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1225930

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date	17/07/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Customs Intermediaries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to The Border with the European Union: Importing and Exporting Goods, published on 13 July 2020, what estimate he has made of the number of business who will need to use a customs intermediary in January 2021.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	76006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>The vast majority of the UK’s rest-of-world traders use an agent or intermediary to comply with customs formalities and manage their logistics and transport needs. Based on this, the Government expects that intermediaries will play an essential role as the majority of UK businesses trading with the EU will want to use their services to facilitate the import/export process.</p><p> </p><p>There are a number of different types of customs declarations depending on how goods are moved and under which procedure. It is estimated that traders will need to make c.156-172m additional declarations. HMRC expect most businesses to use an intermediary to do this (eg. a freight forwarder, fast-parcel operator or a customs agent) as over 90 per cent of rest-of-world traders currently use one.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 22/07/2020 07:12:21 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

1225931

registered interest
date	17/07/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	UK Relations with EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to The Border with the European Union: Importing and Exporting Goods, published on 13 July 2020, what assessment he has made of the potential cost to businesses of making customs declarations if they decide not to use a customs intermediary.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	76007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>There are a number of different types of customs declarations depending on how goods are moved and under which procedure.</p><p> </p><p>The latest published estimates are in the third edition impact assessment from December 2018, which are based on historic data. The estimates of the range are between £20-£56 for import declarations, and £15-£46 for export declarations.</p><p> </p><p>The final costs of completing customs declarations will vary significantly from business to business depending on how often they trade, and how they choose to fulfil customers’ requirements; some will use an intermediary while others will do it themselves.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 22/07/2020 07:16:01 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

1225932

registered interest
date	17/07/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	UK Customs Academy
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 number of traders who have used the UK Customs Academy.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	76008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text The online UK Customs Academy training centre (where the Government has directly procured training capacity) has delivered 1,139 courses so far. This is just one of several companies providing training for customs intermediaries in the UK. answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 22/07/2020 07:10:40 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

1225945

registered interest
date	17/07/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether employers can keep workers on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme until the end of October 2020 whose fixed-term contracts are due to end in November 2020.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	76040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government has ensured that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) is available for as many people as possible. Hence, employees can be on any type of contract and be eligible to be furloughed under the CJRS.</p><p> </p><p>From August 2020, the level of the grant will be tapered slowly to reflect that people will be returning to work. An employer can continue to claim for all employees furloughed for 21 days before 30 June as long as any single claim period does not exceed the maximum number of employees they claimed for under any claim before 30 June.</p><p> </p><p>Further information on eligibility for the CJRS can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/check-which-employees-you-can-put-on-furlough-to-use-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/check-which-employees-you-can-put-on-furlough-to-use-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 22/07/2020 07:18:44 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

1226036

registered interest
date	17/07/2020
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 financial support will be available for people who are extremely clinically vulnerable and unable to return to work after 1 August 2020 because they cannot work from home and their workplace cannot be made covid-secure.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mick Whitley
uin	76120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>On 22 June, the Prime Minister announced that the Government will relax the current public health guidance for those identified as Clinically Extremely Vulnerable (CEV) to shield at home. This means from 1 August they will be able to return to work if they are unable to work from home, provided their workplace is COVID-safe.</p><p> </p><p>It is important that this group continue to take careful precautions, and employers should do all they can to enable them to work from home where this is possible, including moving them to another role if required. Where this is not possible, the CEV should be provided with the safest on-site roles that enable them to maintain social distancing from others.</p><p> </p><p>If employers cannot provide a safe working environment, the CEV will continue to have access to an unprecedented package of financial support. This is not limited to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, but also includes the introduction of the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme and an increase in the generosity of welfare payments worth a further £9.3bn according to Office for Budget Responsibility estimates.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 22/07/2020 07:14:13 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4755 label Biography information for Mick Whitley

1225549

registered interest
date	16/07/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Rates and Bands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is his policy to not raise the rates of (a) income tax, (b) National Insurance and (c) VAT during the 2019 Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	75404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government’s priority is to support people and businesses throughout this crisis. As the Chancellor has said, a new national collective effort has begun: to reopen the country and kickstart the economy. As part of this, the Treasury continues to keep all taxes under review, and the Chancellor will update Parliament on tax policy decisions at future budgets.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/07/2020 13:52:06 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1225552

registered interest
date	16/07/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
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 annual cost to UK businesses of complying with new customs rules required after the end of the transition period.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	75491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2020 answer text <p>The latest published estimates are in the third edition impact assessment from December 2018, which are based on historic data.</p><p> </p><p>The estimates of the range are between £20-£56 for import declarations, and £15-£46 for export declarations, but the final costs of completing customs declarations will vary significantly from business to business depending on how often they trade, and how they choose to fulfil customers’ requirements; some will use an intermediary while others will do it themselves. Costs are likely to fall over time as businesses become more proficient in filling in customs declarations.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/07/2020 13:47:58 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

1225653

registered interest
date	16/07/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Ealing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an equality impact assessment of the proposed closure of the HMRC office at International House, Ealing.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	75409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2020 answer text <p>HMRC’s Locations Programme conducts People and Equality Impact Assessments (PEIA) at a regional and national level; the latter is updated and published on GOV.UK annually.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC is in the process of refreshing the national PEIA published in July 2019. HMRC shared the regional PEIA for Stratford with staff in September 2019, which included impacts and mitigations relating to the workforce in Ealing.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC have recently carried out and published internally an Equality Impact Assessment on the implications of COVID-19 on HMRC staff across the department. Work to mitigate impacts is in progress.</p><p> </p><p>As is always the case, if there are ways in which HMRC can improve how they deliver their vital public services then they will seek to implement those improvements. This includes reviewing how HMRC have been able to respond to COVID-19 and determining whether and how they might be able to sustain any changes to ways of working that are proven to lead to better outcomes for both HMRC and taxpayers.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 75410 75411 question first answered 21/07/2020 14:06:21 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1225656

registered interest
date	16/07/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Ealing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department asked HMRC to make an assessment of the socio-economic effect of the closure of the HMRC office at International House, Ealing, as a result of the economic effect of the covid-19 outbreak on that locality.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	75410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2020 answer text <p>HMRC’s Locations Programme conducts People and Equality Impact Assessments (PEIA) at a regional and national level; the latter is updated and published on GOV.UK annually.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC is in the process of refreshing the national PEIA published in July 2019. HMRC shared the regional PEIA for Stratford with staff in September 2019, which included impacts and mitigations relating to the workforce in Ealing.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC have recently carried out and published internally an Equality Impact Assessment on the implications of COVID-19 on HMRC staff across the department. Work to mitigate impacts is in progress.</p><p> </p><p>As is always the case, if there are ways in which HMRC can improve how they deliver their vital public services then they will seek to implement those improvements. This includes reviewing how HMRC have been able to respond to COVID-19 and determining whether and how they might be able to sustain any changes to ways of working that are proven to lead to better outcomes for both HMRC and taxpayers.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 75409 75411 question first answered 21/07/2020 14:06:21 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1225660

registered interest
date	16/07/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Remote Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of home working throughout HMRC offices; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	75411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2020 answer text <p>HMRC’s Locations Programme conducts People and Equality Impact Assessments (PEIA) at a regional and national level; the latter is updated and published on GOV.UK annually.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC is in the process of refreshing the national PEIA published in July 2019. HMRC shared the regional PEIA for Stratford with staff in September 2019, which included impacts and mitigations relating to the workforce in Ealing.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC have recently carried out and published internally an Equality Impact Assessment on the implications of COVID-19 on HMRC staff across the department. Work to mitigate impacts is in progress.</p><p> </p><p>As is always the case, if there are ways in which HMRC can improve how they deliver their vital public services then they will seek to implement those improvements. This includes reviewing how HMRC have been able to respond to COVID-19 and determining whether and how they might be able to sustain any changes to ways of working that are proven to lead to better outcomes for both HMRC and taxpayers.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 75409 75410 question first answered 21/07/2020 14:06:21 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq