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1641691

registered interest
date	05/06/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Supermarkets: Prices
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, with regard to recent meetings between Treasury ministers, food suppliers and retailers and the Competition and Markets Authority, what assessment they have made of the existing benefits to consumers of price competition between major supermarkets.
tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
uin	HL8217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>The Chief Secretary to the Treasury spoke to supermarket representatives on 11 May 2023, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer met with food manufacturers on 23 May 2023 about the cost of food in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Competition and Markets Authority announced on 15 May 2023 that it would conduct further work in the grocery sector to understand whether any failure in competition is contributing to grocery prices being higher than they would be in a well-functioning market. Once published, the Government will consider the Competition and Markets Authority’s findings.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 19/06/2023 14:40:06 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

1641704

registered interest
date	05/06/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Logistics: Electric Vehicles
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, what assessment they have made of the impact on electric vehicle usage by logistics companies of extending the 100 per cent tax-deductible annual investment allowance for capital spending to leased or hired vehicles.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL8237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>The Annual Investment Allowance (AIA) allows businesses to deduct the full value of a qualifying item of plant and machinery from profits before tax, up to the AIA limit of £1 million.</p><p> </p><p>Capital expenditure by lessors on non-car electric vehicles (such as vans and HGVs) can qualify for the AIA where the asset is leased or hired out, but the AIA excludes expenditure on cars for which other allowances may be available.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 19/06/2023 12:07:53 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1641705

registered interest
date	05/06/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Logistics: Electric Vehicles
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on electric vehicle usage by logistics companies of extending the 100 per cent tax-deductible annual investment allowance for capital spending to cover costs associated with increasing electricity supply to logistic sites.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL8238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>Capital expenditure on plant or machinery for increasing the level of electricity available to logistics sites can already qualify for capital allowances including the Annual Investment Allowance (AIA) where the normal conditions for such allowances are met. For example, to be eligible for relief under the plant and machinery capital allowances regime, assets must generally be owned, or treated as owned, by the business.</p><p> </p><p>As capital allowances are fact specific, any assessment of the eligibility of expenditure for a particular allowance will depend entirely on the facts of the particular case.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 19/06/2023 12:07:13 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1641717

registered interest
date	05/06/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Help to Buy Scheme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to relaunch the Help to Buy scheme.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL8233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2023 answer text <p>The Help to Buy scheme was implemented to boost housing supply and help people into home ownership, which it has done very successfully. However, it was always going to be a time-limited intervention, hence the announcement at Budget 2018 that the current scheme would run from April 2021 until March 2023, thereby giving the market and potential customers plenty of notice.</p><p>The Government has brought forward a range of interventions in recent years to promote home ownership and will continue to keep other opportunities under review. Details of schemes including the First Homes, Mortgage Guarantee and Shared Ownership schemes can be found at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ownyourhome.gov.uk%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSuman.Vyas%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C456e0404c6a24ea2933f08db673d525c%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638217285285100536%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=InkU6vv00Ic75qPfVgV3vRBDlXhFEdAiRmBKfsDoSxE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.ownyourhome.gov.uk/</a>.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 14/06/2023 16:05:16 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook attachment 1 file name Home _ Own Your Home.pdf title Own your Home
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1641720

registered interest
date	05/06/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Holiday Accommodation: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on access for HM Revenue and Customs to the proposed registration scheme for short-term lets in England.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	187736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>Following last year's Call for Evidence, in December 2022 the Government introduced a registration scheme for short-term lets in England in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill. On 12 April 2023, a consultation was published which sought views on details about how the scheme will operate. The consultation closed on 7 June 2023 and the Government is working to analyse responses.</p><p>The Department for Culture, Media and Sport will work with the relevant Government departments, including HMRC and HM Treasury, on the design of the registration scheme and to ensure that different measures which apply to short-term lets are proportionate, complementary and easy to understand.</p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Sir John Whittingdale question first answered 12/06/2023 10:43:15 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1641721

registered interest
date	05/06/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS: Industrial Disputes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral evidence session of 9 May 2023 of the Health and Social Care Committee on Industrial action in the NHS, HC 1341, if he will make it his policy to prioritise holding local negotiations during public service industrial action.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	187737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2023 answer text <p>When strike action takes place NHS England works with providers, professional bodies, trade unions and other bodies to agree the safe level of cover for days when industrial action is taking place. Even when these rigorous contingency plans are in place, the risk of industrial action endangering the lives and health of patients and the public remains if we continue to rely on a patchwork of locally agreed voluntary derogations from strike action. These derogations are often not confirmed until very late in the day, or indeed might not materialise on strike days as they are voluntary, and staff and unions can withdraw these.</p><p>The Government has consulted on whether minimum service levels should be in place for ambulance services during strike action. The consultation closed and we are considering the responses. As strike action is now increasingly being taken without voluntary derogations being agreed by unions, whether at a local or national level, the Government is now considering whether to consult on introducing minimum service levels for a wider range of health services in order to protect the lives and health of the public.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 13/06/2023 11:34:23 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1641732

registered interest
date	05/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Hotels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps to help ensure asylum seekers accommodated in hotels are not unnecessarily relocated to hotels where an individual or family has reason to remain in an existing location because they have (a) have settled in an area, (b) have children in a local school, (c) are in receipt of healthcare and (d) are in receipt of maternity care.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	187747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2023 answer text <p>Relocations between asylum accommodation are kept to a minimum, but may be needed for operational reasons. Under the Immigration &amp; Asylum Act 1999, the Government is required to provide accommodation to asylum seekers that would otherwise be destitute. It is Home Office policy to offer accommodation on a no choice basis except in exceptional circumstances: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fasylum-accommodation-requests-policy%2Fallocation-of-asylum-accommodation-policy-accessible&amp;data=05%7C01%7CChellsi.Roberts4%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ce0cdf1fb92ed476b3eef08db680dc268%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638218180517753611%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=aIIRKzJc0dFz6alrt9It1S8rtZJGMEsRKggORt5vEWQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Allocation of asylum accommodation policy (accessible) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 08/06/2023 15:37:34 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1641735

registered interest
date	05/06/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	UK Commission on Pharmacy Professional Leadership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the report of the UK Commission on Pharmacy Professional Leadership, published on 6 February 2023; what recent progress he has made on appointing a Chair of that Commission; what recent estimate he has made of the funding required for the appointment of the Chair; what funding that has been budgeted for this role; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	187750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2023 answer text <p>The Department provided no payments to the co-chairs or other members of the UK Commission on Pharmacy Professional Leadership. As set out in the report of the Commission, the Chief Pharmaceutical Officer of the four nations will appoint the Chair and the appointment process is in train. The Department has not made a specific assessment of, nor provision for, a budget for this role.</p><p>The Department has provided no funding to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland or Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK for staff resources in the last 12 months. One payment was made to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society for an annual subscription to access the Pharmaceutical Journal. No funding was provided for other costs to the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland or the Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien grouped question UIN 187749 187869 question first answered 08/06/2023 12:27:27 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1641749

registered interest
date	05/06/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Holiday Accommodation: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy to set a deadline for bringing forward legislative proposals to deliver the legal framework for a short-term let registration scheme in England.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	187800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>Following last year's Call for Evidence, in December 2022 the Government introduced a registration scheme for short-term lets in England in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill. On 12 April 2023, a consultation was published which sought views on details about how the scheme will operate. The consultation closed on 7 June 2023, and the Government is working to analyse responses.</p><p>The Department for Culture, Media and Sport will work with the relevant Government departments on the design of the registration scheme and to ensure that different measures which apply to short-term lets are proportionate, complementary and easy to understand.</p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Sir John Whittingdale question first answered 12/06/2023 10:40:51 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1641754

registered interest
date	05/06/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Buildings: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department plans to provide financial support for (a) councils and (b) private tenants whose buildings were built with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete and now need remedial work.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	187810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2023 answer text <p>Building standards are a devolved matter, it is for the Scottish Government to determine the action that should be taken on affected buildings in Scotland. In England, building owners are responsible for ensuring their buildings are safe and should act quickly to fix any dangerous defects.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 187811 question first answered 08/06/2023 20:44:10 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill