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1247030

registered interest
date	30/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Aviation: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has bring the UK's application of VAT on professional pilot training programmes into line with the VAT applied to (a) those programmes in the EU and (b) other vocational educational courses in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	109294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>Under the current VAT rules, education and vocational training can be VAT exempt where it is provided by a government institution or certain regulated organisations. Providing an exemption to all pilot training would come at a cost to the Exchequer. Although the Government keeps all taxes under review, there are no current plans to change the VAT treatment of pilot training programmes.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/11/2020 16:10:21 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1203006

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Aviation: Business Rates
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 representatives of the aviation industry on business rates relief.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	58687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials meet with a wide range of stakeholders across sectors as part of ongoing policy development and implementation.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers and officials from the Department for Transport are in regular contact with airlines, airports and unions to understand the impact that COVID-19 is having on the sector and its workers.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/06/2020 10:56:56 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1199791

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Airports: Business Rates
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 effect of business rate reductions for airports in (a) Scotland and (b) Northern Ireland on airports in England.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	53395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2020 answer text <p>Business rates are devolved in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has provided enhanced support to the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors through business rates relief given the direct and acute impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on those sectors. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has published guidance for local authorities on eligible properties.</p><p> </p><p>A range of further measures to support all businesses, including those not eligible for the business rates holiday such as airports, has also been made available. For example, the Government has launched the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to help firms keep people in employment, the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme offering loans of up to £5 million for SMEs through the British Business Bank backed by an 80% Government guarantee, and is deferring VAT payments for this quarter.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 53396 53397 53398 question first answered 10/06/2020 15:58:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1199792

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Airports: Business Rates
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 effect of business rate relief for airports in England on the financial viability of those companies.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	53396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2020 answer text <p>Business rates are devolved in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has provided enhanced support to the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors through business rates relief given the direct and acute impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on those sectors. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has published guidance for local authorities on eligible properties.</p><p> </p><p>A range of further measures to support all businesses, including those not eligible for the business rates holiday such as airports, has also been made available. For example, the Government has launched the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to help firms keep people in employment, the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme offering loans of up to £5 million for SMEs through the British Business Bank backed by an 80% Government guarantee, and is deferring VAT payments for this quarter.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 53395 53397 53398 question first answered 10/06/2020 15:58:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1199794

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Airports: Business Rates
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 representatives of airports on the potential effect on their businesses of a reduction in business rates at airports in England.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	53397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2020 answer text <p>Business rates are devolved in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has provided enhanced support to the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors through business rates relief given the direct and acute impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on those sectors. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has published guidance for local authorities on eligible properties.</p><p> </p><p>A range of further measures to support all businesses, including those not eligible for the business rates holiday such as airports, has also been made available. For example, the Government has launched the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to help firms keep people in employment, the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme offering loans of up to £5 million for SMEs through the British Business Bank backed by an 80% Government guarantee, and is deferring VAT payments for this quarter.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 53395 53396 53398 question first answered 10/06/2020 15:58:27 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1199795

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Airports: Business Rates
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 effect of a temporary reduction in business rates paid by airports in England on the finances of (a) Gatwick Airport, (b) airports in England and (c) the aviation sector.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	53398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2020 answer text <p>Business rates are devolved in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has provided enhanced support to the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors through business rates relief given the direct and acute impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on those sectors. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has published guidance for local authorities on eligible properties.</p><p> </p><p>A range of further measures to support all businesses, including those not eligible for the business rates holiday such as airports, has also been made available. For example, the Government has launched the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to help firms keep people in employment, the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme offering loans of up to £5 million for SMEs through the British Business Bank backed by an 80% Government guarantee, and is deferring VAT payments for this quarter.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 53395 53396 53397 question first answered 10/06/2020 15:58:27 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1198290

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Aviation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to the aviation sector beyond the low season into 2021.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	51853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2020 answer text <p>The CJRS will close at the end of October, after eight months.</p><p> </p><p>It is the case that some firms will be affected by coronavirus for longer than others, and the Government will seek to support these firms appropriately.</p><p> </p><p>It would be challenging to target the CJRS to specific sectors in a fair and deliverable way, and that may not be the most effective or sensible way to provide longer term support for those sectors most affected by coronavirus.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to engage with businesses and representative groups, with the aim of ensuring that support provided is right for these sectors and for the economy as a whole.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 52638 question first answered 04/06/2020 15:45:31 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1193624

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
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, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to support workers employed on or before 19 March 2020 who had not been added to their employer’s payroll via RTI submission.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	43879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2020 answer text <p>The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is open to any individual who was on an employer’s PAYE payroll on or before 19 March 2020 and for whom HMRC received an RTI submission notifying payment in respect of that employee on or before the 19 March 2020. Processing claims for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme where HMRC did not have RTI data by 19 March would significantly slow down the system while risking substantial levels of fraud. It would also require greater resource for HMRC when they are already under significant pressure to deliver the system designed.</p><p> </p><p>Those not eligible for the scheme may have access to other support which the Government is providing, including a package of temporary welfare measures and up to three months’ mortgage payment holidays for those who may be in difficulty with mortgage payments.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 43970 question first answered 15/05/2020 12:16:33 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1191680

registered interest
date	29/04/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Charities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the staff of charities can participate in voluntary fundraising activities for their employer while furloughed under the Coronavirus Jobs Retention Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	41426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2020 answer text <p>The purpose of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is to support people who would otherwise have been made redundant. To prevent fraudulent claims, the Government has made it clear that individuals cannot work or volunteer for their organisation.</p><p>This is to protect individuals too; if workers were allowed to volunteer for their employer, the employer could ask them to work in an effectively full time way while only paying them 80% of the wages. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is working with other government departments and the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector to identify areas where volunteers can contribute to the COVID-19 response.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 41427 question first answered 11/05/2020 14:23:10 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1191681

registered interest
date	29/04/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Charities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if employees of charities furloughed under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme can participate in fundraising activities.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	41427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2020 answer text <p>The purpose of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is to support people who would otherwise have been made redundant. To prevent fraudulent claims, the Government has made it clear that individuals cannot work or volunteer for their organisation.</p><p>This is to protect individuals too; if workers were allowed to volunteer for their employer, the employer could ask them to work in an effectively full time way while only paying them 80% of the wages. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is working with other government departments and the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector to identify areas where volunteers can contribute to the COVID-19 response.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 41426 question first answered 11/05/2020 14:23:10 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith