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1452421

registered interest
date	18/03/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the £350 payments made under the Homes for Ukraine initiative will be tax free.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	142465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2022 answer text <p>As confirmed by the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on Monday 14 March 2022, under the Homes for Ukraine Scheme the Government will provide a monthly payment of £350 to sponsors for each family whom they look after, limited to one payment per residential address offered, and these payments will be tax-free.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 23/03/2022 16:39:20 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1452465

registered interest
date	18/03/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cost of Living: Carers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to take steps to support unpaid carers with the recent increase in the cost of living.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	142490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2022 answer text <p>The government understands the pressures that many households are facing with the cost of living and is monitoring the situation closely. These are global challenges, but the government is providing support worth over £22 billion in 2022-2023 to help families with these pressures, much of which will help carers on low incomes. This includes providing millions of households with up to £350 to help with rising energy bills and helping people keep more of what they earn. The government has cut the Universal Credit taper rate and increased work allowances, frozen alcohol duty as well as announcing a further rise in the National Living Wage to £9.50 an hour from April 2022.</p><p>The Spring Statement went further, with the government announcing an increase to the annual National Insurance Primary Threshold and Lower Profits Limit to £12,570, a cut to fuel duty by 5 pence per litre, and an additional £500m to help with the cost of essentials such as food, clothing and utilities through the Household Support Fund.</p><p>Carers and their vital contribution to society are also recognised within the welfare system. Carers can receive additional support through Carer’s Allowance, the Carer Element in Uni versal Credit and through Pension Credit. The weekly rate of Carer’s Allowance will increase to £69.70 in April 2022. Around 360,000 carer households on Universal Credit can receive an additional £1,965 a year through the Carer Element, ensuring that extra support is focused on those carers who need it most. This amount will increase from April 2022 and will benefit carers across the country.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 23/03/2022 17:44:20 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1452515

registered interest
date	18/03/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Ukraine: Humanitarian Aid
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 negotiate with European counterparts to streamline regulation to allow vital humanitarian aid to reach Ukrainians.
tabling member constituency	Falkirk
tabling member printed	John McNally
uin	142462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2022 answer text <p>The UK is committed to working with partners, including the EU, as well as humanitarian agencies to ensure a well-coordinated and well-funded response to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and the surrounding region.</p><p> </p><p>We have initiated a number of conversations with the EU and its Member States to understand their plans to ease the movement of humanitarian supplies. The EU has been working with Member States on this issue and several of them have eased their entry and exit regime to support the humanitarian effort for Ukraine.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government has also introduced a simplified customs process to support the export of aid goods destined for victims of the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. More information about this can be found here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Ftaking-humanitarian-aid-out-of-great-britain-to-support-ukraine&amp;data=04%7C01%7CBethany.Douce%40hmtreasury.gov.uk%7C31fa1c1003a54d2c3a7908da0e6326d8%7Ced1644c505e049e6bc39fcf7ac51c18c%7C0%7C0%7C637838116250889875%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=PRIEFcX8ZJrocA%2BT32xpBMTxpWEgw%2BsHz1QZdfVURC4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/taking-humanitarian-aid-out-of-great-britain-to-support-ukraine</a>.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 25/03/2022 14:45:26 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1452545

registered interest
date	18/03/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	P&O Ferries: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to recover the emergency funding provided to P&O Ferries during the COVID-19 pandemic.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL7094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme was available to any employer providing they met the eligibility criteria.</p><p> </p><p>Now that the scheme has closed, current decisions by employers to make employees redundant does not affect previous claims.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC have a statutory duty in respect of customer confidentiality so cannot disclose information on individual customers or businesses as specified in the question.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Transport Secretary has set out a series of measures to ensure UK ferry operators pay the minimum wage, including actions to prevent fire-and-rehire tactics and working with international partners to deliver national minimum wage corridors. The Transport Secretary has also written to the Insolvency Service asking them to consider whether the P&amp;O Chief Executive should be disqualified as a director.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 31/03/2022 16:44:39 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

1452549

registered interest
date	18/03/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Russia: Financial Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the Bank of International Settlements to ensure that the suspension of international reserves prevents Russia from making international payments.
tabling member printed	Lord Tyrie
uin	HL7098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>The government and Bank of England have cooperated closely in implementing sanctions on Russia and will continue to do so. The Bank of England has engaged with the Bank of International Settlements (BIS). The BIS has suspended access of the Central Bank of Russia to all BIS services, meetings and other BIS activities.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn grouped question UIN HL7238 question first answered 31/03/2022 10:58:10 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	112 label Biography information for Lord Tyrie

1452157

registered interest
date	17/03/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cost of Living: Carers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he is taking to help support carers on low incomes in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry and (c) the UK meet increases in the costs of living.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	142005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2022 answer text <p>The government understands the pressures that many households are facing with the cost of living and is monitoring the situation closely. These are global challenges, but the government is providing support worth over £20 billion across this financial year and next to help families with the cost of living, much of which will help carers on low incomes. This includes cutting the Universal Credit taper rate and increasing work allowances to make sure work pays, freezing alcohol and fuel duties to keep costs down, and the £9.1 billion package announced in February 2022 to help households with rising energy bills. The government is providing £500m through the Household Support Fund to help those most in need with the cost of essentials such as food, clothing and utilities.</p><p> </p><p>Carers and their vital contribution to society are also recognised within the welfare system. Carers can receive additional support through Carer’s Allowance, the Carer Element in Universal Credit and through Pension Credit. The weekly rate of Carer’s Allowance will increase to £69.70 in April 2022. Around 360,000 carer households on Universal Credit can receive an additional £1,965 a year through the Carer Element, ensuring that extra support is focused on those carers who need it most. This amount will increase from April 2022 and will benefit carers across the country.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 22/03/2022 14:58:25 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1452166

registered interest
date	17/03/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many individuals who (a) promoted and (b) operated schemes now subject to the loan charge have been prosecuted for that activity.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	141924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer that was given on 3 November 2021 to UIN 62867 and the answer that was given on 21 February 2022 to UIN HL6054.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 22/03/2022 17:29:29 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1452219

registered interest
date	17/03/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Inflation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made a comparative assessment of the impact of inflation on (a) disabled and (b) able-bodied people; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	142101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2022 answer text <p>The government understands the pressures people, in particular vulnerable groups are facing with the cost of living as a result of high inflation. These are global challenges, but the government is providing support worth over £20 billion across this financial year and next that will help families with the cost of living. This includes £500m of funding available through the Household Support Fund to help those most in need with the cost of essentials such as food, clothing and utilities.</p><p> </p><p>Living with a long-term illness or disability can impact on the cost of living. This is why the government invests heavily in supporting disabled people both in and out of work through the welfare system. The government will spend over £58 billion in 2021-22 on benefits for disabled people and people with health conditions – this is around 2.6% of GDP. This includes Personal Independence Payment (PIP), which is a universal and non-means-tested benefit to help individuals with the extra costs of living with a disability, regardless of their income. Those who have a disability or health condition and receive PIP can also get additional support through premiums or additional amounts within Universal Credit (UC) or Employment and Support Allowance (ESA).</p><p> </p><p>The government is continuing to monitor cost of living pressures and carefully considers the equalities impact of policy on those with protected characteristics, in line with both its strong commitment to promoting fairness and its legal obligations under the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) in the Equality Act 2010.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 22/03/2022 11:33:30 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1452227

registered interest
date	17/03/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Darlington Economic Campus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many civil servants work out of the Darlington Economic Campus as of 17 March 2022.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	142001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2022 answer text <p>We are making significant progress establishing the Darlington Economic Campus and our workforce based there. We have committed to moving over 1,100 roles to the campus by 2025 from across all eight Departments and agencies based in the campus.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 22/03/2022 11:22:32 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1452231

registered interest
date	17/03/2022
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, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of changes to rebated fuel entitlements on the (a) commercial viability of animal cremation and (b) costs for local authorities in rural areas undertaking animal cremations.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	142020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2022 answer text <p>Following consultation in 2020, the Chancellor confirmed at Spring Budget 2021 that the Government will remove the entitlement to use red diesel from most sectors from April 2022. This will more fairly reflect the negative environmental impact of the emissions they produce and help to ensure that the tax system incentivises the development and adoption of greener alternative technologies.</p><p> </p><p>The Government did not believe that the cases made by sectors that will not retain their red diesel entitlement outweighed the need to ensure fairness between the different users of diesel fuels and the Government’s environmental objectives.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 22/03/2022 11:20:36 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry