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1543783

registered interest
date	21/11/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	First Time Buyers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to support first-time house buyers.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	902306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>Getting people on the housing ladder realising their dream of owning a home has been a long held conservative value. I am proud that since Spring 2010, over 800,000 households have been helped to purchase a home through Government-backed schemes, including Right to Buy and shared ownership.</p><p>And the annual number of first-time buyers was at a 20-year high in 2021.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 21/11/2022 16:16:11 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1488706

registered interest
date	13/07/2022
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 recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy about the operation of the business rates system; and if he will make an assessment of the potential benefits for businesses of a reform of the business rates system.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	36038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2022 answer text <p>The Final Report of the Business Rates Review was published at Autumn Budget 2021. The report reaffirms the importance of business rates for raising revenue for essential local services and announces a package of changes worth £7 billion over the next 5 years.</p><p> </p><p>The review has implemented significant new measures to reduce the burden of business rates on firms, including a freeze in the multiplier, new support for improvements and green technology, and further relief for high street businesses. The Government is committing to more frequent revaluations, which represents significant reform of the system and will ensure that liabilities are more responsive to changing market conditions. This addresses a key ask of stakeholders for more frequent revaluations, and to reduce the burden of business rates to make the system fairer.</p><p> </p><p>As with all elements of tax policy, the Government keeps this under review.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 19/07/2022 15:05:46 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1458243

registered interest
date	19/04/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Fire Prevention: VAT
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 removing VAT on (a) fire door sets and (b) work undertaken to fit those doors.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	155851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>The supply of fire safety equipment, under qualifying circumstances, is already eligible for VAT relief when provided alongside the construction and renovation of residential or charitable buildings.</p><p> </p><p>Although all taxes are kept under constant review, the Government has no plans to expand these reliefs further.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 26/04/2022 15:27:30 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1451834

registered interest
date	16/03/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Sanitary Products: VAT
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 potential merits of removing VAT on reusable period underwear.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	141253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2022 answer text <p>A zero rate of VAT has applied to Women’s Sanitary Products since 1 January 2021 and applies to those products which were previously subject to the reduced rate of 5 per cent.</p><p> </p><p>The relief specifically excludes articles of clothing, including “period pants”. Such exclusions are designed to ensure that the relief is properly targeted, since difficulties in policing the scope of the relief create the potential for litigation, erosion of the tax base, and a reduction in revenue. Under existing rules “period pants” may already qualify for the zero rate if they have been specifically designed to be worn by a child, meet the sizing criteria, and are for sale specifically for use by girls under the age of 14 years old.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 23/03/2022 16:37:44 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1437068

registered interest
date	01/03/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Hospitality Industry: VAT
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 12.5 per cent hospitality VAT rate to the end of 2022.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	132328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2022 answer text <p>The temporary reduced rate of VAT was introduced on 15 July 2020 to support the cash flow and viability of around 150,000 businesses and protect over 2.4 million jobs in the hospitality and tourism sectors. As announced at Spring Budget 2021, the Government extended the 5 per cent temporary reduced rate of VAT for the tourism and hospitality sectors until the end of September 2021. On 1 October 2021, a new reduced rate of 12.5 per cent was introduced for these goods and services to help ease affected businesses back to the standard rate. The sector can continue to benefit from this relief until 31 March 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has been clear that the reduced rate of VAT for tourism and hospitality is a temporary measure designed to support the sectors that have been severely affected by COVID-19. It is appropriate that as restrictions are lifted and demand for goods and services in these sectors increases, the temporary tax reliefs are first reduced, and then removed, in order to rebuild and strengthen the public finances.</p><p> </p><p>This relief has cost over £8 billion and, whilst all taxes are kept under review, there are no plans to extend the 12.5 per cent reduced rate of VAT.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 08/03/2022 15:11:37 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1423079

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Hospitality Industry and Tourism: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish an impact assessment on the potential economic effect of ending the reduced rate of VAT for (a) hospitality and (b) tourism businesses on (i) jobs and (ii) businesses in those sectors.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	125344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>The temporary reduced rate of VAT was introduced on 15 July 2020 to support the cash flow and viability of around 150,000 businesses and protect over 2.4 million jobs in the hospitality and tourism sectors. As announced at Spring Budget 2021, the Government extended the 5 per cent temporary reduced rate of VAT for the tourism and hospitality sectors until the end of September 2021. On 1 October 2021, a new reduced rate of 12.5 per cent was introduced for these goods and services to help ease affected businesses back to the standard rate. This new rate will end on 31 March 2022.</p><p> </p><p>This relief has cost over £8 billion and, whilst all taxes are kept under review, there are no plans to extend the 12.5 per cent reduced rate of VAT. The Government has been clear that this relief is a temporary measure designed to support the sectors that have been severely affected by COVID-19. It is appropriate that as restrictions are lifted and demand for goods and services in these sectors increases the temporary tax reliefs are first reduced, and then removed, in order to rebuild and strengthen the public finances.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 23/02/2022 17:01:00 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1416087

registered interest
date	24/01/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Hospitality Industry: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish an impact assessment on the effect of ending the reduced rate of VAT on (a) jobs and (b) businesses in the hospitality sector.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	110477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2022 answer text <p>The temporary reduced rate of VAT was introduced on 15 July 2020 to support the cash flow and viability of around 150,000 businesses and protect over 2.4 million jobs in the hospitality and tourism sectors. As announced at Spring Budget 2021, the Government extended the 5 per cent temporary reduced rate of VAT for the tourism and hospitality sectors until the end of September 2021. On 1 October 2021, a new reduced rate of 12.5 per cent was introduced for these goods and services to help ease affected businesses back to the standard rate. This new rate will end on 31 March 2022.</p><p> </p><p>This relief has cost over £8 billion and, whilst all taxes are kept under review, there are no plans to extend the 12.5 per cent reduced rate of VAT. The Government has been clear that this relief is a temporary measure designed to support the sectors that have been severely affected by COVID-19. It is appropriate that as restrictions are lifted and demand for goods and services in these sectors increases the temporary tax reliefs are first reduced, and then removed, in order to rebuild and strengthen the public finances.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 31/01/2022 14:14:29 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1388209

registered interest
date	15/12/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance: Telephone Services
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 potential merits of establishing a 24-hour helpline for people subject to the Loan Charge.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	93832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2022 answer text <p>HMRC operates a settlement helpline and a debt helpline for taxpayers who have used disguised remuneration avoidance schemes. All call handlers are trained to identify taxpayers who might need additional support.</p><p> </p><p>For taxpayers who may need specialised help, HMRC advisors encourage them to contact organisations such as Samaritans or Mind. The Samaritans are available to provide emotional support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to work with HMRC to consider what additional support could be provided to taxpayers who need extra help.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 10/01/2022 15:31:39 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1388210

registered interest
date	15/12/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people subject to the Loan Charge have declared bankruptcy as of 15 December 2021.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	93833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answer that was given to PQ UIN 87576 and PQ UIN 87577 on 9 December 2021.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 11/01/2022 14:20:43 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1388211

registered interest
date	15/12/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance: Repayments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people seeking refunds as a result of the changes made in response to the Morse Review have been refunded by HMRC as of 15 December 2021.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	93834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>Following Lord Morse’s Independent Loan Charge Review, the Government introduced legislation requiring HMRC to establish a scheme to repay relevant Voluntary Restitution elements of disguised remuneration settlements.</p><p>These amounts were voluntary payments that taxpayers had agreed to make as part of settlements concluded before changes were made to the scope of the Loan Charge. Individuals and employers had until 30 September 2021 to apply to HMRC for a refund or waiver.</p><p>HMRC repays amounts that were paid in disguised remuneration scheme settlements, and/or waives amounts of instalments due that have not yet been paid if certain conditions are met.</p><p>As of 17 December 2021, HMRC had processed approximately 1330 applications, of which approximately 925 had received either a repayment, a waiver, or both. Approximately 405 of the applications processed at that date were either invalid or ineligible.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 11/01/2022 14:08:15 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq