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1483574

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Fuels: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the 5p per litre reduction in fuel duty announced on 23 March 2022, what assessment he has made of that policy’s (a) efficacy and (b) impact for consumers to date.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	25910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2022 answer text <p>At Spring Statement 2022 in response to fuel prices reaching record levels, the Government announced a temporary 12-month cut to duty on petrol and diesel of 5p per litre.</p><p> </p><p>This is the largest cash-terms cut across all fuel duty rates at once, ever, and is only the second time in 20 years that main rates of petrol and diesel have been cut. This cut represents savings for households and businesses worth around £2.4 billion in 2022-23.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has been clear that it expects those in the supply chain to pass the fuel duty cut through to consumers as promptly as possible. Following a request from the Business Secretary, the Competition and Markets Authority will undertake a short and focused review of the fuel market and will provide advice to the Government on steps that could be taken to improve outcomes for consumers.</p><p> </p><p>All taxes, including fuel duty, remain under review.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 30/06/2022 07:46:34 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1454822

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cash Dispensing: St Helens North
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions his Department has had with commercial banks operating in St Helens North constituency on protecting (a) free to use ATMs and (b) wider access to cash.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	148257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>The government recognises that cash remains an important part of daily life for millions of people across the UK, particularly those in vulnerable groups, and has committed to legislate to protect access to cash.</p><p> </p><p>From 1 July to 23 September last year, the government held an 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. The government has carefully considered responses to the consultation and will set out next steps in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery.</p><p> </p><p>Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel</a></p><p> </p><p>On access to free-to-use ATMs specifically, free-to-use ATMs, LINK (the scheme that runs the UK's largest ATM network) has commitments to protect the broad geographic spread of free-to-use ATMs and is held to account against these commitments by the Payment Systems Regulator. LINK has committed to protect free-to-use ATMs more than one kilometre away from the next nearest free ATM or Post Office, and free access to cash on high streets (where there is a cluster of five or more retailers) that do not have a free-to-use ATM or a Post Office counter within one kilometre.</p><p> </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><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 148258 question first answered 31/03/2022 14:59:13 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1454823

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cash Dispensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the status is of the Access to Cash consultation; and when his Department plans to respond to it.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	148258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>The government recognises that cash remains an important part of daily life for millions of people across the UK, particularly those in vulnerable groups, and has committed to legislate to protect access to cash.</p><p> </p><p>From 1 July to 23 September last year, the government held an 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. The government has carefully considered responses to the consultation and will set out next steps in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery.</p><p> </p><p>Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel</a></p><p> </p><p>On access to free-to-use ATMs specifically, free-to-use ATMs, LINK (the scheme that runs the UK's largest ATM network) has commitments to protect the broad geographic spread of free-to-use ATMs and is held to account against these commitments by the Payment Systems Regulator. LINK has committed to protect free-to-use ATMs more than one kilometre away from the next nearest free ATM or Post Office, and free access to cash on high streets (where there is a cluster of five or more retailers) that do not have a free-to-use ATM or a Post Office counter within one kilometre.</p><p> </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><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 148257 question first answered 31/03/2022 14:59:12 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1259264

registered interest
date	08/12/2020
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, how many employees in (a) St Helens Borough Council, (b) St Helens CCG, (c) St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, (d) Merseytravel, (e) Merseyside Police and (f) Liverpool City Region Combined Authority are paid more than (i) £80,000, (ii) £100,000, (iii) £150,000, (iv) £200,000 and (v) £250,000 per annum.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	126916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2020 answer text <p>The information cannot be provided in the form requested due to taxpayer confidentiality and the low numbers of recipients in the bands requested, which could be identifiable.</p><p> </p><p>However, HMRC in collaboration with the ONS publish Employment and Earnings statistics that show that fewer than 5% of UK employees each month are paid more than an annual equivalent income of £80,000 and less than 1% of employees are paid more than an annual equivalent income of £150,000<sup>1</sup>.</p><p> </p><p><sup>1 <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/bulletins/earningsandemploymentfrompayasyouearnrealtimeinformationuk/november2020" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/bulletins/earningsandemploymentfrompayasyouearnrealtimeinformationuk/november2020</a> (Figure 5)</sup></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/12/2020 15:47:56 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1256719

registered interest
date	30/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Wholesale Trade: Liverpool City Region
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 financial effect of the restrictions on hospitality businesses in the covid-19 tier system on the wholesale sector in (a) St Helens North constituency and (b) Liverpool City Region during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	122791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2020 answer text <p>The Government has provided unprecedented levels of support for workers and businesses to protect, as much as possible, against the current economic emergency. Food and drink wholesalers have been eligible for a number of these support schemes, with the most relevant likely to include:</p><p> </p><ul><li>The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to help keep millions of people in employment;</li><li>£10,000 cash grants for all business properties in receipt of Small Business Rates Relief and Rural Rates Relief;</li><li>The Bounce Back Loan Scheme for small businesses to borrow between £2,000 and £50,000, with no interest payments or fees for the first 12 months.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Food and drink wholesalers have also benefited from the Eat Out to Help Out Scheme which provided over 100 million half price meals during August and helped to protect the livelihoods of the 1.8 million people working in the hospitality sector.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 03/12/2020 14:53:56 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1244689

registered interest
date	19/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Liverpool City Region
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 economic effect of the tier-3 local covid restrictions on (a) the Liverpool City Region and (b) the six individual boroughs in that combined authority, in the event that those restrictions last (i) 28, (ii) 56, (iii) 112 and (iv) 224 days.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	105434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2020 answer text <p>The UK, along with many other countries around the world, has experienced a severe recession caused by coronavirus, and no major economy has avoided a dramatic fall in GDP. In response to those restrictions, the government took action to protect jobs and livelihoods and support businesses through the deepest global recession in decades.</p><p> </p><p>Since they were classed as Very High Alert, the government has also recently provided local authorities in Liverpool City Region with £44m to support businesses and public health. The government had already provided businesses in the Liverpool City Region with £1.3bn in direct support through grants and loans, and local authorities with £136m of additional support to address Covid-related pressures.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 22/10/2020 09:56:02 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1236049

registered interest
date	21/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: North West
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 effect on unemployment of the ending of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme in (a) St Helens North, (b) Liverpool City Region and (c) the North West.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	92807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2020 answer text <p>The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) has supported 13,200 employments in St Helens North, 64,900 employments in the local authority of Liverpool and 1,035,600 employments in the North West region of England.</p><p> </p><p>Many of these employments will have already returned to work. In the North West region of England, as of 31 July, the number of employments furloughed had fallen to 453,700.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is adapting its response to the changing context, evolving as restrictions have changed. Today the Government has published its Winter Economy Plan, a targeted package of measures to support jobs and business through the winter months. As part of that Plan, the Job Support Scheme will support viable businesses who are facing lower demand due to COVID-19 to keep their employees in work and attached to the workforce. This is in addition to the targeted Plan for Jobs, which includes a Job Retention Bonus to encourage firms to keep on furloughed workers, providing £1.2 billion to significantly expand and enhance work search support, as well as additional support to people to build the skills they need to get into work, and the new £2 billion Kickstart Scheme, creating hundreds of thousands of new, fully subsidised jobs for young people.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/09/2020 16:36:05 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1236050

registered interest
date	21/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: North West
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 effect on unemployment among 16-24-year olds of ending the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme in (a) St Helens North, (b) Liverpool City Region and (c) the North West.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	92808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2020 answer text <p>The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) has supported the employment of nearly 1.89 million 16-24-year olds across the whole of the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Many of these employees will have already returned to work. Across the whole of the UK and all ages, the number of employments furloughed has decreased from a peak of 8.9 million on 8 May to about 4.8 million on 31 July.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is adapting its response to the changing context, and today the Government has published its Winter Economy Plan, a targeted package of measures to support jobs and business through the winter months. As part of that Plan, the Job Support Scheme will support viable businesses who are facing lower demand due to COVID-19 to keep their employees in work and attached to the workforce. This is in addition to the targeted Plan for Jobs, which includes a Job Retention Bonus to encourage firms to keep on furloughed workers, £1.2 billion to expand and enhance work search support, additional support to people to build the skills they need to get into work, and the new £2 billion Kickstart Scheme, creating hundreds of thousands of new, fully subsidised jobs for young people.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/09/2020 16:30:41 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1236051

registered interest
date	21/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: North West
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 effect on unemployment in the hospitality sector of ending the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme in (a) St Helens North, (b) Liverpool City Region and (c) the North West.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	92809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2020 answer text <p>The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) has supported 182,000 employments in the accommodation and food services sector specifically in the North West region.</p><p> </p><p>Many of these employments will have already returned to work. In the accommodation and food services sector across the UK, the number of employments furloughed has decreased from a peak of 1.62 million on 10 April to 942,300 on 31 July.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is adapting its response to the changing context. As restrictions have changed, Government support has evolved. Today the Government has published its Winter Economy Plan, a targeted package of measures to support jobs and business through the winter months.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/09/2020 16:31:33 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1223890

registered interest
date	13/07/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Money
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of people in (a) St Helens North constituency, (b) the North West and c) the UK for whom cash is their primary payment method.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	72975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises that cash remains important for many individuals and businesses across the UK. That is why, at the March 2020 Budget, the Chancellor announced that the Government will bring forward legislation to protect access to cash for those who need it.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is engaging with the financial regulators, including through the Joint Authorities Cash Strategy Group, to monitor the impact of COVID-19 on the UK’s cash infrastructure and ensure that those who rely on cash to transact can continue to do so in the long-term. The Financial Conduct Authority and Payment Systems Regulators are developing a comprehensive picture of cash access infrastructure across the UK in relation to social economic factors that reflect consumer needs, building upon their mapping work carried out during the COVID-19 crisis.</p><p> </p><p>LINK, the UK’s main ATM network, publishes the annual total of free-to-use ATMs across the UK since 1998 online. As of 2019, there were 45,000 free-to-use ATMs in the UK; although this is less than the peak number in 2017, this remains 13% higher than a decade ago. LINK’s Monthly ATM Footprint Report also publishes information monthly on the break down by constituency.</p><p> </p><p>During the COVID-19 outbreak, financial services firms have announced a range of measures to support vulnerable customers. We are working with the Financial Conduct Authority to ensure there is continued support for these people. For example, many firms have methods for trusted third parties to access cash. Anyone with questions should contact their banking service provider.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 72976 72977 question first answered 16/07/2020 09:46:00 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn