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1608647

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Customs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues to ensure the effective delivery of the Single Trade Window; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	176528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>The 2025 Border Strategy, published in December 2020, committed to deliver a world-leading Single Trade Window (STW). This will provide a gateway between businesses and UK border processes and systems, allowing users to meet their import, export and transit obligations by submitting information once, and in one place.</p><p> </p><p>The goal is to create a seamless new “digital” border, where technologies and real-time data will save time and cost and improve customer experience at the border. This will help UK businesses of all sizes take advantage of new trading relationships and enhance the UK’s position as a global trading partner</p><p> </p><p>There are frequent discussions among colleagues across Government, at both official and ministerial levels, as well as engagement with businesses, to ensure the effective delivery of the Single Trade Window.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers will update the House in due course as the work develops.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 17/04/2023 12:03:29 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1608648

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Customs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the de minimis customs threshold to £1000; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	176529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>The customs duty de minimis threshold allows for ease of trade when importing low value consignments, benefiting businesses and consumers. This threshold remains under continuous review as part of ongoing work to develop and enhance our independent customs regime.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 177819 question first answered 17/04/2023 16:29:33 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1568214

registered interest
date	18/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Aviation: Freight
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 canalisation procedures for speeding up airside freight transhipment times; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	126520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>As the customs authority, HMRC works alongside Border Force to ensure that border processes are as smooth as possible, whilst targeting cross-border threats.</p><p> </p><p>The 2025 UK Border strategy sets out the Government’s vision for the UK border to be the most effective border in the world. At its core, that strategy is about making it as straightforward as possible for businesses to comply with customs requirements whilst keeping the UK safe and protecting our fiscal interests.</p><p> </p><p>To achieve this strategy, the Government is working in partnership with industry to drive forward a programme of modernisation and innovation to improve the end-to-end passage for goods imported and exported through all the UK’s airports and sea ports, including canalisation.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 126521 126522 question first answered 25/01/2023 16:54:39 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1568216

registered interest
date	18/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Freight
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 merits of reforming canalisation for (a) reducing cargo emissions and (b) increasing exports; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	126521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>As the customs authority, HMRC works alongside Border Force to ensure that border processes are as smooth as possible, whilst targeting cross-border threats.</p><p> </p><p>The 2025 UK Border strategy sets out the Government’s vision for the UK border to be the most effective border in the world. At its core, that strategy is about making it as straightforward as possible for businesses to comply with customs requirements whilst keeping the UK safe and protecting our fiscal interests.</p><p> </p><p>To achieve this strategy, the Government is working in partnership with industry to drive forward a programme of modernisation and innovation to improve the end-to-end passage for goods imported and exported through all the UK’s airports and sea ports, including canalisation.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 126520 126522 question first answered 25/01/2023 16:54:39 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1568217

registered interest
date	18/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Freight
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 (a) aviation partners and (b) stakeholders on the potential merits of a trial to assess the merits of reforming canalisation; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	126522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>As the customs authority, HMRC works alongside Border Force to ensure that border processes are as smooth as possible, whilst targeting cross-border threats.</p><p> </p><p>The 2025 UK Border strategy sets out the Government’s vision for the UK border to be the most effective border in the world. At its core, that strategy is about making it as straightforward as possible for businesses to comply with customs requirements whilst keeping the UK safe and protecting our fiscal interests.</p><p> </p><p>To achieve this strategy, the Government is working in partnership with industry to drive forward a programme of modernisation and innovation to improve the end-to-end passage for goods imported and exported through all the UK’s airports and sea ports, including canalisation.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 126520 126521 question first answered 25/01/2023 16:54:39 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1552058

registered interest
date	15/12/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Article 103 of UK/EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement, what assessment he has made of the steps taken by the European Union to reduce the time and costs for (a) all businesses and (b) small and medium-sized enterprises since that agreement came into effect.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	111510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to growing the UK’s economy by making the most of our Brexit freedoms to boost UK businesses, which is why the Government is aiming to cut £1 billion of red tape for UK businesses and ease regulatory burdens.</p><p>The Government has provided approximately £8.4 million to UK Businesses through the SME Brexit Support Fund. This has enabled over 4,100 businesses to pay for practical support to adjust to new customs and VAT rules when trading with the EU. All businesses can get answers to practical questions about exporting to Europe by accessing the Government’s Export Support Service via GOV.UK.</p><p>The UK/EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) provides for a range of customs cooperation between the UK and EU, including on simplifying and modernising our customs procedures, facilitating transit movements, and ensuring that traders are clear on how to move goods smoothly between our respective borders. UK officials across departments regularly meet traders to solicit feedback and, where businesses are facing customs barriers when exporting the EU, these are raised with EU counterparts under established channels.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 21/12/2022 09:16:00 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1549994

registered interest
date	08/12/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in his Department have been allocated to deal with issues related to international trade in (a) each of the past five years and (b) the next two years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	106301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2022 answer text <p>HM Treasury is the government’s economic and finance ministry, maintaining control over public spending, setting the direction of the UK’s economic policy, and working to achieve strong and sustainable economic growth.</p><p> </p><p>Free and fair trade is fundamental to the prosperity of the United Kingdom and the world economy, and HMT takes a flexible and dynamic approach to resourcing in order to meet this objective. As a result, there are a number of HMT officials, across groups, working on issues related to international trade matters, and total numbers of staff fluctuate within and across years.</p><p> </p><p>The number of paid full time equivalent staff in the Treasury was as follows over the past 5 years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Number of HMT staff employed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2022</p></td><td><p>2,045</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2021</p></td><td><p>1,992</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2020</p></td><td><p>1,599</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2019</p></td><td><p>1,447</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2018</p></td><td><p>1,328</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 16/12/2022 10:24:41 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1487066

registered interest
date	06/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds on whether any benefits payments the Government has made in the last 12 months into a UK bank account have then been transferred into a Russian bank account.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	31714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>HMRC does not have jurisdiction over any onwards transfer of a benefit payment made to a UK bank account into a Russian bank account.</p><p>HMRC does not hold information on whether any benefits payments the Government has made in the last 12 months into a UK bank account have then been transferred into a Russian bank account.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 31715 question first answered 14/07/2022 13:22:32 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1487068

registered interest
date	06/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Revenue and Customs is taking steps to prevent benefits payments made to a UK bank account from transfer into a Russian bank account.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	31715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>HMRC does not have jurisdiction over any onwards transfer of a benefit payment made to a UK bank account into a Russian bank account.</p><p>HMRC does not hold information on whether any benefits payments the Government has made in the last 12 months into a UK bank account have then been transferred into a Russian bank account.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 31714 question first answered 14/07/2022 13:22:32 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1467349

registered interest
date	01/06/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Housing: Repairs and Maintenance
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 (a) a VAT exemption for materials purchased for mandatory fire safety repairs for residential buildings and (b) making VAT recoverable on materials purchased in the last three years for mandatory fire safety repairs; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	11540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2022 answer text The supply of fire safety equipment under qualifying circumstances is already eligible for VAT relief when provided alongside the construction and renovation of residential or charitable buildings. The cost of replacing cladding can also be zero rated if it is tied to the initial construction of the building and the cladding is shown to be defective.<p><strong> </strong></p>There are no plans to extend the reliefs already available, however, the Government keeps all taxes under constant review. answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 10/06/2022 08:40:33 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas