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1316731

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date	20/05/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Offshore Industry: Off-payroll Working
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 effect of the introduction of IR35 on the employment (a) status and (b) rights of offshore energy workers in the (i) oil and gas and (ii) renewables sector.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	4596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2021 answer text <p>The off-payroll working rules (commonly known as IR35) have been in place for over twenty years and are designed to ensure that individuals working like employees but through their own company, usually a personal service company (PSC), pay broadly the same Income Tax and National Insurance contributions (NICs) as those who are directly employed.</p><p> </p><p>However, non-compliance with these rules was widespread. It is estimated that this non-compliance in the private and voluntary sectors would cost the Exchequer £1.3 billion per year by 2023/24 if not addressed, denying the taxpayer significant funding for public services. This is not a new tax; the reform will improve compliance with existing rules by moving the responsibility for determining whether the off-payroll working rules apply from the individual's company to the client engaging them.</p><p> </p><p>The Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) published at Spring Budget 2021 sets out that nationally, the reform of the off-payroll working rules is expected to affect about 180,000 individuals across all sectors outside the public sector who are working through their own companies, and who would be employed if engaged directly. No specific assessment has been made of the potential impact on offshore energy workers.</p><p> </p><p>The TIIN can be found on GOV.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/off-payroll-working-rules-from-april-2021/off-payroll-working-rules-from-april-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/off-payroll-working-rules-from-april-2021/off-payroll-working-rules-from-april-2021</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Falling within the off-payroll working tax rules does not change an individual's status for employment rights; there are separate legal frameworks for determining employment status for tax and for rights, with no direct link between the two.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 4597 question first answered 25/05/2021 16:08:43 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1316732

registered interest
date	20/05/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Offshore Industry: Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy objectives are in extending IR35 to offshore energy workers in the (a) oil and gas and (b) renewables sector.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	4597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2021 answer text <p>The off-payroll working rules (commonly known as IR35) have been in place for over twenty years and are designed to ensure that individuals working like employees but through their own company, usually a personal service company (PSC), pay broadly the same Income Tax and National Insurance contributions (NICs) as those who are directly employed.</p><p> </p><p>However, non-compliance with these rules was widespread. It is estimated that this non-compliance in the private and voluntary sectors would cost the Exchequer £1.3 billion per year by 2023/24 if not addressed, denying the taxpayer significant funding for public services. This is not a new tax; the reform will improve compliance with existing rules by moving the responsibility for determining whether the off-payroll working rules apply from the individual's company to the client engaging them.</p><p> </p><p>The Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) published at Spring Budget 2021 sets out that nationally, the reform of the off-payroll working rules is expected to affect about 180,000 individuals across all sectors outside the public sector who are working through their own companies, and who would be employed if engaged directly. No specific assessment has been made of the potential impact on offshore energy workers.</p><p> </p><p>The TIIN can be found on GOV.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/off-payroll-working-rules-from-april-2021/off-payroll-working-rules-from-april-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/off-payroll-working-rules-from-april-2021/off-payroll-working-rules-from-april-2021</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Falling within the off-payroll working tax rules does not change an individual's status for employment rights; there are separate legal frameworks for determining employment status for tax and for rights, with no direct link between the two.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 4596 question first answered 25/05/2021 16:08:44 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1316733

registered interest
date	20/05/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Income Tax: Divers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he last discussed with HMRC the tax codes for income earned by commercial divers in the (a) inshore and (b) offshore sectors.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	4598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2021 answer text <p><br>All parts of the tax system are kept under review. It would be inappropriate to divulge specific topics of conversation between Ministers and officials.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/05/2021 16:07:01 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1316907

registered interest
date	20/05/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Video Conferencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of defendants who appear in video-linked first court hearings from police custody (a) plead guilty, (b) plead not guilty and (c) are arrested on warrant.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	4599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2021 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 25/05/2021 14:43:38 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1313919

registered interest
date	12/05/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Travel: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the Government placed the UAE on the red list for travel.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2021 answer text <p>Decisions to place countries, including UAE, on the ‘red list’ are taken by the Government to protect public health. They are informed by evidence including the Joint Biosecurity Centre’s risks assessments alongside wider public health factors.</p><p>The advice, evidence and methodology which informs these decisions relates to on-going development of Government policy and we are unable to provide this specific information at this time.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 25/05/2021 12:02:48 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 541 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham