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1247007

registered interest
date	30/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Sunscreens: 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 re-classifying sun cream from a cosmetic product to an essential product for the purposes of VAT.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich West
tabling member printed	Shaun Bailey
uin	109669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text VAT is a broad-based tax on supplies of goods and services, and exceptions are limited and set out in legislation. High-factor sunscreen is on the NHS prescription list for certain conditions and qualifies for a VAT zero rate when prescribed and dispensed by a pharmacist.<p> </p><p>Making all sunscreen VAT-free would come at a considerable cost to the Exchequer. While all taxes are kept under review, there are currently no plans to reduce VAT on sunscreen products.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/11/2020 16:13:17 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4757 label Biography information for Shaun Bailey

1187271

registered interest
date	23/03/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to support businesses with property with a rateable value of over £51,000 and who therefore do not qualify for grant funding.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich West
tabling member printed	Shaun Bailey
uin	33729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2020 answer text <p>A range of measures to support all businesses has been made available. These include the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme, allowing businesses to benefit from loans of up to £5m, with the first 12 months of that finance interest free, and the Covid-19 Corporate Financing Facility. Businesses can also benefit from the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) to help keep people in employment. More detail on the business support package is available at: <a href="http://www.businesssupport.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.businesssupport.gov.uk</a>. More detail on the CJRS for businesses is available at: <strong><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-for-wage-costs-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-for-wage-costs-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme</a>. </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 31/03/2020 09:19:57 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4757 label Biography information for Shaun Bailey

1184226

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Parental Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government Equalities Office is taking to help promote shared parental leave.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich West
tabling member printed	Shaun Bailey
uin	901476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>In the past 2 years the Government has spent over £1.75 million on communications campaigns to promote Shared Parental Leave to parents and employers and has achieved and maintained high levels of awareness of the policy. The Government is also improving tools and guidance for parents and employers to make it easier for them to access the scheme.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 11/03/2020 18:07:04 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4757 label Biography information for Shaun Bailey

1148732

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Workplace Pensions: West Bromwich West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people in West Bromwich West constituency have (a) opted out after being auto-enrolled into a workplace pension and (b) saved more than the auto-enrolment minimum contribution.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich West
tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Bailey
uin	28
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2019 answer text <p>Automatic enrolment has achieved a quiet revolution through getting employees into the habit of pension saving, and reversing the decline in workplace pension participation in the decade prior to these reforms. Since automatic enrolment started in 2012 participation rates have been transformed with 87% of eligible employees saving into a workplace pension in 2018, up from 55% in 2012.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold data for individual constituencies in relation to opt outs or the number of individuals who have saved above the automatic enrolment minimum contribution level. However, we do know that overall around 9% of automatically enrolled workers have chosen to opt out which is significantly below original estimates; and our latest evaluation report shows that, in April 2017, approximately 5.9 million eligible employees were already meeting the April 2019 minimum contribution rates<sup>1</sup>.</p><p> </p><p>I am providing the following information about the impact of automatic enrolment in your constituency, as at end of September 2019<sup>2</sup>:</p><p> </p><p>In the West Bromwich West constituency since 2012, approximately 16,000 eligible jobholders have been automatically enrolled and 1480 employers have met their duties.</p><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup>Automatic Enrolment Evaluation Report 2018, available via the following weblink: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/764964/Automatic_Enrolment_Evaluation_Report_2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/764964/Automatic_Enrolment_Evaluation_Report_2018.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p><sup>2</sup>The Pensions Regulator’s data on Automatic enrolment declaration of compliance by constituency, available via the following weblink:</p><p><a href="https://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/document-library/research-and-analysis/data-requests" target="_blank">https://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/document-library/research-and-analysis/data-requests</a></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 18/10/2019 10:55:16 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	320 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Bailey

1147520

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his officials had with the Insolvency Service on the draft Finance Bill 2019-20 prior to its publication on 11 July 2019; and whether views were sought on the policy to make HMRC a secondary preferential creditor in insolvencies.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich West
tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Bailey
uin	292832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government carefully considered the case for reform prior to announcing this change last year, and it is the Government’s view that taxpayers can reasonably expect that when they have successfully paid their taxes, these go to fund public services as intended.</p><p> </p><p>This measure represents a proportionate approach that balances the interests of taxpayers, the Exchequer, and other creditors.</p><p> </p><p>The Government expects the impact on the sustainability of Pension Protection Fund (PPF) to be marginal. This reform will not lead to a significant change in recoveries to the PPF compared to current returns.</p><p> </p><p>The Government does not expect this reform to affect significantly SMEs’ access to finance or corporate insolvencies, and in line with the Government’s commitment to open and consultative policymaking is engaging with a wide variety of stakeholders to ensure policy changes are well informed and based upon the best available evidence.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 292833 292834 292835 question first answered 08/10/2019 07:42:11 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	320 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Bailey

1147521

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Insolvency
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 establishing HMRC as a secondary preferential creditor in insolvencies on the sustainability of the Pension Protection Fund.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich West
tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Bailey
uin	292833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government carefully considered the case for reform prior to announcing this change last year, and it is the Government’s view that taxpayers can reasonably expect that when they have successfully paid their taxes, these go to fund public services as intended.</p><p> </p><p>This measure represents a proportionate approach that balances the interests of taxpayers, the Exchequer, and other creditors.</p><p> </p><p>The Government expects the impact on the sustainability of Pension Protection Fund (PPF) to be marginal. This reform will not lead to a significant change in recoveries to the PPF compared to current returns.</p><p> </p><p>The Government does not expect this reform to affect significantly SMEs’ access to finance or corporate insolvencies, and in line with the Government’s commitment to open and consultative policymaking is engaging with a wide variety of stakeholders to ensure policy changes are well informed and based upon the best available evidence.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 292832 292834 292835 question first answered 08/10/2019 07:42:11 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	320 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Bailey

1147522

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Insolvency
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 policy to make HMRC a secondary preferential creditor in insolvencies on the number of corporate insolvencies from Q1 2020 onwards.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich West
tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Bailey
uin	292834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government carefully considered the case for reform prior to announcing this change last year, and it is the Government’s view that taxpayers can reasonably expect that when they have successfully paid their taxes, these go to fund public services as intended.</p><p> </p><p>This measure represents a proportionate approach that balances the interests of taxpayers, the Exchequer, and other creditors.</p><p> </p><p>The Government expects the impact on the sustainability of Pension Protection Fund (PPF) to be marginal. This reform will not lead to a significant change in recoveries to the PPF compared to current returns.</p><p> </p><p>The Government does not expect this reform to affect significantly SMEs’ access to finance or corporate insolvencies, and in line with the Government’s commitment to open and consultative policymaking is engaging with a wide variety of stakeholders to ensure policy changes are well informed and based upon the best available evidence.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 292832 292833 292835 question first answered 08/10/2019 07:42:11 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	320 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Bailey

1147524

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Insolvency
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 establishing HMRC as a secondary preferential creditor in insolvencies on the ability of SMEs to access finance.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich West
tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Bailey
uin	292835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government carefully considered the case for reform prior to announcing this change last year, and it is the Government’s view that taxpayers can reasonably expect that when they have successfully paid their taxes, these go to fund public services as intended.</p><p> </p><p>This measure represents a proportionate approach that balances the interests of taxpayers, the Exchequer, and other creditors.</p><p> </p><p>The Government expects the impact on the sustainability of Pension Protection Fund (PPF) to be marginal. This reform will not lead to a significant change in recoveries to the PPF compared to current returns.</p><p> </p><p>The Government does not expect this reform to affect significantly SMEs’ access to finance or corporate insolvencies, and in line with the Government’s commitment to open and consultative policymaking is engaging with a wide variety of stakeholders to ensure policy changes are well informed and based upon the best available evidence.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 292832 292833 292834 question first answered 08/10/2019 07:42:11 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	320 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Bailey

1135311

registered interest
date	27/06/2019
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Royal Mail: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the recent agreement between Royal Mail Group and the Communication Workers Union on pension schemes, whether legislation to permit the use of Collective Defined Contribution (CDC) pensions schemes will be introduced before the end of the current parliamentary session.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich West
tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Bailey
uin	270259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>This Government is committed to legislating to facilitate the delivery of collective defined contribution schemes when parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 02/07/2019 11:57:34 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	320 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Bailey

1111112

registered interest
date	10/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Investment: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons the mini-bond market is not regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich West
tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Bailey
uin	243341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>It is not a regulated activity for firms to issue their own securities, including mini-bonds, due to an exemption within the Regulated Activities Order 2001. This exemption exists to ensure that companies in the real economy can raise finance to fund their business without having to become authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).</p><p> </p><p>However, to protect consumers, the marketing and promotion of such securities, including mini-bonds, are subject to the financial promotion restrictions set out in the Financial Services and Markets Act. This requires that the content of any financial promotion be approved by an FCA authorised firm unless an exemption applies. It is the responsibility of the FCA authorised firm to ensure the financial promotion is clear, fair and not misleading. Authorised firms that fail to meet these requirements may be subject to enforcement action by the FCA.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury keeps the regulatory framework for financial services under review, and updates it as necessary. We are committed to maintaining a strong and safe financial system, with high standards of consumer protection. On 1 April, I announced that I will direct the FCA to launch an investigation into the events at London Capital &amp; Finance, a firm which issued mini-bonds in order to fund loans that it made to other parties. This followed a request from the FCA Chair, Charles Randell, to launch such an investigation.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 23/04/2019 13:02:29 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	320 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Bailey