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1504654

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Monetary Policy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the extent of quantitative easing for each quarter since the beginning of 2021.
tabling member printed	Lord Field of Birkenhead
uin	HL2100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>In 2021, the total gilt purchases of the Asset Purchase Facility (APF), including purchases to redeem maturing assets, was £57.7bn in Q1, £49.7bn in Q2, £44.7bn in Q3 and £37.8bn in Q4 following a decision by the Monetary Policy Committee to increase its Quantitative Easing target stock to £875bn. As of Q1 2022, The Bank of England begun the process of unwinding QE by ceasing to reinvest in maturing assets or purchasing new assets. In March 2022, total size of the APF gilt holdings was £847bn by purchase value, a decrease of £27.9bn from the start of the quarter.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 22/09/2022 10:10:51 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1504661

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pay: Inflation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps, if any, they are taking to ensure that wage levels keep pace with inflation.
tabling member printed	Lord Hendy
uin	HL2120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The government understands that people across the UK are worried about the rising cost of living.</p><p> </p><p>On 8 September, the government announced that the Energy Price Guarantee will supersede the energy price cap, which means that a typical UK household will pay no more than £2500 a year on their energy bill over the next 2 years from 1 October.</p><p> </p><p>To address cost of living in the longer term, it is important that we help people into work, support them to increase their incomes and ensure they keep more of what they earn.</p><p> </p><p>In April, the National Living Wage (NLW) increased by 6.6% to £9.50 an hour for workers aged 23 and over, which is expected to benefit more than 2 million workers. This means an increase of over £1,000 to the annual earnings of a full-time worker on the NLW.</p><p> </p><p>We are also supporting people to improve their earnings prospects and support their success in the labour market. At Spending Review 2021, the government confirmed that it is investing a total of £3.8 billion in skills in England by 2024-25.</p><p> </p><p>More broadly, our economic plan will be pro-growth. As a matter of priority, the Chancellor will set out a package of measures to deliver on the Prime Minister’s commitment to cut taxes and boost growth, laying the groundwork for the change we need in the long term to make our economy stronger.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 20/09/2022 09:44:10 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	4723 label Biography information for Lord Hendy

1504711

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Repayments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the time taken by HM Revenue and Customs to pay tax refunds and the impact on individuals and businesses awaiting those refunds; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	47537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>Information in the form requested is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC performance data is published on a monthly basis here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrc-monthly-performance-reports" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrc-monthly-performance-reports</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Quarterly data can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrc-quarterly-performance-updates" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrc-quarterly-performance-updates</a>.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Richard Fuller question first answered 20/09/2022 09:57:44 answering member 3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1504717

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the new system of alcohol duties announced in October 2021, what discussions he had had with Cabinet colleagues about the objectives of that new system, and what recent assessment he has made of its potential contribution towards a reduction in alcohol harm.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	47579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2022 answer text <p>The Chancellor meets with his Cabinet colleagues on a regular basis, to discuss a variety of issues.</p><p> </p><p>Autumn Budget 2021 announced a number of reforms to alcohol duty as part of the alcohol duty review. The aim is to move to a new system that taxes all products in reference to the litres of pure alcohol they contain, as is currently the case for spirits. This will ensure stronger alcoholic products pay duty in proportion to their alcoholic content. The reforms will also introduce a reduced rate of duty for products of a lower alcohol by volume (ABV).</p><p> </p><p>The government will provide an update on the alcohol duty reforms in due course.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 14/09/2022 09:37:24 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1504734

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Income Tax: Tax Rates and Bands
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of adults (1) in paid work, and (2) not in paid work, who have incomes below the income tax threshold.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL2134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>Estimates of the number of adults in paid work and not in paid work who have incomes below the Income Tax Personal Allowance during the 2019-20 tax year, the latest year for which these figures are available, are set out below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Estimated number of adults in 2019-20 (millions)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paid work</p></td><td><p>10.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not in paid work</p></td><td><p>6.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>16.9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Survey of Personal Incomes, tax year 2019 to 2020</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Income Tax Personal Allowance for the 2019-20 tax year is £12,500. The adult population (individuals aged 18 and over) in paid work is based on individuals with employment and/or self-employment income. Other income amounts such as occupational or State pension is not included as paid work but individuals with incomes such as pensions could be in either category. The data underlying the Survey of Personal Incomes is based on a large sample of over 820,000 individuals with incomes reported to HMRC. As is the case with the published Personal Incomes Statistics, these figures are statistical estimates and will be subject to sampling variation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 20/09/2022 09:11:04 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1504752

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Buses and Large Goods Vehicles: Fuels
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take, if any, to introduce a fuel duty rebate of 15 pence per litre for road haulage vehicles and coaches.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL2162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>At Spring Statement 2022, in response to high fuel prices, the Government introduced a temporary 12-month cut to duty on petrol and diesel of 5p per litre.</p><p> </p><p>This represents a tax cut worth around £2.4 billion in 2022-23, benefiting anyone who consumes fuel across the UK – including the road haulage and coach sector.</p><p> </p><p>All taxes remain under review.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 22/09/2022 09:50:10 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1504753

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Property Development: Money Laundering
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of anti-money laundering regulations in the domestic and corporate property sector.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL2163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 (MLRs) require regulated businesses, including estate and lettings agents, to have robust controls in place to prevent abuse for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing. The MLRs are not prescriptive in setting out how firms should carry out customer due diligence. However they do require these firms, which are key facilitators of property transactions, to take a proportionate and risk based approach to checks on all involved parties.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC is the designated AML supervisor for estate and letting agents. HMRC provides guidance to businesses to support compliance and has powers to enforce penalties in response to breaches of the MLRs, including imposing fines.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury published a review of the UK’s anti-money laundering/countering-terrorist financing (AML/CTF) regulatory and supervisory regime in June 2022. This review assessed the effectiveness of the MLRs and found that the regulations are comprehensive, robust and allow for firms to take a risk-based approach to target their activity at the areas of highest risk. It also set out plans for future work to strengthen the UK’s AML regime, including a consultation on further reform to the supervisory regime.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 20/09/2022 09:07:19 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1504803

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Sunscreens: VAT
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 reducing the rate of VAT on sunscreen, sunblock and other sun safety products.
tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Amy Callaghan
uin	47673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government keeps all taxes under constant review.</p><p> </p><p>Under the current VAT rules, sun protection products are subject to the standard rate of VAT. High-factor sunscreen is on the NHS prescription list for certain conditions and therefore is provided VAT free when dispensed by a pharmacist.</p><p> </p><p>More widely, the Government’s approach to this matter is to support safety campaigns that ensure that sunscreen is placed within its proper context; as one of the precautions that people can take against the harmful rays of the sun, but one that does not provide 100 per cent protection. Advice from leading cancer charities recommends a range of steps people can take for protection, which includes avoiding long periods of exposure, staying in the shade at peak hours, and protecting themselves with a hat and sunglasses.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 47674 47675 question first answered 08/09/2022 12:46:28 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4770 label Biography information for Amy Callaghan

1504804

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Sunscreens: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department last made an assessment of the adequacy of the level of VAT on sunscreen products.
tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Amy Callaghan
uin	47674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government keeps all taxes under constant review.</p><p> </p><p>Under the current VAT rules, sun protection products are subject to the standard rate of VAT. High-factor sunscreen is on the NHS prescription list for certain conditions and therefore is provided VAT free when dispensed by a pharmacist.</p><p> </p><p>More widely, the Government’s approach to this matter is to support safety campaigns that ensure that sunscreen is placed within its proper context; as one of the precautions that people can take against the harmful rays of the sun, but one that does not provide 100 per cent protection. Advice from leading cancer charities recommends a range of steps people can take for protection, which includes avoiding long periods of exposure, staying in the shade at peak hours, and protecting themselves with a hat and sunglasses.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 47673 47675 question first answered 08/09/2022 12:46:28 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4770 label Biography information for Amy Callaghan

1504805

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Sunscreens: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason high factor sunscreen products currently incur VAT.
tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Amy Callaghan
uin	47675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government keeps all taxes under constant review.</p><p> </p><p>Under the current VAT rules, sun protection products are subject to the standard rate of VAT. High-factor sunscreen is on the NHS prescription list for certain conditions and therefore is provided VAT free when dispensed by a pharmacist.</p><p> </p><p>More widely, the Government’s approach to this matter is to support safety campaigns that ensure that sunscreen is placed within its proper context; as one of the precautions that people can take against the harmful rays of the sun, but one that does not provide 100 per cent protection. Advice from leading cancer charities recommends a range of steps people can take for protection, which includes avoiding long periods of exposure, staying in the shade at peak hours, and protecting themselves with a hat and sunglasses.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 47673 47674 question first answered 08/09/2022 12:46:28 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4770 label Biography information for Amy Callaghan