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1692824

	registered interest
	date	29/02/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Childcare: Tax Allowances
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax free childcare accounts were set up within the seven working day timeframe communicated to parents during the application process in each of the last six months.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Darren Jones
	uin	16437
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>The quarterly and monthly Tax-Free Childcare accounts data, available on the GOV.UK, could serve as a useful reference:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tax-free-childcare-statistics-december-2023</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tax-free-childcare-quarterly-statistics</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 06/03/2024 16:20:17 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1684155

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Infrastructure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he is taking steps to update the Analysis of the National Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline 2021, published in August 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Darren Jones
	uin	10868
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2024 answer text <p>The IPA's National Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline is a key publication outlining planned and projected investment in UK major infrastructure and construction over the next 10 years. The 2023 Pipeline will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 29/01/2024 11:04:32 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
	tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1684156

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Government: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many major infrastructure projects in the Government Major Projects Portfolio have (a) received final approval since April 2021 and (b) had their summary business cases published.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Darren Jones
	uin	10869
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2024 answer text <p>The government publishes a range of information on all major projects on the Government Major Projects Portfolio online as part of the IPA’s annual report. This includes project narratives, whole-life costs and monetised benefits where available. Further information on major projects and published business cases for relevant projects and programmes can be found on Gov.uk.<em><br> <br> </em></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 29/01/2024 11:02:40 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
	tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1663650

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Sports: VAT
	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 reducing the level of VAT applied to children’s (a) swimming lessons and (b) other sports.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Darren Jones
	uin	201504
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>VAT has been designed as a broad-based tax on consumption, and the twenty per cent standard rate applies to the majority of goods and services. While there are exceptions to the standard rate, these have always been strictly limited by both legal and fiscal considerations; one exception being certain supplies of education, which are generally exempt from VAT when certain conditions are met.</p><p> </p><p>VAT is the UK’s third largest tax forecast to raise £161 billion in 2022/23, helping to fund key spending priorities such as important public services, including the NHS, education and defence. Nevertheless, the Government keeps all taxes under review.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 23/10/2023 08:12:21 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1646535

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impacts of temporarily closing the Self-Assessment hotline on individuals needing advice prior to submitting information relating to their tax returns.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Darren Jones
	uin	190749
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2023 answer text This quarter is the quietest for Self-Assessment (SA) queries. HMRC is piloting the temporary and time-limited closure of the SA helpline so that c.350 advisers can be moved to other work, including clearing post items, which experience heavier demand at this time of year.<p> </p><p>The SA helpline will reopen on 4 September, five months prior to the SA filing deadline of 31 January.</p><p> </p><p>Around two-thirds of all Self-Assessment calls can be resolved online by customers; piloting a seasonal Self-Assessment helpline is about positively encouraging people to use these services when they can.</p><p> </p><p>This will free up HMRC advisors to help those with more urgent queries or who cannot access digital services, and to work on correspondence.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 28/06/2023 15:38:28 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1642208

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Innovation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the budget allocated for public service innovation is in the (a) Department for Health and Social Care, (b) Department for Education, (c) Home Office, (d) Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, (e) Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, (f) Department for Work and Pensions and (g) Department for Justice.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Darren Jones
	uin	188099
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2023 answer text <p>There is no single budget specifically allocated to “public service innovation” across government as a whole or within individual departments. The Government has funded a range of initiatives that could be considered public service innovation, but ultimately budgets are not measured in this way.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 13/06/2023 10:46:24 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1600000

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Research and Development Expenditure Credit: Small Businesses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review changes to the Research and Development Expenditure Credit scheme to help incentivise small and medium sized enterprises to invest in research and development in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Darren Jones
	uin	155197
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2023 answer text <p>As part of the ongoing research and development (R&amp;D) tax reliefs review, the Government is reforming the R&amp;D tax reliefs to ensure taxpayer’s money is spent as effectively as possible, to improve the competitiveness of the Research and Development Expenditure Credit (RDEC) scheme, and as a step towards a simplified, single RDEC-like scheme for all.</p><p> </p><p>Generous spending support will continue: direct funding for R&amp;D will reach £20 billion a year by 2024-2025 as planned. This is a cash increase of around a third compared to 2021-2022, and the largest-ever increase over a Spending Review (SR) period.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also remains committed to the increasing focus on innovation set out at SR 2021 and the £2.6 billion allocation to Innovate UK over the SR period. From 2021-2022 to 2024-2025, this represents a 54 per cent cash increase in Innovate UK’s budgets and 70 per cent of Innovate UK’s grants to businesses go to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 07/03/2023 08:07:24 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1582902

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Childcare: Tax Allowances
	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 increasing the £500 cap on payments received every three months under the Tax-Free Childcare scheme in the context of increased childcare costs.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Darren Jones
	uin	137910
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>Tax-Free Childcare (TFC) provides financial support for working parents with their childcare costs. For every £8 parents pay into their childcare account, the Government adds £2 up to a maximum of £2,000 in top up per year for each child up to age 11 and up to £4,000 per disabled child until they’re 17. Take-up of Tax-Free Childcare has continued to increase and is on a steady upward trajectory: at the end of September 2022 (the most recent data) an estimated 401,000 families used Tax-Free Childcare for 478,000 children, compared to 391,000 families for 468,000 children in June 2022. The Government spent £44 million on TFC top-up for families in September 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Additional childcare support is available: all three- and four-year-olds can access 15 hours of free childcare per week, regardless of circumstance. Eligible working parents of three- and four-year-olds can also access an additional 15 hours of free childcare per week, also known as 30 hours free childcare. Moreover, Universal Credit (UC) claimants are able to claim up to 85% of their childcare costs.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 08/02/2023 14:06:05 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1581275

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Cryptocurrencies: Regulation
	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 adequacy of regulation of crypto-currencies.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Darren Jones
	uin	133723
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>The government believes that having robust and effective regulation will boost innovation - by giving people and businesses the confidence they need to use new technologies safely</p><p> </p><p>A consultation on the future financial services regulatory regime for cryptoasset activities was published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/future-financial-services-regulatory-regime-for-cryptoassets" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/future-financial-services-regulatory-regime-for-cryptoassets</a> on Wednesday 1 February.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this, the Financial Services and Markets Bill ensures that the Treasury can establish the legislative framework for regulating cryptoassets and stablecoins.</p><p> </p><p>The government has already taken steps to bring certain cryptoasset activities into the scope of UK regulation. Since January 2020, cryptoasset firms operating in the UK have been subject to the Money Laundering Regulations. To protect consumers, on 18 January 2022, the Government set out its intention to legislate to bring certain cryptoassets into financial promotion regulation and published a further policy statement here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/cryptoasset-promotions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/cryptoasset-promotions</a> on Wednesday 1 February.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 02/02/2023 12:19:23 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1579836

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Mileage Allowances
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has considered the potential merits of increasing the Approved Mileage Allowance Payment from 45p per mile for the first 10,000 miles.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Darren Jones
	uin	130103
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>Approved Mileage Allowance Payments (AMAPs) are used by employers to reimburse an employee’s expenses for business mileage in their private vehicle.</p><p> </p><p>The government sets the AMAP rates to minimise administrative burdens.</p><p>Employees can claim up to 45p per mile for the first 10,000 miles and the 25p per mile for subsequent miles. The mileage thresholds reflect that the AMAP rates are designed to cover both a proportion of fixed costs, such as insurance and VED, as well as ongoing costs such as fuel.</p><p> </p><p>Employers are not required to use the AMAPs rates. Instead, they can agree to reimburse a different amount that better reflects their employees’ circumstances. If an employee is paid less than the AMAP rate, they can claim Mileage Allowance Relief (MAR) on the shortfall. However, where payments exceed the relevant AMAP rate, there may be a tax and National Insurance charge on the difference.</p><p> </p><p>Self-employed people can choose to use the simplified mileage rate, or they can claim tax relief using capital allowances and actual expenses.</p><p> </p><p>As with all taxes, the Government keeps the AMAP rate under review and any changes are considered and announced at fiscal events.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 129819 question first answered 30/01/2023 17:37:58 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones