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registered interest
date	03/02/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cash Dispensing: Public Consultation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department will publish the conclusions of the Access to Cash consultation.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	117874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises that cash remains an important part of daily life for millions of people across the UK, which is why it has committed to legislate to protect access to cash.</p><p> </p><p>From 1 July to 23 September last year, the Government held the Access to Cash Consultation on proposals for new laws to make sure people only need to travel a reasonable distance to pay in or take out cash. The Government’s proposals intend to support the continued use of cash in people’s daily lives and help to enable local businesses to continue accepting cash by ensuring they can access deposit facilities.</p><p> </p><p>The Government received responses to the consultation from a broad range of respondents, including individuals, businesses, and charities.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is carefully considering responses to the consultation as it develops legislation. The Government will set out next steps in due course.</p><p>Following the Government’s commitment to legislate, firms are working together through the Cash Action Group to develop new initiatives to provide shared services. The Government welcomes the direction set by industry’s commitments at the end of last year and looks forward to seeing what results they deliver in protecting cash facilities for local communities across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 08/02/2022 13:38:31 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1419528

registered interest
date	03/02/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Infrastructure: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been spent on infrastructure per capita by the Government in (a) London, (b) the North East and (c) South Shields in each year from 2010 to 2022.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	117792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2022 answer text <p>The government is committed to delivering a revolution in the UK's infrastructure. Spending Review 2021 delivers the government’s plans, first set out at Spring Budget 2020, to invest over £600 billion in gross public sector investment over this Parliament, reaching the highest sustained levels of public sector net investment as a proportion of GDP since the late 1970s.</p><p> </p><p>The government has been taking action to level up the North East as set out in the recently published Levelling Up White Paper. This includes the announcements from the Spending Review and Autumn Budget 2021 of £310 million over five years to transform local transport networks in the Tees Valley for schemes such as upgrading Middlesbrough and Darlington stations and improving local rail links, £100 million through the Levelling up Fund for 5 projects in the Norther East and £600,000 through the Community Ownership Fund for two projects in North Shields and Whitley Bay.</p><p> </p><p>A regional breakdown for total current and capital identifiable expenditure per head, from 2016-17 to 2020-21 can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/country-and-regional-analysis-2021/country-and-regional-analysis-november-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/country-and-regional-analysis-2021/country-and-regional-analysis-november-2021</a>.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 08/02/2022 13:47:08 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1419552

registered interest
date	03/02/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many enquiries HMRC has made as part of its random enquiry programme to investigate fraud in the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme; and how much money has been through that programme.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	117910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2022 answer text <p>HMRC are taking action to tackle fraudulent behaviour. Anyone who keeps grant money despite knowing they were not entitled to it, faces having to repay up to double the amount they received, plus interest, and potentially criminal prosecution.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has invested £100 million in the Taxpayer Protection Taskforce up to 2022-23. They are expected to undertake 30,000 interventions and recover between £800 million and £1 billion.</p><p> </p><p>All claims are risk assessed and considered for further one-to-one intervention where necessary. Along with gaining operational data from completed compliance interventions, HMRC are also conducting a random enquiry programme into Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) claims to test the error and fraud rate in the general population. Cases are selected at random and there may be no obvious risk present.</p><p> </p><p>Random enquiry programmes are a part of the methodology employed by HMRC to develop the estimates of error and fraud. Therefore, providing this data in isolation does not give an accurate representation of compliance efforts on the CJRS.</p><p> </p><p>Data from the random enquiry programme along with details of CJRS compliance interventions will enable HMRC to publish new and updated error and fraud estimates in their Annual Reports and Accounts and accompanying technical note, which is expected in July 2022.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 08/02/2022 12:17:07 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1419565

registered interest
date	03/02/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Energy: Grants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department made of the potential merits of implementing a one-off energy support grant.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	117748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises many households will need support to help deal with the rising cost of energy prices and is providing support worth £9.1bn in 2022-23 including:</p><p>o A £200 reduction in households’ energy bills this autumn, paid back automatically over the next 5 years, spreading the increased costs of global prices over time in a way that is more manageable for households.</p><p>o A £150 non-repayable cash rebate to 80% of households to help with rising costs now, delivered as a payment from government to Local Authorities, for implementation from this April via a payment to all households in Council Tax Bands A-D.</p><p>o £144 million of discretionary funding for Local Authorities to support households who need support but are not eligible for the Council Tax reduction.</p><p> </p><p>We have consulted on expanding the Warm Home Discount by almost a third from 2.2m to 3m vulnerable households and increasing the rebate value to £150 each year.</p><p> </p><p>This approach is fiscally responsible while also helping customers manage the unprecedented increase in energy bills by spreading the increased costs of global prices over time.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also providing £3bn over this Parliament to help more than half a million lower income homes become more energy efficient, saving them £290 per year on average, including through the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund and Home Upgrade Grant.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 08/02/2022 15:20:15 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1419566

registered interest
date	03/02/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Offshore Industry: North Sea
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of how much money a windfall tax on the profits of the North Sea Oil and Gas companies would raise.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	117749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government places additional taxes on the extraction of oil and gas, with companies engaged in the production of oil and gas on the UK Continental Shelf subject to headline tax rates on their profits that are currently more than double those paid by other businesses. To date, the sector has paid more than £375 billion in production taxes.</p><p> </p><p>All taxes are kept under review and any changes are considered and announced by the Chancellor.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 08/02/2022 13:47:51 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1419573

registered interest
date	03/02/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Uprating
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the impact of re-introducing the universal credit temporary uplift on the cost of living.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	117751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government has always been clear that the £20 per week increase to Universal Credit (UC) was a temporary measure to support households whose incomes and earnings were affected by the economic shock of COVID-19.</p><p>To help with the cost of living, the Government is taking action worth around £12bn this financial year and next. This includes cutting the Universal Credit taper rate and increasing Universal Credit work allowances to make sure work pays, freezing alcohol and fuel duties to keep costs down, and providing targeted support to help vulnerable households with their energy bills and other essentials through the £500m Household Support Fund.</p><p>In addition, the Government announced last week that we are providing further financial support to help households with the rising costs of energy. Support of up to £350 will be provided to protect the majority of households from half of the forecast £700 rise in average energy bills. This support is worth £9.1bn in 2022-23 (on top of the £12bn already announced) and is composed of:</p><ul><li>A £200 discount for all households, delivered via their energy bill this autumn, paid back automatically over the next 5 years, spreading the increased costs of global prices over time in a way that is more manageable for households.</li><li>A £150 non-repayable cash rebate to 80% of households to help with rising costs now, delivered as a payment from government to Local Authorities, for implementation from this April via a payment to all households in Council Tax Bands A-D.</li><li>£144 million of discretionary funding for Local Authorities to support households who need support but are not eligible for the Council Tax Rebate.</li></ul> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 08/02/2022 12:06:05 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1419135

registered interest
date	02/02/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Low Incomes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to increase wages and support the lowest-income households.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Matt Vickers
uin	117099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2022 answer text <p>The National Living Wage is increasing by 6.6% to £9.50 an hour for workers aged 23 and over in April 2022, which will benefit more than 2 million workers. This means an increase of over £1,000 to the annual earnings of a full-time worker on the National Living Wage and keeps us on track to our target to end low pay by 2024-25.</p><p> </p><p>We have taken further decisive action to make work pay by cutting the Universal Credit taper rate from 63p to 55p and increasing Universal Credit work allowances by £500 per annum. Taken together, this is a tax cut worth around £1,000 a year for around two million low paid households.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recently announced the ‘Way to Work’ campaign to get 500,000 jobseekers into jobs by the end of June. We know work is the best way for people to get on, to improve their lives and support their families because people on benefits are at least £6,000 better off in full time work.</p><p> </p><p>Through the Plan for Jobs, the Government is also investing £99m in a new In Work Progression offer from April 2022, which will mean more people in work on Universal Credit will be able to access individualised Work Coach support to help them progress and increase their earnings.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also committed to helping low-income families with the cost of living, including providing £500m for a Household Support Fund to help vulnerable households with costs for essentials such as food, clothing and utilities over the Winter.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 08/02/2022 16:05:46 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4844 label Biography information for Matt Vickers

1419145

registered interest
date	02/02/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Regional Planning and Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress his Department has made in levelling up all regions of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Matt Vickers
uin	117108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government published its Levelling Up White Paper earlier this month. It sets out our missions as part of a decade long plan to see the potential of every corner of the United Kingdom fulfilled.</p><p>It builds on the funding allocated at the Spending Review, for example boosting investment in skills training with a total of £3.8 billion in skills by 2024-25, transforming local transport networks with £5.7 billion investment in five-year consolidated transport settlements for eight city regions in England, including Greater Manchester and Liverpool City Region, and supporting local infrastructure through the first round of the £4.8 billion Levelling Up Fund, which saw 12 places in the North West receive £232 million in funding.</p><p>It also provides further detail on the £2.6 billion UK Shared Prosperity Fund, helping people to access new opportunities in places in need.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke grouped question UIN 114986 question first answered 08/02/2022 16:47:55 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4844 label Biography information for Matt Vickers

1419305

registered interest
date	02/02/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Electronic Government
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 impact of the Making Tax Digital reforms on the workload of small businesses and accountants in the run up to submission deadlines.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	116919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2022 answer text <p>Making Tax Digital (MTD) is already benefiting UK businesses, simplifying tax administration through software. <br> <br> Digital record keeping, using accounting software or apps, will make end of year activity a simpler process than it currently is. However, as with any change, the transition to digital may be more of a step for some. For MTD for VAT, operating since April 2019, independent research shows that most businesses felt the process of transitioning was easy.</p><p> </p><p>For MTD for Income Tax, quarterly summaries of business income and expenditure automatically produced from businesses’ digital records will spread the checking and assurance of accounts through the year, reducing pressure at year-end.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC’s assessment of impacts on businesses was shown in the Tax Information and Impact Note and supplementary information published on 23 September 2021, which can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/extension-of-making-tax-digital-for-income-tax-self-assessment-to-businesses-and-landlords/extension-of-making-tax-digital-for-income-tax-self-assessment-to-businesses-and-landlords" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/extension-of-making-tax-digital-for-income-tax-self-assessment-to-businesses-and-landlords/extension-of-making-tax-digital-for-income-tax-self-assessment-to-businesses-and-landlords</a></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 08/02/2022 13:39:46 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1418603

registered interest
date	01/02/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Banking Hubs
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 banking industry on the potential merits of opening more banking hubs in towns and villages throughout the country.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	115910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2022 answer text <p>Treasury ministers and officials engage with stakeholders on a variety of issues. The Government recognises that access to cash and face-to-face banking services remains an important part of many people’s lives.</p><p>Bank Hubs are a commercial initiative, and it is for industry to provide appropriate facilities for their customers. In December 2021, industry announced its intention to establish five new shared Post Office Bank Hubs in Acton (West London), Brixham (Devon), Carnoustie (Angus), Knaresborough (North Yorkshire) and Syston (Leicestershire). These are in addition to Bank Hubs that have been introduced in Rochford (Essex) and Cambuslang (South Lanarkshire).</p><p>The Government welcomes industry efforts to develop solutions to support access to cash and banking services and looks forward to seeing what results are delivered to protect facilities for local communities across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 08/02/2022 14:45:44 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon