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1140330

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Redundancy Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many responses his Department received to its consultation on restricting exit payments in the public sector.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	278975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The consultation received over 580 responses. We are currently analysing these and will produce a government response in due course.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 23/07/2019 07:55:26 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

1140358

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Child Tax Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households with no one in work receive the (a) disabled child element and (b) the disabled child element but not the severely disabled child element in their child tax credit.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	279149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>As at December 2018 there were 176,000 out-of-work families receiving the disabled child element, of which 101,000 were not also receiving the severely disabled child element.</p><p> </p><p>There were 121,000 out-of-work single adult families receiving the disabled child element, of which 71,000 were not also receiving the severely disabled child element.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 279150 question first answered 23/07/2019 10:15:17 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1140361

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Child Tax Credit: Lone Parents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many single parents who are not in work receive (a) the disabled child element and (b) the disabled child element but not the severely disabled child element in their child tax credit.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	279150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>As at December 2018 there were 176,000 out-of-work families receiving the disabled child element, of which 101,000 were not also receiving the severely disabled child element.</p><p> </p><p>There were 121,000 out-of-work single adult families receiving the disabled child element, of which 71,000 were not also receiving the severely disabled child element.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 279149 question first answered 23/07/2019 10:15:17 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1139678

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Freeports
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 role of free ports in tackling global tax avoidance and evasion.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	278534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>Free Trade Zones and ports play a clear role in facilitating legitimate international trade, but where there is lax oversight or weak governance they are susceptible to abuse by transnational criminal networks. Under the joint leadership of HMRC and the US Department of Homeland Security, the OECD Countering Illicit Trade Taskforce has made significant progress in developing draft guidance on measures to enhance the transparency of Free Trade Zones, so as to promote clean and fair trade and to make them unattractive to people and organisations looking to conduct tax evasion and commit crime.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 22/07/2019 15:58:56 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1139730

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Incinerators: Taxation
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 (a) financial and (b) environmental merits of an incineration tax for household waste.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Sandy Martin
uin	278608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>A number of respondents to last year’s call for evidence on single use plastic waste suggested that an incineration tax could discourage incineration and promote more environmentally beneficial forms of waste management.</p><p>At Budget 2018, the Chancellor announced that he would not at this point be taking forward a tax on the incineration of waste. However, should wider policies not deliver the government’s waste ambitions, government will consider the introduction of such a tax, in conjunction with landfill tax, taking account of the possible impacts on local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 22/07/2019 15:22:16 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4678 label Biography information for Sandy Martin

1139731

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Raw Materials: Taxation
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 on revenue of a tax on virgin materials including on plastics.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Sandy Martin
uin	278609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>At Budget 2018, the government announced its intention to tackle the scourge of single-use plastic waste through the introduction of a new tax on plastic packaging which does not contain a sufficient amount of recycled content, taking effect from April 2022. This world-leading new tax will provide a clear economic incentive for businesses to use more recycled material in the production of packaging, instead of using virgin plastic. It will achieve similar objectives to a tax on virgin plastics, but in a more targeted and effective way.</p><p> </p><p>Earlier this year, the government launched a consultation seeking views on the initial proposed design for the tax. This closed in May and the government intends to publish a summary of responses in due course.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 22/07/2019 15:20:36 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4678 label Biography information for Sandy Martin

1139740

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Corporation Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to lower the corporation tax rate for small businesses.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	278356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>Since 2010 the Government has successively reduced the UK Corporation Tax rate to support businesses, both large and small. Now at 19%, the UK Corporation Tax rate is currently the lowest in the G20, and in April 2020 it will be lowered further from 19% to 17%.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 22/07/2019 16:00:13 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1139741

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business: Disclosure of Information
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 merits of scrapping quarterly reporting for businesses with a turnover of under £85,000.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	278357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>There have been no changes to the reporting requirements for businesses below the VAT threshold. Making Tax Digital (MTD) applies only to VAT registered businesses above the £85,000 VAT threshold.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has been clear that any move to extend MTD would happen only after it has assurance that the MTD for VAT service is working well, and will therefore not be mandating MTD for any new taxes or businesses in 2020.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 22/07/2019 15:48:20 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1139757

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Working Hours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much time off in lieu has been taken by staff in his Department in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	278377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not centrally available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. It is the responsibility of line managers to ensure employees are not working excessive hours.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury operates a flexible working hours scheme which allows staff to take time off in lieu at a later date if they work over agreed working hours, within agreed limits, and ensuring compliance with the Working Time Regulations 1998. Where it is not appropriate or possible to take time off in lieu of hours worked, staff may be paid for these additional hours at plain time rate, in line with our overtime policy.</p><p> </p><p>It is in the interests of the health, safety and wellbeing of our staff that work in excess of the normal hours of duty in a week should not be consistently required. We are keen to ensure that all staff enjoy a good work life balance and are currently upskilling our Senior Civil Service in managing staff wellbeing – as of December 2018 we had already achieved 78% attendance. It is with this in mind that we strongly recommend that time off in lieu be taken in the event of working excess hours. However, it is recognised that from time to time, this may be unavoidable.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 22/07/2019 15:24:34 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1139767

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business and Consumers: Payments
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 of two-factor payment authentication on (a) consumers and (b) businesses.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Chuka Umunna
uin	278491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The implementation of Strong Customer Authentication, which mandates two-factor authentication for some online payments, will introduce more secure payments for individuals and businesses.</p><p> </p><p>This was introduced by the second Payment Services Directive. HM Treasury published an impact assessment on the implementation of this EU directive in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>In an Opinion published on 21 June, the European Banking Authority acknowledged the complexity of payments markets and the practical challenges arising from the changes that are required by Strong Customer Authentication across the EU, which may lead to some actors in the payments chain not being ready by 14 September 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The FCA is therefore working closely with industry to develop a migration plan to implement Strong Customer Authentication in a timely and effective manner.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 22/07/2019 13:24:49 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna