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1506181

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pensions: Tax Yields
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total income to the Treasury was from pensions where the pension fund was not exhausted prior to the recipient's death between 2010 and 2021.
tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
tabling member printed	Neale Hanvey
uin	49791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>Information in the form requested is not readily available and could only be obtained, compiled, and collated at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 22/09/2022 08:04:17 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4782 label Biography information for Neale Hanvey

1506238

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Zambia: BlackRock
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the approach taken by BlackRock to Zambian debt.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	49771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>Zambia is one of three countries to have requested a debt treatment under the Common Framework. The Common Framework was agreed in November 2020 by the UK, along with the G20 and Paris Club, to help deliver a long-term, sustainable approach for supporting low-income countries to tackle their debt vulnerabilities.</p><p> </p><p>Private sector participation in the Common Framework is critical. Under the terms of the Common Framework, a debtor country that signs an MoU with participating official creditors will be required to seek from all private creditors a treatment at least as favourable. Accordingly, once Zambia signs an MoU for its case it will need to engage its private creditors to ensure their participation on comparable terms.</p><p>The Government routinely engages private sector creditors on international debt issues in a number of fora and will work closely with its international partners to ensure private creditors fully play their part in Zambia’s restructuring.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 22/09/2022 07:41:44 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1506304

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Fuels: 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 make it his policy to hold discussions with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) stakeholders on the potential merits of zero-rating VAT on domestic fuel.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	49632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government has announced a new 'Energy Price Guarantee' to limit the price suppliers can charge customers for units of gas and electricity. This will save the average household £1,000 a year based on current energy prices from October.</p><p>In recognition of the fact that families should not have to bear all of the VAT costs they incur to meet their needs, domestic fuels such as gas, electricity, and heating oil are already subject to the reduced rate of VAT at 5 per cent.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Richard Fuller question first answered 22/09/2022 08:05:49 answering member 3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1506306

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department is taking steps to reduce HM Revenue and Customs paperwork for alcohol exporters.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	49633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2022 answer text I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given on 6 July 2022 – <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-06-28/26743" target="_blank">UIN26743</a>. answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Richard Fuller question first answered 14/09/2022 10:03:06 answering member 3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1505833

registered interest
date	07/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Mileage Allowances
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 reflect the recent rise in fuel prices in Approved Mileage Allowance Payments for public sector workers.
tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
tabling member printed	Virginia Crosbie
uin	49299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government sets the Approved Mileage Allowance Payment (AMAP) rates to minimise administrative burdens.</p><p>AMAPs are intended to create administrative simplicity and certainty by using an average rate, which reflects vehicle running costs including fuel, depreciation, servicing, insurance, and Vehicle Excise Duty. As it is an average, the rate is necessarily more appropriate for some drivers than others.</p><p>Employers are not required to use the AMAP rates. Instead, they can agree to reimburse a different amount that better reflects their employees’ circumstances. Where payments exceed the relevant AMAP rate, there will be an Income Tax and National Insurance charge on the difference. It is therefore ultimately up to employers, including individual public sector organisations, to determine the rate at which they reimburse their employees.</p><p>Like all taxes and allowances, the Government keeps the AMAP rate under review and any changes are considered by the Chancellor.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 22/09/2022 07:37:53 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	4859 label Biography information for Virginia Crosbie

1505848

registered interest
date	07/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has taken recent steps to help ensure that people affected by the Equitable Life scandal are compensated.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	49244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2022 answer text <p>The Equitable Life Payment Scheme closed to claims in 2015. There are no plans to reopen the Payment Scheme or review the £1.5 billion funding allocation previously made to it. Further guidance on the status of the Payment Scheme after closure is available at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/equitable-life-payment-scheme#closure-of-the-scheme.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 15/09/2022 14:57:59 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1505932

registered interest
date	07/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Blackmore Bond: Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had the Financial Conduct Authority on the collapse of Blackmore Bond.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	49282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>HM Treasury works closely with the FCA to maintain a strong and safe financial system. Treasury Ministers and officials regularly meet with the FCA to discuss a variety of matters.</p><p> </p><p>The FCA does not have power to investigate a firm that is unauthorised and not carrying out regulated activities. Where problems fall outside the FCA’s statutory remit, they assist other agencies and regulators wherever they can. As Blackmore Bond was an unregulated firm, the FCA passed the relevant information to the City of London Police.</p><p> </p><p>In November 2019, the FCA temporarily banned the promotion of high-risk ‘speculative illiquid securities’ to ordinary retail investors. This ban covers the type of mini-bonds sold by Blackmore Bond. This ban was made permanent in January 2021.</p><p> </p><p>In April 2021, the Treasury launched a consultation on proposals for bringing mini-bonds within the scope of regulation. On 1 March 2022 the Treasury set out its intention to include non-transferable securities, including mini-bonds, within the scope of the Prospectus Regime Review. Issuers of mini-bonds would be required to offer their securities via a platform which would ensure appropriate due diligence and disclosure and be regulated by the FCA.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 22/09/2022 07:35:47 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1506040

registered interest
date	07/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: East of England
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 effect on his policies of trends in the level of population growth in the East of England; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Waveney
tabling member printed	Peter Aldous
uin	49121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>The Treasury along with other Government departments, carefully considers a number of factors, including local populations, in the impact assessments of individual measures, as well as the distribution of many funding programmes.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury is making significant investments in the East of England. For example, almost £90m in funding from the first round of the Levelling Up Fund went to projects in the East of England, investing in infrastructure to improve everyday life for local residents.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 22/09/2022 07:39:41 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	4069 label Biography information for Peter Aldous

1506053

registered interest
date	07/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	UK Infrastructure Bank
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made for the implication of his policies of the Institution of Civil Engineer's recommendation that the National Infrastructure Strategy should be on a statutory footing to provide more clarity and guidance on where the UK Infrastructure Bank should focus.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	49112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2022 answer text <p>As the Prime Minister set out earlier this month, the government is committed to delivery of infrastructure commitments – including those set out in the National Infrastructure Strategy (NIS) – to improve the UK’s energy security, transport networks and digital connectivity. There are no plans to legislate for the NIS.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Infrastructure Bank (UKIB) was established in June 2021. Since then, it has entered into 10 deals worth a total of £1 billion, investing to drive economic growth and to strengthen the UK’s energy supply. The former Chancellor wrote to the UKIB on 18<sup>th</sup> March 2022 to set out his strategic priorities for the Bank. This letter has been published and is available on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 15/09/2022 15:00:17 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1506056

registered interest
date	07/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Retail Trade: Business Rates
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 business rates bills do not cause high street shops in (a) Battersea and (b) the rest of the UK to close.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	49262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2022 answer text <p>The most recent review of business rates concluded at Autumn Budget 2021. The review reaffirmed the importance of business rates for raising revenue for essential local services and announced a £7 billion package of measures to support business over the next 5 years.</p><p> </p><p>This includes a freeze to the business rates multiplier in 2022-23, which will support all ratepayers, large and small, meaning bills are 3 per cent lower than without the freeze. The Government has also introduced a new temporary relief for retail, hospitality, and leisure in 2022-23, worth almost £1.7 billion to the sector. These measures will support the businesses that make our high streets and town centres successful.</p><p> </p><p>As with all taxes, HM Treasury keeps business rates under review.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Richard Fuller grouped question UIN 49263 49266 question first answered 14/09/2022 09:53:54 answering member 3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova