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	registered interest
	date	15/03/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Cider: Excise Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	, To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the potential increase in cider duty required for (a) bottled and (b) off-licence beer on licenced premises from a keg or barrel to achieve revenue neutrality by offsetting a beer duty reduction of (i) 1p per pint (ii) 5p per pint (ii) 10p per pint (iii) 50 percent and (iv) 100 percent.
	tabling member constituency	North West Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
	uin	169068
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government has consulted industry and other stakeholders on the possibility of charging different alcohol duty rates in different places as part of its Alcohol Duty Review. As noted in the call for evidence document, while beneficial to recipients, such a differential would add complexity and cost to the existing duty arrangements. The Government is now analysing the feedback received and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 169067 169069 question first answered 18/03/2021 16:52:54 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1203481

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Multinational Companies: Taxation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many businesses moved their headquarters out of the UK for tax purposes in each of the last three years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
	uin	HL5652
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The information is not held in the form requested; businesses are not taxed in the UK by reference to where their headquarters are, and there is no requirement on businesses to tell HM Revenue and Customs that they have moved their headquarters.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 23/06/2020 14:04:00 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

1202112

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Economic Situation: Coronavirus
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the economic impact the restrictions in place to address the COVID-19 pandemic has had on university cities and towns; and what financial assistance, if any, they intend to provide.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pendry
	uin	HL5472
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text We recognise that every region and community will be feeling the impacts of this crisis and we are working to monitor the impact of Covid-19 on local communities across the United Kingdom.<p> </p>In May, we announced measures to support students and universities. These included bringing forward £100m of research funding for vital research, and an estimated £2.6bn worth of tuition fee payments for providers to help manage cash flow.<p> </p><p>The Government has also confirmed that providers are eligible to apply for its support packages, including business loan support schemes, which the Office for Students (OfS) the regulator in England, estimates could be worth at least £700m to the sector, depending on eligibility and take up.</p><p> </p>We are working closely with local areas to make sure that individuals and businesses in all regions are directed to the right support during this difficult period. answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 23/06/2020 16:48:39 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	457 label Biography information for Lord Pendry

1204167

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Economic Situation: Coronavirus
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the findings in the report by McKinsey & Company COVID-19 in the United Kingdom: Assessing jobs at risk and the impact on people and places that (1) “UK Gross Domestic Product in 2020 is expected to shrink by 9 per cent”, (2) “7.6 million jobs are at risk”, (3) “people and places with the lowest incomes are the most vulnerable to job loss… with nearly 50 per cent of all the jobs at risk are in occupations earning less than £10 per hour”; and what measures they intend to put in place to address those findings.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL5742
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>The UK, along with the rest of the world, is continuing to face significant economic disruption in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, with both the OBR and Bank of England publishing scenarios that are consistent with significant falls in GDP this year.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has announced unprecedented support for the economy, including via the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme, the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Schemes and the Bounce Back Loan Scheme. However, despite these policies, there will be challenging times ahead, and we will not be able to protect every single job or save every single business.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to supporting the lowest paid workers and helping unemployed people go back into work and so is continuing to review what can be done to support those most vulnerable to job loss and to aid the UK’s economic recovery. We are working to ensure our labour market policy response is appropriate and effective.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 30/06/2020 15:56:02 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1204175

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Maternity Leave
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to carry out an equality impact assessment of women who are on maternity leave and using the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Brady
	uin	HL5757
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government has taken various steps in developing the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to help ensure women are not disadvantaged.</p><p> </p><p>Employers can claim through the CJRS for enhanced (earnings related) contractual pay for employees who qualify for either maternity pay, adoption pay, paternity pay, or shared parental pay. Parents who have been furloughed whose period of family-related statutory pay begins on or after 25 April 2020 will have their entitlement calculated on the basis of their usual earnings, and not their furloughed wages. The amount that an employee receives in pay should not be affected due to being on furlough during the relevant 8-week period used to determine entitlement to family-related statutory payments and the earnings-related rates of Statutory Maternity Pay, Statutory Adoption Pay and Maternity Allowance.</p><p>In addition, the Government has ensured that women returning from maternity leave after 10 June are able to access the CJRS even if they have not been previously furloughed.</p><p> </p><p>Detailed information is available in the online guidance.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 23/06/2020 14:04:18 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	4339 label Biography information for Baroness Brady

1203516

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Fraud
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to open a confidential telephone hotline to encourage whistleblowing on furlough fraud.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wills
	uin	HL5737
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The HMRC fraud hotline service has already been updated explicitly to include the facility for the public to report fraud in relation to all relevant coronavirus relief schemes. The service has two main referral routes; the telephony service and the online reporting tool hosted on GOV.UK. HMRC took the decision to close the telephony arm of this service as a result of Government guidelines in response to the COVID-19 pandemic; the online reporting service can be used until such time as the telephony service can resume.</p><p> </p><p>The online service is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and can be completed with the same level of complete confidentiality as the telephony service. HMRC are currently exploring options to safely reopen the hotline telephony service and will do so as soon as is practicable.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 23/06/2020 13:57:32 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills

1202078

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce a tax credit system after the COVID-19 pandemic similar to the post-war credits that were introduced after the Second World War.
	tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
	uin	HL5465
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government keeps all aspects of the tax system under review; as we exit the current crisis, we will take stock of the economy and public finances and make the right decisions at that point.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 23/06/2020 14:04:33 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

1272442

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Stamp Duty Land Tax: Coronavirus
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to reconsider the scheduled end of the Stamp Duty holiday on 31 March 2021.
	tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
	uin	HL11625
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2021 answer text <p>The temporary SDLT relief was designed to create immediate momentum in a property market where property transactions fell by as much as 50 per cent during the COVID-19 lockdown in March. This measure will also support the jobs of people whose employment relies on custom from the property industry, such as retailers and tradespeople.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to monitor the market. However, as the relief was designed to provide an immediate stimulus to the property market, the Government does not plan to extend this relief.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 05/01/2021 16:52:59 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1204174

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Credit: Coronavirus
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that consumers’ future ability to access credit is not adversely impacted by any payment holidays taken during the COVID-19 pandemic.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Brady
	uin	HL5756
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises the important role payment holidays play in providing temporary support to consumers through this period and continues to work closely with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to support consumers facing financial difficulty as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak.</p><p> </p><p>Lenders must act responsibly when deciding whether and how much credit to issue. This includes assessing consumers’ ability to repay. The information on a consumer’s credit file is an important part of this assessment. FCA guidance makes clear that, during a payment holiday, accounts should be recorded to ensure the consumers’ current credit data position is maintained or frozen for the duration of the payment holiday period. The Government expects that this should not impact on a consumer’s credit file.</p><p> </p><p>Consumers should speak to their lender about their options when coming to the end of their payment holiday.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 30/06/2020 15:57:29 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	4339 label Biography information for Baroness Brady

1202111

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Credit Cards: Coronavirus
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to provide support to people who have fallen behind on their credit card and bill payments as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pendry
	uin	HL5471
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises that the outbreak of COVID-19 may lead to consumers facing financial difficulty and uncertainty.</p><p> </p><p>The major banks and building societies have pledged to provide relief to customers impacted by COVID-19, including deferring mortgage and other loan repayments, waiving fees on savings accounts, and increasing overdraft or credit card limits.</p><p> </p><p>On 9 April the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) also announced a series of measures intended to provide emergency support to consumers who are facing temporary cash flow problems as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. These measures came into force on Tuesday 14 April.</p><p> </p><p>These measures include, allowing consumers either a 3-month payment holiday or to make nominal payments towards credit cards, store cards, catalogue credit and certain personal loan agreements. It is important to note that lenders can continue to charge interest during this 3-month period. Customers should contact their lender if they are experiencing short-term cash flow problems and would benefit from these measures.</p><p> </p><p>In their guidance for firms, the FCA set out their expectation that the payment deferrals described here should not worsen the arrears status of a consumer’s credit file during the payment deferral period.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor has also announced a wide package of economic support measures including the Self-employment Income Support Scheme and the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, to support businesses and consumers during this pandemic.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 23/06/2020 13:56:30 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	457 label Biography information for Lord Pendry