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1716390

registered interest
date	08/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business: Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2023 to Question 1823 on Business: Insolvency, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle the trend in the number of companies declaring insolvency in that period.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	25177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government was pleased to see that the latest statistics reported by the Insolvency Service showed the number of corporate insolvencies in March 2024 had fallen by 28% compared to March 2023.</p><p>The Government continues to help businesses, including through a swathe of policy measures in the Autumn explicitly aimed at ‘Backing British business’. Recent and current policies supporting businesses include:</p><p>• Energy Bills Discount Scheme that provided discounts on high energy bills to eligible businesses and other non-domestic energy users from April 2023 to April 2024.</p><p>• Continued frozen small business rates multiplier and business rates relief for the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure sector, the latter policy supporting around 230,000 properties up to £110,000 per business.</p><p>• Payment and cashflow review outlining measures to combat late payments that can jeopardise stable cashflows.</p><p>The Government will continue to monitor the UK corporate sector, using official data and engaging with firms and business groups to inform policy decisions.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 13/05/2024 12:46:45 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1716549

registered interest
date	08/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pensioners: Income Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of freezing of income tax thresholds on pensioners.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Dame Angela Eagle
uin	25174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that older people are able to live with the dignity and respect they deserve. The Personal Allowance has nearly doubled since 2010 and is currently set at a level high enough to ensure that those pensioners whose sole income is the full rate of the new State Pension or basic State Pension do not pay any income tax.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 13/05/2024 12:45:09 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1715754

registered interest
date	03/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking with HMRC to help ensure taxpayers receive (a) prompt and (b) accurate responses to queries.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
uin	24829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2024 answer text <p>HMRC strives to answer all queries promptly and accurately. HMRC is also encouraging more customers to use its online services which are accessible 24/7 and regularly score satisfaction scores of over 80%.</p><p> </p><p>The details requested by the Hon. Member are published monthly by HMRC at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-monthly-performance-report-february-2024" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-monthly-performance-report-february-2024</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 09/05/2024 15:51:23 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith

1715758

registered interest
date	03/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his planned timetable is to amend the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 to differentiate between (a) domestic and (b) foreign politically exposed persons.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	24739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government has already amended the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 to distinguish between domestic and non-domestic politically exposed persons (PEPs).</p><p> </p><p>The amendment came into force on 10 January 2024 and makes clear that regulated firms must apply a lower level of enhanced due diligence to domestic PEPs and family members or close associates of domestic PEPs, compared to non-domestic PEPs, unless other risk factors are present.</p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 09/05/2024 15:27:24 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1715845

registered interest
date	03/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Child Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average waiting time was for processing a new application for Child Benefit in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	24831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2024 answer text <p>In May 2023 HMRC launched a new digital service for child benefit claims.</p><p> </p><p>The details requested by the Hon. Member are published by HMRC at: <a href="https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/42980/documents/213810/default/" target="_blank">https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/42980/documents/213810/default/</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 09/05/2024 15:49:42 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1715543

registered interest
date	02/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	British Steel: Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to help ensure that members of the British Steel Pension Scheme receive equal compensation.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Holly Mumby-Croft
uin	24729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2024 answer text <p>The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is responsible for the regulation of the financial advice market and has looked closely at the advice provided to British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS) members who transferred from the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Following this, the FCA has put in place a consumer redress scheme to ensure that the advice given to former BSPS members from the relevant period is reviewed and that redress is paid to those who lost out financially as a result of the poor advice they received.</p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 09/05/2024 11:56:59 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
tabling member	4867 label Biography information for Holly Mumby-Croft

1715583

registered interest
date	02/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Gambling: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish the consultation on proposals to bring remote gambling into a single tax announced in the Autumn Budget 2023.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	24679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>The consultation will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 08/05/2024 10:33:40 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

1715590

registered interest
date	02/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cash Dispensing
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 impact of trends in the number of ATM closures on (a) access to and (b) the depositing of cash.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Duncan Baker
uin	24719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2024 answer text <p>Currently, LINK (the scheme that runs the UK's largest ATM network) has commitments to protect the broad geographic spread of free-to-use ATMs and is held to account against these commitments by the Payment Systems Regulator. LINK has committed to protect free-to-use ATMs more than one kilometre away from the next nearest free ATM or Post Office, and free access to cash on high streets (where there is a cluster of five or more retailers) that do not have a free-to-use ATM or a Post Office counter within one kilometre.</p><p> </p><p>LINK publishes monthly statistics on its ATM network on its website <a href="https://www.link.co.uk/initiatives/financial-inclusion-monthly-report/#:~:text=LINK%20has%20also%20committed%20to,commitment%20can%20be%20found%20here" target="_blank">https://www.link.co.uk/initiatives/financial-inclusion-monthly-report/#:~:text=LINK%20has%20also%20committed%20to,commitment%20can%20be%20found%20here</a>.</p><p> </p><p>However, in recognition that cash continues to be used by millions of people across the UK, including those who may be in vulnerable groups, the government legislated through the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 to establish a new legislative framework to protect access to cash. This establishes the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as the lead regulator for access to cash and provides it with responsibility and powers to seek to ensure reasonable provision of cash withdrawal and deposit facilities. The FCA recently held a consultation on its proposed regulatory approach: FCA Access to Cash Consultation. The FCA is currently considering feedback and expects to publish its final rules in the third quarter of this year.</p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 09/05/2024 11:55:28 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
tabling member	4784 label Biography information for Duncan Baker

1715633

registered interest
date	02/05/2024
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 were received to the consultation entitled Public Sector Exit Payments : A New Controls Process for High Exit Payments which closed on 17 October 2022; and for what reason a response has not yet been issued.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	24606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government received 32 responses to the consultation on 'Public Sector Exit Payments: A New Controls Process for High Exit Payments'. HM Treasury will publish the government response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 09/05/2024 13:59:37 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1715654

registered interest
date	02/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Research and Development Tax Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many small and medium sized enterprises were unsuccessful in securing research and development tax relief (a) in 2024 to date and (b) between 1 January and 2 May 2019.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Anne McLaughlin
uin	24673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>HMRC publish R&amp;D statistics annually, the latest publication can be found on Gov.uk at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/corporate-tax-research-and-development-tax-credit/research-and-development-tax-credits-statistics-september-2023" target="_blank">Research and Development Tax Credits Statistics: September 2023</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Previous statistics are archived and can be found at <a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20230104003818/https:/www.gov.uk/government/statistics/corporate-tax-research-and-development-tax-credit" target="_blank">The National Archives website.</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 08/05/2024 08:14:31 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4437 label Biography information for Anne McLaughlin