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1148738

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Works Loan Board
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect the one per cent increase in the interest rate on new loans from the Public Works Loan Board will have on local authorities’ capital investment plans.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	78
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>In raising interest rates for new loans from the Public Works Loan Board, the Treasury assessed the potential impact on local government capital plans. This increase returned Public Works Loan Board rates to levels that were available in 2018.</p><p> </p>The Government will continue to work with individual authorities on a case-by-case basis if they raise concerns over their finance position. answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 17/10/2019 13:14:27 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1148819

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Breweries: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend reforms to the small breweries’ tax relief to include small vineyards.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>The government has no current plans to introduce a small vineyards tax relief. All taxes are kept under review and the introduction of any reliefs are considered at each fiscal event, including the effects on industry and the wider economy.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 17/10/2019 13:11:25 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1149021

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cash Dispensing: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Joint Accountability Cash Strategy Group are planning to take on the effect of the reduction in the interchange fee on free access to cash.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>Following a Call for Evidence on Cash &amp; Digital Payments, and in recognition of changing payment trends, the Government has set up the Joint Authorities Cash Strategy (JACS) Group.</p><p> </p><p>Chaired by the Treasury, this group brings together the key regulators to co-ordinate regulatory work to support nationwide cash access. The JACS Group is considering the whole end-to-end cash infrastructure, of which ATMs are a subset, and will publicly update on industry and regulatory activity in the Autumn.</p><p> </p><p>Regarding ATMs specifically, as you know, the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) is closely monitoring developments in ATM provision and holding LINK to account over LINK’s commitments to preserve the broad geographic spread of the UK’s ATM network. LINK cancelled its third interchange fee reduction (the fee which funds free-to-use ATMs), due in January 2020, and put on hold its fourth reduction, due in January 2021, pending further review.</p><p> </p><p>The PSR welcomed these adjustments, having stated that LINK must carefully review its decisions on interchange fees to reflect changing market conditions.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 17/10/2019 13:13:25 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1148328

registered interest
date	04/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will issue guidance on the recourse available to people in Crewe and Nantwich constituency who have either not been paid out for Equitable Life or who have received insufficient compensation.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Laura Smith
uin	294744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>There are no plans to reopen the Payment Scheme or review the £1.5 billion funding allocation previously made to it. The Equitable Life Payment Scheme closed to claims in 2015 and further guidance on the status of the Payment Scheme after closure is available at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/equitable-life-payment-scheme#closure-of-the-scheme.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 08/10/2019 12:09:58 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4648 label Biography information for Laura Smith

1148372

registered interest
date	04/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Landlords: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the gap between tax owed and tax paid by private landlords.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	294679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not available as HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) do not make a separate estimate of the proportion of the total tax gap attributable to private landlords.</p><p> </p><p>However, HMRC do estimate the tax gap arising from individuals in employment who have not declared and therefore not paid tax on lettings income. The latest estimate of this tax gap was £560 million for the tax year 2017-18.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/10/2019 08:05:21 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1148378

registered interest
date	04/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Inflation and Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment he has made of rates of wage growth and inflation.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
uin	294713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The fundamentals of the British economy are strong – wages are growing at the fastest rate in over a decade, employment is at a joint record high and the unemployment rate is at its lowest in over 40 years. Inflation has been at or around target since the start of 2019, and as a result wages have now outpaced inflation on a CPI basis for over a year.</p><p>On 1 April 2019, we increased the National Living Wage by 4.9% to £8.21 - an above inflation increase which meant that a full-time worker on the National Living Wage would be earning £690 more over the coming year. Supported by the National Living Wage, the lowest earners have seen their wages grow by 8% above inflation between April 2015 and April 2018.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 08/10/2019 12:08:40 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

1148405

registered interest
date	04/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Border Delivery Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the detailed planning assumptions of the Border Delivery Group for each month since January 2019.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	294690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text The Government recently published its reasonable worst case planning assumptions on 11 September, setting out the Government’s assessment as of 2 August.<p> </p>Planning assumptions are held under constant review, to reflect the latest evidence and analysis of the potential impact of leaving the EU without a deal. The Government’s updated planning assumptions will be published in due course. answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/10/2019 07:37:07 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

1148130

registered interest
date	03/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
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 taxpayers working for a single employer under a Loan Charge scheme who would not have had the choice of being employed directly by that employer.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Sandy Martin
uin	294240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>Disguised remuneration (DR) schemes are contrived arrangements that use loan payments in place of ordinary remuneration, usually through an offshore trust, with the purpose of avoiding income tax and National Insurance contributions. The loans are provided on terms that mean they are not repaid in practice. HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC) position is that they are no different to income, and that they are and have always been taxable.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has heard claims that some individuals were compelled to use DR schemes, but HMRC have not seen cases that support this claim.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/10/2019 12:11:49 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4678 label Biography information for Sandy Martin

1148138

registered interest
date	03/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will increase the minimum wage to £10.50 in the next Budget.
tabling member constituency	Warrington South
tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
uin	294237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>Both the National Living Wage and the National Minimum Wage rates for younger workers and apprentices saw above inflation increases in April. The National Living Wage is currently on target to reach 60 per cent of median hourly earnings in 2020, subject to sustained economic growth. The independent Low Pay Commission will recommend next year’s rates to us later this month, and we will announce the rates at the next Budget.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor has also announced his intention to increase the National Living Wage to two-thirds of median hourly earnings within five years. He will confirm this at the next Budget.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 07/10/2019 14:19:20 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid

1148149

registered interest
date	03/10/2019
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 estimate his Department has made of the total revenue the public purse has forgone due to the freeze in fuel duty since 2011.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
uin	294158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>Based on the Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) published policy costings, we estimate the cumulative loss to the Exchequer from the successive fuel duty freezes from financial year 2011-12 to the current financial year 2018-19 to be around £46.2bn to the benefit of the UK taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>The annual impacts on the Exchequer are reported in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Exchequer impact (£m)</p></td><td><p>-2,275</p></td><td><p>-3,465</p></td><td><p>-4,645</p></td><td><p>-5,800</p></td><td><p>-6,375</p></td><td><p>-6,815</p></td><td><p>-7,875</p></td><td><p>-8,070</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The OBR’s policy costings are available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://obr.uk/download/policy-measures-database/" target="_blank">https://obr.uk/download/policy-measures-database/</a></p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 08/10/2019 07:52:31 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord