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	date	13/05/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Arts: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what additional financial support he plans to make available for self-employed workers in the creative industries during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	46566
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2020 answer text <p>The Government has announced unprecedented support for business and workers to protect them against the current economic emergency including almost £300 billion of guarantees – equivalent to 15% of UK GDP.</p><p> </p><p>Help for self-employed workers in sectors like the creative industry has been provided through the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS). SEISS provides grants to those who are self-employed, or members of partnerships, worth 80% of their trading profits/partnership trading profits, up to a maximum of £2,500 per month. The value of the grant is based on a 3-year average of trading/partnership trading profits, from the tax years 2016-17 to 2018-19. SEISS is available to those who generate majority of their income from self -employment and who earn less than £50k. Some 95% of people who are mainly self-employed could benefit from SEISS. The scheme went live on 13 May.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, to support those on low incomes at this time, the Government has announced a package of temporary welfare measures, including:</p><ul><li>A £20 per week increase to the Universal Credit (UC) standard allowance and Working Tax Credit basic element.</li><li>An increase in the Local Housing Allowance rates for UC and Housing Benefit claimants.</li></ul><ul><li>A relaxation of UC minimum income floor for all self-employed UC claimants affected by the economic impacts of COVID-19.</li><li>A 3-month mortgage holiday for homeowners</li></ul><p> </p><p>Details of the range of support for individuals affected by COVID-19 is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/support-for-those-affected-by-covid-19/support-for-those-affected-by-covid-19" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/support-for-those-affected-by-covid-19/support-for-those-affected-by-covid-19</a>.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 22/05/2020 08:50:30 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1305610

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many items of written correspondence from Members of Parliament Treasury Ministers have (a) received and (b) replied to since April 1 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	174736
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2021 answer text <p>Members of Parliament have written to HM Treasury 36,791 times between 1 April 2020 and 24 March 2021. This represents a sharp increase on 2019, whereby Members of Parliament wrote to HM Treasury 7,386 times.</p><p> </p><p>Of the 36,791 pieces of written correspondence, 26,709 have been responded to and 6,584 have been transferred to other Government departments to answer. The remaining pieces of correspondence are ongoing or required no response.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 13/04/2021 07:22:06 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1308674

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	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 April 2021 to Question 174736, on Members: Correspondence, how many of the 26,709 responses to written correspondence from Members of Parliament were responded to by (a) Ministers and (b) officials.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	180418
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>It is not possible to provide the breakdown the Member has requested.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 19/04/2021 11:43:42 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan