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1242450

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Beer: Excise Duties
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 effect on small, independent breweries of the proposal to convert Small Brewers Relief from a percentage formula to a cash basis measurement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	102105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text The proposal to convert Small Brewers Relief (SBR) to a cash basis would affect small breweries entitled to SBR, but would only have an impact if there are future changes to the value of the relief. The Treasury will consult further on Small Brewers Relief later this Autumn. answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 15/10/2020 09:18:08 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1242038

registered interest
date	09/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Debt Collection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on private debt collection agencies in (a) fees and (b) the proportion of funds collected for the purposes of recovering tax credit debts in each financial year since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	101289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2020 answer text <p>The table below details HMRC’s spending on Debt Collection Agencies between 2010/11 and 2019/20.</p><p> </p><p>None of the funds collected are used for the purpose of recovering tax credits. HMRC request funding from HMT through fiscal measures.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>% Spent on TC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£ 3.72m</p></td><td><p>0.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£ 11.08m</p></td><td><p>0.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£ 13.06m</p></td><td><p>0.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£ 9.34m</p></td><td><p>11.61%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£ 10.89m</p></td><td><p>19.85%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£ 16.77m</p></td><td><p>31.59%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£ 26.25m</p></td><td><p>24.54%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£ 32.10m</p></td><td><p>20.50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£ 26.02m</p></td><td><p>28.83%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>£ 26.16m</p></td><td><p>24.03%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£ 175.39m</p></td><td><p>20.16%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Further information about payments to Integrated Debt Services Ltd, who manage the contract between HMRC and the Debt Collection Agencies contracted to act on HMRC’s behalf, is published on GOV.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/spending-over-25-000" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/spending-over-25-000</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/10/2020 13:43:33 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1241880

registered interest
date	08/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Beer: Excise Duties
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 effect on small, independent brewers of the proposal to reduce the production threshold at which Small Brewers Relief starts to taper.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	101035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government anticipates that by replacing the existing taper with a more gradual one spread over a wider range of production, small breweries will find it easier to grow and expand.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 13/10/2020 10:13:08 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1241882

registered interest
date	08/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Beer: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish the further consultation on the proposed reforms of Small Brewers Relief.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	101036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>As previously announced, the consultation will be published in the Autumn.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 13/10/2020 09:01:53 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1240914

registered interest
date	06/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Maternity Pay: Coronavirus
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 adequacy of a period of statutory maternity pay being used to calculate a reduced furlough pay entitlement for returning mothers on variable pay; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	99650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2020 answer text <p>Employees on variable pay who have been on Statutory Maternity Pay or other forms of Parental Leave are eligible to apply for furlough pay under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. Eligible employees will be entitled to 80% of the higher rate of two calculations: either the wages earned in the corresponding calendar period in the tax year 2019 to 2020, or the average wages payable in the tax year 2019 to 2020. These measures have been put in place to cover a wide range of contractual and working arrangements and are designed to mitigate situations where individuals have low pay in a certain month for any reason.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 12/10/2020 16:25:43 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1240399

registered interest
date	05/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Bank Services: Older People
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 ensure that older people are not disproportionately disadvantaged by (a) banks and (b) other financial organisations offering preferential interest rates to online-only customers.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	99001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2020 answer text <p>The pricing of financial products remains a commercial decision for firms, in which the Government does not seek to intervene.</p><p> </p><p>UK banks’ and building societies’ treatment of their customers is governed by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in its Principles for Businesses. This includes a general requirement for firms to provide a prompt, efficient and fair service to all their customers.</p><p> </p><p>More broadly, protecting vulnerable customers, such as those with low digital skills, is a priority for the FCA. The FCA requires firms to identify particularly vulnerable customers, and to take these customers into consideration when designing products.</p><p> </p><p>Further to this, the FCA recently concluded a guidance consultation for firms on the fair treatment of vulnerable customers. While many firms have made significant progress on this, the Treasury and the FCA want to see the fair treatment of vulnerable consumers being taken seriously by all firms so that vulnerable consumers receive consistently fair treatment.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury continues to work with firms and the FCA to ensure that the needs of vulnerable customers are met.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 99003 question first answered 08/10/2020 08:14:40 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1240479

registered interest
date	05/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Older People: Banks
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 proportionality of the effect on older people of banks offering preferential interest rates to online-only customers.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	99003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2020 answer text <p>The pricing of financial products remains a commercial decision for firms, in which the Government does not seek to intervene.</p><p> </p><p>UK banks’ and building societies’ treatment of their customers is governed by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in its Principles for Businesses. This includes a general requirement for firms to provide a prompt, efficient and fair service to all their customers.</p><p> </p><p>More broadly, protecting vulnerable customers, such as those with low digital skills, is a priority for the FCA. The FCA requires firms to identify particularly vulnerable customers, and to take these customers into consideration when designing products.</p><p> </p><p>Further to this, the FCA recently concluded a guidance consultation for firms on the fair treatment of vulnerable customers. While many firms have made significant progress on this, the Treasury and the FCA want to see the fair treatment of vulnerable consumers being taken seriously by all firms so that vulnerable consumers receive consistently fair treatment.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury continues to work with firms and the FCA to ensure that the needs of vulnerable customers are met.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 99001 question first answered 08/10/2020 08:14:40 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1235146

registered interest
date	16/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Research: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) obligations and (b) timescales are in place to require organisations in receipt of Research and Development tax breaks to publish the outcome of their research in public.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	91082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>R&amp;D tax credits are a key part of the Government’s support for innovative business investment and provided £4.4 billion to businesses across the UK in 2016-17. The Government does not place an obligation on organisations to publish any intellectual property which arises from their research.</p><p> </p><p>Patents are publicly available and so any R&amp;D that leads to a patent will be made public. It would be impractical to require greater disclosure than this; for example, it could potentially reveal trade secrets and it would also impose a significant administrative burden, both factors that would be likely to prevent companies from claiming.</p><p> </p><p>In some circumstances the same work can attract research and development relief for more than one company, as is envisaged in paragraph eleven of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Guidelines regulations. These regulations specify which activities are to be treated as being research and development.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 91083 91084 question first answered 21/09/2020 13:23:00 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1235147

registered interest
date	16/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Research: Tax Allowances
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 merit of requiring organisations in receipt of Research and Development tax breaks to publish the outcome of their research in public after a set period of time.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	91083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>R&amp;D tax credits are a key part of the Government’s support for innovative business investment and provided £4.4 billion to businesses across the UK in 2016-17. The Government does not place an obligation on organisations to publish any intellectual property which arises from their research.</p><p> </p><p>Patents are publicly available and so any R&amp;D that leads to a patent will be made public. It would be impractical to require greater disclosure than this; for example, it could potentially reveal trade secrets and it would also impose a significant administrative burden, both factors that would be likely to prevent companies from claiming.</p><p> </p><p>In some circumstances the same work can attract research and development relief for more than one company, as is envisaged in paragraph eleven of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Guidelines regulations. These regulations specify which activities are to be treated as being research and development.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 91082 91084 question first answered 21/09/2020 13:23:00 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1235149

registered interest
date	09/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Research: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has in place to prevent organisations that benefit from research and development tax breaks from duplicating (a) their own and (b) other organisations’ research.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	91084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>R&amp;D tax credits are a key part of the Government’s support for innovative business investment and provided £4.4 billion to businesses across the UK in 2016-17. The Government does not place an obligation on organisations to publish any intellectual property which arises from their research.</p><p> </p><p>Patents are publicly available and so any R&amp;D that leads to a patent will be made public. It would be impractical to require greater disclosure than this; for example, it could potentially reveal trade secrets and it would also impose a significant administrative burden, both factors that would be likely to prevent companies from claiming.</p><p> </p><p>In some circumstances the same work can attract research and development relief for more than one company, as is envisaged in paragraph eleven of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Guidelines regulations. These regulations specify which activities are to be treated as being research and development.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 91082 91083 question first answered 21/09/2020 13:23:00 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady