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1130986

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) St Helens borough, (b) Liverpool City Region, (c) the North West and (d) the UK paid tax in the tax bands (i) up to £8,632, (ii) £8,632 to £12,500, (iii) £12,500 to £50,000, (iii) £50,000 to £100,000 and (iv) above £100,000 in the most recent period for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	262410
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>Estimates of the number of tax paying individuals in the areas requested are provided in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/06/2019 14:58:48 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman attachment 1 file name Table attachment for Conor McGinn PQ.docx title Table relating to PQ UIN 262410
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1173686

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Child Trust Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to (a) raise public awareness of and (b) encourage young people to access monies held in their name in Child Trust Fund accounts.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	8356
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>HMRC is working closely with Child Trust Fund providers and the wider industry to assist those who have difficulty in locating a misplaced Child Trust Fund account.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC:</p><ul><li>has improved the National Insurance Notification (NINO) letter, which is sent out prior to a child’s 16th birthday, to raise awareness of the Child Trust Fund scheme;</li><li>has worked with a charity, The Share Foundation, to develop a process whereby the charity can link children with their account; and</li><li>is developing a simplified system for account tracing which will assist those with a limited digital footprint.</li></ul><p> </p><p>In addition, while CTF providers are already required to send regular statements to the contact for the account, regulations were laid on 15 January which will require them to send a statement in the year the child reaches 17 in anticipation of the maturity of the account.</p><p> </p><p>If a child, or their parent, does not know which provider is managing the child’s account, HMRC provides a tracing service, which can be accessed at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/child-trust-funds" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/child-trust-funds</a></p><p> </p><p>As accounts do not begin to mature until September 2020, no accounts are currently unclaimed, and the total value of unclaimed funds is zero.</p><p> </p><p>The regulations laid on 15 January ensure that any CTF account not claimed by the account holder when they turn 18 will retain its tax-free status until it is claimed. These regulations also provide that funds in a mature CTF may be transferred to an ISA without counting towards the individual’s annual ISA subscription limit.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 8357 8358 question first answered 30/01/2020 14:05:14 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1173687

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Child Trust Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the total number of unclaimed Child Trust Fund accounts in (a) St Helens North constituency and (b) the UK.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	8357
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>HMRC is working closely with Child Trust Fund providers and the wider industry to assist those who have difficulty in locating a misplaced Child Trust Fund account.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC:</p><ul><li>has improved the National Insurance Notification (NINO) letter, which is sent out prior to a child’s 16th birthday, to raise awareness of the Child Trust Fund scheme;</li><li>has worked with a charity, The Share Foundation, to develop a process whereby the charity can link children with their account; and</li><li>is developing a simplified system for account tracing which will assist those with a limited digital footprint.</li></ul><p> </p><p>In addition, while CTF providers are already required to send regular statements to the contact for the account, regulations were laid on 15 January which will require them to send a statement in the year the child reaches 17 in anticipation of the maturity of the account.</p><p> </p><p>If a child, or their parent, does not know which provider is managing the child’s account, HMRC provides a tracing service, which can be accessed at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/child-trust-funds" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/child-trust-funds</a></p><p> </p><p>As accounts do not begin to mature until September 2020, no accounts are currently unclaimed, and the total value of unclaimed funds is zero.</p><p> </p><p>The regulations laid on 15 January ensure that any CTF account not claimed by the account holder when they turn 18 will retain its tax-free status until it is claimed. These regulations also provide that funds in a mature CTF may be transferred to an ISA without counting towards the individual’s annual ISA subscription limit.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 8356 8358 question first answered 30/01/2020 14:05:14 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1173688

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Child Trust Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the total value of unclaimed funds currently residing in Child Trust Fund accounts.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	8358
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>HMRC is working closely with Child Trust Fund providers and the wider industry to assist those who have difficulty in locating a misplaced Child Trust Fund account.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC:</p><ul><li>has improved the National Insurance Notification (NINO) letter, which is sent out prior to a child’s 16th birthday, to raise awareness of the Child Trust Fund scheme;</li><li>has worked with a charity, The Share Foundation, to develop a process whereby the charity can link children with their account; and</li><li>is developing a simplified system for account tracing which will assist those with a limited digital footprint.</li></ul><p> </p><p>In addition, while CTF providers are already required to send regular statements to the contact for the account, regulations were laid on 15 January which will require them to send a statement in the year the child reaches 17 in anticipation of the maturity of the account.</p><p> </p><p>If a child, or their parent, does not know which provider is managing the child’s account, HMRC provides a tracing service, which can be accessed at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/child-trust-funds" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/child-trust-funds</a></p><p> </p><p>As accounts do not begin to mature until September 2020, no accounts are currently unclaimed, and the total value of unclaimed funds is zero.</p><p> </p><p>The regulations laid on 15 January ensure that any CTF account not claimed by the account holder when they turn 18 will retain its tax-free status until it is claimed. These regulations also provide that funds in a mature CTF may be transferred to an ISA without counting towards the individual’s annual ISA subscription limit.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 8356 8357 question first answered 30/01/2020 14:05:14 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1180017

	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	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of business rates on the ability of registered childcare providers to remain financially viable in England.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	19997
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government appreciates that business rates can represent a high fixed cost for small businesses. Childcare providers may be eligible for Small Business Rates Relief, where the smallest businesses pay no business rates at all. All childcare providers will benefit from the change from RPI to CPI indexation of business rates.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will be conducting a fundamental review of business rates.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 27/02/2020 11:48:09 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1185907

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Business Rates: North West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of businesses in (a) St Helens, (b) Liverpool City Region and (c) the North West have a rateable value of less than £51,000.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	30910
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2020 answer text <p>As of 31 March 2019:</p><p> </p><p>(a) For the St Helens billing authority, there were 4,704 non-domestic properties. 4,267 (91%) of these had a Rateable Value of less than £51,000;</p><p>(b) For the Liverpool City Region (combining the billing authorities of Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral) there were 47,676 non-domestic properties. 43,541 (91%) of these had a Rateable Value of less than £51,000;</p><p>(c) For the North West region, there were 273,784 non-domestic properties. 251,829 (92%) of these had a Rateable Value of less than £51,000.</p><p> </p><p>The Valuation Office Agency publishes statistics on the stock of properties at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/non-domestic-rating-stock-of-properties-including-business-floorspace-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/non-domestic-rating-stock-of-properties-including-business-floorspace-2019</a>. The next update to these statistics is planned for July 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/03/2020 16:49:33 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1190150

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
	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 provide financial assistance to employees who were working before 19 March 2020, but are exempt from the furlough scheme due to a real-time information submission after this date by their employer.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	39618
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2020 answer text <p>The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is open to any individual who was on an employer’s PAYE payroll on or before 19 March 2020 and for whom HMRC received an RTI submission notifying payment in respect of that employee on or before the 19 March 2020. Those not eligible for the scheme may be eligible for other support Government is providing, including a package of temporary welfare measures and up to three months’ mortgage payment holidays for those struggling with their mortgage payments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 29/04/2020 15:21:23 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1197055

	registered interest
	date	19/05/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Self-employment Income Support Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme, what recent estimate he has made of the number of women whose average income calculation has been reduced by maternity leave taken in the previous three tax years.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	49041
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>Eligibility for the SEISS and the size of the grant paid out is based on information provided to HMRC on self-assessment returns. Self-assessment returns do not include information on breaks in trade, such as the dates or the reasons. HMRC do not know why an individual’s profits may have dropped from self-assessment returns. As a result, a precise estimate relating to the impact of maternity leave is not available. However, the SEISS grant is calculated based on average profits between 2016/17 and 2018/19. This mitigates any periods of reduced earnings which all self-employed individuals may experience.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/06/2020 10:40:31 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1223890

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Money
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of people in (a) St Helens North constituency, (b) the North West and c) the UK for whom cash is their primary payment method.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	72975
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises that cash remains important for many individuals and businesses across the UK. That is why, at the March 2020 Budget, the Chancellor announced that the Government will bring forward legislation to protect access to cash for those who need it.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is engaging with the financial regulators, including through the Joint Authorities Cash Strategy Group, to monitor the impact of COVID-19 on the UK’s cash infrastructure and ensure that those who rely on cash to transact can continue to do so in the long-term. The Financial Conduct Authority and Payment Systems Regulators are developing a comprehensive picture of cash access infrastructure across the UK in relation to social economic factors that reflect consumer needs, building upon their mapping work carried out during the COVID-19 crisis.</p><p> </p><p>LINK, the UK’s main ATM network, publishes the annual total of free-to-use ATMs across the UK since 1998 online. As of 2019, there were 45,000 free-to-use ATMs in the UK; although this is less than the peak number in 2017, this remains 13% higher than a decade ago. LINK’s Monthly ATM Footprint Report also publishes information monthly on the break down by constituency.</p><p> </p><p>During the COVID-19 outbreak, financial services firms have announced a range of measures to support vulnerable customers. We are working with the Financial Conduct Authority to ensure there is continued support for these people. For example, many firms have methods for trusted third parties to access cash. Anyone with questions should contact their banking service provider.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 72976 72977 question first answered 16/07/2020 09:46:00 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1223892

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Cash Dispensing: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of free-to-use ATMs in (a) St Helens North constituency, (b) the North West and (c) the UK in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	72976
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises that cash remains important for many individuals and businesses across the UK. That is why, at the March 2020 Budget, the Chancellor announced that the Government will bring forward legislation to protect access to cash for those who need it.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is engaging with the financial regulators, including through the Joint Authorities Cash Strategy Group, to monitor the impact of COVID-19 on the UK’s cash infrastructure and ensure that those who rely on cash to transact can continue to do so in the long-term. The Financial Conduct Authority and Payment Systems Regulators are developing a comprehensive picture of cash access infrastructure across the UK in relation to social economic factors that reflect consumer needs, building upon their mapping work carried out during the COVID-19 crisis.</p><p> </p><p>LINK, the UK’s main ATM network, publishes the annual total of free-to-use ATMs across the UK since 1998 online. As of 2019, there were 45,000 free-to-use ATMs in the UK; although this is less than the peak number in 2017, this remains 13% higher than a decade ago. LINK’s Monthly ATM Footprint Report also publishes information monthly on the break down by constituency.</p><p> </p><p>During the COVID-19 outbreak, financial services firms have announced a range of measures to support vulnerable customers. We are working with the Financial Conduct Authority to ensure there is continued support for these people. For example, many firms have methods for trusted third parties to access cash. Anyone with questions should contact their banking service provider.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 72975 72977 question first answered 16/07/2020 09:46:00 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn