduce the forecast yield by £745 million at Budget 2020.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC will go to the employer to settle the tax due or collect the Loan Charge in the first instance. Approximately 80 per cent of the £3.3 billion HMRC brought into charge through DR settlements between Budget 2016 and the end of March 2021 was from employers.</p><p> </p><p>However, HMRC will consider other options to collect the tax where collection from the employer is not possible, such as when the employer no longer exists or is based offshore.</p><p> </p><p>Following Lord Morse’s Independent Loan Charge Review in 2019, HMRC established the DR Repayment Scheme 2020 to repay voluntary payments that taxpayers had agreed to make as part of settlements concluded before changes were made to the scope of the Loan Charge. Individuals and employers had until 30 September 2021 to apply to HMRC for a refund or waiver.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC repays amounts that were paid in DR scheme settlements, and/or waives amounts of instalments due that have not yet been paid if certain conditions are met.</p><p> </p><p>As of 3 June 2022, HMRC had processed approximately <del class="ministerial">1900</del> <ins class="ministerial">2100</ins> applications, of which approximately 1300 had received either a repayment, a waiver, or both. Approximately <del class="ministerial">600</del> <ins class="ministerial">800</ins> of the applications processed at that date were either invalid or ineligible.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Richard Fuller question first answered 15/06/2022 16:07:03 question first ministerially corrected 17/10/2022 16:20:30 answering member 3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller previous answer version 6499 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1541746

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact of the inadmissibility process on (a) the speed of asylum decision making and (b) the provision of asylum accommodation and support.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	86487
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">This system will not introduce significant delays either for individuals entering the asylum system, or the asylum system as a whole.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">In recent years we have made progress in prioritising older claims, high harm cases, those cases with extreme vulnerability, children and new flow cases following the introduction of the Nationality &amp; Borders Act, whilst those in receipt of support are a priority for caseworkers considering legacy cases.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The significant increase in dangerous journeys across the Channel is placing unprecedented strain on our asylum system and it has made it necessary to continue to use hotels to accommodate some asylum seekers. The use of hotels is a short-term solution and we are working hard with local authorities to find appropriate accommodation.</del></p><p>Statistics relating to supported asylum seekers temporarily residing in contingency accommodation are published here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Fasylum-and-resettlement-datasets&amp;data=05%7C01%7CPS.SpecialAdvisers%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ca496d0d3d4f74f6ad78b08dacca28a64%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638047295713805596%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=UQ1sf2enuEQfqpFF8raBYrQXdDZHa6baJWew%2F0VSYaQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Asylum and resettlement datasets</a>.</p><p>The Home Office does not publish a breakdown of statistics which disaggregates the number of asylum seekers accommodated in specific types of accommodation, or the number at specific stages of the asylum process. These figures are not available in a reportable format and to provide the information could only be done at disproportionate cost. Further information on the inadmissibility process can be here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Finadmissibility-third-country-cases%2Finadmissibility-safe-third-country-cases-accessible&amp;data=05%7C01%7CPS.SpecialAdvisers%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ca496d0d3d4f74f6ad78b08dacca28a64%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638047295713805596%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=GSuJUWbJOr1G0lLS6CwBOPkMVK6z4GogDoJbsI8qk%2Fg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Inadmissibility: safe third country cases</a>.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick previous answer version 36442 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick 36460 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick question first answered 22/11/2022 17:56:34 question first ministerially corrected 23/11/2022 09:06:48 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1662749

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Young Offenders: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will hold discussions with the Police Service of Northern Ireland on tackling physical abuse between people under the age of 18 in Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	200603
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>Policing, including the response to physical abuse, is a <del class="ministerial">delegated</del> <ins class="ministerial">devolved</ins> matter for consideration by the Northern Ireland Executive.</p><p> </p><p>We are open to discussions with the Police Service of Northern Ireland to share knowledge on tackling physical abuse amongst young people.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 20/10/2023 13:50:03 question first ministerially corrected 23/10/2023 09:15:34 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines previous answer version 99450 answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1468023

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2022
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason the Government plans to regulate only two commodities through the Environment Act 2021 in 2023 in the context of the implementation by the EU of a forest regulation to block six forest risk commodities in EU markets.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	13717
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government has introduced world-leading due diligence legislation through the Environment Act to help tackle illegal deforestation in UK supply chains. We plan to adopt a phased approach so that we can move more swiftly with regulation to capture the most significant drivers of deforestation first. We recently ran a consultation to seek views on how we should implement the Environment Act provisions, including how many commodities we should regulate through the first round of secondary legislation, and have since published a summary of responses, available at: <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fconsultations%2Ftackling-illegal-deforestation-in-uk-supply-chains&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7Cb265e6f58dda495ed32508da4efb1c5f%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C637909137664642707%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=vhy%2FGw%2B11gHSuA0YSuB24uiAwY418phT6sIutab6Cz0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/tackling-illegal-deforestation-in-uk-supply-chains</a></p><p>We will take into account consultation responses in decisions around how many commodities to regulate and will publish the UK Government’s approach to secondary legislation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 16/06/2022 13:36:25 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1468024

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Transport: Exhaust Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce emissions from transport across the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	13718
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2022 answer text <p>Last year the department published its Transport Decarbonisation Plan that provides a credible, deliverable pathway to reduce emissions and deliver transport’s contribution to carbon budgets and net zero.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 15/06/2022 09:11:43 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1468025

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Metals: Recycling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of changes to the entitlement of the metal recycling sector to use red diesel since April 2022, in light of increases in fuel prices.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	13719
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>At Budget 2020, the Chancellor announced that he would remove the entitlement to use red diesel from most sectors April 2022, except in agriculture (as well as forestry, horticulture and pisciculture), rail and for non-commercial heating (including domestic heating).</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognised that this would be a significant change for some businesses and ran a consultation to gather information from affected users on the expected impact of these tax changes and make sure it had not overlooked any exceptional reasons why other sectors should be allowed to continue to use red diesel beyond April 2022. As part of this, my officials met representatives from the waste processing sector to discuss these changes and carefully analysed the consultation response from the British Metals Recycling Association after the consultation closed.</p><p> </p><p>Following the consultation, the Chancellor announced at Spring Budget 2021 that the Government would grant further entitlements to use red diesel after April 2022 for a limited number of users. However, having assessed the cases made by other sectors to retain their red diesel entitlement, including the metal recycling sector, the Government did not believe that they were compelling enough to outweigh the need to ensure fairness between the different users of diesel fuels, the Government's long-term environmental objectives and the need for the tax system to incentivise the development of greener alternatives to polluting fuels.</p><p> </p><p>These tax changes mean that most businesses in the UK which used red diesel prior to April 2022 no longer get a significant tax break compared with ordinary motorists; they instead now need to use diesel fuel taxed at the standard rate for diesel, which more fairly reflects the harmful impact of the emissions they produce. These reforms are also designed to ensure that the tax system incentivises users of polluting fuels like diesel to improve the energy efficiency of their vehicles and machinery, invest in cleaner alternatives or use less fuel. The development of these alternatives is being supported by the Government at least doubling its investment in energy innovation by committing over £1 billion to the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio.</p><p> </p><p>In recognition of the unique circumstances that are currently pushing up fuel prices, the Government announced at the Spring Statement that it is cutting fuel duty on petrol and diesel by 5 pence per litre for a period of 12 months. This is a significant tax cut that will deliver considerable savings to businesses, including those that use diesel, and is the first time in over a decade that the main rates of petrol and diesel have been cut.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 13720 13721 question first answered 13/06/2022 13:15:54 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1468026

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Metals: Recycling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to inform businesses in the metal recycling industry of the potential impact of the change in use of red diesel since 1 April 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	13720
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>At Budget 2020, the Chancellor announced that he would remove the entitlement to use red diesel from most sectors April 2022, except in agriculture (as well as forestry, horticulture and pisciculture), rail and for non-commercial heating (including domestic heating).</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognised that this would be a significant change for some businesses and ran a consultation to gather information from affected users on the expected impact of these tax changes and make sure it had not overlooked any exceptional reasons why other sectors should be allowed to continue to use red diesel beyond April 2022. As part of this, my officials met representatives from the waste processing sector to discuss these changes and carefully analysed the consultation response from the British Metals Recycling Association after the consultation closed.</p><p> </p><p>Following the consultation, the Chancellor announced at Spring Budget 2021 that the Government would grant further entitlements to use red diesel after April 2022 for a limited number of users. However, having assessed the cases made by other sectors to retain their red diesel entitlement, including the metal recycling sector, the Government did not believe that they were compelling enough to outweigh the need to ensure fairness between the different users of diesel fuels, the Government's long-term environmental objectives and the need for the tax system to incentivise the development of greener alternatives to polluting fuels.</p><p> </p><p>These tax changes mean that most businesses in the UK which used red diesel prior to April 2022 no longer get a significant tax break compared with ordinary motorists; they instead now need to use diesel fuel taxed at the standard rate for diesel, which more fairly reflects the harmful impact of the emissions they produce. These reforms are also designed to ensure that the tax system incentivises users of polluting fuels like diesel to improve the energy efficiency of their vehicles and machinery, invest in cleaner alternatives or use less fuel. The development of these alternatives is being supported by the Government at least doubling its investment in energy innovation by committing over £1 billion to the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio.</p><p> </p><p>In recognition of the unique circumstances that are currently pushing up fuel prices, the Government announced at the Spring Statement that it is cutting fuel duty on petrol and diesel by 5 pence per litre for a period of 12 months. This is a significant tax cut that will deliver considerable savings to businesses, including those that use diesel, and is the first time in over a decade that the main rates of petrol and diesel have been cut.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 13719 13721 question first answered 13/06/2022 13:15:54 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1468027

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Metals: Recycling
	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 support the metal recycling sector following the end of its entitlement to use red diesel since 1 April 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	13721
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>At Budget 2020, the Chancellor announced that he would remove the entitlement to use red diesel from most sectors April 2022, except in agriculture (as well as forestry, horticulture and pisciculture), rail and for non-commercial heating (including domestic heating).</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognised that this would be a significant change for some businesses and ran a consultation to gather information from affected users on the expected impact of these tax changes and make sure it had not overlooked any exceptional reasons why other sectors should be allowed to continue to use red diesel beyond April 2022. As part of this, my officials met representatives from the waste processing sector to discuss these changes and carefully analysed the consultation response from the British Metals Recycling Association after the consultation closed.</p><p> </p><p>Following the consultation, the Chancellor announced at Spring Budget 2021 that the Government would grant further entitlements to use red diesel after April 2022 for a limited number of users. However, having assessed the cases made by other sectors to retain their red diesel entitlement, including the metal recycling sector, the Government did not believe that they were compelling enough to outweigh the need to ensure fairness between the different users of diesel fuels, the Government's long-term environmental objectives and the need for the tax system to incentivise the development of greener alternatives to polluting fuels.</p><p> </p><p>These tax changes mean that most businesses in the UK which used red diesel prior to April 2022 no longer get a significant tax break compared with ordinary motorists; they instead now need to use diesel fuel taxed at the standard rate for diesel, which more fairly reflects the harmful impact of the emissions they produce. These reforms are also designed to ensure that the tax system incentivises users of polluting fuels like diesel to improve the energy efficiency of their vehicles and machinery, invest in cleaner alternatives or use less fuel. The development of these alternatives is being supported by the Government at least doubling its investment in energy innovation by committing over £1 billion to the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio.</p><p> </p><p>In recognition of the unique circumstances that are currently pushing up fuel prices, the Government announced at the Spring Statement that it is cutting fuel duty on petrol and diesel by 5 pence per litre for a period of 12 months. This is a significant tax cut that will deliver considerable savings to businesses, including those that use diesel, and is the first time in over a decade that the main rates of petrol and diesel have been cut.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 13719 13720 question first answered 13/06/2022 13:15:55 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1468028

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Parkinson's disease
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of people who are living with Parkinson's disease by (a) age and (b) gender as of 7 June 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	13722
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>No specific estimate has been made. However, the National Health Service estimates that that one in 500 people in the United Kingdom are affected by Parkinson’s disease, with men slightly more likely to be affected than women and symptoms most likely to develop after the age of 50 years old.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 21/06/2022 10:23:50 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1468029

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2022
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Metals: Recycling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he made of the number of waste exemptions that were renewed in England in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	13723
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2022 answer text <p>There were 18,337 registration renewal transactions in the last 12 months. A number of exemptions may be registered or renewed under each registration or renewal transaction. Customers can add or remove exemptions during the &quot;renewal&quot; process and amend their details if required.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 15/06/2022 07:08:27 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon