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	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
	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 effect of the 2019 Loan Charge on individuals that had made financial plans on the basis of previous arrangements; and what support he is able to provide to those individuals.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	188241
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2018 answer text <p>The charge on disguised remuneration (DR) loans is targeted at artificial tax avoidance schemes where earnings were paid in the form of loans, often made by an offshore third party. These loans are not repaid in practice and so are no different to ordinary income and are, and always have been, taxable.</p><p> </p><p>It is unfair to ordinary taxpayers to let anybody continue to benefit from contrived tax avoidance of this sort, and that is why this government has taken action to ensure that everybody pays the taxes they owe. The charge, announced at Budget 2016, will arise on 5 April 2019. By then affected users will have had three years to organise their financial affairs.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises the charge on DR loans will have a significant impact on some individuals who have used DR schemes, particularly those who used them to avoid the most tax.</p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are working to help people put things right. HMRC have published a simplified process for DR scheme users to spread payment of the tax they owe over 5 years if their current income is less than £50,000, and they are no longer in avoidance. Those with higher incomes or who need to pay over a longer period can also request extended payment periods, which will be tailored to individual circumstances. Anyone who is worried about being able to pay what they owe should contact HMRC as soon as possible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 16/11/2018 14:52:58 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1140195

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Minimum Wage and Unpaid Work: Complaints
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints HMRC has received of employers (a) advertising unpaid internships and (b) not paying the minimum wage in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	279153
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>Everyone entitled to the National Minimum Wage (NMW) should receive it.</p><p> </p><p>All businesses, irrespective of size or business sector, are responsible in law for paying the correct minimum wage to their staff.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC actively promote compliance by working with both employers and workers to raise awareness of the employers’ obligations and workers’ rights in respect of NMW. This includes scanning the internet for adverts with a view to making contact where a business may appear to be non-compliant with its NMW obligations.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC do not hold a record of employers advertising for unpaid internships but in the last 12 months has received 40 complaints relating to issues affecting interns. The total number of complaints received by HMRC in the last 12 months is 3,972.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/07/2019 16:15:22 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1145579

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Customs: France
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Treasury, what estimate he has made of the proportion of UK lorries travelling across the English Channel that will be prepared for French customs checks in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	290469
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government has recently published our assessment of the flow of freight across the border in a Reasonable Worst Case Scenario as of 2 August. The assessment can be found here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/831199/20190802_Latest_Yellowhammer_Planning_assumptions_CDL.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/831199/20190802_Latest_Yellowhammer_Planning_assumptions_CDL.pdf</a></p>Since that date, the Government has taken significant steps to improve levels of trader and haulier readiness to improve overall flow across the short Strait crossings. This includes a £100m public information campaign and additional funding for businesses and trade associations to support traders and hauliers to get ready. answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/10/2019 15:16:59 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1148959

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Bank Mellat
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish (a) the amount paid to Bank Mellat to settle their recent lawsuit against the Government and (b) how much the Government spent on defending the claim.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	337
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>Bank Mellat’s claims have now been concluded and the amount paid in respect of the settlement was €91,352,709.35. HM Treasury made a payment of £1.01m in 2013/14 towards Bank Mellat’s legal costs following Bank Mellat’s previous success in the Supreme Court. Beyond this payment and the cost of settlement, the total HM Treasury costs associated with defending the Bank Mellat case as at 14<sup>th</sup> October are £19,715,202.91. This sum was spent on a variety of legal and expert costs over the course of 10 years defending the case, following Bank Mellat’s original claim of damages of $4.3 billion.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 22/10/2019 12:41:22 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1228886

	registered interest
	date	28/08/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Gift Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the net amount was of unclaimed eligible gift aid in (a) 2017, (b) 2018 and (c) 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	82364
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2020 answer text <p>In 2018 HMRC published research which estimated there was up to £564 million of Gift Aid that was not claimed on eligible donations. This is published on GOV.UK at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/charitable-giving-and-gift-aid-research" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/charitable-giving-and-gift-aid-research</a></p><p> </p><p>HMRC does not make annual estimates of unclaimed eligible gift aid as customers do not supply the necessary administrative information.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 03/09/2020 14:16:00 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1228888

	registered interest
	date	28/08/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Credit Unions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) credit unions and (b) credit unions affiliated to faith groups there are in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	82366
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>There are currently 429 active credit unions in the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p>Neither HM Treasury, the Prudential Regulation Authority nor the Financial Conduct Authority collect information on the affiliation of credit unions to faith groups. It is therefore not possible to provide the number of credit unions affiliated to faith groups in the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is, however, aware of the strong links between certain faith communities and credit unions. I was pleased to take part in a roundtable recently hosted by one such credit union, the Pentecostal Credit Union, to discuss issues facing its members.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 08/09/2020 08:27:24 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1300513

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Sick Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on increasing the level of statutory sick pay.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	913179
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>In response to the pandemic, the Government has extended Statutory Sick Pay so that self-isolators are eligible and it is payable from day one rather than day four. Statutory Sick Pay is a statutory minimum and more than half of employees receive more when they are off sick. Changes to Statutory Sick Pay are one part of the Government’s wider support package for those sick or self-isolating, which includes the Test and Trace Support Payments, the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme and the temporary £20 per week increase in Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 09/03/2021 14:26:10 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1470829

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Pensions: Inflation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to introduce any additional measures aimed at helping pensioners to deal with inflationary pressures.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	18980
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government is providing £37 billion in cost of living support this year, including £15 billion in a new support package announced in late May. This includes extra support to help all pensioners stay warm this winter.</p><p> </p><p>Households eligible for the Winter Fuel Payment will receive an extra one-off payment of £300, paid in November/December alongside the existing Winter Fuel Payment. Pensioners, as all domestic electricity customers, will see £400 off their bills from October with no need to repay, through the expansion of the Energy Bills Support Scheme. In addition, households in receipt of Pension Credit will receive a one-off payment of £650 in two lump sums, the first from July and the second in the autumn.</p><p> </p><p>Further support for pensioners can be provided by local authorities through the Household Support Fund, which will be in place until April 2023.</p><p> </p><p>Next year, the Triple Lock will apply for the State Pension. Subject to the Secretary of State’s review, pensions and other benefits will be uprated by this September’s CPI which, on current forecasts, is likely to be significantly higher than the forecast inflation rate for 2023/24.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 20/06/2022 12:50:44 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1489298

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Brexit
	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 economic impact of leaving the European Union on (a) energy prices, (b) food prices, (c) footwear prices and (d) NHS funding.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	36875
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text It is for the Office for Budget Responsibility to provide and publish economic and fiscal forecasting. In its March Economic and Fiscal Outlook the OBR noted that higher inflation was mainly a result of increased global goods and energy prices and a tightening labour market.<p> </p><p>It remains challenging to separate out the effects of different events. The Bank of England has also noted that the majority of the increase in inflation since the pandemic is likely due to global factors.</p>The government understands that people across the UK are worried about the rising cost of living. In May, we announced over £15 billion of additional cost of living support, targeted at those with the greatest need. Government support for the cost of living now totals over £37 billion this year, equivalent to 1.5% of GDP. answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 20/07/2022 10:17:08 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1519189

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Sickle Cell Diseases: Government Assistance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on making an assessment of the adequacy of Government support for (a) fuel and (b) other costs for people with sickle cell disease during winter 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	59240
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government understands that people across the UK and especially the most vulnerable members of society, such as those suffering from long-term health conditions and disabilities, are worried about the rising cost of living. That is why the Government is taking decisive action to get households through this winter and the next, while ensuring we act in a fiscally responsible way.</p><p> </p><p>Depending on their specific circumstances, it is possible that people with multiple sclerosis will qualify for disability benefits. People in receipt of extra-costs disability benefits such as Personal Independence Payment (PIP) or Disability Living Allowance (DLA) will receive a one-off Disability Cost of Living Payment of £150 from 20th September, to help with the extra costs disabled people are facing. The DWP has already processed around 6 million such payments.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also providing a £650 Cost of Living Payment to recipients of means-tested benefits, to support people with low incomes with the rising cost of living. Individuals in receipt of means-tested disability benefits, such as income-related Employment and Support Allowance, or the Universal Credit Health top up are eligible for this support.</p><p> </p><p>Those suffering from sickle cell disease may also benefit from other forms of non-means tested support which the Government is providing to assist with UK households’ energy bills. The Energy Price Guarantee is a scheme that will cap the unit price households pay for electricity and gas, which means that a typical household in Great Britain will have to pay bills equivalent to no more than £2500 a year on their energy bills this winter. This will support people with a disability who may need to use more energy due to their condition or treatment.</p><p> </p><p>Secondly via the Energy Bills Support Scheme, which will provide £400 to help with domestic energy bills. All households in Council Tax bands A-D will also receive the Government-funded £150 Council Tax Rebate, which will be delivered by Local Authorities.</p><p> </p><p>Lastly, to support households who need further help or who are not eligible for elements of the wider package of support, the Government is also providing an extra £500 million of local support to help with the cost of essentials, via the Household Support Fund.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/10/2022 16:57:02 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby