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1197875

registered interest
date	21/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Income: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the impact of (1) current social distancing measures on GDP, and (2) the impending recession referred to by the Chancellor of the Exchequer at the Economic Affairs Committee on 19 May, on GDP. [T]
tabling member printed	Lord Lamont of Lerwick
uin	HL4840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2020 answer text <p>HM Treasury does not produce forecasts of the economy or public finances.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) is responsible for producing forecasts of the economy and public finances. On 14 April the OBR published a reference scenario assessing the potential impact of coronavirus. In this scenario GDP is assumed to fall by 35 per cent in the second quarter of 2020 before recovering in subsequent quarters. The OBR note that the Government’s policy response should help limit the long-term damage to the economy and public finances.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 29/05/2020 12:16:41 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	895 label Biography information for Lord Lamont of Lerwick

1197437

registered interest
date	20/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average length of time was for Ministers of his Department to respond to correspondence from hon. Members in each month in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	49730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>Information on average response times is not held.</p><p> </p><p>However, in 2019, the Treasury replied to 90% of MPs’ correspondence within 15 working days.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury has received unprecedented amounts of correspondence since the start of the coronavirus outbreak in the UK. All Member’s correspondence is currently receiving attention and will be responded to as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 02/06/2020 06:59:03 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1197497

registered interest
date	20/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Self-employment Income Support Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether self-employed workers who are subject to the Turkish EC Association Agreement visa are eligible for the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	49785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2020 answer text <p>The revised guidance published alongside the legal Direction makes it clear that grants under the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) are not counted as “access to public funds”, and that taxpayers can claim the SEISS grant on all categories of visa. This treatment of the SEISS grant aligns with that of payments from the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 03/06/2020 08:49:37 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1197509

registered interest
date	20/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tenants: Coronavirus
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 Scottish Government on financial support for tenants during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
uin	49844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>The UK Government has been working closely with the Scottish Government on the response to the Covid-19 outbreak. To help prevent people getting into financial hardship or rent arrears, the UK Government has put in place an unprecedented support package, including support for businesses to pay staff salaries, as well as a strengthening of the welfare safety net with a nearly £7 billion boost to the welfare system. We have also increased Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates so that they are set at the 30th percentile of market rents in each area. These significant financial measures will help to support tenants to continue to pay their living costs, including rental payments.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 02/06/2020 07:00:17 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith

1197510

registered interest
date	20/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Students: Coronavirus
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 Scottish Government on financial support for students during the covid-19 outbreak over summer 2020 .
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
uin	49845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>Education is a devolved matter. The UK Government has announced £3.7 billion of additional funding to the Scottish Government to support people, businesses and public services in Scotland in response to Covid-19. I am regularly in contact with my counterparts to discuss finances more broadly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 02/06/2020 07:00:36 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith

1197512

registered interest
date	20/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Self-employment Income Support Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to make an announcement on the next stage of the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
uin	49748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced an extension to the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme on 29 May.</p><p> </p><p>Eligible individuals whose business is adversely affected by COVID-19 will be able to claim a second and final grant when the scheme reopens for further applications in August. Individuals will be able to claim a taxable grant worth 70 per cent of their average monthly trading profits, paid out in a single instalment covering three months’ worth of profits and capped at £6,570 in total.</p><p> </p><p>There will be no further changes and no further extensions to the scheme, which continues to be one of the most generous in the world.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 48303 48384 48652 49040 question first answered 02/06/2020 10:36:05 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan

1197521

registered interest
date	20/05/2020
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, pursuant to his Answer of 19 May to Question 45967, if he will estimate the start and leaving dates for a proportion of employments referred to in his answer in order to calculate complete and full figures of people who were due to start a job after 28 February 2020 and who are not covered by the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	49600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2020 answer text It has not been possible to provide an answer based on complete data in the time available. HMRC are continuing to explore the data and analysis it is possible to provide on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and on its delivery. answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 03/06/2020 08:58:33 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1197524

registered interest
date	20/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Community Development Finance Institutions: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to increase the support that community development financial institutions can offer to SMEs during the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Jane Stevenson
uin	49847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises the vital role that non-banks – including Community Development Finance Institutions (CDFIs) – play in the provision of credit to SMEs. It is grateful for the way the sector has responded to the current crisis and remains committed to promoting competition and widening the funding options available to UK businesses.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) provides financial support to SMEs across the UK that are losing revenue, and seeing their cashflow disrupted, as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak. Of the 80 lenders currently accredited by the British Business Bank to offer these loans, 15 are CDFIs. The Government welcomes CDFIs’ participation in CBILS, as well as their continued work to support SMEs beyond this loan scheme.</p><p> </p><p>On broader support for CDFIs, Fair4All Finance, the independent body set up to distribute dormant assets funding to support financial inclusion, has set up a £5 million resilience fund to support credit unions and CDFIs in England. Fair4All Finance have also launched their Affordable Credit Scale-up Programme, designed to provide tailored support to sustainably scale affordable credit.</p><p> </p><p>On 20 May, the Government announced that £65 million of funding through the dormant assets scheme will be released immediately to Fair4All Finance, to increase access to fair, affordable and appropriate financial products and services for those struggling financially, particularly in light of the coronavirus outbreak. This includes an expanded Affordable Credit Scale-up Programme, which aims to improve the access and availability of affordable credit. Additional funding will be made available to the devolved administrations under normal processes through the dormant assets scheme, to be distributed as they see fit.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 02/06/2020 13:26:35 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4750 label Biography information for Jane Stevenson

1197546

registered interest
date	20/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Self-employment Income Support Scheme
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 excluding pension income from the definition of non-trading income for the purposes of the Self-Employment Support Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	49808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>The Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) helps those adversely affected by COVID-19 and is one of the most generous self-employed COVID-19 support schemes in the world. The SEISS, including the eligibility requirement that an individual’s trading profits must be no more than £50,000 and at least equal to their non-trading income, is designed to be targeted at those who most need it, and who are most reliant on their self-employment income.</p><p> </p><p>Individuals receiving more than half of their income from other sources, such as pensions, could still be eligible for other support. The SEISS is part of a comprehensive package of support for self-employed people, including Bounce Back loans, income tax deferrals, rental support, increases to Universal Credit, mortgage holidays, and various business support measures. More information about the full range of business support measures is available at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/financial-support-for-businesses-during-coronavirus-covid-19" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/financial-support-for-businesses-during-coronavirus-covid-19</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/06/2020 06:59:51 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1197556

registered interest
date	20/05/2020
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of businesses that will be excluded from the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund due to the exclusion of the event catering industry from the Government's definition of the hospitality industry.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	49633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government does not hold this information.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that this is a very challenging time for businesses in a wide variety of sectors. Small businesses occupying properties for retail, hospitality or leisure purposes are likely to be particularly affected by COVID-19 due to their reliance on customer footfall, and the fact that they are less likely than larger businesses to have sufficient cash reserves to meet their high fixed property-related costs. The Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund is intended to help small businesses in this situation.</p><p> </p><p>Local Authorities can choose to make discretionary grants to businesses in other sectors if they feel there is a particular local economic need. However, the priority of all the grants schemes continues to be to help the smallest businesses, and small businesses which are facing significant property-related costs and operate in sectors which have been particularly hard hit by the steep decline in customer footfall.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 02/06/2020 06:58:29 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma