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1439675

registered interest
date	10/03/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Beer: Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Small Brewers Relief Scheme, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of increased tax bills on breweries producing 2,500HL and 5,000HL per year.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	138127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government has announced a number of changes to the way that small brewers receive relief from alcohol duty, in order to remove barriers to growth and reduce market distortions. As part of this, the Government has announced a new Small Producer Relief which will incorporate changes to the existing Small Brewers Relief, as set out in its response to a technical consultation on 30 November 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will make a range of adjustments to the existing scheme, including lowering the rate of increase in marginal costs as brewers expand and grow. This will remove the ‘cliff-edge’ which small brewers have highlighted as a concern for many years. Overall, this will invest a further £15 million to the existing £65 million spent each year on craft brewing via the Small Brewers Relief scheme.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 18/03/2022 10:56:35 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1351326

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	Beer: Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to ensure that breweries that produce between 2,101 and 5,000 hectolitres can compete with breweries that produce between (a) 5,001 and 10,000 and (b) 10,001 and 20,000 hectolitres.
tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Mrs Pauline Latham
uin	40860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>The Treasury committed to reforming Small Brewers Relief (SBR) and our review of SBR is ongoing. A technical consultation was launched in January this year to help inform the Government’s review. The consultation document provides further information on the Government’s assessment of changes and we are currently analysing the responses.</p><p>The Treasury believes that reducing the starting taper from 5,000 to 2,100 hectolitres (880,000 pints a year to 370,000 pints a year) strikes a balance between guaranteeing the full value of the relief for truly small breweries, while providing those between the 2,100 to 5,000 hectolitres threshold a smoother transition to the main duty rate. Officials are continuing to work closely with HM Revenue and Customs to deliver a relief that is sustainable and supports brewers of all sizes in the long-term.</p><p>The Government has made it clear that changes to SBR will not come into effect until at least January 2022. We will consider the state of the industry as it recovers from Covid-19, and the need to provide sufficient time for brewers to adapt, before making any changes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 40858 40859 question first answered 06/09/2021 14:35:22 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

1287534

registered interest
date	19/02/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Beer: Small Businesses
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 number of jobs created by the brewing sector compared with the (a) wine and (b) spirits sectors.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	154836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes its yearly Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES) which provides annual employee and employment estimates for Great Britain and UK split by sectors. You can see the latest published data from November 2020 at: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/industry235digitsicbusinessregisterandemploymentsurveybrestable2" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/industry235digitsicbusinessregisterandemploymentsurveybrestable2</a>.</p><p> </p><p>It estimates that in 2019 in Great Britain there were 45,900 employees that were employed in the manufacturing of beverages. There were an estimated 16,600 employees that were employed in the manufacturing of beer. This compares to 1,300 in the manufacturing of wine, and 10,800 in distilling, rectifying and blending spirits.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 01/03/2021 12:18:24 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1284769

registered interest
date	08/02/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Beer: Small Businesses
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 introducing a scheme similar to the Scottish Government's Brewers Support Fund.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	150793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises that breweries have been acutely disrupted by recent necessary restrictions to hospitality businesses.</p><p> </p><p>In January the Chancellor announced that £594 million is being made available for Local Authorities and the Devolved Administrations to support businesses ineligible for grants for closed businesses, but who might be impacted by COVID-19 restrictions, such as the hospitality supply chain. This funding comes in addition to the £1.1 billion discretionary grant for Local Authorities previously announced. Local Authorities have discretion to determine how much funding to provide to businesses and have the flexibility to target local businesses that are important to their local economies.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also delivering support to the hospitality sector and its supply chain through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) which has been extended until April; Government backed finance through loan schemes, ‘Pay as You Grow’ long-term repayments options, a VAT cut, a VAT deferral for up to 12 months, a 12-month business rates holiday; and a moratorium on evictions to protect commercial tenants.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Small Brewer’s Relief (SBR) provides reduced rates of beer duty for small brewers producing less than 60,000 hectolitres. Following requests from brewers to look again at the scheme, the Treasury is currently in the process of reviewing SBR to ensure it further supports growth in the sector. A technical consultation launched on 7 January 2021, and can be accessed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/small-brewers-relief-sbr-technical-consultation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/small-brewers-relief-sbr-technical-consultation</a>.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 11/02/2021 17:40:47 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1275646

registered interest
date	12/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Beer: Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps he has taken to support small breweries during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	136614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises that breweries have been acutely disrupted by recent necessary restrictions to hospitality businesses.</p><p> </p><p>On the 5 January the Chancellor announced that £594 million is being made available for Local Authorities and the Devolved Administrations to support businesses ineligible for grants for closed businesses, but who might be impacted by COVID-19 restrictions. This funding comes in addition to the £1.1 billion discretionary grant for Local Authorities previously announced. Local Authorities have discretion to determine how much funding to provide to businesses and have the flexibility to target local businesses that are important to their local economies.</p><p> </p><p>Breweries have and will continue to benefit directly from Government support schemes, and indirectly from the support offered to the pubs and restaurants they supply, protecting jobs in the industry. The Government has acted to deliver support through:</p><p> </p><ul><li>The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), which has supported over 9 million jobs across the UK, including supporting jobs in sectors and their supply chains, that have been directly impacted by restrictions. The CJRS has been extended until the end of April 2021.</li><li>A VAT deferral ‘New Payment Scheme’ whereby businesses which deferred their VAT due between March and June until March 2021 will have the option of making 11 payments spread throughout the year rather than one lump sum.</li><li>Access to affordable, Government backed finance through the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS), the Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBLS) for larger firms and the Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBL) for small and micro enterprises, which have been extended until the end of March.</li><li>‘Pay as You Grow’ options for businesses who have taken out loans through BBLS or CBILS, providing businesses with a longer repayment period and allowing further flexibility on repayments.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 18/01/2021 14:49:01 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1257280

registered interest
date	01/12/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Beer: Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many small breweries there are at each of the following levels of production in hectolitres (a) 0-1000, (b) 1001-2000, (c) 2001-3000, (d) 3001-4000, (e) 4001-5000, (f) 5001-6000, (g) 6001-7000, (h) 7001-8000, (i) 8001-9000, (j) 9001-10,000 and (k) above 10,000.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
uin	123714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2020 answer text <p>Information on the levels of small brewery production is due to be published within the technical consultation on Small Brewers Relief later this year.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 09/12/2020 10:16:15 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1247076

registered interest
date	30/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Beer: Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what financial support is available for small brewers experiencing financial hardship as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
tabling member printed	Stuart Anderson
uin	109661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises that breweries have been acutely disrupted by recent necessary restrictions to the hospitality businesses they supply. That is why the Government has extended the unprecedented package of support measures, to protect businesses and jobs. This includes:</p><p> </p><ul><li>An extension to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme until 2 December</li><li>Cash grants of up to £3,000 per month to help businesses that are closed with their costs, including paying their supply chains</li><li>£1.1 billion of Discretionary Grant funding for local authorities to target support to the businesses that are most important to their local economy</li><li>Plans to extend existing loan schemes to the end of January and an option to top-up Bounce Back Loans</li><li>A 12-month business rates holiday for all eligible retail, leisure and hospitality businesses in England until the end of March, worth £10 billion in tax foregone.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Small breweries have and will continue to benefit directly from Government support schemes, and indirectly from the support offered to the pubs and restaurants they supply, protecting jobs in the industry. The Government is continuing to collect evidence on the impact of the pandemic on the sector and to work with businesses and representative groups to inform our efforts to support this sector.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 109526 question first answered 04/11/2020 13:59:46 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4742 label Biography information for Stuart Anderson

1244039

registered interest
date	15/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Beer: Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2020 to Question 100891, how many and what proportion of brewers produce (a) less than 2,100 hectolitres per year and (b) between 2,100 and 5,000 hectolitres per year.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	104033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2020 answer text <p>Further information about small breweries will be published with the technical consultation on Small Brewers Relief this Autumn.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 20/10/2020 16:18:24 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1242926

registered interest
date	13/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Beer: Small Businesses
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 provide additional financial support to small breweries during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	102950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government is supporting small breweries through its unprecedented coronavirus economic response. This includes the job support scheme, job retention bonus, VAT deferral and repayment scheme and the bounce back loans scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 21/10/2020 14:25:13 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1241779

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: Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many breweries produce less than (a) 2,100 hectolitres and (b) 5,000 hectolitres of beer in each local authority area each year.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	100891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>HMRC publishes annual statistics on Small Brewers Relief, this includes the total number of people claiming the relief and the cost of the relief. Information on the location of Brewers receiving the relief is not readily available. The latest publication of annual tax relief data for Small Brewers Relief can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 13/10/2020 09:06:27 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey