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1691991

registered interest
date	27/02/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Voluntary Organisations: VAT Exemptions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of making not-for-profit organisations that provide welfare services VAT exempt.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	15832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>VAT has been designed as a broad-based tax on consumption, and the twenty per cent standard rate applies to most goods and services. Whilst there are exceptions to the standard rate, these have always been strictly limited by both legal and fiscal considerations.</p><p> </p><p>Welfare services provided by local authorities and similar bodies and charities are exempt from VAT, meaning no VAT is charged to the final consumer.</p><p> </p><p>Welfare services provided by state regulated private welfare organisations are also exempt from VAT. State regulated suppliers are those that are registered with the Care Quality Commission, and are eligible for the VAT exemption where they are providing services that are state regulated.</p><p>The regulation requirement ensures that VAT relief is limited to providers certified as offering safe and high-quality welfare services. This is a long-standing requirement, and there are no plans to make changes to these rules.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 04/03/2024 15:23:38 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

1692244

registered interest
date	27/02/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Heating and Insulation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to allow landlords of rented properties to claim (1) adding insulation where there was none before, and (2) upgrading a central heating boiler from an older, less efficient model, as expenses.
tabling member printed	Lord Birt
uin	HL2789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government continues to support both owner-occupier and private rented sector households to improve the energy efficiency of their homes. Landlords are therefore eligible to claim support to install low-carbon heating or energy efficiency upgrades in their properties under schemes like the Boiler Upgrade Scheme and Energy Company Obligation (ECO) 4.</p><p>The Government keeps all aspects of the tax system under review and any decisions on future changes will be taken in the context of the wider public finances.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 12/03/2024 16:46:37 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

1691200

registered interest
date	22/02/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Buildings: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of the level of VAT applied to (a) building refurbishment and renovations and (b) new build projects on resource efficiency in the construction sector.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	15252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>The construction of certain new-build properties, including residential buildings, is subject to a VAT zero rate to encourage the construction of new homes. A reduced rate of VAT at five per cent is also maintained, subject to certain conditions, for residential renovations. This includes conversions of buildings from one residential use to another, conversions from commercial to residential use, and the renovation of properties that have been empty for two years or more.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 27/02/2024 16:39:53 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1685854

registered interest
date	30/01/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Local Government Pension Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take legislative steps to exempt members of the Local Government Pension Scheme from the proposed increase to the national minimum pension age in April 2028.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	11964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2024 answer text <p>The normal minimum pension age is the lowest age at which the majority of members can take benefits from a registered pension scheme without incurring tax charges, except in cases of ill-health. It will increase from age 55 to age 57 in April 2028.</p><p> </p><p>This change will not apply to members of the police, firefighters or armed forces public service schemes, nor to those whose scheme rules provide an unqualified right to take benefits before age 57. Members with these rights will have a protected pension age. Whether an individual has a protected pension age will depend on their pension scheme rules.</p><p> </p><p>Although the Government keeps all tax rules under review, there are no plans to make any changes to this increase in the normal minimum pension age.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 02/02/2024 11:32:24 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1685960

registered interest
date	30/01/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Debt Respite Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Insolvency Service's publication entitled, Commentary - Individual Insolvency Statistics October to December 2023, published on 30 January 2024, whether his Department is taking steps to help reduce the need for breathing space registrations under the Debt Respite Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	12126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government launched the Breathing Space scheme on 4 May 2021. The aim of the scheme is to encourage earlier access to debt advice and enable people in problem debt to get their finances back on track. As of December 2022, over 200,000 people in problem debt have benefited from Breathing Space protections.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to supporting individuals in problem debt. At the Autumn Statement, further support to protect struggling families with the cost of living was announced. This brings the total support for households over 2022/23 to 2024/25 to £104 billion – an average of £3,700 per household. In addition, the Government continues to maintain record levels of funding for the Money and Pensions Service to provide debt advice in England, bringing their debt advice budget to £92.7 million in 2024.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami grouped question UIN 12127 question first answered 07/02/2024 09:02:18 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1685961

registered interest
date	30/01/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Debt Respite Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Insolvency Service's publication entitled, Commentary - Individual Insolvency Statistics October to December 2023, published on 30 January 2024, if he will make an assessment of the reasons for the increase in breathing space registrations under the Debt Respite Scheme in 2023 as compared with 2022.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	12127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government launched the Breathing Space scheme on 4 May 2021. The aim of the scheme is to encourage earlier access to debt advice and enable people in problem debt to get their finances back on track. As of December 2022, over 200,000 people in problem debt have benefited from Breathing Space protections.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to supporting individuals in problem debt. At the Autumn Statement, further support to protect struggling families with the cost of living was announced. This brings the total support for households over 2022/23 to 2024/25 to £104 billion – an average of £3,700 per household. In addition, the Government continues to maintain record levels of funding for the Money and Pensions Service to provide debt advice in England, bringing their debt advice budget to £92.7 million in 2024.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami grouped question UIN 12126 question first answered 07/02/2024 09:02:18 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1686042

registered interest
date	30/01/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Overpayments
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 protect vulnerable tax credit claimants who have accrued overpayment debt through no fault of their own.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	12145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government takes a considered and balanced approach to the recovery of benefit debt and HMRC has strong processes in place to support those that may be struggling to pay back tax credits overpayments with manageable recovery plans.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC calculates tax credit awards across the financial year to ensure customers receive regular and consistent financial support. Customers are required to tell us of any change in circumstances and when they do, awards are recalculated and balanced across the remainder of the period. Customers are made aware of any overpayment that is generated as a result and the process to challenge the overpayment if they do not agree it is correct.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has a well-established approach to help tax credit customers who are having difficulty repaying a debt and require extra support, including offering its customers debt advice referral to the Money and Pensions Service Money Adviser Network for a free bespoke independent debt service.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC will work with customers and can agree a temporary reduction in the rate of repayment based on their financial circumstances. In some cases, recovery of the debt can be paused. When customers and their tax credit debt move to Universal Credit, they can continue to access support through DWP.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 07/02/2024 16:48:44 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1686043

registered interest
date	30/01/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Insurance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many additional staff he has (a) recruited and (b) transferred from other roles in order to process additional changes to National Insurance records arising from (i) the HMRC exercise to correct errors in records relating to Home Responsibilities Protection and (ii) the forthcoming online service on payment of voluntary NI contributions.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	12146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2024 answer text <p>HMRC has recruited 42 FTE (Admin Officers) to support the 18 months Home Responsibilities Protection (HRP) exercise, adding to the small core team in situ, there has been no transfer of operational resource to HRP. The forthcoming online service for the payment of voluntary NI contributions, will allow HMRC to see a reduction in the operational resource supporting the current route. In April 2023 we deployed an additional 200 FTE to support the payment of voluntary National Insurance in a telephony/post capacity.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 05/02/2024 16:29:55 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1685471

registered interest
date	29/01/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Workplace Pensions
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 people who will (a) experience financial detriment to their public sector pension and (b) delay retirement following the McCloud Remedy.
tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
tabling member printed	Patricia Gibson
uin	11822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p>The Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 provides remedy for discrimination that arose when new public service pensions schemes were introduced between 2014 and 2016. No individual will experience detriment to their public service pension or need to delay their retirement. All eligible members will be able to choose to receive pension benefits in relation to pensionable service during the remedy period (from the new scheme or legacy scheme) of the greatest value to them.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 01/02/2024 17:45:51 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4435 label Biography information for Patricia Gibson

1685139

registered interest
date	25/01/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) budget and (b) spending was on remediation of legacy IT systems across central Government in each of the last three years; and what proportion of the overall digital and technology budget for central Government does this spending represent.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	11497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2024 answer text <p>Individual departmental spending on the remediation of legacy IT systems is the responsibility of each department.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 31/01/2024 12:23:20 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott