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1566305

registered interest
date	12/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Veterans Mobility Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide funding to veterans charities to ensure continued support is made available to veterans who were in receipt of support under the Veterans Mobility Fund.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	122037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting all our veterans, and to ensuring that they continue to thrive after leaving the services.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2014, the Government has committed £773m of LIBOR fines to support Armed Forces and Emergency Service charities.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this package, the Chancellor awarded the Royal British Legion £3m to develop a Veterans Mobility Fund, designed to meet the wellbeing needs of veterans discharged with service-attributable serious physical injury. At the same time, the Chancellor also awarded £10m to develop a Veterans Hearing Fund, providing support to veterans who suffered hearing loss during service.</p><p> </p><p>In 2019, at the Royal British Legion’s request, the Treasury authorised the transfer of almost £1.5m from the Veterans Mobility Fund to the Veterans Hearing Fund, following dramatic increases in the rate of applications for the Hearing Fund and a comparatively static application rate for the Mobility Fund. Both the Veterans Hearing and Veterans Mobility Funds have now closed.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2020, we have announced a further £10m funding to support veterans’ mental health, £475k to support the development of a digital and data strategy for the sector, £5m to enable charities to address the impact of events in Afghanistan on veterans, a £5m Veterans’ Health Innovation Fund, and £8.55m in December last year to end veteran homelessness in 2023.</p><p> </p><p>More than 100 service charities, including those who support veterans, also benefitted from £6m of the £750m to support the charity sector announced by the Chancellor in April 21 in support of COVID-19.</p><p> </p><p>The Governments Veterans’ Strategy Action Plan sets out the steps we will take in the next two years towards our ambition of making the UK the best place in the world to be a veteran by 2028.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions on additional funding on Veterans’ issue are routinely considered at fiscal events.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 17/01/2023 14:54:46 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1565814

registered interest
date	11/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Goods Vehicle Movement Service
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 the number of vehicles that were unable to use the Goods Vehicle Management System on 2 January 2022.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	120961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>On 1 January 2023, there was a technical issue with the Goods Vehicle Movement Service (GVMS) which affected some traders’ ability to move goods using the service. The issue was swiftly fixed and GVMS continues to work well.</p><p> </p><p>We are aware that fewer than 15 vehicles were directed to attend Inland Border Facilities, due to traders’ customs declarations requiring further action following updates to the Customs Declaration Service. HMRC worked closely with affected traders to ensure their goods reached their destination as quickly as possible. We are not aware of any vehicles being directed to Inland Border Facilities due to the technical issue with GVMS.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 17/01/2023 15:19:15 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1565573

registered interest
date	10/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Housing: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department held consultations with representatives from the Local Government Association before establishing a date of 2025 to begin the funding programme for home insulation as announced in the 2022 Autumn Statement.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	119970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>At the Autumn Statement, the Chancellor announced £6bn of additional funding for energy efficiency, covering the financial years 2025/26 to 2027/28.</p><p> </p><p>This provides funding certainty to the sector ahead of the next Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p>Almost £3bn is already allocated for Financial Years 2023/24 and 2024/25 on energy efficiency, the majority of which will go to Local Authorities. In addition to this, the government is expanding the Energy Company Obligation by £1 billion over the next three years, from April 2023.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 17/01/2023 14:34:50 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1565637

registered interest
date	10/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Energy: Storage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to introduce (a) tax credits or (b) other forms of tax relief for energy storage schemes.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	120174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>As outlined in the British Energy Security Strategy, the Government is committed to encouraging all forms of flexibility in the energy system, including large-scale, long duration electricity storage, hydrogen electrolysers to use surplus low carbon electricity and other battery storage. To support this strategy, there are already some tax reliefs for energy storage schemes</p><p> </p><p>Following the expansion of the VAT relief for energy saving materials announced at Spring Statement 2022, battery storage supplied as part of the installation of any qualifying material, including solar panels, will benefit from a VAT zero rate for the next 5 years</p><p> </p><p>Expenditure on energy storage schemes may qualify for existing capital allowances, depending on the facts of the particular case. For example, the Annual Investment Allowance is available for main and special rate assets, and allows businesses to write off the cost of qualifying plant and machinery investment in one go, up to £1m</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps all tax and tax reliefs under review with policy announcements expected at fiscal events.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 17/01/2023 14:31:44 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1565689

registered interest
date	10/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Housing: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department held discussions with representatives of local government before setting a date of 2025 to begin the funding programme for home insulation announced in the 2022 Autumn Statement.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	120196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>At the Autumn Statement, the Chancellor announced £6bn of additional funding for energy efficiency, covering the financial years 2025/26 to 2027/28.</p><p> </p><p>This provides funding certainty to the sector ahead of the next Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p>Almost £3bn is already allocated for Financial Years 2023/24 and 2024/25 on energy efficiency, the majority of which will go to Local Authorities. In addition to this, the government is expanding the Energy Company Obligation by £1 billion over the next three years, from April 2023.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 17/01/2023 14:34:23 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1564779

registered interest
date	09/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Goods Vehicle Movement Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many vehicles were sent to inland border facilities due to the failure of the Goods Vehicle Management System in January 2023.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	119067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>On 1 January 2023, there was a technical issue with the Goods Vehicle Movement Service (GVMS) which affected some traders’ ability to move goods using the service. The issue was swiftly fixed and GVMS continues to work well.</p><p> </p><p>We are aware that fewer than 15 vehicles were directed to attend Inland Border Facilities, due to traders’ customs declarations requiring further action following updates to the Customs Declaration Service. HMRC worked closely with affected traders to ensure their goods reached their destination as quickly as possible. We are not aware of any vehicles being directed to Inland Border Facilities due to the technical issue with GVMS.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 17/01/2023 17:01:58 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1564890

registered interest
date	09/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had recent discussions with HMRC on technical problems affecting the availability of public helplines for self-assessments.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	119137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>HMRC have introduced a ‘Period of Restricted Change’ to protect live service by reducing the volume of changes made to our IT / Telephony service. This vastly reduces the risk of IT and Telephony outages.</p><p> </p><p>Every January, HMRC introduce a Key Business Event wrap-around support for ‘Self-Assessment’ which in essence, provides protective guardrails across the end-to-end service, including the Online customer services and Telephony lines, but also the underpinning infrastructure, at this crucial business peak for HMRC.’</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 17/01/2023 14:49:03 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1565002

registered interest
date	09/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Plastics: Recycling
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 utilising the mass balance approach to measure chemical recyclate.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	119000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>Chemical recycling offers a potential complementary route for plastic recycling where mechanical recycling is impractical or uneconomic.</p><p> </p><p>Mass balance is one of several chain of custody models that is used by industries to track materials through a complex value chain and can, in principle, be used to determine recycled content in a product. It is important that mass balance does not allow for overclaiming of the recycled content in plastic.</p><p> </p><p>In general, chain of custody models are used in different industries to track all steps and inputs in a supply chain for a product.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 17/01/2023 17:18:51 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1565041

registered interest
date	09/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Imports: Norfolk Island
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much (a) rough wood, (b) sowing seeds, (c) instructional models, (d) cheese and (e) scrap aluminium the UK has imported from Norfolk Island in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	118850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>We have no record of any of the goods in question being imported into the UK from Norfolk Island in the last five years.</p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) is responsible for the collection and publication of data on imports and exports of goods to and from the UK. HMRC releases this information monthly, as a National Statistic called the Overseas Trade in Goods Statistics (OTS), which is available via their dedicated website (<a href="http://www.uktradeinfo.com/" target="_blank">www.uktradeinfo.com</a>). From this website, it is possible to <a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/trade-data/ots-custom-table/?id=fe2418fe-ac77-4e16-9cbd-e7fa8a8500a2" target="_blank">build your own data tables</a> based upon bespoke search criteria.</p><p> </p><p>Classification codes (according to the Harmonised System) are available to assist you in accessing published trade statistics data in the <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk%2Ffind_commodity&amp;data=05%7C01%7Csatvinder.juttla%40hmrc.gov.uk%7Cf85b0affff7d4eb4d24d08da66647d43%7Cac52f73cfd1a4a9a8e7a4a248f3139e1%7C0%7C0%7C637934879020297580%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=vtKkPxaYiHQ1KzPfEdV3WT%2BRO72MerTilg9zbPIH6eY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">UK Global Tariff.</a> Goods moving to and from the UK are identified by an eight-digit commodity code. These are publicly available from the UK Trade Tariff at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/trade-tariff" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/trade-tariff</a>.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 17/01/2023 14:47:27 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1565076

registered interest
date	09/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Department’s publication of spending over £500 with a Government procurement card in October 2021, (a) at what hotel, (b) for how many individuals and (c) for how many nights accommodation was purchased through Booking.com on 25 October 2021; and what the purpose of those hotel bookings was.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	118902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>On the 25th of October 2021, a Government Procurement Card was used to make a booking with Cityroomz hotel in Edinburgh. This booking was for officials who were attending COP26 events.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 17/01/2023 14:30:23 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry