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1484093

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Energy and Fuels: Prices
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 the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the economic effect of the rise in (a) fuel and (b) energy costs on small businesses.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	900770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2022 answer text <p>Businesses are experiencing increased costs driven by global events. One of these extra costs is fuel. At Spring Statement, we announced a 12-month cut to duty on petrol and diesel of 5p per litre, for the benefit of businesses as well as individuals. More broadly, we are helping SMEs through tax cuts to national insurance and business rates.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 28/06/2022 15:42:17 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1484094

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Electricity Generation: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) stakeholders on the potential merits of a windfall tax on electricity generators.
tabling member constituency	Waveney
tabling member printed	Peter Aldous
uin	900773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2022 answer text <p>On 26<sup>th</sup> May, the Chancellor announced that the Government was urgently evaluating the scale of extraordinary profits in the energy generation sector and the appropriate next steps.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this process, officials have been engaging with industry stakeholders to gather evidence on energy generators’ level of profitability and the operation of their business models.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 28/06/2022 15:02:37 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4069 label Biography information for Peter Aldous

1484095

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Employment Schemes
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 effectiveness of the Plan for Jobs in supporting people into work.
tabling member constituency	Preseli Pembrokeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Crabb
uin	900775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2022 answer text <p>The success of our Plan for Jobs is playing a key role in spreading opportunity across the country.</p><p> </p><p>The Government protected 11.7 million jobs through the pandemic, as well as moving millions of job seekers into work and supporting young people through programmes like kickstart and our apprenticeships offer.</p><p> </p><p>It’s clear our plan is working. 2 million fewer people are out of work than originally feared, and the unemployment rate remains close to a near 50 year low.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to build on this success with our Way to Work campaign, which aims to support 500,000 jobseekers into work by the end of June.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 28/06/2022 14:08:54 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb

1484096

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
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 plans the Government has to implement the findings of the fundamental review of business rates.
tabling member constituency	Orpington
tabling member printed	Gareth Bacon
uin	900777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2022 answer text <p>Following the review of business rates the government announced measures worth £7 billion for businesses over the next 5 years.</p><p> </p><p>We have already started implementing the findings from the review, by freezing the multiplier in 2022/23, introducing a 50 per cent retail relief, and introducing new plant and machinery and heat networks reliefs.</p><p> </p><p>Other reforms, including the new improvement relief, will be implemented from April 2023.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 28/06/2022 15:00:53 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon

1484097

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Offshore Industry: Taxation
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 potential impact of the energy profits levy on investor confidence in the North Sea energy sector.
tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
tabling member printed	Andrew Bowie
uin	900779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2022 answer text <p>The Energy Profits Levy is a temporary measure, the revenues from which will help to provide vital support for households facing cost of living pressures.</p><p>The government expects the combination of the Levy and its investment allowance to lead to an overall increase in investment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 28/06/2022 15:06:42 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie

1484098

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps he has taken to ensure fairness in the application of the tax system.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	900781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2022 answer text <p>At Spring Statement, we equalised the National Insurance and income tax starting thresholds.</p><p> </p><p>Our work towards OECD Pillar 1 &amp; 2 reforms will help to ensure multinational businesses pay their fair share.</p><p> </p><p>The government is committed to tackling avoidance and evasion to ensure that everyone pays the right amount of tax at the right time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 28/06/2022 15:04:41 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1472798

registered interest
date	23/06/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Health Professions: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 16 June 2022 to Question 15398 on Tax Allowances: Health Professions, what the Government's policy is on the validity of medics incurring tax charges albeit managed via scheme pays, for inadvertently exceeding annual allowances due to inflation.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	23816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that hard-working NHS staff do not find themselves reducing their work commitments due to the interaction between their pay, their pension, and the relevant tax regime.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS pension scheme is one of the most generous schemes available, and protects pensions in payment by increasing them by CPI and revalues accrued CARE benefits by CPI+1.5% each year.</p><p> </p><p>Pensions tax relief one of the most expensive reliefs in the personal tax system. In 2019/20 Income Tax relief on total contributions and National Insurance relief on employer contributions for pension savings cost the Exchequer £61 billion, with around 60 per cent of Income Tax relieved at the Higher and Additional rates. The annual allowance helps to ensure that the highest earning pension savers do not receive a disproportionate benefit.</p><p> </p><p>99 per cent of pension savers make annual contributions below £40,000, the level of standard annual allowance which has applied from 2014/15. Individuals who breach the annual allowance on tax-relieved pension savings can also use an option called ‘scheme pays’, under which they can require their pension scheme to pay their annual allowance tax charge now (in return for an actuarially fair reduction in their pension), provided that the annual allowance charge is at least £2,000 and they have exceeded the annual allowance of £40,000. In England and Wales, the NHS Pension Scheme goes further, allowing Scheme Pays to be used on any annual allowance charges relating to accrual in that scheme.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 28/06/2022 13:32:34 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1472815

registered interest
date	23/06/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Mortgages: Interest Rates
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 of trends in the level of interest rates on people who are mortgage prisoners.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	23805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2022 answer text <p>Ministers and officials meet regularly with industry, trade bodies, and regulators to understand their policies and the impact of the increased cost of living on all mortgage borrowers. I am also in regular contact with mortgage prisoner campaigners about their concerns.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury continues to work with industry to determine if there are any further solutions which would meaningfully benefit mortgage prisoners and are fair to other borrowers in the wider mortgage market, including those who are also paying variable rates.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues its efforts to support mortgage borrowers by offering Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) loans to homeowners in receipt of an income-related benefit to help prevent repossession. Recently, the Prime Minister announced a package of homeownership measures, including changes to SMI Loans. When introduced, these changes will provide support more quickly to homeowners by reducing the qualifying period for SMI loans and remove the ‘zero earnings rule’. There is also protection in place in the courts under the Mortgage Pre-Action Protocol which stipulates that repossession should always be a last resort for lenders.</p><p> </p><p>On the cost of living more broadly, the Government has introduced over £15bn of additional support, targeted particularly at those with the greatest need. This package builds on the over £22bn announced previously, with government support for the cost of living now totalling over £37bn this year. Millions of the most vulnerable households will receive at least £1,200 of one-off support in total this year to help with the cost of living.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 28/06/2022 13:17:53 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1472830

registered interest
date	23/06/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure that his public sector pay remits focus on poverty reduction.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	23771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2022 answer text <p>The government is providing over £15bn of additional support, to address global inflationary pressures, targeted particularly on those with the greatest need. This package builds on the over £22bn announced previously, with government support for the cost of living now totalling over £37bn this year.</p><p>Millions of the most vulnerable households will receive at least £1,200 of one-off support in total this year to help with the cost of living.</p><p>For households that are not eligible for Cost of Living Payments or for families that still need additional support; the government is providing an extra £500 million of local support, via the Household Support Fund. The Fund will be extended from this October to March 2023, bringing total funding for the scheme to £1.5 billion.</p><p>The government is also committed to tackling the underlying, long-term factors driving cost of living challenges. This includes: helping people into work and supporting them to keep more of what they earn; solidifying our supply chains and boosting our energy security; and driving economic growth through a lower tax, dynamic market economy.</p><p>Pay for most frontline workforces – including nurses, teachers, armed forces and police officers - is set through an independent Pay Review Body process. The Pay Review Bodies will consider a range of evidence when forming their recommendations.</p><p> </p><p>Spending Review 2021 confirmed that public sector workers will see pay rises across the whole Spending Review period (22/23-24/25).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 28/06/2022 14:10:51 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1472831

registered interest
date	23/06/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Care Workers: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to provide a pay increase to care workers that would help tackle (a) retention and (b) recruitment needs in the sector.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	23772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2022 answer text <p>The vast majority of care workers are employed by private sector providers who ultimately set their pay, independent of central government.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recently increased the rate of the National Living Wage, meaning many of the lowest paid care workers benefitted from a 6.6% pay rise effective from April 1<sup>st</sup> 2022. We have also set a target for the National Living Wage to increase further, to reach two-thirds of median earnings by 2024 for workers aged over 21, taking economic conditions into account.</p><p> </p><p>We have announced an unprecedented investment of at least £500 million in the adult social care workforce, which will transform jobs in social care. We will deliver a vision where people can experience a rewarding career with opportunities to develop and progress, where they are recognised for the vital work they do and where they feel their wellbeing is prioritised.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 28/06/2022 13:39:02 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell