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1149204

registered interest
date	15/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Entrepreneurs' Relief
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the objectives of the Entrepreneur Relief scheme are; and what assessment his Department has made as to whether those objectives are being met.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2019 answer text <p>The objective of Entrepreneurs’ Relief (ER) is to promote enterprise by offering a reduced rate of tax to individuals who have contributed to the creation and growth of a business.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to monitor the effectiveness of ER. HMRC’s most recent evaluation was published in December 2017, and is available <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-gains-tax-entrepreneurs-relief-behaviours-and-motivations" target="_blank">here</a>. The Government has no current plans to abolish ER, but keeps all taxes and reliefs under review.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 538 539 question first answered 23/10/2019 15:00:53 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1149205

registered interest
date	15/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Entrepreneurs' Relief
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 (a) effect and (b) cost effectiveness of the Entrepreneur Relief scheme on incentivising investment in business.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2019 answer text <p>The objective of Entrepreneurs’ Relief (ER) is to promote enterprise by offering a reduced rate of tax to individuals who have contributed to the creation and growth of a business.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to monitor the effectiveness of ER. HMRC’s most recent evaluation was published in December 2017, and is available <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-gains-tax-entrepreneurs-relief-behaviours-and-motivations" target="_blank">here</a>. The Government has no current plans to abolish ER, but keeps all taxes and reliefs under review.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 537 539 question first answered 23/10/2019 15:00:53 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1149206

registered interest
date	15/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Entrepreneurs' Relief
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 the Association of Accounting Technicians' proposal for the Government to abolish Entrepreneurs Relief and invest the £3 billion saving in initiatives or reliefs that encourage business start-ups or scale-up activity.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2019 answer text <p>The objective of Entrepreneurs’ Relief (ER) is to promote enterprise by offering a reduced rate of tax to individuals who have contributed to the creation and growth of a business.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to monitor the effectiveness of ER. HMRC’s most recent evaluation was published in December 2017, and is available <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-gains-tax-entrepreneurs-relief-behaviours-and-motivations" target="_blank">here</a>. The Government has no current plans to abolish ER, but keeps all taxes and reliefs under review.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 537 538 question first answered 23/10/2019 15:00:53 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1149212

registered interest
date	15/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with tobacco manufacturers on preventing the smuggling of their product into the UK.
tabling member constituency	Dover
tabling member printed	Charlie Elphicke
uin	540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>In 2006, Parliament introduced stringent rules requiring all UK tobacco manufacturers to control their supply chains. These rules required them to take steps to avoid supplying cigarettes and hand rolling tobacco to persons who are likely to smuggle them into the UK or resupply them to other persons who are likely to do the same.</p><p> </p><p>Tobacco manufacturers can face penalties of up to £5m for failing to comply with the rules.</p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) robustly challenge tobacco manufacturers’ supply chain policies and procedures to ensure their continued compliance with the rules. This has involved ongoing contact and regular meetings between HMRC’s Large Business Team and manufacturers since the legislation was introduced.</p><p> </p><p>One aspect of this ongoing contact is the requirement that manufacturers inspect seizures of over 100,000 cigarettes or 50kg of hand rolling tobacco and provide a summary of how those goods, if confirmed genuine, got in to the hands of smugglers. Large Business review and challenge these summaries to ensure manufacturers have taken appropriate action, in line with their own published supply chain policies.</p><p> </p><p>Due to taxpayer confidentiality it is not possible to provide comment on the progress of HMRC’s discussions with individual businesses about their supply chain controls.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke grouped question UIN 229 233 266 541 question first answered 22/10/2019 11:08:27 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

1149213

registered interest
date	15/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tobacco
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with tobacco manufacturers on the control of their supply chain.
tabling member constituency	Dover
tabling member printed	Charlie Elphicke
uin	541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>In 2006, Parliament introduced stringent rules requiring all UK tobacco manufacturers to control their supply chains. These rules required them to take steps to avoid supplying cigarettes and hand rolling tobacco to persons who are likely to smuggle them into the UK or resupply them to other persons who are likely to do the same.</p><p> </p><p>Tobacco manufacturers can face penalties of up to £5m for failing to comply with the rules.</p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) robustly challenge tobacco manufacturers’ supply chain policies and procedures to ensure their continued compliance with the rules. This has involved ongoing contact and regular meetings between HMRC’s Large Business Team and manufacturers since the legislation was introduced.</p><p> </p><p>One aspect of this ongoing contact is the requirement that manufacturers inspect seizures of over 100,000 cigarettes or 50kg of hand rolling tobacco and provide a summary of how those goods, if confirmed genuine, got in to the hands of smugglers. Large Business review and challenge these summaries to ensure manufacturers have taken appropriate action, in line with their own published supply chain policies.</p><p> </p><p>Due to taxpayer confidentiality it is not possible to provide comment on the progress of HMRC’s discussions with individual businesses about their supply chain controls.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke grouped question UIN 229 233 266 540 question first answered 22/10/2019 11:08:27 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

1149264

registered interest
date	15/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Works Loan Board
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the recent increase to the Public Works Loan Board interest rate will apply to existing loans payable by local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The increase to the interest rate for Public Works Loan Board borrowing applies to new loans only. Loans taken out prior to the change are not affected.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 21/10/2019 14:26:22 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1149265

registered interest
date	15/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Works Loan Board: Wales
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 that increasing the Public Works Loan Board interest rate to 2.8 per cent will have on the (a) number and (b) value of loan applications submitted by local authorities in Wales for capital projects.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The Treasury has increased the offered rate for new Public Works Loan Board loans by one percentage point. The cost of these loans varies with the cost of gilts.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury assessed the potential impact on local government capital plans. This increase returned Public Works Loan Board rates to levels that were available in 2018.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 21/10/2019 14:24:29 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1149266

registered interest
date	15/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Works Loan Board: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many loan applications submitted by Welsh local authorities to the Public Works Loan Board (PWLB) are still viable following the increase to the PWLB interest rate.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The increase to the interest rate for Public Works Loan Board borrowing applies to new loans only. Loans taken out prior to the change are not affected.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 21/10/2019 14:22:56 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1149268

registered interest
date	15/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pensions: Misrepresentation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to (a) prevent pension phone scams and (b) bring people who undertake pension phone scams to justice.
tabling member constituency	Warrington South
tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
uin	683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to protecting people from pension scams, and pursuing those who perpetrate pension scams wherever possible. That is why the government established Project Bloom, a joint taskforce between government, regulators and law enforcement to share intelligence, raise awareness of scams through communications campaigns, and take enforcement action when appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>Regulations to ban pensions cold calling came into force in early January 2019, using the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PECR) as a legal framework. Firms who break the rules could face penalties of up to half a million pounds. As well as deterring cold callers by making their activities illegal, the cold calling ban makes it clear to the public that any pensions cold call they receive is illegal and likely to be a scam call.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also recently amended PECR to allow fines on individual directors who consent to or connive in or neglect to prevent serious contraventions of PECR by their organisation(s). The new measure came into force in December 2018. This measure gives the Information Commissioner the power to impose civil monetary penalties of up to £500,000 on those in positions of responsibility in all forms of corporate entities.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government has recently provided the National Trading Standards Scams team up to £640,000 for the roll out of call blocking devices, free of charge, to vulnerable people, including old aged pensioners. The National Trading Standards launched this project on 15 October of this year.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 21/10/2019 14:52:01 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid

1149386

registered interest
date	15/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the representatives of large companies on their ability to assess the employment status of their workers for the purpose of IR35 rules; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The off-payroll working rules (sometimes known as IR35) have been in place since 2000. They are designed to ensure that individuals working like employees pay broadly the same amount of tax and National Insurance Contributions, regardless of the structure they work through. They do not affect the self-employed.</p><p> </p><p>Budget 2018 announced that reforms introduced in 2017 for the public sector would be extended to all sectors, from 6 April 2020, giving businesses time to prepare.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has worked closely with external stakeholders, including contractor representatives, businesses and parliamentary colleagues to ensure that customers are ready for these changes, providing targeted support for customers to help them implement these changes. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will continue working with stakeholders to enhance the Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) digital service. Customers can use the CEST service to help make decisions on the employment status of their workers for tax purposes.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, HMRC have set up dedicated teams to provide education and guidance to all businesses affected by the reforms. This support will include one-to-one support for 2,000 of the UK’s biggest employers and direct communications to around 15,000 medium-sized businesses.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC have produced guidance for large and medium-sized customers, which can be found on GOV.UK;</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/april-2020-changes-to-off-payroll-working-for-clients" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/april-2020-changes-to-off-payroll-working-for-clients</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/10/2019 15:14:00 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson