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1682990

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date	17/01/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Aviation: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing VAT on pilot flight training courses.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	10089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>Pilot training may be exempt from VAT when provided by an eligible body which meets certain conditions (for example, when provided by a government institution or certain regulated organisations), but otherwise will be subject to the standard rate. The Government currently has no plans to remove VAT on pilot flight training courses more broadly. VAT has been designed as a broad-based tax on consumption, and the twenty per cent standard rate applies to the vast majority of goods and services. While there are exceptions to the standard rate, these have always been strictly limited by both legal and fiscal considerations.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 23/01/2024 11:43:25 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1677476

registered interest
date	12/12/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tourism: VAT
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 merits of introducing a new tax-free shopping incentive for international visitors.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	6494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>Tax-free shopping continues to be available for all non-UK visitors who purchase items in store if they have them sent directly to their overseas address. This also applies to overseas shoppers who buy from British businesses online and have items delivered to their overseas address.</p><p> </p><p>The independent Office of Budget Responsibility published their assessment of the withdrawal of the previous VAT-free shopping schemes in November 2020. At the time, this showed that the withdrawal of VAT-free shopping would raise a significant amount of revenue and have a limited effect on decisions to visit, or spend, in Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>The government is accepting representations from industry on VAT-free shopping and considering these, alongside broader data.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 19/12/2023 16:01:03 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1677477

registered interest
date	12/12/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tourism: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the retail and travel industries on the effect of the withdrawal of tax-free shopping for international visitors on those sectors.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	6495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>As the UK’s economic and finance ministry, HM Treasury has regular discussions with representatives from a wide range of industries including travel and retail as well as business representative organisations covering many sectors.</p><p> </p><p>As announced in the Autumn Statement, the government is continuing to accept representations from industry on the impact of this policy decision and considering this evidence alongside broader data.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 19/12/2023 16:02:52 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1606256

registered interest
date	22/03/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Genomics: National Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the US Department of Commerce adding two subsidiaries of BGI Group to its export blacklist, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of UK legislation for taking similar measures in the genomics sector; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of undertaking a review of the adequacy of protections for British technology and goods from companies linked to the Chinese military.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	171381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>HM Government is satisfied that the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria announced in the Written Statement of 8 December 2021, HCWS449, provide a thorough risk assessment framework for assessing all export licence applications, including the capacity of items to be misused in ways that could be used to commit human rights abuses.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 30/03/2023 11:23:18 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1202999

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Travel: Quarantine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the introduction of the 14-day quarantine period on the (a) tourism, (b) travel and (c) hospitality sectors.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	58685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2020 answer text <p>We remain in regular contact with stakeholders, including UKHospitality, UKInbound and the ABTA, to closely monitor COVID-19’s impact on the tourism, travel and hospitality sectors. No impact assessment has been made by my Department.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office commissioned Her Majesty's Treasury to assess the economic impacts of the mandatory 14 day self-isolation requirement. The Department for Transport fed into this analysis and ensured that the significant impact of the policy on the transport sector was reflected.</p><p> </p><p>We appreciate that the quarantine measures will present difficulties for these sectors. The quarantine policy will be reviewed regularly and the first review will take place in the week beginning 28 June. We are also working with the transport industry to see how we can introduce agreements with other countries when safe to do so, so people from the UK can go abroad and tourists can come here.</p><p> </p><p>Tourism and hospitality businesses and workers can access the Government’s economic support package. These include the recently extended Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, loan schemes, as well as business rates relief and grants for eligible retail, hospitality and leisure businesses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 19/06/2020 09:57:04 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1203002

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Travel: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the 14-day quarantine period on the financial viability of businesses in the travel sector.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	58686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2020 answer text <p>We remain in regular contact with stakeholders, including UKHospitality, UKInbound and the ABTA, to closely monitor COVID-19’s impact on the financial health of businesses in the travel sector. This includes holding discussions about the effect of the 14-day quarantine period.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office commissioned Her Majesty's Treasury to assess the economic impacts of the mandatory 14 day self-isolation requirement. The Department for Transport fed into this analysis and ensured that the significant impact of the policy on the transport sector was reflected.</p><p> </p><p>We appreciate that the quarantine measures will present significant difficulties for the travel and tourism sectors. The quarantine policy will be reviewed regularly and the first review will take place in the week beginning 28 June. We are also working with the transport industry to see how we can introduce agreements with other countries when safe to do so, so people from the UK can go abroad and tourists can come here.</p><p> </p><p>Travel businesses and workers can access the Government’s economic support package. These include the recently extended Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, generous loan schemes and VAT payment deferrals for firms.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 19/06/2020 10:24:43 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith