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1193656

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date	06/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide additional support to SMEs such as dental and other medical practices by (a) requiring insurers to honour covid-19 claims under business interruption policies which covered notifiable diseases, even if covid-19 was not explicitly listed; and (b) allowing the directors of limited companies a monthly grant comparable to those given to employees and the self-employed.
tabling member constituency	New Forest East
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Lewis
uin	43821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises the important role all medical business play to protect and improve the health of the population and is taking many steps to support them during the COVID-19 outbreak:</p><ul><li>Dentists will be fully remunerated for the NHS work they would have otherwise undertaken, subject to some basic requirements.</li><li>On 2 April, the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) announced a £300 million cash advance for community pharmacies.</li><li>The NHS has committed to securing funding for NHS ophthalmic contractors based on average month NHS General Ophthalmic Services fees from the previous year.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Medical practices may also benefit from the range of economic support measures the Government has announced. 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><p> </p><p>Most commercial insurance policies are unlikely to offer cover for unspecified notifiable diseases, such as COVID-19. However, those businesses which have an insurance policy that covers both pandemics and government ordered closure, should be able to make a claim – subject to the terms and conditions of their policy. Insurance policies differ significantly, so businesses are encouraged to check the terms and conditions of their specific policy and contact their providers.</p><p> </p><p>Income from dividends is a return on investment in the company, rather than wages. HMRC are not able to distinguish between dividends derived from an individual’s own company and dividends from other sources, so do not have a clear mechanism through which to support dividend income from an individual’s own company, without also supporting dividend income from other investments. Company directors who pay themselves a salary through a PAYE scheme may be eligible for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS).</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 12/05/2020 13:28:45 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

1193657

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Mortgages: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with representatives of the financial sector on endowment mortgage policies due to mature during the covid-19 outbreak with no prospect of discharging the mortgages to which they are linked; and if he will make it his policy to require companies providing such policies to extend their maturity dates until the after the outbreak.
tabling member constituency	New Forest East
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Lewis
uin	43822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>The Government has been working closely with the financial sector to ensure appropriate forbearance is being shown across the mortgage market, including a 3-month mortgage holiday to enable affected borrowers to defer their mortgage payments and a 3-month moratorium on possession action to provide customers with reassurance that they will not have their homes repossessed at this difficult time.</p><p> </p><p>Endowments are a form of investment, therefore, any extension to maturity dates would be a bespoke commercial decision and down to individual providers. We advise any customer whose endowment is to mature, to seek advice from both their lender and insurer on how to proceed.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 12/05/2020 11:35:30 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

1193660

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
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 (a) businesses are using the furlough scheme and (b) employees have been furloughed in (i) Wansbeck, (ii) Northumberland, (iii) the North East and (iv) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	43928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>Applications for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) opened on Monday 20<sup>th</sup> April. By close 3 May 2020, HMRC had received 800,000 claims representing 6.3m furloughed employments and £8bn.</p><p> </p><p>This is a new scheme and HMRC are currently working through the analysis they will be able to provide based on the data available. HMRC will make the timescales for publication and the types of data available in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 12/05/2020 16:20:41 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1193666

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
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, what steps he has taken to enable people to check (a) if their National Insurance number is registered on the HMRC Real Time Information system, (b) the last date of registration, (c) the identity of their registered employer and (d) whether their National Insurance number is (i) registered and (ii) proposed for registration under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and by which employer.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	43961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>HMRC’s Real Time Information system can only be accessed by an employer or an agent authorised to act on an employers’ behalf.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC are not be able to provide information about individual Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) applications to employees.</p><p> </p><p>If an employee is concerned that their employer has not claimed on their behalf when entitled to do so, the employee should speak to their employer.</p><p> </p><p>If an employee suspects that their employer is abusing the scheme, they should report them to HMRC using the iForm on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 12/05/2020 16:19:29 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1193671

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	European Central Bank: Coronavirus
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 effect on the (a) UK and (b) world economy of the decision of the German Constitutional Court on funding for the European Central Bank bailout package.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	43834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>HM Treasury regularly monitors global economic developments, including those in the euro area, and their impact on the UK as part of the normal process of policy development. It is not for the UK Government to comment on euro area monetary policy issues.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 12/05/2020 11:37:18 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1193672

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	European Central Bank: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department have had with their counterparts in the German Finance Ministry on the decision of the German Constitutional Court on funding for the European Central Bank bailout package.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	43835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>HM Treasury Ministers and Officials regularly speak with their counterparts in Germany. We have been in regular touch regarding our respective countries' response to COVID-19 and will continue to work closely in the weeks to come. It is not for the UK Government to comment on euro area monetary policy issues.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 12/05/2020 11:38:29 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1193717

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
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, if his Department will issue guidance to big businesses using the Job Retention Scheme to not issue large bonuses to their executives.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	43925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2020 answer text <p>The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is designed to help employers whose operations have been severely affected by coronavirus to retain their employees and protect the UK economy. All employers are eligible for the scheme and the Government recognises that different businesses will face different impacts from coronavirus.</p><p> </p><p>To claim, employers must have created and started a PAYE payroll scheme on or before 19 March 2020; enrolled for PAYE online; and have a UK bank account. No other eligibility conditions apply. Full guidance can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-for-wage-costs-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-for-wage-costs-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme</a>. Adding further restrictions would reduce the number of employees who would be eligible for this important financial support.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/05/2020 15:27:56 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1193738

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what financial support the Government is providing to businesses that operate from premises with a rateable value of exactly £15,000.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	44022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>Businesses which occupy premises with a rateable value of exactly £15,000 can receive a grant of £10,000 from the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund if the premises are used for Retail, Hospitality or Leisure purposes.</p><p> </p><p>Businesses in all sectors which occupy premises with a rateable value of exactly £15,000 may also be eligible for a grant from the Small Business Grant Fund. The Small Business Grant Fund provides businesses with a £10,000 cash grant per property, for each property eligible for Small Business Rates Relief or Rural Rates Relief. Properties with a rateable value of £12,001 up to and including £15,000 are eligible for a tapered form of SBRR. The relief tapers to 0% at exactly £15,000. This means that in theory, a property with a rateable value of exactly £15,000 could be eligible for a £10,000 grant from the SBGF.</p><p> </p><p>Businesses which occupy premises with a rateable value of exactly £15,000 may also be able to benefit from measures in the Government’s unprecedented package of support for business, including:</p><p> </p><ul><li>A twelve-month business rates holiday for all properties used for retail, hospitality or leisure purposes;</li><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% 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;</li><li>The Self-Employment Income Support Scheme, to provide support to the self-employed.</li></ul> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 12/05/2020 06:39:59 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1193739

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	VAT: Coronavirus
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 effect on consumer spending of reducing the rate of VAT during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	43893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2020 answer text <p>VAT raised £130 billion in revenue in 2019/2020 for the Exchequer and plays an important part in funding the Government’s spending priorities, including hospitals, schools and defence.</p><p> </p><p>Reducing the standard rate would come at a considerable cost to the Exchequer. However, the Government keeps all taxes under review.</p><p> </p><p>In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Chancellor has announced 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> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/05/2020 14:11:32 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1193749

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
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, whether he will extend support provided under the Self-Employment Support Scheme to the end of June 2020.
tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
tabling member printed	Wayne David
uin	43842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>The Chancellor indicated that the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme would be temporary when he announced it at the end of March, and that it could be extended if necessary. The Government is keeping this under review.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 12/05/2020 16:22:29 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David