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1728453

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Inheritance Tax: Business
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of business relief for Inheritance Tax in supporting family owned businesses.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	5067
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>HMRC publishes data regularly about the number of claims and the cost of non-structural tax reliefs, such as agricultural property relief and business property relief. The information can be found at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs</a>.</p> answering member constituency Ealing North answering member printed James Murray grouped question UIN 5066 question first answered 17/09/2024 16:01:16 answering member 4797 label Biography information for James Murray
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1728466

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Productivity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to (a) promote public sector reform and (b) increase public sector productivity.
	tabling member constituency	Salisbury
	tabling member printed	John Glen
	uin	4984
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>The Chancellor has launched a multi-year Spending Review to conclude in Spring 2025 that will establish a new approach to public service reform to drive greater productivity in the public sector.</p><p>The Government will use the Spending Review to change the way public services are delivered by embedding a mission-led approach, driving forward public service reform and making the best use of technology to better deliver services. The Spending Review will set spending plans for a minimum of three years of the five-year forecast period.</p> answering member constituency Bristol North West answering member printed Darren Jones question first answered 18/09/2024 15:51:17 answering member 4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones
	tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

1728481

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Small Businesses: Business Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the burden of business rates on small and medium-sized businesses.
	tabling member constituency	Broadland and Fakenham
	tabling member printed	Jerome Mayhew
	uin	5108
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>Recent trends in the rate of the business rates multiplier can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/calculate-your-business-rates" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/calculate-your-business-rates</a>.</p><p> </p><p>A number of reliefs are available to support businesses with their business rate liabilities. The eligibility criteria for them can be found on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-business-rate-relief" target="_blank">GOV.Uk</a>. This includes the Small Business Rate Relief (SBRR) which provides 100% rate relief for eligible properties with rateable values below £12,000 with tapered relief available for eligible properties with rateable values between £12,000 and £15,000. SBRR means that over a third of the smallest non-domestic properties in England pay no business rates.</p><p> </p><p>I am unable to comment on the Welsh business rates system, as business rates is a devolved policy area which means this is a matter for the Welsh government.</p> answering member constituency Ealing North answering member printed James Murray grouped question UIN 5109 question first answered 18/09/2024 14:32:42 answering member 4797 label Biography information for James Murray
	tabling member	4739 label Biography information for Jerome Mayhew

1728482

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Business Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of the rate of the business rates multiplier in (a) England and (b) Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Broadland and Fakenham
	tabling member printed	Jerome Mayhew
	uin	5109
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>Recent trends in the rate of the business rates multiplier can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/calculate-your-business-rates" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/calculate-your-business-rates</a>.</p><p> </p><p>A number of reliefs are available to support businesses with their business rate liabilities. The eligibility criteria for them can be found on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-business-rate-relief" target="_blank">GOV.Uk</a>. This includes the Small Business Rate Relief (SBRR) which provides 100% rate relief for eligible properties with rateable values below £12,000 with tapered relief available for eligible properties with rateable values between £12,000 and £15,000. SBRR means that over a third of the smallest non-domestic properties in England pay no business rates.</p><p> </p><p>I am unable to comment on the Welsh business rates system, as business rates is a devolved policy area which means this is a matter for the Welsh government.</p> answering member constituency Ealing North answering member printed James Murray grouped question UIN 5108 question first answered 18/09/2024 14:32:42 answering member 4797 label Biography information for James Murray
	tabling member	4739 label Biography information for Jerome Mayhew

1728483

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Business: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when her Department plans to publish a business tax roadmap.
	tabling member constituency	Broadland and Fakenham
	tabling member printed	Jerome Mayhew
	uin	5110
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government will outline a tax roadmap for business at the Budget to offer the certainty that encourages investment and gives business the confidence to grow, including our commitment to cap corporation tax at 25% for the duration of this Parliament and to retain full expensing.</p> answering member constituency Ealing North answering member printed James Murray question first answered 17/09/2024 10:59:47 answering member 4797 label Biography information for James Murray
	tabling member	4739 label Biography information for Jerome Mayhew

1728586

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Valuation Office Agency: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, If she will publish (a) the agreement and (b) the terms of reference between the Welsh Government and the Valuation Office Agency in relation to (i) the Agency's work for a council tax revaluation in Wales and (ii) the development of the Automated Valuation Model in Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
	tabling member printed	David Simmonds
	uin	5154
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>The Welsh Government have previously responded on this matter in June 2024.</p><p>The answers can be viewed here:</p><ul><li><a href="https://record.senedd.wales/WrittenQuestion/93146" target="_blank"><strong>Written Question - WQ93146 - Welsh Parliament (senedd.wales)</strong></a></li><li><a href="https://record.senedd.wales/WrittenQuestion/93148" target="_blank"><strong>Written Question - WQ93148 - Welsh Parliament (senedd.wales)</strong></a><strong> </strong><strong> </strong></li><li><a href="https://record.assembly.wales/WrittenQuestion/93350" target="_blank"><strong>Written Question - WQ93350 - Welsh Parliament (assembly.wales)</strong></a></li></ul> answering member constituency Ealing North answering member printed James Murray grouped question UIN 5156 question first answered 18/09/2024 14:28:50 answering member 4797 label Biography information for James Murray
	tabling member	4872 label Biography information for David Simmonds

1728588

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Council Tax: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will list (a) each of the variables and (b) the source of data for each variable used in the new Automated Valuation Model for the Valuation Office Agency's council tax revaluation in Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
	tabling member printed	David Simmonds
	uin	5155
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>The variables used in the AVM model include property attributes, locations, and sales details. While much of this data is sourced from VOA records, the VOA supplement this with data available across Government and through the Public Sector Geospatial Agreement, including from the Office for National Statistics, HM Land Registry and Ordnance Survey.</p> answering member constituency Ealing North answering member printed James Murray question first answered 18/09/2024 14:30:20 answering member 4797 label Biography information for James Murray
	tabling member	4872 label Biography information for David Simmonds

1728589

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Council Tax: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the cost to the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) of the council tax revaluation in Wales; and what payments the Welsh Government has (a) made and (b) agreed to make to the VOA to finance this work.
	tabling member constituency	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
	tabling member printed	David Simmonds
	uin	5156
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>The Welsh Government have previously responded on this matter in June 2024.</p><p>The answers can be viewed here:</p><ul><li><a href="https://record.senedd.wales/WrittenQuestion/93146" target="_blank"><strong>Written Question - WQ93146 - Welsh Parliament (senedd.wales)</strong></a></li><li><a href="https://record.senedd.wales/WrittenQuestion/93148" target="_blank"><strong>Written Question - WQ93148 - Welsh Parliament (senedd.wales)</strong></a><strong> </strong><strong> </strong></li><li><a href="https://record.assembly.wales/WrittenQuestion/93350" target="_blank"><strong>Written Question - WQ93350 - Welsh Parliament (assembly.wales)</strong></a></li></ul> answering member constituency Ealing North answering member printed James Murray grouped question UIN 5154 question first answered 18/09/2024 14:28:50 answering member 4797 label Biography information for James Murray
	tabling member	4872 label Biography information for David Simmonds

1728597

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Tax Evasion: Small Businesses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of developing a system to tackle trends in the level of tax evasion from small businesses.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Paula Barker
	uin	5137
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling all forms of non-compliance, including evasion. Each year HMRC estimates the size of the tax gap, and the latest published tax gap (2022-23) was 4.8% of theoretical liabilities, or £39.8bn. The element attributable to small businesses is 60% (£24.1bn) of that overall tax gap.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC publishes these estimates in its annual ‘Measuring the Tax Gap’ report. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/measuring-tax-gaps" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/measuring-tax-gaps</a></p><p> </p><p>Small businesses play a vital role in the UK economy and most businesses pay what they owe. A small minority fail to pay their fair share of tax, thereby depriving public services of vital funding and leading to unfair competition between businesses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ealing North answering member printed James Murray question first answered 18/09/2024 10:54:09 answering member 4797 label Biography information for James Murray
	tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1728616

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking at a retail level to tackle the illicit tobacco trade.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	4972
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>HMRC works closely with local authorities to help tackle illicit tobacco trade at a retail level.</p><p> </p><p>In January 2021 HMRC and National Trading Standards launched Operation CeCe. This joint initiative builds on decades of partnership working with local Trading Standards Officers.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC funds Operation CeCe with the money being allocated by National Trading Standards to local authority Trading Standards. This supports them to undertake enforcement activity including the sharing of information and intelligence to target and seize illegal tobacco, disruption of the illicit tobacco market and prevention of fraud in their area.</p><p> </p><p>In its first two years of operation more than 28 million cigarettes and nearly 8 tonnes of illicit hand rolling-tobacco were seized.</p><p> </p><p>In July 2023 new powers were given to Trading Standards to make referrals to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) where they find evidence of tobacco products that do not comply with the UK Tobacco Track and Trace System.</p><p> </p><p>In January 2024, HMRC published a new Illicit Tobacco Strategy ‘Stubbing out the problem’. The Strategy sets out how HMRC intends to build on the success of Operation CeCe by increasing the level of funding available to Trading Standards.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ealing North answering member printed James Murray question first answered 17/09/2024 15:53:43 answering member 4797 label Biography information for James Murray
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes