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1300513

registered interest
date	09/03/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Sick Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on increasing the level of statutory sick pay.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	913179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>In response to the pandemic, the Government has extended Statutory Sick Pay so that self-isolators are eligible and it is payable from day one rather than day four. Statutory Sick Pay is a statutory minimum and more than half of employees receive more when they are off sick. Changes to Statutory Sick Pay are one part of the Government’s wider support package for those sick or self-isolating, which includes the Test and Trace Support Payments, the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme and the temporary £20 per week increase in Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 09/03/2021 14:26:10 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1300514

registered interest
date	09/03/2021
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	What fiscal steps he is taking to help provide new employment opportunities to people affected by the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	South West Hertfordshire
tabling member printed	Mr Gagan Mohindra
uin	913180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>We have protected jobs by extending the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and Self-Employment Income Support Schemes out to September 2021.For those people who unfortunately lose their jobs, we are helping them to find new jobs by doubling work coaches, and with additional tailored support such as our flagship Kickstart and Restart programmes.</p><p> </p><p>To further support employment and retraining, at Budget we announced an additional £126 million for traineeships in England to enable more than 40,000 places over the next academic year, and we are increasing payments (to £3,000) for employers who hire new apprentices.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 09/03/2021 14:13:56 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4804 label Biography information for Mr Gagan Mohindra

1299635

registered interest
date	04/03/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Self-employment Income Support Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been paid under the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme by local authority to date.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	163231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>HMRC publish statistics on the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/self-employment-income-support-scheme-statistics-february-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/self-employment-income-support-scheme-statistics-february-2021</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Table 5a provides a breakdown of claims by local authority.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/03/2021 14:15:35 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1299674

registered interest
date	04/03/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Customs Grant Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2021 to Question 144640 on Customs Grant Scheme, if he will allocate additional funding to the Customs Grant Scheme to allow businesses on the waiting list for that scheme to receive support.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	163183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>In total, the Government has made over £80 million available to support businesses to deal with EU trade after 2020. The fund has now been fully allocated, no further applications are being accepted and a waiting list is being maintained by the grant scheme administrator.</p><p> </p><p>The end of the transition period offers new opportunities to the intermediaries sector and means there are increased demands for the services of an intermediary, meaning intermediaries will be receiving significant income. Further Government support with cash flow remains available through the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) and related schemes.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government recently announced a £20 million SME Brexit Support Fund to support small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) to adjust to new customs, rules of origin, and VAT rules when trading with the EU. More information can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/grants-to-help-small-and-medium-sized-businesses-new-to-importing-or-exporting" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/grants-to-help-small-and-medium-sized-businesses-new-to-importing-or-exporting</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/03/2021 14:16:49 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

1299186

registered interest
date	03/03/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cash Dispensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the planned timescale is for bringing forward legislative proposals on protecting access to cash.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	162572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government has committed to legislate to protect access to cash and ensure that the UK’s cash infrastructure is sustainable for the long term. To progress this work, the Government published a Call for Evidence on Access to Cash in October 2020. The Call for Evidence sought views on the key considerations associated with cash access, including deposit and withdrawal facilities, cash acceptance, and regulatory oversight of the cash system. The Government is considering responses to the Call for Evidence and will set out next steps in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Government created the Joint Authorities Cash Strategy Group in 2019, which has provided a forum for the public bodies to formally co-ordinate respective approaches to access to cash. This is chaired by HM Treasury and attended by the Bank of England, Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The Group published an update on the actions of the Group’s members in July 2020. This included work led by the PSR and FCA to develop a comprehensive picture of cash access infrastructure across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted cash usage in the short-term and is likely to have accelerated the longer-term trends of declining cash use. However, it is too early to determine the lasting effect.</p><p> </p><p>During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Treasury has been working closely with regulators and industry to ensure customers continue to have access to essential banking services, including cash, while also protecting the safety of staff and customers. This has meant the vast majority of people have been able to access cash through the pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 162573 162574 question first answered 09/03/2021 15:05:07 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1299187

registered interest
date	03/03/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cash Dispensing: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps assessment his Department has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on access to cash; and what steps he is taking to protect access to cash.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	162573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government has committed to legislate to protect access to cash and ensure that the UK’s cash infrastructure is sustainable for the long term. To progress this work, the Government published a Call for Evidence on Access to Cash in October 2020. The Call for Evidence sought views on the key considerations associated with cash access, including deposit and withdrawal facilities, cash acceptance, and regulatory oversight of the cash system. The Government is considering responses to the Call for Evidence and will set out next steps in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Government created the Joint Authorities Cash Strategy Group in 2019, which has provided a forum for the public bodies to formally co-ordinate respective approaches to access to cash. This is chaired by HM Treasury and attended by the Bank of England, Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The Group published an update on the actions of the Group’s members in July 2020. This included work led by the PSR and FCA to develop a comprehensive picture of cash access infrastructure across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted cash usage in the short-term and is likely to have accelerated the longer-term trends of declining cash use. However, it is too early to determine the lasting effect.</p><p> </p><p>During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Treasury has been working closely with regulators and industry to ensure customers continue to have access to essential banking services, including cash, while also protecting the safety of staff and customers. This has meant the vast majority of people have been able to access cash through the pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 162572 162574 question first answered 09/03/2021 15:05:07 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1299188

registered interest
date	03/03/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cash Dispensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the planned timescale is for bringing forward a draft Bill on protecting access to cash; and if he will publish details of the scope of that legislation.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	162574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government has committed to legislate to protect access to cash and ensure that the UK’s cash infrastructure is sustainable for the long term. To progress this work, the Government published a Call for Evidence on Access to Cash in October 2020. The Call for Evidence sought views on the key considerations associated with cash access, including deposit and withdrawal facilities, cash acceptance, and regulatory oversight of the cash system. The Government is considering responses to the Call for Evidence and will set out next steps in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Government created the Joint Authorities Cash Strategy Group in 2019, which has provided a forum for the public bodies to formally co-ordinate respective approaches to access to cash. This is chaired by HM Treasury and attended by the Bank of England, Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The Group published an update on the actions of the Group’s members in July 2020. This included work led by the PSR and FCA to develop a comprehensive picture of cash access infrastructure across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted cash usage in the short-term and is likely to have accelerated the longer-term trends of declining cash use. However, it is too early to determine the lasting effect.</p><p> </p><p>During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Treasury has been working closely with regulators and industry to ensure customers continue to have access to essential banking services, including cash, while also protecting the safety of staff and customers. This has meant the vast majority of people have been able to access cash through the pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 162572 162573 question first answered 09/03/2021 15:05:07 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1296776

registered interest
date	02/03/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Works Loan Board: Housing Revenue Accounts
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 local councils using the Public Works Loan Board for housing revenue accounts.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
uin	161881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>In the financial year 2019-20, 65 local authorities in England borrowed £657 million to finance Housing Revenue Accounts (HRAs). As local authorities borrow from the PWLB to fund their capital programmes as a whole, it is difficult to know for certain how much of this borrowing was from the PWLB.</p><p> </p><p>Between 12 March and 25 November 2020, the PWLB offered a separate HRA rate, which was 100 basis points lower than the Certainty rate at which local authorities could borrow for all other capital expenditure. During this time 50 local authorities borrowed £1.146 billion from the PWLB at the HRA rate.</p><p> </p><p>The HRA rate was discontinued after the Certainty rate was reduced by 100 basis points, which equalised the costs of borrowing for all types of capital expenditure.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 09/03/2021 14:58:54 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1296807

registered interest
date	02/03/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	International Monetary System
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what international initiatives he plans to implement to ensure an international reallocation of the IMF'S stock of Special Drawing Rights, ahead of the G7 meeting in June 2021.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	161681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>The UK supports work on a new Special Drawing Rights (SDR) allocation to provide additional financing to low-income countries. On Friday 12 February the Chancellor chaired the first G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting and set out his priorities for the year including working to provide necessary support for the world’s most vulnerable countries, including through ensuring that the International Financial Institutions have the right tools to equip and enable vulnerable countries to respond to the pandemic. At the G20 Finance Ministers meeting on Friday 26 February the Chancellor also expressed his desire for work on a new IMF Special Drawing Rights allocation which gives additional financing to low income countries to help their response and recovery.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 09/03/2021 15:00:32 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1293255

registered interest
date	01/03/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: UK Trade with EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on future regulatory cooperation with the EU on financial services.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	160658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>Alongside the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, the UK and EU have agreed, in the Joint Declaration on Regulatory Cooperation, to establish structured regulatory cooperation for financial services.</p><p> </p><p>To that end, a Memorandum of Understanding will be agreed in discussions between the EU and UK, to establish a framework for this cooperation. We have had initial conversations with the EU, but we will not be providing a running commentary on those discussions.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 09/03/2021 14:53:54 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon