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1726057

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Russia: Sanctions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much tax was taken on the interest accrued on Russian assets frozen in UK banks in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Adam Jogee
uin	3454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI)’s, part of HM Treasury, announced in its 2022-2023 Annual Review that between February 2022 and October 2023, £22.7 billion in frozen funds had been reported in relation to the Russia sanctions regime. OFSI does not disclose the value held by particular designated persons and so the figure is provided as a cumulative total of assets reported.</p><p> </p><p>Frozen assets are not transferred to HM Treasury and there is no change of ownership. Interest accrued on frozen assets remains subject to the asset freeze, and are to be frozen immediately by the person in possession or control of them. There is no obligation for a relevant institution to inform OFSI when it credits an account with interest and therefore OFSI does not hold this information.</p> answering member constituency Hampstead and Highgate answering member printed Tulip Siddiq question first answered 09/09/2024 10:00:11 answering member 4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq
tabling member	5168

1726184

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cash Dispensing: Newcastle-under-Lyme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the number of pay to use ATMs in Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Adam Jogee
uin	3471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2024 answer text <p>The operator of the UK’s largest ATM network, LINK, publishes data on the number of ATMs across each parliamentary constituency. This includes a breakdown of the number of pay-to-use ATMs operated by the LINK network. In the constituency of Newcastle-under-Lyme, LINK operated 17 pay-to-use ATMs out of a total of 81 cash access points.</p><p> </p><p>The data can be accessed at: https://www.link.co.uk/data-research/the-atm-network</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hampstead and Highgate answering member printed Tulip Siddiq question first answered 05/09/2024 14:16:46 answering member 4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq
tabling member	5168

1726185

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cash Dispensing: Newcastle-under-Lyme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to increase access to cash in Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Adam Jogee
uin	3472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2024 answer text <p>While the ongoing trend in payments in the UK has been away from cash and towards digital payment methods, the government recognises that cash continues to be used by millions of people across the UK, including those who may be in vulnerable groups.</p><p> </p><p>For this reason, cash access has been protected in UK law. The Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 provides the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) with responsibility and powers to seek to ensure reasonable provision of cash withdrawal and deposit facilities across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>In July 2024, the FCA published its final rules setting out its approach to regulating access to cash, which come into force on 18 September. Under these rules, designated firms – which include the UK’s largest banks and building societies, as well as the ATM operator, LINK – will be required to conduct an assessment in response to a service closure or a cash access request from local residents, community organisations and representatives, and provide additional cash services if there is a need for it. LINK conducts these assessments of access to cash needs in communities and can recommend additional shared services, such as shared Banking Hubs or cash deposit services. Further information can be found via its website.</p> answering member constituency Hampstead and Highgate answering member printed Tulip Siddiq question first answered 05/09/2024 14:12:59 answering member 4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq
tabling member	5168

1524315

registered interest
date	19/10/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	First Time Buyers
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 adequacy of the support available for people saving to buy a house; and if he will reconsider the limits placed on help to buy ISAs.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Aaron Bell
uin	67256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The Help to Buy: ISA scheme aims to help those who are struggling to save enough to get onto the housing ladder. As first-time buyers tend to buy smaller (and therefore cheaper) first properties, the scheme’s property price cap of £250,000 for properties outside London (£450,000 within London) allows the Government to target support more precisely at the people the scheme is intended to help. Since its launch in 2015, the scheme has supported 497,940 property completions across the UK, with a mean property value of £176,125 compared with an average first-time buyer house price of £231,704.</p><p> </p><p>While the Government keeps all aspects of savings policy under review, Help to Buy: ISA account holders can transfer their funds to a Lifetime ISA without incurring any penalties. The Lifetime ISA allows first-time buyers to benefit from the Government bonus when purchasing properties up to £450,000 anywhere in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Further information on the Lifetime ISA together with a comprehensive list other forms of home purchase support schemes can be found on the Government’s website below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.ownyourhome.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.ownyourhome.gov.uk/</a></p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 25/10/2022 13:36:45 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4837 label Biography information for Aaron Bell

1151473

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of scrapping VAT on the purchase of new electric cars.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	3603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government has set an ambitious, legally binding target to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from the UK by 2050. Although there are no plans at present to reduce the VAT charge on electric vehicles, the Government keeps all taxes under review including against this target and other fiscal considerations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 28/10/2019 13:50:59 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1148833

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Ceramics: Staffordshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps he has taken to ensure that ceramics companies in North Staffordshire are able to avoid (a) delays in transferring raw materials to factories and (b) incurring additional costs when exporting goods in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	52
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s priority is to keep goods moving and avoid delays at the border. As the UK’s customs authority, HMRC will act to ensure that border processes are as smooth as possible, without compromising security.</p><p> </p><p>In the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal, businesses which trade with the EU will broadly be subject to customs controls in the same way as businesses who are presently trading with the rest of the world, although there are a number of temporary easements in place to help businesses make this transition.</p><p> </p><p>To support traders with customs declarations, where the majority of UK businesses that currently export outside of the EU use an intermediary, the Government has made available £24m in grants to support training and IT costs for intermediaries and an additional £10m to support intermediaries with the costs of hiring new staff.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/10/2019 14:20:20 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1147878

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Banks: Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps he has taken to increase the transparency of banks' investments, in particular the financing of arms, pesticides, plastic packaging and fossil fuels.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	293483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The Companies, Partnerships and Groups (Accounts and Non-Financial Reporting) Regulations 2016 require banks to disclose the impact of their activities on social and environmental matters.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government launched in July its Green Finance Strategy with the ambition to align private sector financial flows with clean, environmentally sustainable and resilient growth. In the Strategy, the Government set an expectation that all listed companies and large asset owners, including banks, will make disclosures in line with the recommendations of the Taskforce on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures by 2022.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 07/10/2019 14:05:58 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1147907

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	British Nationals Abroad: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what additional checks there will be for UK passport holders arriving into an EU country in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	293484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text The EU has confirmed that UK passport holders will be treated as third country nationals under the Schengen Borders Code, which mandates additional checks, including questioning and wet stamping of passports.<p> </p>If the UK leaves the EU without a deal, UK passport holders will be eligible for visa-free travel to the EU for periods of up to 90 days within a 180-day period. answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 07/10/2019 14:02:00 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1147948

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Fossil Fuels: VAT
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 reviewing reduced VAT on heating fuels deriving from fossil fuels.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	293486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to increase the rate of VAT on fuels used for household energy.</p><p> </p><p>However, all taxes are kept under review and decisions on tax are considered as part of the normal fiscal policy making process.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 08/10/2019 07:57:46 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1143568

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Beer: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to bring UK beer duty in line with other EU countries.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	284982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government supports consumers, pubs and breweries. To this end, the Government has frozen or cut beer duty at six of the last seven Budgets. This has meant a pint of beer is 14p lower than it otherwise would have been since 2013.</p><p> </p><p>However, beer duty raises vital revenue to fund public services, and in order to protect the public finances, an RPI increase in duty rates is assumed in the public finances for all alcoholic drinks at Budget 2019. All taxes are kept under review and the impact of a change to beer duty is considered at each fiscal event, including its effect on pubs and the wider economy.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 09/09/2019 10:09:22 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly