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1182096

registered interest
date	03/03/2020
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	Import Controls: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What support he is providing to help businesses in Scotland prepare for the introduction of import controls on EU goods from 2021.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	901054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>We are working with the Scottish Government to ensure businesses can take full advantage of the new opportunities presented in January 2021.</p><p> </p><p>We have provided over £130 million to the Scottish Government in EU exit allocations, and through HMRC’s customs grant scheme, £34 million has been made available to UK businesses to support trader readiness.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 03/03/2020 15:00:33 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1180728

registered interest
date	26/02/2020
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: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish guidance for (a) medical professionals and (b) the public on access to medicines at the end of the transition period.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	21282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The United Kingdom has now left the European Union and entered a transition period, which will run until 31 December 2020. EU regulations on medicines, vaccines and medical devices will continue to apply to the UK throughout the transition period, during which we will negotiate a new trade agreement with the EU.</p><p> </p><p>Both the EU and the UK are committed to agreeing a future partnership by the end of 2020 and are working to achieve this. It is in the interests of both the UK and the EU to agree a future partnership that keeps goods flowing, services provided, and business carried out as usual.</p><p> </p><p>The Department, NHS England and NHS Improvement will continue to keep medical professionals and the public updated with relevant communications on medicines as the need arises.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 02/03/2020 15:38:55 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1180826

registered interest
date	26/02/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Overseas Students: Entry Clearances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of potential changes in the number of university enrolments at Scottish universities among overseas (a) undergraduates and (b) postgraduates as a result of the implementation of the proposed immigration system.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	21336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>EU and non-EU students make an invaluable contribution to the whole of the UK’s higher education sector, socially, culturally and financially. This is why the UK Government will continue to welcome international students, working towards the ambition set out in our International Education Strategy, to host 600,000 international students per year by 2030.</p><p>The latest Higher Education Statistics Agency data shows that there are 58,000 international students enrolled in Scottish Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), an increase of 7% from 2017/18. The number of EU-domiciled students enrolled at Scottish HEIs has remained relatively stable since 2017/18 (decreasing by 0.5%). The number of non-EU-domiciled students enrolled at Scottish HEIs has increased by 12% since 2017/18. Undergraduate and postgraduate students will be covered by the points-based immigration system. This will improve on the current system by simplifying and streamlining the student route for both students and sponsors.</p><p> </p><p>To ensure the UK higher education sector remains internationally attractive, my right hon. Friend, the Prime Minister announced the new Graduate Route in September 2019. This will offer an opportunity for international students who have passed their degree to stay and work in the UK for two years post-study.</p><p>This announcement enables higher education providers to recruit for the 2020/21 academic year on the basis that their students will be eligible for the graduate route, and ensures that all existing students who meet the requirements, and have Tier 4 leave at the point that the route is introduced will be able to benefit. Education in Scotland is a devolved matter.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 02/03/2020 17:50:23 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1180829

registered interest
date	26/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the proposed points-based immigration system on reporting of labour market abuse and exploitation in lower paid work.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	21339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to eradicating exploitation across all sectors of the labour market and migrant workers are no exception. Anyone can raise concerns of labour market abuse and exploitation in confidence with the Gangmasters Labour Abuse Authority through their telephone line.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 03/03/2020 14:19:45 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1179735

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Culture, Practices and Ethics of the Press Inquiry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to meet with representatives of the Hacked Off group on legislative proposals to independently regulate newspapers (a) print and (b) online media.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	19892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to a free and independent media. DCMS ministers and officials regularly meet with a range of stakeholders to discuss a range of issues, and will consider any proposals put forward with regard to regulation of print and online media.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 27/02/2020 10:14:54 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1179748

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2020 to Question 1398 on Revenue and Customs: Staff, what progress he has made on assessing deployment opportunities for staff of the HMRC Bathgate Pyramids Business Centre; and how many of those staff he now expects to redeploy to the Edinburgh Regional Centre.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	19900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are continuing to work through and pursue redeployment options for a number of colleagues within HMRC and in other Government departments. HMRC anticipate that this will be completed by the end of March. Current indications are that more than 70% of staff in Bathgate will be redeployed in Edinburgh, or to an alternative office or to another Government Department.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 27/02/2020 11:43:27 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1179556

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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	Employment and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of extending the eligibility criteria for new style Employment Support Allowance to include contributions to national insurance paid in the last three years that do not fall within the relevant income tax years.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	18845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>There are no plans to extend the qualifying period for new style Employment and Support Allowance to include National Insurance contributions paid in the last three years that do not fall within the relevant income tax years.</p><p> </p><p>The Government considers the current qualifying period looking at an individual's contribution record over the last two complete tax years to be a fair way of assessing entitlement.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/02/2020 12:45:38 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1175563

registered interest
date	03/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the review of changes to off-payroll working rules will recognise that freelance contractors are not employees.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	11565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2020 answer text <p>The off-payroll working rules are designed to ensure that an individual who works like an employee, but through their own limited company, pays broadly the same Income Tax and National Insurance contributions as other employees. Employment status is not a matter of choice but depends on the facts and actual working practices of an engagement.</p><p>From April 2020, following the roll-out of the reforms to the off-payroll working rules to large and medium sized organisations in all sectors, clients will be required to assess a contractor’s employment status and determine whether they fall within the scope of the rules. HMRC's Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) digital service was developed in conjunction with tax specialists, contractors and other stakeholders, and is available to help organisations apply the off-payroll working rules correctly.</p><p> </p><p>The Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) published in July 2019 sets out HMRC’s assessment that the reform to the off-payroll working rules is expected to raise around £3 billion by 2024, and is not expected to have any significant macro-economic impacts. The TIIN can be found here: <a href="https://bit.ly/2YTbOaA" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2YTbOaA</a>. Furthermore, independent research conducted by IFF Research and Frontier Economics following the implementation of the 2017 public sector reform showed the reform had not resulted in significant disruption to the sector, or to its use of contingent labour.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 11566 11567 question first answered 06/02/2020 13:10:00 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1175564

registered interest
date	03/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the ongoing review of changes to off-payroll working rules will estimate the additional tax revenue that will be raised as a result of the proposed changes.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	11566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2020 answer text <p>The off-payroll working rules are designed to ensure that an individual who works like an employee, but through their own limited company, pays broadly the same Income Tax and National Insurance contributions as other employees. Employment status is not a matter of choice but depends on the facts and actual working practices of an engagement.</p><p>From April 2020, following the roll-out of the reforms to the off-payroll working rules to large and medium sized organisations in all sectors, clients will be required to assess a contractor’s employment status and determine whether they fall within the scope of the rules. HMRC's Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) digital service was developed in conjunction with tax specialists, contractors and other stakeholders, and is available to help organisations apply the off-payroll working rules correctly.</p><p> </p><p>The Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) published in July 2019 sets out HMRC’s assessment that the reform to the off-payroll working rules is expected to raise around £3 billion by 2024, and is not expected to have any significant macro-economic impacts. The TIIN can be found here: <a href="https://bit.ly/2YTbOaA" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2YTbOaA</a>. Furthermore, independent research conducted by IFF Research and Frontier Economics following the implementation of the 2017 public sector reform showed the reform had not resulted in significant disruption to the sector, or to its use of contingent labour.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 11565 11567 question first answered 06/02/2020 13:10:00 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1175565

registered interest
date	03/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any estimate of potential additional tax revenues that may be accrued as a result of changes to off-payroll working rules will also account for the loss of tax revenues should contractors stop working, move abroad or go out of business due to the proposed changes.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	11567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2020 answer text <p>The off-payroll working rules are designed to ensure that an individual who works like an employee, but through their own limited company, pays broadly the same Income Tax and National Insurance contributions as other employees. Employment status is not a matter of choice but depends on the facts and actual working practices of an engagement.</p><p>From April 2020, following the roll-out of the reforms to the off-payroll working rules to large and medium sized organisations in all sectors, clients will be required to assess a contractor’s employment status and determine whether they fall within the scope of the rules. HMRC's Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) digital service was developed in conjunction with tax specialists, contractors and other stakeholders, and is available to help organisations apply the off-payroll working rules correctly.</p><p> </p><p>The Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) published in July 2019 sets out HMRC’s assessment that the reform to the off-payroll working rules is expected to raise around £3 billion by 2024, and is not expected to have any significant macro-economic impacts. The TIIN can be found here: <a href="https://bit.ly/2YTbOaA" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2YTbOaA</a>. Furthermore, independent research conducted by IFF Research and Frontier Economics following the implementation of the 2017 public sector reform showed the reform had not resulted in significant disruption to the sector, or to its use of contingent labour.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 11565 11566 question first answered 06/02/2020 13:10:00 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day