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	registered interest
	date	22/07/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Housing: Insulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he proposes to change the rate of VAT applied to insulation installed in dwellings and buildings used for a residential purpose.
	tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
	tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
	uin	78899
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>Under current VAT rules, the installation of water and wind turbines is subject to the standard rate of VAT. However, the installation of other energy saving materials (ESMs) remains subject to the reduced rate of VAT when certain conditions are met.</p><p>Although there are no plans to extend the scope of the relief already in place, the Government keeps all taxes under review.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 78743 78744 78745 78900 78901 78902 question first answered 01/09/2020 10:31:25 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1121835

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Housing: Insulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department plans to take to help support the National Infrastructure Commission’s recommendation of increasing the rate of insulation measures installed in UK homes to 21,000 a week by 2020; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	245863
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>The National Infrastructure Commission made over 50 recommendations to the government, in their National Infrastructure Assessment (NIA) published in July 2018. As announced at Budget 2018, the government will respond in full to the NIA through a National Infrastructure Strategy, including on the installation rate of energy efficiency measures in the building stock.</p><p> </p><p>The government has already set out an ambitious aspiration on energy efficiency in the Clean Growth Strategy, for as many homes as possible to reach EPC Band C by 2035 where practical, cost-effective and affordable; and the Prime Minister has announced an Industrial Strategy mission to at least halve the energy use of new buildings by 2030. The government has a growing programme of ambitious policies to drive forward progress towards this aspiration, including extending the Energy Company Obligation from 2022 to 2028 to support more than £3bn of investment to upgrade the energy efficiency of around a million more homes, tightening the regulations on minimum energy efficiency standards in private rented homes, and announcing the introduction of a Future Homes Standard to ensure that all new homes are built with world-leading levels of energy efficiency and low-carbon heating. The government is further considering the detail of these policies, in order to unlock the necessary energy efficiency improvements for homes and businesses during the 2020s.</p><p> </p><p>At Spring Statement, the Chancellor confirmed that the National Infrastructure Strategy will be published later in 2019, alongside the Spending Review and Autumn Budget. The Spending Review will determine the government’s spending priorities going forward, assessing spending in the round against government priorities and a broad evidence base. As part of that evidence base, HM Treasury guidance in the Green Book sets out the methodology by which Departments should undertake cost-benefit analysis for all proposals that concern public spending and changes to regulations, including for energy efficiency and broader infrastructure requirements. These are scrutinised by Treasury spending teams to support decision making and ensure value for money. Impact Assessments associated with particular policy proposals are published online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications</a>.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 245864 245877 245884 question first answered 30/04/2019 07:56:35 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1121836

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Housing: Insulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of public funding required to achieve the National Infrastructure Commission’s recommendation of increasing the rate of insulation measures installed in UK homes to 21,000 a week by 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	245864
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>The National Infrastructure Commission made over 50 recommendations to the government, in their National Infrastructure Assessment (NIA) published in July 2018. As announced at Budget 2018, the government will respond in full to the NIA through a National Infrastructure Strategy, including on the installation rate of energy efficiency measures in the building stock.</p><p> </p><p>The government has already set out an ambitious aspiration on energy efficiency in the Clean Growth Strategy, for as many homes as possible to reach EPC Band C by 2035 where practical, cost-effective and affordable; and the Prime Minister has announced an Industrial Strategy mission to at least halve the energy use of new buildings by 2030. The government has a growing programme of ambitious policies to drive forward progress towards this aspiration, including extending the Energy Company Obligation from 2022 to 2028 to support more than £3bn of investment to upgrade the energy efficiency of around a million more homes, tightening the regulations on minimum energy efficiency standards in private rented homes, and announcing the introduction of a Future Homes Standard to ensure that all new homes are built with world-leading levels of energy efficiency and low-carbon heating. The government is further considering the detail of these policies, in order to unlock the necessary energy efficiency improvements for homes and businesses during the 2020s.</p><p> </p><p>At Spring Statement, the Chancellor confirmed that the National Infrastructure Strategy will be published later in 2019, alongside the Spending Review and Autumn Budget. The Spending Review will determine the government’s spending priorities going forward, assessing spending in the round against government priorities and a broad evidence base. As part of that evidence base, HM Treasury guidance in the Green Book sets out the methodology by which Departments should undertake cost-benefit analysis for all proposals that concern public spending and changes to regulations, including for energy efficiency and broader infrastructure requirements. These are scrutinised by Treasury spending teams to support decision making and ensure value for money. Impact Assessments associated with particular policy proposals are published online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications</a>.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 245863 245877 245884 question first answered 30/04/2019 07:56:35 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1229048

	registered interest
	date	28/08/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Housing: Insulation
	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 introducing stamp duty relief for owners of properties affected by the costs of cladding replacement and who are planning to sell up and buy a new home.
	tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
	tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
	uin	82625
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government does not currently have any plans to relieve SDLT from owners of properties where cladding is replaced. The Government keeps all tax policy, including on SDLT, under review.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/09/2020 15:25:04 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1565689

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Housing: Insulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department held discussions with representatives of local government before setting a date of 2025 to begin the funding programme for home insulation announced in the 2022 Autumn Statement.
	tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
	tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
	uin	120196
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>At the Autumn Statement, the Chancellor announced £6bn of additional funding for energy efficiency, covering the financial years 2025/26 to 2027/28.</p><p> </p><p>This provides funding certainty to the sector ahead of the next Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p>Almost £3bn is already allocated for Financial Years 2023/24 and 2024/25 on energy efficiency, the majority of which will go to Local Authorities. In addition to this, the government is expanding the Energy Company Obligation by £1 billion over the next three years, from April 2023.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 17/01/2023 14:34:23 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1287124

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Housing: Insulation
	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 merits of removing VAT charges on building work to remove dangerous cladding for leaseholders that are not eligible for the Building Safety Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	154830
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>In most cases, the standard rate of VAT will be applied to the removal and replacement of cladding. However, the cost of replacing cladding can be zero rated if it is tied to the initial construction of the building and the cladding is shown to be defective.</p><p>The Government announced on 10 February 2021 that it would fully fund the cost of replacing unsafe cladding for all leaseholders in residential buildings 18 metres and over in England. It was also announced that for low rise buildings between 11 metres and 18 metres, with a lower risk to safety, there will be new protection from the costs of cladding removal. This would be made through a long-term, low interest, Government-backed financing arrangement to pay for cladding removal, where it is needed.</p><p>VAT plays an important part in funding public services such as the NHS and education. Extending the zero-rate could carry a significant cost to the Exchequer, and this must be viewed in the context of about £50 billion of requests for relief from VAT since the EU referendum. The Government keeps all taxes under review.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 01/03/2021 14:33:50 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1386744

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Housing: Insulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to allocate funding to the Welsh Government to tackle unsafe cladding in residential properties.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff North
	tabling member printed	Anna McMorrin
	uin	90495
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2021 answer text <p>The Welsh Government is receiving an average of £2.5 billion per year through the Barnett formula on top of its £15.9 billion annual baseline over the Spending Review 2021 period. This is the largest annual block grant, in real terms, of any spending review settlement since the devolution acts in 1998.</p><p> </p><p>This settlement includes Barnett consequentials on changes in the overall level of funding provided to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, which is responsible for cladding remediation in England. It is for the Welsh Government to allocate this funding as it sees fit across its devolved responsibilities including tackling unsafe cladding in residential properties in Wales.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 14/12/2021 12:48:21 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
	tabling member	4632 label Biography information for Anna McMorrin

1237518

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Housing: Insulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support he is making available to eradicate fuel poverty through the insulation of homes in Bosworth.
	tabling member constituency	Bosworth
	tabling member printed	Dr Luke Evans
	uin	95232
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of energy efficiency in tackling fuel poverty.</p><p> </p><p>Through the new £2 billion Green Homes Grant scheme announced by the Chancellor in July, homeowners and landlords across England, including in Bosworth, will be able to apply for vouchers to fund at least two thirds of the cost of upgrading the energy performance of their homes, up to £5,000. Low income households will be eligible for up to 100% government funding, up to £10,000.</p><p> </p><p>Leicestershire County Council also has the opportunity to bid for part of the £500m of the scheme that is being made available to local authorities to directly help low income households.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The scheme could support more than 100,000 green jobs, upgrade more than 600,000 homes, and save households hundreds of pounds a year on their energy bills. This is in addition to existing measures to support improvements in energy efficiency in the homes of those in fuel poverty, such as the Energy Company Obligation (ECO).</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 01/10/2020 13:44:54 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	4781 label Biography information for Dr Luke Evans

1565573

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Housing: Insulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department held consultations with representatives from the Local Government Association before establishing a date of 2025 to begin the funding programme for home insulation as announced in the 2022 Autumn Statement.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	119970
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>At the Autumn Statement, the Chancellor announced £6bn of additional funding for energy efficiency, covering the financial years 2025/26 to 2027/28.</p><p> </p><p>This provides funding certainty to the sector ahead of the next Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p>Almost £3bn is already allocated for Financial Years 2023/24 and 2024/25 on energy efficiency, the majority of which will go to Local Authorities. In addition to this, the government is expanding the Energy Company Obligation by £1 billion over the next three years, from April 2023.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 17/01/2023 14:34:50 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1270762

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Housing: Insulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of suspending the time limit for the repayment of the stamp duty surcharge on second properties where the property sale has been delayed due to (a) cladding and (b) EWS1 issues.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Riverside
	tabling member printed	Kim Johnson
	uin	129148
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2020 answer text <p>Homeowners who pay the higher rate of Stamp Duty Land Tax on purchases of additional property can receive a refund of the higher rate if they sell their old main residence within three years of the purchase. For most people, three years is enough time to sell a property.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Government recognises that there will sometimes be exceptional circumstances not in the control of the buyer or seller which mean that a previous main residence cannot be sold within three years. If someone purchased a new main residence on or after 1 January 2017, they may be eligible to apply for a refund if they were prevented from selling their previous main residence before the expiry of the three-year time limit owing to exceptional circumstances beyond their control. The previous main residence must be sold before HMRC will consider whether the circumstances are exceptional.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/12/2020 14:49:07 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4824 label Biography information for Kim Johnson