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1192053

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date	01/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund and Small Business Grants Fund
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 extending the eligibility cut-off date for the (a) Small Business Grants Fund and (b) Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund to 19 March 2020 to align with the cut-off date for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	41938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2020 answer text The two business grants schemes were announced on 11 March and 17 March respectively. 11 March was chosen as the cut-off date to avoid creating an incentive for businesses to be created and registered simply for the purposes of being eligible for grants.<p> </p><p>In cases where it was factually clear to the Local Authority on 11 March 2020 that the rating list was inaccurate on that date, Local Authorities may withhold or award the grant based on eligibility had the list been accurate. This discretion is only intended to prevent clear errors. Any decisions made after 11 March should not affect eligibility.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 06/05/2020 14:44:48 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1192070

registered interest
date	01/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Self-employed: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support the Government provides to self employed people that are unable to access the self employed income support scheme as a result of not having the relevant income tax and national insurance contributions.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Colum Eastwood
uin	42213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2020 answer text The Government has designed measures that can be operationalised quickly and effectively under the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS). It continues to work with stakeholders to make sure funding reaches those who need it most, keeping all policies under review. Some 95% of people who receive the majority of their income from self-employment could benefit from the SEISS and anyone requiring support before the beginning of June should have access to other measures appropriate to their individual circumstances. For example, the self-employed can benefit from the Government’s relaxation of the earnings rules (known as the Minimum Income Floor) in Universal Credit. Individuals may also have access to a range of grants and loans depending on their circumstances, including the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme, the Bounce Back Loans Scheme, and the deferral of tax payments. answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/05/2020 13:52:15 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4846 label Biography information for Colum Eastwood

1192071

registered interest
date	01/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Credit Unions: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether Credit Unions in Northern Ireland are able to be accredited lenders under the Bounce Back Loan scheme.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Colum Eastwood
uin	42214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2020 answer text <p>On 27 April, the Chancellor announced the Bounce Back Loans Scheme to ensure that the smallest businesses can access loans in a matter of days. The scheme launched on 4 May, offering loans from £2,000 up to £50,000, capped at 25% of firms’ turnover. The Government will provide lenders with a 100% guarantee on each loan, to give lenders the confidence they need to support the smallest businesses in the country. The Bounce Back Loans Scheme is open to businesses and lenders across the UK. Lenders in Northern Ireland interested in accreditation can enquire through the British Business Bank.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 06/05/2020 11:30:33 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4846 label Biography information for Colum Eastwood

1192236

registered interest
date	01/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Charities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will amend the furlough scheme so that staff furloughed by charities are not prevented from performing voluntary work for them.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	41925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2020 answer text <p>The purpose of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is to support people who would otherwise have been made redundant. To prevent fraudulent claims, the Government made it clear that individuals cannot work or volunteer for their organisation.</p><p>This aims to protect individuals too; if workers were allowed to volunteer for their employer, the employer could ask them to effectively work full time while only paying them 80% of the wages. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is working with other government departments and the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector to identify areas where volunteers can contribute to the COVID-19 response.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/05/2020 13:28:51 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1192239

registered interest
date	01/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pay: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to top up the wages of workers who have had their normal hours reduced during the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	42054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2020 answer text <p>Workers who see a fall in earnings due to a reduction in their work hours may become eligible for support through the welfare system, including through Universal Credit (UC). Existing UC claimants are likely to receive a higher award as a result of a fall in earnings. For employed claimants this will be updated automatically using information from the PAYE system</p><p><br> In response to the crisis, the Government has strengthened the welfare system, including by increasing the UC standard allowance and the Working Tax Credit basic element by £20 per week. In addition, to protect people’s jobs and incomes as far as possible during the crisis, the Government has announced a Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and a Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/05/2020 13:26:48 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

1192240

registered interest
date	01/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Public Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that public sector workers can be furloughed under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	42055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2020 answer text <p>The Government expects that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will not be used by many public sector organisations, as most public sector employees are continuing to provide essential public services, or contribute to the response to the coronavirus outbreak. Where employers receive public funding for staff costs, and that funding is continuing, the Government expects employers to use that money to continue to pay staff in the usual fashion, and not to furlough them. This also applies to non-public sector employers who receive public funding for staff costs. Organisations who are receiving public funding specifically to provide services necessary to respond to coronavirus are not expected to furlough staff. In a small number of cases, for example where organisations are not primarily funded by the Government and whose staff cannot be redeployed to assist with the coronavirus response, the scheme may be appropriate for some staff.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/05/2020 13:39:11 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

1192261

registered interest
date	01/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Service Industries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to (a) fully or (b) partially extend the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme for the (i) theatre, (ii) sporting and (iii) leisure sectors in the event that those sectors are required to remain closed for a longer period than others as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	42047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2020 answer text <p>The Chancellor has made clear that he will extend the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme if necessary. The Government will keep the length of the scheme under review, engaging with businesses and representatives. There are a variety of factors that will need to be considered, including public health guidance and the longer-term economic recovery.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s decision on when and how to close down the CJRS will be based on all available evidence. The Government will ensure the approach is coherent with any necessary non-pharmaceutical interventions, while also considering the status of the economy, the affordability of the scheme, and the need to provide certainty to employers and employees.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/05/2020 13:32:17 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1192264

registered interest
date	01/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Services: VAT Zero Rating
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 enable all care providers to register as zero-rated for VAT.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Colum Eastwood
uin	42216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2020 answer text <p>Many care services provided by charities, public bodies and regulated private welfare institutions to elderly people are exempt from VAT, meaning no VAT is charged on the care service. Organisations offering such services are not required to charge VAT where they are regulated by the Care Quality Commission.</p><p> </p><p>There are no plans to change the VAT treatment of care services at present.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/05/2020 11:02:37 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4846 label Biography information for Colum Eastwood

1192343

registered interest
date	01/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many workers are receiving support from the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, by region.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	41906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2020 answer text <p>Applications for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme opened on Monday 20 April. By close 3 May, HMRC had received 800,000 claims representing 6.3m furloughed employments and £8bn.</p><p> </p><p>This is a new scheme and HMRC are currently working through the analysis they will be able to provide based on the data available. HMRC will make the timescales for publication and the types of data available in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/05/2020 13:30:31 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1192385

registered interest
date	01/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Second Homes: Stamp Duty Land Tax
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 for the property market of extending the three year window to claim a refund of three per cent of stamp duty on second homes during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	42159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2020 answer text <p>HMRC are aware of a number of instances where the payment of tax or filing of the necessary returns have been made challenging by COVID-19 and have displayed significant flexibility.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to keep all taxes under constant review as part of the response to the COVID-19 outbreak.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/05/2020 13:30:16 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield