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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

1506060

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	Business Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had recent discussions with relevant stakeholders on reducing the headline rate of business rates.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	49266
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 49262 49263 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

1505280

registered interest
date	06/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
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 of the potential merits of reviewing the apprenticeships levy.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	48349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2022 answer text <p>The Apprenticeship Levy is paid by large employers with an annual pay bill of over £3 million.</p><p> </p><p>As apprenticeship and skills policy is devolved, Apprenticeship Levy funds remain available for employers to spend on apprenticeship training and assessment in England for 24 months before beginning to expire. Unspent Apprenticeship Levy funds are used to fund apprenticeships for non-Levy paying employers, who are often SMEs. As a result, the government pays for 95% of the apprentice training costs for non-levy paying employers.</p><p> </p><p>There is no formal review of the Apprenticeship Levy or system at this time.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 14/09/2022 15:57:34 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1505392

registered interest
date	06/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cost of Living Payments: Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons university students were excluded from cost of living support packages.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	48211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>The government understands that people across the UK are worried about the rising cost of living and are seeing their disposable incomes decrease as they spend more on the essentials.</p><p> </p><p>On 8 September, government announced that the energy price cap will be superseded with a new Energy Price Guarantee, which means that a typical UK household will pay no more than £2500 a year on their energy bill over the next 2 years from 1 October.</p><p> </p><p>This announcement comes in addition to the £37bn of support previously announced, which will see eight million of the most vulnerable households receive £1200 support, with additional support for pensioners and those claiming disability benefits.</p><p>However, the Government recognises that students have also been impacted by the cost of living pressures that have arisen this year, and we have confirmed in our guidance to the Office for Students (OfS) on funding for the 2022-23 financial year that universities will continue to be able to support students in hardship through their own hardship funds and the student premium, for which up to £261 million is available for academic year 2022/23.</p><p> </p><p>The government has also worked closely with the OfS to clarify that English providers can draw upon this funding now, to provide hardship funds and support disadvantaged students impacted by cost-of-living pressures.</p><p> </p><p>Later this month, the Chancellor will set out a package of measures to deliver on the Prime Minister’s commitment to cut taxes and boost growth, laying the groundwork for the change we need in the long term to make our economy stronger.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 48212 question first answered 21/09/2022 07:14:27 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1505417

registered interest
date	06/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cost of Living Payments: Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to introduce cost of living support for university students.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	48212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>The government understands that people across the UK are worried about the rising cost of living and are seeing their disposable incomes decrease as they spend more on the essentials.</p><p> </p><p>On 8 September, government announced that the energy price cap will be superseded with a new Energy Price Guarantee, which means that a typical UK household will pay no more than £2500 a year on their energy bill over the next 2 years from 1 October.</p><p> </p><p>This announcement comes in addition to the £37bn of support previously announced, which will see eight million of the most vulnerable households receive £1200 support, with additional support for pensioners and those claiming disability benefits.</p><p>However, the Government recognises that students have also been impacted by the cost of living pressures that have arisen this year, and we have confirmed in our guidance to the Office for Students (OfS) on funding for the 2022-23 financial year that universities will continue to be able to support students in hardship through their own hardship funds and the student premium, for which up to £261 million is available for academic year 2022/23.</p><p> </p><p>The government has also worked closely with the OfS to clarify that English providers can draw upon this funding now, to provide hardship funds and support disadvantaged students impacted by cost-of-living pressures.</p><p> </p><p>Later this month, the Chancellor will set out a package of measures to deliver on the Prime Minister’s commitment to cut taxes and boost growth, laying the groundwork for the change we need in the long term to make our economy stronger.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 48211 question first answered 21/09/2022 07:14:27 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1504853

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cycle to Work Scheme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the merits of reforming the Cycle to Work Scheme to broaden access to (1) those earning at, or near, the National Minimum Wage, and (2) those who are self-employed.
tabling member printed	Lord Oates
uin	HL2143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government has committed over £2 billion of investment in cycling and walking during this Parliament to deliver on the commitments made in the ‘Gear Change’ walking and cycling strategy. This set out the Government’s vision for cycling and walking to be the natural first choice for many journeys, with the ambition that half of all short journeys in towns and cities will be walked or cycled by 2030. In line with this vision, the Department for Transport continues to publicise guidance for businesses, large and small, on the different ways they can promote cycling and walking, including the Cycle to Work Scheme.</p><p>It is encouraging that there has been an increased uptake of the Cycle to Work Scheme, particularly amongst key workers, over the last few years. Government officials are currently undertaking a programme of research to better understand the success of the Cycle to Work Scheme, including motivations for employees joining the Scheme. Any changes to the Scheme will be considered following this programme.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 20/09/2022 09:05:32 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	4549 label Biography information for Lord Oates

1504375

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Debts: Southern Africa
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the context of remarks made by Anglican Bishops at the recent Lambeth Conference, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of cancelling debts owed by countries in southern Africa that are facing food shortages.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	45883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises the significant debt vulnerabilities in developing countries and the critical challenge posed by food insecurity and is working closely with international partners to address these issues.</p><p> </p><p>The UK, along with the G20 and Paris Club, agreed a new Common Framework for Debt Treatments beyond the DSSI (CF), which was designed to help deliver a long-term, sustainable approach for supporting low-income countries facing debt vulnerabilities. 73 of the most vulnerable countries are eligible to request a debt treatment under the Framework and our priority is to work with our G20 partners to implement it quickly for those who have requested it and support new countries who come forward.</p><p> </p><p>The UK also continues to work with the international community to directly support countries affected by the food security crisis. For example, the UK played a leading role in securing the World Bank’s commitment of $12 billion of new projects in the next 15 months to respond to the food security crisis, on top of $18 billion of existing projects.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 20/09/2022 13:43:24 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1491011

registered interest
date	20/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Insurance Companies: Gibraltar
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what arrangements exist between authorities in the UK and Gibraltar for cooperation when investigating failed insurance companies at a cost to the public purse.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	40812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to maintaining high standards of consumer protection in UK financial services. Authorities within the UK and Gibraltar work together closely, including when insurance firms fail. The current arrangements for cooperation between the financial services regulators in Gibraltar and the UK are set out in a Memorandum of Understanding available <a href="https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/mou/fsa-mou-gibraltar.pdf" target="_blank">here:</a> <a href="https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/mou/fsa-mou-gibraltar.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/mou/fsa-mou-gibraltar.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The forthcoming Gibraltar Authorisation Regime will be a new permanent legislative and institutional framework. It will govern UK market access for certain Gibraltar-based financial services firms, including insurers, and will cement arrangements for insolvency and resolution requirements<strong>.</strong></p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Richard Fuller question first answered 05/09/2022 07:16:05 answering member 3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1490742

registered interest
date	19/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Carers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the cost of living support offered to carers within the armed forces community.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	39995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2022 answer text <p>The government values the vital contribution made by carers to society and continues to provide financial support to unpaid carers – including members of the Armed Forces community – through Carer’s Allowance, the Carer Element in Universal Credit and through other benefits. Carers within the Armed Forces community have access to various channels of government support. Carers may be eligible for Carer’s Allowance if the person for whom they care receives disability benefits or related qualifying payments such as Armed Forces Independence Payment and the War Pension Constant Attendance Allowance.</p><p>The government understands that the rising cost of living has presented additional financial challenges to many people, and particularly to the most vulnerable members of society such as disabled people and their carers. That is why the Cost of Living package announced on 26 May includes UK-wide support to help disabled people with the particular extra costs they are facing, with 6 million people who receive non-means-tested disability benefits due to receive a one-off Disability Cost of Living Payment of £150. Veterans in receipt of a disability benefit through the Department for Work and Pensions, such as Personal Independence Payment, or in receipt of similar support specifically for veterans – such as Armed Forces Independence Payment, the War Pension Mobility Supplement or War Pension Constant Attendance Allowance – are eligible for the £150 Disability Cost of Living Payment. Carers of these veterans will also benefit from this payment if they live in the same household.</p><p>Carers may also be able to benefit from other elements of the £37 billion of support for the cost of living the government has announced this year, which include: a one-off Cost of Living Payment of £650, paid in two instalments, for over 8 million households across the UK in receipt of means-tested benefits; an extra one-off £300 this year for over 8 million pensioner households, to cover the rising cost of energy this winter; and £400 off the bills of all domestic electricity customers in Great Britain from October, through the expansion of the Energy Bills Support Scheme (EBSS).</p><p>Previously announced measures to help people tackle the cost of living will also benefit carers, including frozen alcohol duty and fuel duty, raising the NICs threshold, council tax rebates and the rise in the National Living Wage to £9.50 an hour. For people that are not eligible for Cost of Living Payments or for those that still need additional support, the government is providing an extra £500 million of local support, via the Household Support Fund. The Fund will be extended from this October to March 2023, bringing total funding for the scheme to £1.5 billion.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke grouped question UIN 39996 question first answered 26/07/2022 09:21:42 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard