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date	01/12/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Employment: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with (a) the Department for Work and Pensions, (b) the Health and Safety Executive and (c) other Departments on organisations' duty of care to employees with underlying health conditions who are refused furlough.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	123645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2020 answer text <p>The furloughing of staff through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is a voluntary arrangement entered at the employers’ discretion and agreed by employees. That means it is not for the Government to decide whether an individual firm should put its staff on furlough.</p><p> </p><p>Treasury ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors (including MPs, businesses, professional representative bodies, and the unions) throughout the development of the COVID-19 support package, including the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel</a></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 07/12/2020 15:10:33 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1257232

registered interest
date	01/12/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Employment: Coronavirus
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 average loss of earnings for people who work through a mixture of both PAYE and self-employment during the Covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	123649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2020 answer text <p>In the three months to September, whole economy total pay growth (incl. bonuses) rose by 2.6ppts on the quarter to 1.3% and in real terms total pay rose by 0.7%. In the three months to September, regular pay growth (excl. bonuses) rose by 1.9ppts to 1.9%, and in real terms regular pay rose by 1.3%. Information on self-employed incomes involves a time lag and therefore existing data does not include recent months</p><p>This is a challenging time for many individuals and the Government has provided substantial support for those who have been disrupted by COVID-19.</p><p>The Chancellor extended both the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), which has helped to pay the wages of people in 9.6 million jobs across the country protecting jobs that might otherwise have been lost, and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS), which has supported the livelihoods of 2.6 million self-employed workers</p><p>Analysis published earlier this year shows the interventions made have significantly protected people’s incomes, with the least well off in society supported the most.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 07/12/2020 14:56:03 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1257315

registered interest
date	01/12/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Employment: Coronavirus
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 number of people who are not eligible for the (a) Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, (b) Self-Employed Income Support Scheme and (c) Universal Credit; and what steps is she taking to make additional support available to those people.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	123651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2020 answer text <p>In delivering these schemes, the Government had to prioritise helping the greatest number of people as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p><p>As of 15 November 2020, the CJRS had helped 1.2 million employers across the UK furlough 9.6 million jobs, protecting people’s livelihoods at a total value of £43bn.</p><p> </p><p>By midnight on 19 July, the first SEISS grant had helped 2.7 million self-employed people across the UK, who had claimed £7.5 billion. By midnight 20 September, 2.2 million people had claimed the second SEISS grant with the value of these claims reaching £5.6 billion.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor has acknowledged that the Government has not been able to support everyone as they would want.</p><p> </p><p>Those not eligible for the CJRS or SEISS may have access to other elements of the package of financial support available, including Bounce Back loans, tax deferrals, rental support, increased levels of Universal Credit, mortgage holidays, and other business support grants.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit is a benefit that provides a safety net for low income households. It therefore assesses total household income, including partner earnings and household savings, in order to ensure support is targeted at those families most in need, who do not have access to additional financial assistance.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to determine the precise number of people ineligible for Universal Credit, as eligibility is dependent on many different factors, including household size, housing costs, and level of earnings and savings. These factors are reported and assessed when an individual makes a claim for Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/12/2020 11:11:21 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1247943

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Employment: Coronavirus
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 benefits of providing financial support to people who are (a) freelancers (b) take their pay through dividends, (c) newly self-employed, (d) have both self-employed and PAYE income and (c) other labour groups previously ineligible for financial support packages during the November 2020 covid-19 lockdown.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	110191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government has provided, and will continue to provide, generous support to the self-employed, including freelancers, through the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) Grant Extension.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has acknowledged that it has not been able to support everyone as they would want. The practical issues that prevented the Government from being able to include those self-employed individuals who take their pay through dividends, namely not being able to verify the source of their dividend income without introducing unacceptable fraud risk, still remain.</p><p> </p><p>Similarly, the issues that prevented eligibility being extended to the newly self-employed under previous SEISS grants, namely that HMRC will not have access to their self-assessment returns in time to verify their eligibility, also remain.</p><p>The self-employed are very diverse and have a wide mix of turnover and profits, and in some cases have substantial alternative forms of income too. The design of the SEISS, including the eligibility requirement that an individual’s trading profits must be at least equal to their non-trading income, means it is targeted at those who need it most, and who are most reliant on their self-employment income.</p><p> </p><p>These eligibility criteria strike the right balance between ensuring support is granted to those who need it, and protecting value for the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>Those not eligible for the SEISS Grant Extension may still be eligible for other elements of the unprecedented financial support package available. This includes Bounce Back loans, tax deferrals, rental support, mortgage holidays, self-isolation support payments and other business support grants.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 05/11/2020 15:58:49 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes