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1506697

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Guaranteed Minimum Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many pensioners affected by the Guaranteed Minimum Pension reconciliation exercise had their pensions (a) reduced and (b) increased; and what was the (a) highest loss, (b) lowest loss and (c) average loss of pension for those pensioners.
	tabling member constituency	Angus
	tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
	uin	51969
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text This question is being answered assuming the Hon. Member for Angus is referring to the Scheme Reconciliation Service that ended in 2021 and that the pension information requested relates to occupational pensions. HMRC are unable to provide the data requested. answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Richard Fuller question first answered 23/09/2022 16:01:25 answering member 3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller
	tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan

1519634

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Trader Support Service: Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total cost of the Trader Support Service has been since its launch in 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Gordon
	tabling member printed	Richard Thomson
	uin	60114
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text The total cost of the Trader Support Service from its launch until September 2022 was £309 million. answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Richard Fuller question first answered 18/10/2022 12:50:49 answering member 3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller
	tabling member	4796 label Biography information for Richard Thomson

1506059

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Business: Closures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many high street businesses in (a) England and (b) Battersea constituency have closed each year in the last five years; and whether the Government has plans to make changes to the business rates system.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	49265
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text The most recent review of Business Rates concluded at Autumn Budget 2021. The review reaffirmed the importance of business rates for raising revenue for essential local services and announced a £7 billion package of measures including a new temporary 50 per cent relief for retail, hospitality, and leisure in 2022-23, freezing the multiplier for another year, and extending schemes to support small businesses. Business rates raise over £25 billion a year in England to fund vital local services. The Government is not able to release the specific information requested due to contractual agreements with data providers. The Government keeps all taxes under review. Any future decisions regarding the tax system will be taken in line with the normal Budget process. answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Richard Fuller question first answered 28/09/2022 16:18:10 answering member 3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1506938

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Shipping: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to introduce a windfall tax on the profits of container shipping companies operating from the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
	tabling member printed	John McDonnell
	uin	51415
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text The Government currently has no plans to introduce new windfall taxes on businesses operating from the UK. answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Richard Fuller question first answered 28/09/2022 08:14:56 answering member 3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller
	tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1519048

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Tax Avoidance: Bankruptcy
	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 potential impact of the loan charge on trends in the level of bankruptcies.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	59114
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text No estimate can be provided for trends in bankruptcy rates for people that are subject to the loan charge.<p> </p><p>Where debts arise, HMRC are not always the only creditor. Some individuals are declared bankrupt as a result of a non-HMRC debt or may choose to enter insolvency proceedings themselves, based on their overall financial position.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC only ever considers insolvency as a last resort. They encourage taxpayers to get in contact with them, with a view to agreeing the best way to settle the tax debts.</p><p> </p><p>To date, HMRC has not initiated insolvency proceedings against any taxpayer for a Loan Charge debt.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Richard Fuller question first answered 18/10/2022 13:05:46 answering member 3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1506306

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Exports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department is taking steps to reduce HM Revenue and Customs paperwork for alcohol exporters.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	49633
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2022 answer text I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given on 6 July 2022 – <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-06-28/26743" target="_blank">UIN26743</a>. answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Richard Fuller question first answered 14/09/2022 10:03:06 answering member 3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1519646

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Houses: Business Rates
	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 impact of reducing business rates for pubs to the level paid by other small businesses on (a) pubs and (b) the wider hospitality industry in (i) Liverpool, (ii) West Derby constituency and (iii) the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
	tabling member printed	Ian Byrne
	uin	60169
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>With the conclusion of the Business Rates Review, the Government has delivered meaningful reform and tax cuts worth almost £7 billion to business over the next five years.</p><p> </p><p>Businesses in the retail, hospitality, and leisure sector, including pubs, currently receive a tax cut worth almost £1.7 billion in 2022-23. Eligible properties receive 50 per cent off their business rates bill, up to a maximum of £110,000 per business. In addition, around 700,000 properties are currently in receipt of Small Business Rates Relief (SBRR), including pubs. Combined with Small Business Rates Relief, this means over 90 per cent of retail, hospitality, and leisure businesses will receive at least 50 per cent off their rates bills in 2022-23. We do not hold data on the number of these businesses that are pubs. The Government also froze the multiplier for 2022-23, which is a tax cut worth £4.6 billion to businesses over the next 5 years.</p><p> </p><p>The announcements at Autumn Budget 2021 builds on over £16 billion of business rates support already provided to the retail, hospitality, and leisure sectors throughout the pandemic, including a business rates holiday for 2020-21 and a scheme worth £6 billion in 2021-22.</p><p> </p><p>Announcements on Business Rates for the upcoming financial year will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Richard Fuller question first answered 17/10/2022 16:46:45 answering member 3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller
	tabling member	4831 label Biography information for Ian Byrne

1521429

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason HMRC pursues employees complicit in the use of loan schemes and not employers.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	61847
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <p>Where an employee has used a disguised remuneration (DR) scheme, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will go to the employer to settle the tax due in the first instance. Approximately 80 per cent of the £3.4 billion HMRC brought into charge through DR settlements, between March 2016 and the end of March 2022, was from employers.</p><p> </p><p>Liability for the tax is always that of the individual and HMRC will consider other options when collection from the employer is not possible, such as when the employer no longer exists or is based offshore. Parliament has provided a range of statutory powers allowing HMRC, in certain circumstances, to collect the amount due from the employee.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Richard Fuller question first answered 21/10/2022 12:22:16 answering member 3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1506567

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Funerals: VAT
	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 making costs associated with the organisation of remembrance services exempt from VAT.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	51458
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p>VAT has been designed as a broad-based tax on consumption, and the 20 per cent standard rate applies to the vast majority of goods and services.</p><p> </p><p>It would be administratively challenging for suppliers to identify and apply a different VAT treatment to supplies based on the type of event and for HMRC to ensure that the VAT treatment and VAT accounting is applied correctly throughout the supply chain. Businesses and organisations in the supply chain are normally able to recover VAT on costs. However, they are unable to recover the VAT on costs used in making exempt or out of scope supplies.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps all taxes under review and welcomes representations to help inform future decisions on tax policy, as part of the tax policy making cycle and Budget process.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Richard Fuller question first answered 23/09/2022 13:26:09 answering member 3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1506673

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Media: Ukraine
	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 on subscriptions to Ukrainian news providers.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
	tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
	uin	51915
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>VAT has been designed as a broad-based tax on consumption, and the 20 per cent standard rate applies to the vast majority of goods and services, including television broadcasting services. While there are exceptions to the standard rate, these have always been strictly limited by both legal and fiscal considerations.</p><p> </p><p>One such exception is the zero rate on supplies of e-publications, brought into effect on 1 May 2020. This was introduced to make it clear that e-books, e-newspapers, e-magazines, and academic e-journals are entitled to the same VAT treatment as their physical counterparts. Further guidance on the application of the zero rate on e-publications, including subscriptions to e-publications, can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/zero-rate-of-vat-for-electronic-publications" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/zero-rate-of-vat-for-electronic-publications</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps all taxes under review and welcomes representations to help inform future decisions on tax policy, as part of the tax policy making cycle and Budget process.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Richard Fuller question first answered 28/09/2022 08:17:39 answering member 3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller
	tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy