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1350860

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	First Time Buyers: Greater London
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 support first-time buyers in Central London who cannot receive help through the Help to Buy ISA scheme due to high average house prices regularly exceeding £450,000.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	41218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>The Help to Buy: ISA scheme aims to help those that are struggling to save enough to get onto the housing ladder. The property price cap of £250,000 for those properties outside London or £450,000 within London, therefore allows the Government to target support at the people the scheme is intended to help. First-time buyers tend to buy smaller, therefore cheaper; first properties and the Government’s aim is to provide the opportunity for first-time buyers to enter the market. Since the scheme launched in 2015, 410,075 property completions have been supported through the scheme with a mean property value of £175,010 compared to an average first-time buyer house price of £214,452.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has introduced a number of measures to support homeownership, including the Help to Buy: Equity Loan scheme, mortgage guarantee scheme, Shared Ownership schemes, and the First Home scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Each scheme has its own eligibility criteria and more information on each scheme can be found on the Own Your Home (HM Government) website: <a href="https://www.ownyourhome.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.ownyourhome.gov.uk/</a></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 06/09/2021 12:50:50 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1351035

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Stamp Duty Land Tax: Greater London
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 increasing the allowance for stamp duty tax relief for those living in London, in the context of higher average house prices in that city.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	41222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>The nil rate band (the price threshold at which SDLT becomes payable) is set at £125,000 outside of the SDLT holiday.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017, the Government increased the price at which a residential property becomes liable to SDLT to £300,000 for first-time buyers; this means that over 70% of first-time buyers will pay no SDLT at all. First-time buyers purchasing houses worth between £300,000 and £500,000 save £5,000, outside of the SDLT holiday.</p><p> </p><p>SDLT rates and thresholds apply consistently across England and Northern Ireland. Introducing regional variations in the nil rate band could create distortions in the housing market, be complex to achieve and be confusing for taxpayers.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/09/2021 13:29:32 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1351521

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Disability: Children
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 providing dedicated covid-19 recovery funding for families with disabled children.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	41234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government’s Covid-19 support package during the pandemic, including the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme, sits alongside a substantial set of existing welfare support for families with disabled children. The Government will spend over £55 billion in 2021-22 on benefits to support disabled people and people with health conditions.</p><p>Disability Living Allowance (DLA) remains our primary means of supporting families with disabled children to help with the extra cost of long-term ill-health or disability. DLA is tax-free, non-contributory and non-means tested. It is available to those under the age of 16 who, due to a disability or health condition, have mobility issues and/or have needs which are substantially in excess of a child the same age without the disability or health condition. DLA is a contribution towards the extra costs associated with being disabled.</p><p>DLA can passport families to a range of additional support such as: child disability premiums paid within income related benefits, Carer’s Allowance, the Motability vehicle scheme, and the Blue Badge scheme. DLA also exempts the eligible household from the Benefit Cap.</p><p>The Government has acted swiftly to provide support during the pandemic, including for parents on lower incomes with disabled children through its package of welfare measures worth £7.4 billion in 2020-21 and £4.3 billion in 2021-22. These changes include relinking Local Housing Allowance rates to the 30th percentile in March 2020 at a cost of almost £1 billion – over 1.5 million households gained just over £600 per year on average in additional support, and this is being maintained at the same cash level this financial year to ensure that claimants continue to benefit from this increase.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 06/09/2021 08:09:16 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1351523

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Disability: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of long-term funding for disabled children's health and care services.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	41236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>HM Treasury Ministers and officials regularly meet with other government departments and a range of stakeholders, which includes discussions around support for disabled children.</p><p> </p><p>The government has to date provided the NHS with over £27bn to support its response to and recovery from Coronavirus, which includes the provision of healthcare services to disabled children. This is part of the overall £87bn support for health services since the start of the pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>The government has also given over £6 billion in un-ringfenced funding directly to councils to support them with the immediate and longer-term impacts of COVID-19 spending pressures, including children’s services. At last year’s Spending Review, we provided councils with access to over £1bn of spending for social care through £300m of new social care grant and the ability to introduce a 3% adult social care precept. This funding was additional to the £1 billion social care grant announced in 2019 which was maintained in line with the government's manifesto.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to work with other government departments, including the Department for Health and Social Care and Ministry of Housing, Communities &amp; Local Government, to ensure the upcoming Spending Review reflects the requirements of disabled children’s health and care services in the longer term.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 06/09/2021 08:05:25 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1332300

registered interest
date	11/06/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Travel: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what financial support his Department has allocated for the travel, aviation and tourism industries.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	14208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2021 answer text <p>The aviation and aerospace sectors are being supported with over £11 billion made available through loan guarantees, support for exporters, the Bank of England’s Covid Corporate Financing Facility and grants for research and development.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the renewed Airport and Ground Operations Support Scheme that the Chancellor announced in his Budget will provide support for eligible businesses with their fixed costs for a further six months, up to the equivalent of their business rates liabilities for the first half of the 2021-22 financial year, subject to certain conditions and a cap per claimant of £4m.</p><p> </p><p>In England, the wider travel and tourism sectors can benefit from the £5 billion package of grant support announced at Budget. This includes Restart Grants worth up to £6,000 if classified as non-essential retail or up to £18,000 if classified as a leisure or accommodation business. This package of support also includes the £425 million top-up to the Additional Restrictions Grant which has already provided Local Authorities (LAs) with £1.6 billion. This funding is at the LA’s discretion and is intended to support businesses which are not eligible for Restart Grants, but which are nonetheless experiencing a severe impact on their business.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to review all the economic support schemes, including grant support, as the public health response evolves.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 17/06/2021 12:28:27 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1330717

registered interest
date	08/06/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Hospitality Industry: Insurance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure small firms in the leisure and hospitality industry, including those in the LGBT+ community, have access to insurance.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	12295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2021 answer text <p>It is important that SMEs have access to suitable insurance and the Government is working closely with the sector to understand what more they can do to help businesses both now and in the future.</p><p> </p><p>The commercial decisions taken by insurers are also subject to regulation and legislation. Insurers must treat customers fairly and firms are required to do so under the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) rules. The Equality Act 2010 prohibits firms from discriminating against consumers with most protected characteristics, including sexual orientation.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 15/06/2021 09:18:52 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1330072

registered interest
date	07/06/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Building Regulations
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 extending the stamp duty window for those who are unable to sell their property as a result of new building regulations.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	11659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2021 answer text <p>The temporary SDLT relief was designed to stimulate immediate momentum in a property market where property transactions fell by as much as 50 per cent during the COVID-19 lockdown in March. This momentum in the property market has supported jobs which rely on custom from the property industry, such as retailers and tradespeople.</p><p> </p><p>The SDLT holiday was extended to ensure that purchases that were unable to complete before 31 March because of delays in the sector are able to receive the relief. The Government will not extend the temporary relief further for any transactions.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 15/06/2021 10:13:45 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1330124

registered interest
date	07/06/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Children: Disability
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 the Secretary of State for Education on funding specific covid-19 recovery policies for disabled children and young people.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	11663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2021 answer text <p>HM Treasury Ministers regularly meet with other government departments and a range of stakeholders, which includes discussions around disabled children and young people, and COVID-19 recovery.</p><p> </p><p>As part of plans to boost education recovery, the government is investing £1.7 billion in academic years 20-21 and 21-22. This includes a £650 million catch up premium in 20-21, and £302 million one-off recovery premium in 21-22. Schools can prioritise this funding to support children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>The government is providing a further £1.4 billion over the next three academic years for education recovery, including £1 billion to support up to six million, 15-hour tutoring courses for disadvantaged school children.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 14/06/2021 09:10:10 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1311793

registered interest
date	23/04/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Alarms: VAT
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 possible merits of extending the zero VAT rating to personal safety alarms.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	186250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government already makes available a VAT relief on emergency alarm systems designed to be operated by a disabled person to call for help in case of illness or injury.</p><p> </p><p>VAT makes a significant contribution towards the public finances, raising about £130 billion in 2019/20, and helping fund the Government's priorities including on health, schools, and defence. Extending the current VAT relief to all personal safety alarms would come at a significant cost to the Exchequer and would require reductions in spending or tax rises elsewhere.</p><p> </p><p>Given this, there are no current plans to extend the scope of the relief already in place. However, the Government keeps all taxes under review.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 29/04/2021 09:11:14 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1306936

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Empty Property: Business Rates
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 empty property business rates relief on properties that remain empty due to the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	178591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government maintains an Empty Property Relief (EPR) to support property owners ahead of the reoccupation of vacated premises.</p><p> </p><p>Under EPR, owners of retail properties do not normally have to pay business rates on newly vacated buildings for three months.</p><p> </p><p>The Budget announced a three-month extension to the business rates holiday for eligible businesses in the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors that was provided at Budget 2020. From 1 July 2021, 66% relief will be available subject to a cash cap that depends on whether businesses have been required to close or were able to open.</p><p> </p><p>Properties which have closed temporarily due to the Government’s advice on COVID-19 should be treated as occupied for the purposes of the business rates holiday for retail, hospitality and leisure properties.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/04/2021 13:57:44 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova