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1127656

registered interest
date	20/05/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Credit Cards: Fees and Charges
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 tackle excessive credit card charges.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	256401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>On 1 April 2014, regulation of the consumer credit market was transferred to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The government has given the FCA strong powers to protect consumers and to take action against firms and individuals that do not meet its standards.</p><p> </p><p>The FCA conducted an extensive study of the credit card market from 2014-2016. In its final report, the FCA said that competition is working well for the majority of consumers, but expressed concerns about the scale, extent, and nature of problem credit card debt. The FCA then announced a package of remedies in February 2018, including: giving customers more control over credit limits; encouraging customers to repay more quickly; earlier identification of customers at risk of financial difficulty; and, help for customers in persistent debt, with escalating measures at 18, 28, and 36 months.</p><p> </p><p>The government welcomes the FCA’s remedies to tackle persistent debt in the credit card market, and will continue to work closely with the FCA to ensure all customers are treated fairly.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 23/05/2019 12:53:40 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1108758

registered interest
date	01/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Married People: Tax Allowances
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 increase the uptake of Married Tax Allowance.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	239235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>Marriage Allowance was introduced in April 2015, to recognise the importance of marriage in the tax system and support those on low incomes by helping them keep more of the money they earn.</p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) ran a number of advertising campaigns to raise awareness of the savings Marriage Allowance can bring to eligible couples. The first campaign ran between October 2015 and March 2016, and a second ran between November 2016 and March 2017. A variety of channels were used including press, radio adverts, and digital advertising. Most recently, HMRC ran a social media campaign to raise awareness of Marriage Allowance and issued a press release in February 2019.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC continues to promote the availability of Marriage Allowance through ongoing and targeted communications.</p><p> </p><p>Information on how to claim Marriage Allowance is available on the GOV.UK website and it can be claimed through the personal tax account, on GOV.UK, or by telephone to HMRC. Any couples who have yet to claim will not lose out as they have until 5 April 2020 to backdate it to 2015 where the eligibility conditions are met.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 09/04/2019 16:05:58 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1027535

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will meet with the Permanent Secretary of the Northern Ireland Executive to ensure that provision set out in the Budget 2018 for reduced rates for high street shops in Northern Ireland is distributed to those shops and not lost in the Barnett consequential.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	203327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>Business rates policy is a devolved matter. The UK Government is providing Barnett consequential funding for the changes announced at Budget.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 20/12/2018 15:20:02 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1024823

registered interest
date	13/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Infrastructure: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps he has taken to assess the value for money of the spending of funds he has allocated for infrastructure in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	202149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>Assessing value for money of infrastructure projects is a devolved matter. Assessments should be made in line with published HM Treasury guidance.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 19/12/2018 18:18:46 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1024824

registered interest
date	13/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Married People: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to (a) promote the marriage allowance to people who are entitled to it and (b) encourage such people to take up that allowance.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	202150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>Marriage Allowance was introduced in April 2015, to recognise the importance of marriage in the tax system, and support those on low incomes by helping them keep more of the money they earn. HMRC ran a number of advertising campaigns to raise awareness of the savings Marriage Allowance can bring to eligible couples. The first campaign ran from October 2015 to March 2016, and the second ran from November 2016 to March 2017. A variety of channels were used including press, radio adverts, and digital advertising.</p><p>HMRC continues to promote the availability of Marriage Allowance through ongoing and targeted communications.</p><p> </p><p>Information on how to claim Marriage Allowance is available on the GOV.UK website and it can be claimed through the personal tax account, on GOV.UK, or by telephone to HMRC. Any couples who have yet to claim will not lose out as they have until 5 April 2020 to backdate it.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 19/12/2018 12:22:05 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1005995

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Digital Technology: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will ring-fence additional funding to enhance further education training in digital capability.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	190886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government will introduce an entitlement to full funding for basic digital courses from 2020. Adults will have the opportunity to undertake improved digital courses based on new national standards free of charge.</p><p> </p><p>As is the case for the English and maths adult entitlements, the new basic digital skills entitlement will be funded through the Adult Education Budget.</p><p> </p><p>In the interim, we will continue to support the provision of basic digital skills training for adults in colleges and community learning centres across England through the Adult Education Budget and other programmes.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 19/11/2018 14:00:02 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1005996

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Home Shopping: Taxation
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 potential merits of using revenue from the online sales tax to support high streets.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	190887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>The Budget 2018 announced Our Plan for the High Street, a support package worth £1.5 billion that aims to help high streets and town centres in England to evolve and adapt to changing consumer demands.</p><p> </p><p>This support includes a two-year business rates cut of one third to the bills of small retailers, a £675m Future High Streets Fund to support high streets to evolve, and planning reforms.</p><p> </p><p>The measures apply to England. The UK Government is providing Barnett consequential funding to the Devolved Administrations so that they may offer similar support if they wish.</p>At the Budget, the government announced a Digital Services Tax. This is not a tax on online sales but a tax on the revenues of certain digital business activities which derive value from UK users. answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 21/11/2018 15:17:24 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1005998

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he will consider further tax breaks for micro businesses and small business to enable those businesses to take on more employees.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	190889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>This government recognises the UK’s 5.7 million small and medium businesses play a vital role in the economy, employing 16.1 million people.</p><p> </p><p>Since April 2014, businesses and charities have been entitled to the Employment Allowance (EA) to reduce their employer NICs bill every year to enable them to grow and hire new staff. The EA was increased in 2015 to £3,000 per employer and from April 2020 will be targeted at the smallest businesses, who need it most.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 21/11/2018 15:39:38 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

994691

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Borders: ICT
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 all 12 of the critical IT systems required at the border are ready in the event that the UK leaves the EU on 29 March 2019 without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	183938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>All of the 12 critical IT systems are subject to close scrutiny within departments, alongside scrutiny by the Border Delivery Group and the Infrastructure and Projects Authority where applicable.</p><p> </p><p>For programmes where there are delivery risks, departments have mitigation plans to address the risks, and have ensured there are appropriate contingency plans in place.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 01/11/2018 17:29:03 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

988785

registered interest
date	16/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Self-assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance (a) his Department and (b) HMRC issue to small businesses to ensure the accurate completion of tax returns.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	180193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government provides comprehensive guidance available on the GOV.UK website to help small businesses complete their tax returns correctly. The tax return itself, whether online or on paper, comes with accompanying guidance notes. HMRC also provides additional help and support through a variety of other channels - including helpsheets, YouTube videos, webinars and dedicated phone lines.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 24/10/2018 12:29:30 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon