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1204882

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date	18/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Directors: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 26 May 2020 to Question 52599 on Directors: Pay, how many of those directors reported as directors of a close company in the (a) less than £10,000, (b) £10,000-20,000, (c) £20,000-30,000, (d) £30,000-40,000 and (e) £40,000-50,000 bands of income reported in the last 12-month period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	60890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>Individuals can report that they are a director, and whether this directorship is of a Close Company, to HMRC on their Self-Assessment return.</p><p> </p><p>The estimates are based on HMRC administrative data for the 2018/19 tax year. The data will not account for some late filing, those who have chosen not to report this information on the form, nor those who do not need to complete Self-Assessment returns.</p><p> </p><p>Estimates of the number of directors of close companies and their income is set out in the table below. These numbers are rounded to the nearest 10,000 for individuals and the nearest £10 million for total dividends.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Total Income Reported</p></td><td><p><ul><li>60890</li></ul>Number of Close Company Directors</p></td><td><p><ul><li>60891</li></ul>Total dividend income of directors</p></td><td><p><ul><li>60891</li></ul>Median dividend income of directors</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than £10k</p></td><td><p>100,000</p></td><td><p>£50m</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£10-20k</p></td><td><p>220,000</p></td><td><p>£1.07bn</p></td><td><p>£2,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£20-30k</p></td><td><p>180,000</p></td><td><p>£2.55bn</p></td><td><p>£10,750</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£30-40k</p></td><td><p>160,000</p></td><td><p>£3.78bn</p></td><td><p>£20,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£40-50k</p></td><td><p>220,000</p></td><td><p>£8.01bn</p></td><td><p>£31,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 60891 question first answered 23/06/2020 14:42:41 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1205145

registered interest
date	18/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Self-employment Income Support Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of enabling information from the 2019-20 financial year tax return only to be used for eligibility for the Self-employment Income Support Scheme in (a) the hospitality sector and (b) other sectors of the economy that are unable to reopen in a timely manner as the covid-19 restrictions are eased.
tabling member constituency	North East Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	61458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>There would be significant risks for the public purse if the Government relied on 2019-20 returns for the SEISS, as this would create an opportunity for fraudulent activity through the manipulation of trading profit figures. The Government cannot expose the tax system to these risks.</p><p> </p><p>The Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) continues to be one of the most generous self-employed COVID-19 support schemes in the world as the economy reopens.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The SEISS is one element of the unprecedented financial support provided by the Government. This support includes Bounce Back loans, tax deferrals, rental support, increased levels of Universal Credit, mortgage holidays, and other business support grants.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/06/2020 10:29:18 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

1205146

registered interest
date	18/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Houses: Coronavirus
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 provide support to pubs that ineligible for most of the Government’s financial support measures during the covid-19 outbreak due to operating under a management services agreement.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	61498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government has announced unprecedented support for business and workers to protect them against the current economic emergency including almost £300 billion of guarantees – equivalent to 15% of UK GDP. Businesses in the hospitality sector, including pubs, continue to have access to a range of support measures including, but not limited to:</p><p> </p><ul><li>A 12-month business rates holiday for all eligible retail, leisure and hospitality businesses in England</li><li>The retail, hospitality and leisure grant fund (RHLGF)</li><li>A Discretionary Grant Fund for Local Authorities in England</li><li>The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS)</li><li>The Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS)</li><li>The Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBL) for small and micro enterprises</li><li>VAT deferral for up to 12 months</li><li>The Time To Pay scheme, through which businesses in financial distress, and with outstanding tax liabilities, can receive support with their tax affairs</li><li>Protection for commercial leaseholders against automatic forfeiture for non-payment until June 30, 2020 – with an option for the Government to extend if needed.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The Business Support website provides further information about how businesses can access the support that has been made available, who is eligible and how to apply - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/business-coronavirus-support-finder" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/business-coronavirus-support-finder</a>.</p><p> </p><p>On 11 May the Government published its COVID-19 recovery strategy which sets out our plan for moving to the next phase of our response. The strategy sets out a cautious roadmap for easing existing measures in a safe and measured way. The Government`s aim is to allow businesses in the hospitality and leisure sectors, including pubs, that meet the required social distancing and public health measures to open from 4 July. This roadmap will be kept constantly under review, and we will continue to work hard to support business and workers as the situation evolves.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 23/06/2020 11:29:52 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1205149

registered interest
date	18/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Administration of Estates: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will issue guidance to (a) banks and (b) other financial institutions on the timely provision of information to Executors seeking to wind-up estates for probate during the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Broxbourne
tabling member printed	Sir Charles Walker
uin	61439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government, alongside the financial regulators, has been working closely with the financial services industry to ensure that individuals and businesses have the support they need. If anyone has concerns or questions about their banking, including the administration around bereavement, we urge them to speak to their provider. Frontline staff in banks, building societies and credit unions are working tirelessly to deal with a significant volume of customer enquiries.</p><p> </p><p>The treatment of customers by UK firms which are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is governed by its Principles of Business. This includes a general requirement for firms to provide a prompt, efficient and fair service to all of their customers, including those who have recently suffered a bereavement. The Government is also supportive of previous industry efforts to improve handling of these sensitive cases, including the implementation of the British Bankers’ Association’s (now known as UK Finance) Bereavement Principles. These Principles include a commitment from firms to provide support to meet individuals’ needs throughout the bereavement process and to work to resolve everything as quickly and simply as possible.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to work with the FCA and industry to understand how they are handling bereavement processes and policies around probate in the current context.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 23/06/2020 13:23:17 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker

1205201

registered interest
date	18/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people who had wages paid using the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme have been made redundant, to date.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	61497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>Employers are not required to inform HMRC of redundancies.</p><p> </p><p>CJRS is a new scheme and HMRC are currently working through the analysis they will be able to provide based on the data available.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/06/2020 09:07:43 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1205216

registered interest
date	18/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tourism: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the letter entitled, Business Rates Support for all Leisure Businesses from the Local Government Association and others, dated 24 April 2020, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of classifying coach operators as leisure businesses to enable those businesses to access covid-19 business rates and grant schemes.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	61430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government has provided enhanced support through business rates relief and business grants to businesses occupying properties used for retail, hospitality and leisure given the direct and acute impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on those sectors.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has published guidance for Local Authorities (LAs) on the implementation of the business rates holiday for retail, hospitality and leisure. Eligibility is based on the use of property, and it is for LAs to determine eligibility in line with guidance.</p><p> </p><p>While certain businesses will not be eligible for business rates relief, they may still benefit from the wider business and employment support package the Government has made available, including the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme, the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) and the deferral of VAT payments for this quarter. In addition, LAs can choose to make discretionary grants to businesses which have been excluded from the existing grants schemes if they consider there is a particular local economic need. To receive a discretionary grant, a business must have been trading as of 11 March and must not have received any other cash grant funded by central Government (with the exception of the SEISS).</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/06/2020 09:04:55 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1205251

registered interest
date	18/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund and Small Business Grants Fund
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 potential merits of extending eligibility for the (a) Small Business Grants Fund and (b) Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund to small events businesses operating without fixed premises.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	61442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The Small Business Grant Fund and the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund have been designed to help the smallest businesses, and small businesses in some of the sectors which have been hit hardest by COVID-19. Both grant funds are also designed to support small businesses facing high fixed property-related costs, which is why the funds have been tied to the business rates system.</p><p> </p><p>Small businesses which are not eligible for business grants should still be able to benefit from other elements of the Government’s unprecedented package of support for business, including:</p><p> </p><ul><li>An option to defer VAT payments by up to twelve months;</li><li>The Bounce Back Loan Scheme, which will ensure that small and micro businesses can quickly access loans of up to £50,000 which are 100 per cent guaranteed by the Government;</li><li>The Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme, now extended to cover all businesses including those which would be able to access commercial credit;</li><li>The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, to support businesses with their wage bills; and</li><li>The Self-Employment Income Support Scheme, to provide support to the self-employed.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The Business Support website provides further information about how businesses can access the support that has been made available, who is eligible, when the schemes open and how to apply - <a href="https://www.businesssupport.gov.uk/coronavirus-business-support/" target="_blank">https://www.businesssupport.gov.uk/coronavirus-business-support/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 23/06/2020 13:33:06 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1205273

registered interest
date	18/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	VAT: Tax Rates and Bands
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 potential merits of a time-limited reduction in VAT to support economic recovery as the covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.
tabling member constituency	Bosworth
tabling member printed	Dr Luke Evans
uin	61606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>VAT raised over £130 billion in 2019/2020. It is a vital source of revenue for the Exchequer and plays an important part in funding the Government’s spending priorities including hospitals, schools and defence.</p><p> </p><p>A temporary VAT reduction therefore would come at a considerable cost to the Exchequer.</p><p> </p><p>In light of the COVID-19 outbreak, the Treasury have implemented a range of measures to help individuals and businesses through the crisis, including grants, loans and relief from business rates worth more than £300 billion.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps all taxes under review.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/06/2020 10:27:39 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4781 label Biography information for Dr Luke Evans

1205282

registered interest
date	18/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the letter of 6 April 2020, reference DL5296, from the hon. Member for Glasgow East.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	61569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>HM Treasury has received unprecedented amounts of correspondence since the start of the coronavirus outbreak in the UK, and apologises for the delay in responding to the Honourable Member. HM Treasury passed the Honourable Member’s correspondence to HM Revenue and Customs as it concerns an operational issue. HM Revenue and Customs will reply as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 23/06/2020 13:24:53 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1205285

registered interest
date	18/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether ministerial directions relating to the response to the covid-19 outbreak have been issued other than those that have been published.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	61477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>Ministerial Directions are published on GOV.UK. As set out in paragraph 3.4.5. of Managing Public Money, (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/managing-public-money" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/managing-public-money</a>) it is the responsibility of the relevant Accounting Officer to arrange for the existence of the direction to be published, no later than in the next report and accounts, unless the matter must be kept confidential.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 23/06/2020 11:32:12 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves