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date	16/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to undertake a review of business rates and their effect on the sustainability of the retail sector.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Liz Twist
uin	277816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government concluded the last fundamental review of business rates in 2016. Respondents to the review agreed that property based taxes are easy to collect, difficult to avoid, relatively stable compared to other taxes, and that they have a clear link with local authority spending.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has taken repeated action to reduce the burden of business rates for all ratepayers including retailers. Our Plan for the High Street announced at Budget 2018 provides £1 billion of upfront support through a new retail discount, cutting retailers’ business rates bills by a third for two years from 1 April 2019 subject to eligibility.</p><p> </p><p>Reforms and reliefs announced since Budget 2016 are reducing business rates by more than £13 billion over the next five years. This includes switching from RPI to CPI indexation, increasing the threshold for the standard multiplier to £51,000, and doubling the threshold for Small Business Rate Relief, meaning 675,000 of the smallest businesses pay no business rates at all.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 277817 question first answered 23/07/2019 12:46:27 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4618 label Biography information for Liz Twist

1139358

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date	16/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Employment: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2019 to Question 268953 on Employment: Taxation, which elements of the Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) online guidance tool were tested; how were they tested; and who tested them.
tabling member constituency	Reigate
tabling member printed	Crispin Blunt
uin	277599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>All elements of the Check Employment Status for Tax service (CEST) were thoroughly tested.</p><p> </p><p>In a series of workshops, officials and external experts, including lawyers, tax and IT professionals, developed the set of rules that underpin the tool. The workshop participants agreed the key relevant facts and points of law and then tested the rules that went into the tool to ensure it gave the correct answer. Those rules were then tested against live and settled cases.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/07/2019 15:50:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	104 label Biography information for Crispin Blunt

1139406

registered interest
date	16/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: 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 merits of amending vehicle excise duty so that the duty applicable is based on the emissions recorded at MOT tests.
tabling member constituency	Fareham
tabling member printed	Suella Braverman
uin	277783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>MOT emissions tests are mainly used to check for dangerous levels of air quality pollutants, such as carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons.</p><p> </p><p>To help meet our legally binding climate change targets, Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) is based on carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) emissions which is not tested during MOTs.</p><p> </p><p>A vehicle’s CO<sub>2</sub> emissions are tested under laboratory conditions at the point of manufacture. This provides an accurate figure which determines the rate of VED paid, allows comparisons to be made between models and encourages motorists to choose low CO<sub>2</sub> emitting options.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 23/07/2019 07:55:12 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4475 label Biography information for Suella Braverman