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1256190

registered interest
date	27/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Levelling Up Fund
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 length of time the bidding process will take from the time of application to the allocation of funding through the Levelling Up Fund.
tabling member constituency	Blackburn
tabling member printed	Kate Hollern
uin	121851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2020 answer text The Levelling Up Fund will be open to all local areas in England and allocated competitively. This will be a fast, streamlined process to directly fund local priorities. The Spending Review makes available up to £600 million in 2021-22. We will publish a prospectus for the fund and launch the first round of competitions in the New Year. Further funding will be spread over subsequent years up to 2024-25. answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 02/12/2020 16:03:06 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4363 label Biography information for Kate Hollern

1256196

registered interest
date	27/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Prostitution: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department has taken since the start of the covid-19 outbreak in March 2020 to financially support sex workers.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	121896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2020 answer text <p>The Government has put in place financial support for as many workers as possible during this period. This includes the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) which supports self-employed individuals whose businesses have been adversely affected by COVID-19, subject to certain criteria.</p><p> </p><p>Those without access to the SEISS may be eligible for other support, including a substantial increase to the welfare safety net, help with utility bills, and support for renters.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/12/2020 15:17:31 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1256222

registered interest
date	27/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Test and Trace Support Payment
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 his Department on the potential merits of expanding the eligibility of the Test and Trace Support Payment of £500 for people required to self-isolate during the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	121912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2020 answer text <p>Treasury ministers and officials have frequent meetings with their counterparts at the Department for Health and Social Care on a range of matters including the Test and Trace Support Payment. The Government is exploring plans to expand the payment to include those who are advised by the app to self-isolate because of close contact with somebody who has tested positive, and will set out further details in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/12/2020 15:25:33 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1256225

registered interest
date	27/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	West Midlands Combined Authority: Borrowing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the borrowing capacity of the West Midlands Combined Authority is and what portion of this capacity has been used.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	121800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2020 answer text <p>HM Treasury agreed debt caps with several Mayoral Combined Authorities in 2018. These caps place a limit on long-term external debt in each financial year, and for the West Midlands this cap is:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WMCA long-term external debt</p></td><td><p>546,744,807</p></td><td><p>783,049,523</p></td><td><p>1,041,974,844</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Figures published by the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government detail outstanding debt on a quarterly basis for each local authority and combined authority. This is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-local-government-finance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-local-government-finance</a></p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 07/12/2020 16:25:19 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1256227

registered interest
date	27/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money has been allocated through the (a) Small Business Grant Fund, (b) Retail Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund and (c) Local Authority Discretionary Grant Fund by region.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	121802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2020 answer text <p>Separate data is not held for the Small Business Grant Fund and the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund. The data for these schemes have been grouped together.</p><p>• East Midlands: local authorities distributed over £911 million from the Small Business Grant Fund (SBGF) and the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund (RHLGF). They also allocated over £47 million to businesses from the Local Authority Discretionary Grant Fund (LADGF). <br>• East of England: local authorities distributed over £1.1 billion from the SBGF and RHLGF. They also allocated over £59 million from the LADGF</p><p>• London: local authorities distributed over £1.6 billion from the SBGF and RHLGF. They also allocated over £79 million from the LADGF</p><p>• North East: local authorities distributed over £512 million from the SBGF and RHLGF. They also allocated over £25 million from the LADGF</p><p>• North West: local authorities distributed over £1.5 billion from the SBGF and RHLGF. They also allocated over £77 million from the LADGDF</p><p>• South East: local authorities distributed over £1.6 billion from the SBGF and RHLGF. They also allocated over £82 million from the LADGF</p><p>• South West: local authorities distributed over £1.3 billion from the SBGF and RHLGF. They also allocated over £73 million from the LADGF</p><p>• West Midlands: local authorities distributed over £1.1 billion from the SBGF and RHLGF. They also allocated over £56 million from the LADGF</p><p>• Yorkshire and the Humber: local authorities distributed over £1.2 billion from the SBGF and RHLGF. They also allocated over £60 million from the LADGF.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 07/12/2020 14:58:29 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1256229

registered interest
date	27/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit: Overpayments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) Working Tax Credit and (b) Child Tax Credit claims in (i) total and (ii) as a percentage of total claims in each of have incurred an overpayment in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	121793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2020 answer text <p>The table below summarises the number of personal tax credits overpayments as a percentage of all personal tax credit claims for the most recent 5 years for which data is available. HMRC are unable to break down the figures to Working Tax Credit or Child Tax Credit because a case may involve both.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Estimated number of Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit claims and overpaid claims between 2013/14 to 2017/18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Estimated number of Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit claims (000s)</strong></p></td><td><p>5,564</p></td><td><p>5,406</p></td><td><p>5,271</p></td><td><p>4,988</p></td><td><p>4,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total number of overpaid Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit claims (000s)</strong></p></td><td><p>1,685</p></td><td><p>1,535</p></td><td><p>1,396</p></td><td><p>1,572</p></td><td><p>1,445</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Overpaid Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit awards as a % of all Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit awards</em></p></td><td><p>30%</p></td><td><p>28%</p></td><td><p>26%</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td><td><p>31%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: These figures have been taken from HMRC’s annually published Child and Working Tax Credits statistics: finalised annual awards, supplement on payments for 2013/14 – 2017/18, which can be found here:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-tax-credits-statistics</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 07/12/2020 15:29:18 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1256230

registered interest
date	27/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit: Overpayments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claims of (a) Working Tax Credit and (b) Child Tax Credit have received a sanction or other financial penalty after incurring an overpayment in (i) total and (ii) as a percentage of total claims in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	121794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2020 answer text <p><strong>HMRC do not impose sanctions but do charge penalties. HMRC are unable to break down the figures to Working Tax Credit or Child Tax Credit, as a case may involve both.</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Penalties</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Live C</strong><strong>laims</strong></p><p><strong>(millions)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14,335</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4.7</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0.30%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>16,266</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4.4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0.37%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13,135</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3.7</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0.36%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11,524</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3.8</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0.30%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11,793</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3.1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0.38%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 07/12/2020 15:06:43 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1256231

registered interest
date	27/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Overpayments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department has taken to prevent tax credit claimants incurring overpayments in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	121795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2020 answer text <p>HMRC have built on existing measures to address the risk of tax credits claimants incurring overpayments. This activity incorporates improvements to education and guidance, including to identify and address error and fraud at an earlier stage.</p><p>HMRC have delivered an ambitious training programme in 2019-20 to equip frontline staff with a wider range of tools and skills to help claimants maintain their correct entitlements. This includes continuing development of prompts to support conversations with claimants to keep their awards on the right footing.</p><p>HMRC have extended the range of their education and reminder campaigns to promote the correct reporting of the various factors that affect a claimant’s entitlement: for example, targeted letters to increase understanding of the criteria for single or joint claims or how to declare self-assessed income.</p><p>HMRC have also put measures in place to respond to the impacts of COVID-19 on claimants’ lives. In recognition that many claimants are not able to work their normal hours (including because they have been furloughed) the Government has legislated to suspend the eligibility criteria on “hours worked” in Working Tax Credit for claimants temporarily affected by the pandemic. This eliminates a potential source of overpayments.</p><p>For overpayments resulting from error and fraud, in five of the last six years for which results are available, HMRC have met the target set by ministers to restrict outturn levels to below five per cent of total expenditure. This includes 4.9% in 2018-19, the latest year for which HMRC have published Official Statistics; details of these can be found at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/920091/child_and_working_tax_credits_EF_2018-19_first_release.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/920091/child_and_working_tax_credits_EF_2018-19_first_release.pdf</a></p><p>HMRC continue to develop options to challenge losses from error and fraud, including working with their counterparts across Government and the wider public sector.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 07/12/2020 15:14:58 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1256232

registered interest
date	27/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Houses: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what financial support he plans to provide to public houses that (a) do not provide a food service and (b) are in the very high tier of covid-19 restrictions.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	121798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2020 answer text <p>The Government understands that this is a very challenging time for the UK’s hospitality and leisure sectors, and it recognises that the hospitality and leisure sectors have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic.</p><p>The Government is continuing to collect evidence on the impact of the pandemic on the hospitality industry and work with businesses and representative groups to ensure that support provided is right for this industry and the economy as a whole.</p><p>The Government has acted to deliver support to these sectors by extending the CJRS until March and provided cash grants of up to £3,000 per month to help businesses that are closed with their costs. The Government has also announced an additional £1,000 Christmas grant for ‘wet-led pubs’ in tiers 2 and 3 who will miss out on business during the busy Christmas period.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government has provided £1.1 billion of Discretionary Grant funding for local authorities to target support to the businesses that are most important to their local economy. Closed businesses are also still able to access wider support, including:</p><p>o Affordable, Government-backed finance through loan schemes extended until the end of January 2021 and ‘Pay as You Grow’ options for businesses which have taken out loans, to make repayments over the long term;</p><p>o A VAT deferral for up to 12 months;</p><p>o A 12-month business rates holiday;</p><p>o A moratorium on evictions to protect commercial tenants;</p><p>o Targeted support through the temporarily reduced rate of VAT (5%)</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 121799 question first answered 07/12/2020 15:26:18 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1256233

registered interest
date	27/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to section 2.7 of the Spending Review 2020, how many public sector employees will be affected by the pause in pay awards in 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	121803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2020 answer text <p>The government expects there will be around 1.3m public sector employees in direct scope of the temporary pause in pay uplifts. This is the sum of the workforces for which central government is responsible for setting pay.</p><p>Within this number, those earning less than £24,000 on a full-time equivalent basis will still receive a pay rise, of at least £250.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 07/12/2020 16:27:20 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne