Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1723797

registered interest
date	26/07/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	North Sea Oil: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department (a) has made and (b) plans to make of the potential impact of (i) increasing and (ii) extending the windfall tax on oil producers on businesses in the North East of Scotland; and what steps she plans to take to assist businesses affected by that tax.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
tabling member printed	Stephen Flynn
uin	1979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2024 answer text <p>The government is committed to maintaining a constructive dialogue with the oil and gas sector on the implementation of the changes to the Energy Profits Levy. We will continue to engage with the sector ahead of publishing further details of final policy and impacts at Budget.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Ealing North answering member printed James Murray question first answered 05/08/2024 14:10:47 answering member 4797 label Biography information for James Murray
tabling member	4735 label Biography information for Stephen Flynn

1723419

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Private Education: Business Rates and VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans she has to consult on ending the VAT exemption and business rates relief for private schools.
tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	1809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2024 answer text <p>As the Chancellor announced on 29 July, as of 1 January 2025, all education services and vocational training supplied by a private school in the UK for a charge will be subject to VAT at the standard rate of 20%. Boarding services closely related to such a supply will also be subject to VAT at 20%. Any fees paid from 29 July 2024 pertaining to the term starting in January 2025 onwards will be subject to VAT. Furthermore, where a school in England has charitable status, the government will legislate to remove their eligibility to business rates charitable rates relief. This is intended to take effect from April 2025, subject to parliamentary passage.</p><p> </p><p>This was a tough but necessary decision that will secure additional funding to help deliver the government’s commitments relating to education and young people, including opening 3,000 new nurseries, rolling out breakfast clubs to all primary schools, and recruiting 6,500 new teachers.</p><p> </p><p>The Government engages with a wide range of stakeholders with an interest in Government policy, including VAT, as part of the policy development and implementation process as a matter of course.</p><p> </p><p>A technical note setting out the details of these two tax policies has been published online here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vat-on-private-school-fees-removing-the-charitable-rates-relief-for-private-schools" target="_blank">VAT on Private School Fees &amp; Removing the Charitable Rates Relief for Private Schools - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Draft VAT legislation has also been published alongside this technical note. A technical consultation on the legislation and technical note will run from 29 July 2024 until 15 September 2024.</p> answering member constituency Ealing North answering member printed James Murray question first answered 30/07/2024 16:26:41 answering member 4797 label Biography information for James Murray
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1723437

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Private Education: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the price elasticity of demand for independent-sector education following a one-off increase in price of 20% (a) in the immediate term and (b) over time for (i) individual phases of education and (ii) on average across all phases.
tabling member constituency	East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Damian Hinds
uin	1649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2024 answer text <p>As the Chancellor announced on 29 July, as of 1 January 2025, all education services and vocational training supplied by a private school in the UK for a charge will be subject to VAT at the standard rate of 20%. Boarding services closely related to such a supply will also be subject to VAT at 20%. Any fees paid from 29 July 2024 pertaining to the term starting in January 2025 onwards will be subject to VAT. Furthermore, where a school in England has charitable status, the government will legislate to remove their eligibility to business rates charitable rates relief.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The government will confirm the introduction of these tax changes at Budget. A Tax Information and Impact Note will be published alongside the Finance Bill once the independent Office for Budget Responsibility have scrutinised and certified the impacts of the final policy.</p> answering member constituency Ealing North answering member printed James Murray grouped question UIN 1650 question first answered 02/08/2024 13:12:04 answering member 4797 label Biography information for James Murray
tabling member	3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds

1723438

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Private Education: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of imposing 20% VAT on school fees on exports.
tabling member constituency	East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Damian Hinds
uin	1650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2024 answer text <p>As the Chancellor announced on 29 July, as of 1 January 2025, all education services and vocational training supplied by a private school in the UK for a charge will be subject to VAT at the standard rate of 20%. Boarding services closely related to such a supply will also be subject to VAT at 20%. Any fees paid from 29 July 2024 pertaining to the term starting in January 2025 onwards will be subject to VAT. Furthermore, where a school in England has charitable status, the government will legislate to remove their eligibility to business rates charitable rates relief.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The government will confirm the introduction of these tax changes at Budget. A Tax Information and Impact Note will be published alongside the Finance Bill once the independent Office for Budget Responsibility have scrutinised and certified the impacts of the final policy.</p> answering member constituency Ealing North answering member printed James Murray grouped question UIN 1649 question first answered 02/08/2024 13:12:04 answering member 4797 label Biography information for James Murray
tabling member	3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds

1723439

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Private Education: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether independent English Language schools will be exempt from VAT.
tabling member constituency	East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Damian Hinds
uin	1651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2024 answer text <p>As the Chancellor announced on 29 July, as of 1 January 2025, all education services and vocational training supplied by a private school in the UK for a charge will be subject to VAT at the standard rate of 20%. Boarding services closely related to such a supply will also be subject to VAT at 20%. Any fees paid from 29 July 2024 pertaining to the term starting in January 2025 onwards will be subject to VAT. Furthermore, where a school in England has charitable status, the government will legislate to remove their eligibility to business rates charitable rates relief. This is intended to take effect from April 2025, subject to Parliamentary passage.</p><p> </p><p>The teaching of English as a foreign language will not be affected by these changes and will continue to be exempt from VAT.</p> answering member constituency Ealing North answering member printed James Murray question first answered 02/08/2024 13:48:37 answering member 4797 label Biography information for James Murray
tabling member	3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds

1723481

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Timesharing: Misrepresentation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has had recent discussions with the Financial Ombudsman Service on resolving complaints of mis-sold timeshares in a timely manner.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Sarah Owen
uin	1808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2024 answer text <p>The selling of timeshares is outside of Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) regulation and therefore outside of the remit of the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS), which can only consider complaints about FCA regulated activities. Where consumers have purchased a timeshare using a product regulated by the FCA, such as consumer credit, they may have recourse to the FOS if that product was mis-sold.</p><p>When complaints are made to the FOS, these should be dealt with in a timely manner. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Handbook, which sets out the rules on how the FOS should handle complaints, states that ‘the ombudsman will attempt to resolve complaints at the earliest possible stage’.  In its Plans and Budget 2024-25, the FOS has set itself the target of resolving 90 per cent of cases within 6 months and the government will continue to hold the FOS to account on this through its regular engagement with the FOS.</p> answering member constituency Hampstead and Highgate answering member printed Tulip Siddiq question first answered 30/07/2024 16:20:42 answering member 4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq
tabling member	4777 label Biography information for Sarah Owen

1723490

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the tax gap was in the (a) 2005-06 financial year and (b) latest financial year for which data is available; what steps her Department is taking to close the tax gap; and whether she has set a target for closing the tax gap.
tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	1811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2024 answer text <p>The tax gap is the difference between the amount of tax that should, in theory, be paid to HMRC, and the amount that is actually paid. In 2005-06 the tax gap was estimated to be 7.4% (£32.4bn). The latest estimates, published in June 2024, show the tax gap at 4.8% (£39.8bn) in 2022-23.</p><p>The government is committed to tackling the tax gap, through increasing HMRC's compliance staff, investing in HMRC’s technology infrastructure, and making policy changes to tackle tax non-compliance. The government will set out further details at the budget.</p> answering member constituency Ealing North answering member printed James Murray question first answered 30/07/2024 16:28:24 answering member 4797 label Biography information for James Murray
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1723491

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pay: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average take home pay was of someone aged 23 working full-time on the minimum wage in (a) cash terms and (b) adjusted for inflation in the financial year (i) 2000-01, (ii) 2009-10 and (iii) 2023-24.
tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	1812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2024 answer text <p>The statistics requested can be calculated for a typical worker on the minimum wage using the following data sources: average hours from ONS dataset HOUR01; inflation from ONS CPI series D7BT; historic Income Tax liabilities from HMRC, “Income Tax Personal Allowances and Reliefs”; historic National Insurance liabilities from HMRC, “Main Features of National Insurance Contributions”.</p> answering member constituency Hampstead and Highgate answering member printed Tulip Siddiq question first answered 30/07/2024 16:22:51 answering member 4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1723493

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total Government underspend is for this financial year; and what the underspend is for each Department.
tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	1813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2024 answer text <p>As the Chancellor set out in her statement on July 29, there is a forecast Resource DEL overspend of £21.9 billion against the plans set out for departments at Spring Budget 2024. This already factors in the Treasury’s assessment of a £7.1bn fallaway over the course of the year, as set out in Table 1 of Fixing the foundations: public spending audit 2024-25.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bristol North West answering member printed Darren Jones question first answered 30/07/2024 17:23:55 answering member 4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1723577

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Development Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when she plans to spend 0.7% of Gross National Income on Official Development Assistance.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	1702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2024 answer text <p>This Government is committed to restoring ODA spending at the level of 0.7 per cent of GNI as soon as fiscal circumstances allow. The Government will set out its approach to the House in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bristol North West answering member printed Darren Jones question first answered 02/08/2024 08:07:44 answering member 4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell