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1400717

registered interest
date	07/01/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it remains his policy to increase the rate of National Insurance in April 2022.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	99379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>The Government announced the Health and Social Care Levy on 7 September 2021 and passed the legislation on 20 October 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The Levy will allow the Government to implement necessary adult social care reform, tackle the elective backlog in the NHS as it recovers from Coronavirus, develop our pandemic response and preparedness, and ensure the NHS has the resources it needs throughout this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to responsible management of the public finances and it is important that this spending is fully funded, particularly in the context of record borrowing and debt to fund the economic response to COVID-19.</p><p> </p><p>A levy charged on the National Insurance Contributions base is the fairest way to raise the funds needed to support health and social care. It ensures the lowest earners are protected from increases as National Insurance has a threshold to protect the lowest paid. The highest earning 15 per cent will pay over half the revenue raised from the Levy and 6.1 million people earning less than the Primary Threshold (£9,880 in the year 2022-23), will not pay the Levy. In addition, using National Insurance as the basis ensures businesses will also pay the Levy. Businesses benefit from having a healthy workforce, so it is only fair that they contribute.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 17/01/2022 11:22:38 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1400718

registered interest
date	07/01/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions: Newport West
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 effect of the proposed increase in the rate of National Insurance on living standards in Newport West constituency.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	99380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>The Government has made several assessments of the overall impact of the introduction of the Health and Social Care Levy, which were published alongside the announcement. These include the distributional analysis of the impact of the combined tax and spending announcements, a technical annex in the Government’s plan for health and social care, and a Tax Information and Impact Note.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for Budget Responsibility set out their assessment of the economic effects of the Levy, including the impact on labour supply and wages, in their latest Economic and Fiscal Outlook. This can be found here: <a href="https://obr.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-october-2021/" target="_blank">https://obr.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-october-2021/</a></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 99382 question first answered 17/01/2022 11:30:27 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1400720

registered interest
date	07/01/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions: Newport West
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 effect of the proposed increase in the rate of National Insurance on the level of unemployment in Newport West constituency.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	99382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>The Government has made several assessments of the overall impact of the introduction of the Health and Social Care Levy, which were published alongside the announcement. These include the distributional analysis of the impact of the combined tax and spending announcements, a technical annex in the Government’s plan for health and social care, and a Tax Information and Impact Note.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for Budget Responsibility set out their assessment of the economic effects of the Levy, including the impact on labour supply and wages, in their latest Economic and Fiscal Outlook. This can be found here: <a href="https://obr.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-october-2021/" target="_blank">https://obr.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-october-2021/</a></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 99380 question first answered 17/01/2022 11:30:27 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1400722

registered interest
date	07/01/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Food: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what forecast he has made of trends in food prices in the UK for 2022.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	99384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>The government is taking targeted action worth more than £4.2 billion a year over the next 5 years to help families with the cost of living. This includes the £500 million Household Support Fund (October 2021 to March 2022) to help vulnerable households with costs for essentials over the winter. The fund is ringfenced so that at least 50 per cent of it will be spent on households with children and should primarily be used to support households in the most need with food, energy, and water bills.</p><p>The government continues to maintain a zero-rate of VAT on many food and drink products, including fresh fruit, vegetables, cereals, meat, bread, milk, tea and coffee.</p><p> </p><p>The government monitors consumer food prices using the ONS Consumer Price Index published statistics.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 99388 question first answered 17/01/2022 10:12:24 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1400725

registered interest
date	07/01/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Fuels: Newport West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he plans to take to reduce the cost of fuel in Newport West constituency.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	99387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>Recognising that fuel is a major cost for households and businesses, the government announced at the Autumn Budget 2021 that fuel duty rates would remain frozen on a UK-wide basis in 2022-23. Twelve consecutive years of the fuel duty freeze will save the average UK car driver around £15 in fuel duty per tank of fuel, compared to what would have been paid under the pre-2010 escalator.</p><p> </p><p>The Government does not set pump prices or wider oil prices.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 17/01/2022 10:31:38 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1400726

registered interest
date	07/01/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Food: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he plans to take to reduce the cost of food.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	99388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>The government is taking targeted action worth more than £4.2 billion a year over the next 5 years to help families with the cost of living. This includes the £500 million Household Support Fund (October 2021 to March 2022) to help vulnerable households with costs for essentials over the winter. The fund is ringfenced so that at least 50 per cent of it will be spent on households with children and should primarily be used to support households in the most need with food, energy, and water bills.</p><p>The government continues to maintain a zero-rate of VAT on many food and drink products, including fresh fruit, vegetables, cereals, meat, bread, milk, tea and coffee.</p><p> </p><p>The government monitors consumer food prices using the ONS Consumer Price Index published statistics.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 99384 question first answered 17/01/2022 10:12:24 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1400745

registered interest
date	07/01/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish further guidance for local authorities on distributing the £1 billion of support to help businesses that have been most impacted by the omicron variant, as announced by the Government on 21 December 2021.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	99394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>Guidance for the Omicron Hospitality and Leisure Grants and revised guidance for the Additional Restrictions Grant scheme were published on 30 December 2021, and can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-restrictions-support-grants-lrsg-and-additional-restrictions-grant-arg-guidance-for-local-authorities" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-restrictions-support-grants-lrsg-and-additional-restrictions-grant-arg-guidance-for-local-authorities</a></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 17/01/2022 11:27:57 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1400782

registered interest
date	07/01/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Personal Care Services: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason businesses in the personal care industry are not included as recipients of financial support grants for businesses affected by the omicron variant; and what steps his Department is taking to support that industry.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	99374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>As a result of the Omicron variant, hospitality and leisure businesses saw significant numbers of cancellations and reduced footfall throughout their peak trading period around Christmas. The aim of the Omicron Hospitality and Leisure Grant is to support businesses offering in-person services, where social mixing is the primary motivation for their customers.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Government also recognises that other businesses, including in the personal care industry, may also have been impacted by the Omicron variant. That is why we have provided an extra £102 million of discretionary funding through the Additional Restrictions Grant, on top of the £250 million that local authorities have left from previous allocations.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 17/01/2022 11:26:51 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1400784

registered interest
date	07/01/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Trader Support Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total cost has been of the Trader Support Service to date.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
uin	99412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>The total spend on the Trader Support Service since its commencement to December 2021 is £213 million.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 17/01/2022 11:29:01 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1400794

registered interest
date	07/01/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Income Tax: Tax Rates and Bands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the number of higher rate tax payers in each constituency in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	99396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2022 answer text <p>Estimates of the number of individuals paying the higher rate of Income Tax, including additional rate taxpayers, by parliamentary constituency for the tax years 2016-17 to 2018-19, which are the latest available, are provided in the attached Excel table.</p><p> </p><p>Please note that an Income Tax payer’s country and region are determined by residential postcode. Projections of Income Tax payer numbers by country and region beyond the year 2018-19 outturn are based on economic outturn data and forecast assumptions applying to the UK as a whole. As such, the latest data set available to provide the requested information is based on the 2018-19 tax year.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, we have provided the requested figures for the last three tax years only to maintain cost limits. Please refer to the footnotes in the attached document for other points to note.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 12/01/2022 15:20:26 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name PQN21-22_00333 draft response (1).xlsx title Excel document containing data
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper