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1237860

registered interest
date	25/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make provision to ensure that UK citizens resident in the remaining EU 27 countries are able to have British Civil Service and other state pensions paid into overseas bank accounts.
tabling member constituency	North Thanet
tabling member printed	Sir Roger Gale
uin	95584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2020 answer text <p>The Civil Service pension scheme offers the facility for members to have their pension paid into a foreign bank account. The amount received by overseas members is their pension entitlement in pounds sterling converted to the local currency using business exchange rates at the time the payment is made.</p><p> </p><p>The UK state pension will continue to be paid worldwide following our departure from the EU, either into a bank in a pensioner’s country of residence or a bank or building society in the UK.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 30/09/2020 12:00:20 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	87 label Biography information for Sir Roger Gale

1237868

registered interest
date	25/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Job Support Scheme: Pre-school Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether early years providers will be able to use the Job Support Scheme announced on 24 September 2020 if those providers also receive early entitlement funding through local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	95706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2020 answer text <p>As the Chancellor said when announcing the scheme on 24<sup>th</sup> September, we will be publishing full guidance on the Job Support Scheme in due course; this will include detail on who is eligible to access the scheme.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 30/09/2020 16:45:13 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1237869

registered interest
date	25/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business Rates: Coronavirus
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 business rates holiday for (a) businesses in retail, leisure and hospitality and (b) nurseries to 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	95707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2020 answer text <p>As part of the Government’s package to support businesses affected by coronavirus, the Government has provided a business rates holiday for eligible properties in retail, hospitality and leisure, worth £10 billion.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the Call for Evidence for the fundamental review of business rates, the Government anticipates setting out preliminary conclusions from the review on the most pressing areas, including reliefs, in the Autumn, ahead of final conclusions in Spring 2021.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 30/09/2020 14:31:56 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1237919

registered interest
date	25/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Beer: Excise Duties
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 flattening the taper down of Small Brewers Duty Relief on the development of small brewers.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	95739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2020 answer text <p>As announced in July, the Government will seek to smoothen the taper for Small Brewers Relief. A technical consultation, which will look at the best manner of doing so, will be launched later this Autumn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 30/09/2020 13:13:36 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1237928

registered interest
date	25/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: Redundancy Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether people working in nuclear decommissioning for the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority will be exempt from the provisions of the Restriction of Public Sector Exit Payments Regulations 2020.
tabling member constituency	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
tabling member printed	David Mundell
uin	95602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2020 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics classifies the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority as public sector and therefore it is appropriate that they are in scope of the cap.</p><p> </p><p>However, we recognise that the function of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority is time-limited. Therefore, all employees are covered by a mandatory waiver. This means employees whose employment is terminated as a result of the decommissioning programme and for a reason which amounts to redundancy can receive, without seeking ministerial approval, certain pension related payments above the 95K threshold.</p><p> </p><p>This was agreed between HM Treasury, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Unions and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>This ensures the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority can continue to effectively fulfil their function and employees receive suitable renumeration for the important work they do.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 30/09/2020 16:43:47 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1512 label Biography information for David Mundell

1237985

registered interest
date	25/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Debts: Developing Countries
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 (a) his international counterparts, (b) global financial institutions and (c) private creditors on developing a debt relief plan for low-income countries.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	95736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2020 answer text <p>The UK is strongly supportive of work to safeguard debt transparency and sustainability in low-income countries. In April 2020 the G20 and Paris Club of official creditors announced a historic joint Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI) for low income countries. The DSSI has supported 43 countries which have requested suspensions by freeing up $5 billion in fiscal space to fund their COVID-19 responses. Given the depth of liquidity needs in these countries, the UK supports an extension of the DSSI into 2021.</p><p>Given the significant pre-existing debt vulnerabilities in many low income countries, in some cases further debt relief will be required after the DSSI. This should be on a case-by-case basis in the context of an IMF programme to ensure it is tailored to need, with equitable burden sharing among all official and private creditors.</p><p>Last week the Chancellor met with his G7 counterparts to discuss the possibility of both an extension of the DSSI and a future Common Framework for debt relief between the G20 and Paris Club. A joint statement detailing this discussion is available on the US Treasury website. Discussions in the G20 are ongoing, and there is regular engagement with the International Monetary Fund, World Bank Group, and other Multilateral Development Banks. The Paris Club is coordinating closely with the Institute of International Finance, as the primary membership group for private creditors to low income sovereigns</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 30/09/2020 09:33:20 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1237996

registered interest
date	25/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	UK Government Investments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to Question 86572, Answered on 24 September, whether the list of UKGI register of interests in publicly accessible.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	95601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2020 answer text <p>UKGI’s register of declared interests of its staff and non-executive directors is not publicly accessible. UKGI’s website and annual report and accounts contains short biographies of its non-executive directors which includes disclosure of significant external appointments.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 30/09/2020 09:35:04 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1237472

registered interest
date	24/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Sustainable Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to consult with (a) recognised trade unions and (b) HMRC on environmental sustainability issues at his Department.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	95245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2020 answer text <p>The UK is a world leader in tackling climate change, becoming the first major economy in the world to legislate to end its contribution to global warming by 2050.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury has a robust process for assessing the impact of spending decisions on achieving our environmental goals. Our world-leading Green Book mandates the consideration of climate and environmental impacts in spending.</p><p> </p><p>Under the policy partnership between HMT and HMRC the two departments collaborate closely on areas of tax policy, including where this relates to the environment. We also engage regularly with a wide range of stakeholders outside the Government on these issues.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 30/09/2020 13:15:28 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1237565

registered interest
date	24/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Duty Free Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department had with representatives of the aviation industry regarding tax-free sales at UK airports to non-EU nationals after the closure of his Department's consultation that matter.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Gavin Newlands
uin	95113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2020 answer text <p>Ahead of the end of the transition period, the Government has announced the VAT and excise duty treatment of goods purchased by individuals for personal use and carried in their luggage to or from Great Britain. The following rules will apply from 1 January 2021:</p><p>- Passengers travelling from Great Britain to any destination outside the United Kingdom will be able to purchase duty-free excise goods once they have passed security controls at ports, airports, and international rail stations.</p><p>- Personal allowances will apply to passengers entering Great Britain from a destination outside of the United Kingdom, with alcohol allowances significantly increased.</p><p>- The concessionary treatment on tax-free sales of non-excise goods and the VAT Retail Export Scheme will not be extended to passengers travelling to the EU, and will be withdrawn for all passengers.</p><p>The Government published a consultation which ran from 11 March to 20 May. During this time the Government held a number of virtual meetings with stakeholders to hear their views and received 73 responses to the consultation. The Government has also continued to meet and discuss with key stakeholders following the announcement of these policies.</p><p> </p><p>The concessionary treatment on tax-free sales currently affects airports that fly to non-EU destinations. The extension of duty-free sales to EU bound passengers will be a significant boost to all airports in England, Scotland and Wales, including Glasgow Airport and smaller regional airports which have not been able to offer duty-free before.</p><p> </p><p>The final costing will be subject to scrutiny by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility and will be set out at the next forecast.</p><p>The Government also recognises the challenges the aviation sector is facing as it recovers from the impacts of Covid-19 and has supported the sector throughout the pandemic, and continues to do so, including schemes to raise capital, flexibilities with tax bills, and financial support for employees.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 95114 95115 question first answered 30/09/2020 08:30:36 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4420 label Biography information for Gavin Newlands

1237566

registered interest
date	24/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Duty Free Allowances
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 effect on employment levels of the proposed ending in January 2021 of tax-free sales in airports to travellers to non-EU countries.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Gavin Newlands
uin	95114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2020 answer text <p>Ahead of the end of the transition period, the Government has announced the VAT and excise duty treatment of goods purchased by individuals for personal use and carried in their luggage to or from Great Britain. The following rules will apply from 1 January 2021:</p><p>- Passengers travelling from Great Britain to any destination outside the United Kingdom will be able to purchase duty-free excise goods once they have passed security controls at ports, airports, and international rail stations.</p><p>- Personal allowances will apply to passengers entering Great Britain from a destination outside of the United Kingdom, with alcohol allowances significantly increased.</p><p>- The concessionary treatment on tax-free sales of non-excise goods and the VAT Retail Export Scheme will not be extended to passengers travelling to the EU, and will be withdrawn for all passengers.</p><p>The Government published a consultation which ran from 11 March to 20 May. During this time the Government held a number of virtual meetings with stakeholders to hear their views and received 73 responses to the consultation. The Government has also continued to meet and discuss with key stakeholders following the announcement of these policies.</p><p> </p><p>The concessionary treatment on tax-free sales currently affects airports that fly to non-EU destinations. The extension of duty-free sales to EU bound passengers will be a significant boost to all airports in England, Scotland and Wales, including Glasgow Airport and smaller regional airports which have not been able to offer duty-free before.</p><p> </p><p>The final costing will be subject to scrutiny by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility and will be set out at the next forecast.</p><p>The Government also recognises the challenges the aviation sector is facing as it recovers from the impacts of Covid-19 and has supported the sector throughout the pandemic, and continues to do so, including schemes to raise capital, flexibilities with tax bills, and financial support for employees.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 95113 95115 question first answered 30/09/2020 08:30:36 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4420 label Biography information for Gavin Newlands