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1353198

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Employment Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What fiscal steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support people who are out of work to gain skills to find new, well-paid jobs.
	tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
	tabling member printed	Simon Fell
	uin	903254
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2021 answer text <p>The Plan for Jobs supports people to gain the skills needed to access high quality jobs. The Chancellor provided £111 million to triple traineeships, £17 million to expand sector-based work academies, and £32 million to boost the National Careers Service’s capacity.</p><p> </p><p>At the Spending Review, the Government announced £95 million to fund free courses for adults in subjects with strong employment prospects and £43 million to provide 16,000 places on employer-led skills bootcamps.</p><p> </p><p>At Budget, the Chancellor announced £126 million more for traineeships, and increased incentives for hiring apprentices to £3,000.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 903259 question first answered 07/09/2021 14:01:18 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4744 label Biography information for Simon Fell

1353201

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Employment Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What fiscal steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support people who are out of work to gain skills to find new, well-paid jobs.
	tabling member constituency	South Ribble
	tabling member printed	Katherine Fletcher
	uin	903259
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2021 answer text <p>The Plan for Jobs supports people to gain the skills needed to access high quality jobs. The Chancellor provided £111 million to triple traineeships, £17 million to expand sector-based work academies, and £32 million to boost the National Careers Service’s capacity.</p><p> </p><p>At the Spending Review, the Government announced £95 million to fund free courses for adults in subjects with strong employment prospects and £43 million to provide 16,000 places on employer-led skills bootcamps.</p><p> </p><p>At Budget, the Chancellor announced £126 million more for traineeships, and increased incentives for hiring apprentices to £3,000.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 903254 question first answered 07/09/2021 14:01:18 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher

1353328

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Non-domestic Rating (Telecommunications Infrastructure Relief) (England) Regulations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2021 to Question 31282 on Non-domestic Rating (Telecommunications Infrastructure Relief) (England) Regulations, how many of the 71 certificates were issued to BT.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	44171
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) is responsible for the valuation of non-domestic properties for business rates purposes in England and Wales. The Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 restricts the VOA from providing specific information about companies, in order to protect ratepayer confidentiality.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/09/2021 13:21:55 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1353496

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Post Office Card Account
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the continued payment of (a) tax credits and (b) child benefit to recipients when the Post Office card account ends.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	44378
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>In order to ensure the continued payment of Child Benefit and Tax Credit, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have been contacting all of their affected Post Office Card Account customers to tell them of the forthcoming change and facilitate moving their payments into other bank accounts.</p><p> </p><p>For any customers unable to open a bank account, HMRC operate a specific Payment Exception Service.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 44379 44380 question first answered 10/09/2021 13:21:48 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1353499

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Post Office Card Account
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the continued payment of (a) tax credits and (b) child benefit to recipients who (i) may experience difficulties in opening and (ii) are unable to open a bank account.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	44379
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>In order to ensure the continued payment of Child Benefit and Tax Credit, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have been contacting all of their affected Post Office Card Account customers to tell them of the forthcoming change and facilitate moving their payments into other bank accounts.</p><p> </p><p>For any customers unable to open a bank account, HMRC operate a specific Payment Exception Service.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 44378 44380 question first answered 10/09/2021 13:21:48 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1353506

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Post Office Card Account
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to operate a Payment Exception Service for (a) tax credits and (b) child benefit payments when the Post Office Card Account ends.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	44380
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>In order to ensure the continued payment of Child Benefit and Tax Credit, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have been contacting all of their affected Post Office Card Account customers to tell them of the forthcoming change and facilitate moving their payments into other bank accounts.</p><p> </p><p>For any customers unable to open a bank account, HMRC operate a specific Payment Exception Service.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 44378 44379 question first answered 10/09/2021 13:21:48 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1353604

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Business Rates: Tax Allowances
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the £1.5 billion Business Rates Relief fund, announced on 25 March 2021, has been distributed to businesses; and what the timescale is by which all of the fund will have been distributed to businesses.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds West
	tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
	uin	44317
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>Funding for businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic that have not otherwise been eligible for existing reliefs will be available once the legislation relating to material change in circumstance provisions has passed and Local Authorities (LAs) have established their own local relief schemes. The Government will support LAs to do this as quickly as possible, including through new burdens funding.</p><p> </p><p>Formal guidance will follow in due course, setting out the specific considerations that LAs should have regard for when providing relief. Relief will be for LAs to award on a discretionary basis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/09/2021 13:20:15 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

1352776

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Stamp Duty Land Tax
	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 provide support for property buyers who agreed sales ahead of the end of the stamp duty freeze and who will not complete sales until after the end of that freeze due to waiting for the completion of building surveys.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	43645
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2021 answer text <p>The SDLT threshold for all purchases of property, except purchases by first time buyers, will be £125,000 from 1 October 2021. The SDLT threshold is £300,000 for first time buyers who purchase a property for £500,000 or below.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2021, the Chancellor extended the period in which the £500,000 SDLT threshold applies to 30 June 2021. This was designed to ensure that transactions that were unable to be completed by the original 31 March 2021 deadline because of delays in the sector would still receive the relief.</p><p> </p><p>The SDLT threshold then stepped down to £250,000 on 1 July 2021 to transition the market back to the standard rate. The standard SDLT threshold will return to £125,000 on 1 October 2021.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/09/2021 13:52:31 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1352814

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many calls were made to the helpline established to report instances of potential fraud regarding the furlough scheme in the last twelve months; and how many of those calls related to cases in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	43396
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2021 answer text <p>There are two hotlines that the public can use to contact HMRC to report potential fraud. The first (0800 788 887) is a dedicated HMRC line and the second, the COVID Fraud Hotline (0800 587 5030) is a Government line, in conjunction with Crimestoppers, which was launched in October 2020.</p><p>HMRC are unable to provide the breakdown requested within the timeframe given to respond. However, HMRC are able to provide the total number of calls received about the furlough scheme over the last 12 months from 01/09/2020 to 31/08/2021:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Hotline</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Calls received</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Crimestoppers</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMRC line</p></td><td><p>19681</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19754</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/09/2021 13:47:37 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1352934

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Travel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the travel and aviation industry to explore the potential merits of extending the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme for those sectors.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
	uin	43703
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2021 answer text <p>The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme was designed as a temporary, economy-wide measure to support businesses while widespread restrictions were in place. Closing the scheme at the end of September is designed to strike  the right balance between supporting the economy as it opens up, continuing to provide support and protect incomes, and ensuring that incentives are in place to get people back to work as demand returns.  This approach has worked; the OBR have estimated that without the short-term fiscal easing announced in the Budget, and in particular the CJRS extension, unemployment would have been about 300,000 higher in the fourth quarter of this year than the 2.2 million in the central forecast.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises the particular challenges that the travel industry has faced as a result of COVID-19. In England travel agents have recently benefited from Restart Grants worth up to £6,000, and can continue to benefit from the £2 billion of discretionary grant funding that has been made available to local authorities in England through the Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG). Furthermore, the aviation and aerospace sectors are being supported with over £12 billion that has been made available through loan guarantees, support for exporters, the Bank of England’s Covid Corporate Financing Facility (CCFF) and grants for research and development. In addition, airports continue to benefit from the renewed Airport and Ground Operations Support Scheme announced at Budget.</p><p> </p><p>The Global Travel Taskforce (GTT) report sets out a clear framework for the Government’s objective of establishing a safe and sustainable return to international travel, which is key to enabling the sector’s recovery. It has been created following extensive engagement with the international travel and tourism industries, and changes following the recent checkpoint review of the GTT are a vital step in enabling the recovery of travel operators and those whose jobs rely on the travel industry.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has shown throughout the pandemic that it is prepared to adapt support if the path of the virus changes. It continues to engage closely with sectors across the economy, including the travel industry, in order to understand their recovery horizons as the vaccine is rolled out and restrictions ease.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 43704 question first answered 14/09/2021 15:05:02 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart