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1174242

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2020
	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, with reference to the oral contribution of the Economic Secretary to the Treasury, of 13 March 2019, Official Report, column 177WH, whether any changes have been made to the letter that his sent to young people informing them of their national insurance number when they reach 16 years old.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	9774
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The Child Trust Funds (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (SI2020/29) were laid on 15 January 2020 - <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/29/contents/made" target="_blank">www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/29/contents/made</a></p><p> </p><p>Child Trust Funds (CTF) accounts will start to mature in September 2020 when the first children reach 18. These regulations ensure maturing CTF will retain their tax-free status and 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><p> </p><p>HMRC has improved the National Insurance number notification letter, which is sent out prior to a child’s 16th birthday, to raise awareness of the Child Trust Funds scheme. The letter informs young people that they may have money in a Child Trust Fund and signposts them to HMRC’s guidance on accessing and managing the account.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 9773 question first answered 03/02/2020 13:01:58 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1174241

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Child Trust Fund: Tax Allowances
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral contribution of the Economic Secretary to the Treasury, of 13 March 2019, Official Report, column 179WH, when the Government plans to lay the draft regulations that will ensure that investments held in Child Trust Fund accounts will retain their tax-free status after maturity.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	9773
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The Child Trust Funds (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (SI2020/29) were laid on 15 January 2020 - <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/29/contents/made" target="_blank">www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/29/contents/made</a></p><p> </p><p>Child Trust Funds (CTF) accounts will start to mature in September 2020 when the first children reach 18. These regulations ensure maturing CTF will retain their tax-free status and 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><p> </p><p>HMRC has improved the National Insurance number notification letter, which is sent out prior to a child’s 16th birthday, to raise awareness of the Child Trust Funds scheme. The letter informs young people that they may have money in a Child Trust Fund and signposts them to HMRC’s guidance on accessing and managing the account.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 9774 question first answered 03/02/2020 13:01:58 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1239344

	registered interest
	date	30/09/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Job Support Scheme
	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 cost to the public purse of the (a) Job Support Scheme in (i) 2020-21 and (ii) 2021i22, and b) take-up of that scheme in terms of number of employments.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	97712
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2020 answer text <p>The Job Support Scheme is designed to protect jobs in businesses that are facing lower demand over the winter months due to COVID-19, to help their employees remain attached to the workforce. The total cost of the Job Support Scheme will depend on take-up; based on equivalent earnings to the average CJRS claim, the Government estimates the scheme would cost up to £1.8 billion for every million employments under the scheme for six months.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 05/10/2020 15:18:36 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1173890

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Redundancy Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times HMRC has been required to refund tax paid by former employees as a function of termination payments as a result of an incorrect decision in relation to injury to feelings being classified as connected to the termination in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	9140
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>Payments made to an individual as compensation for injury to feelings can be paid tax free where they are not connected with the termination of an employment. HM Revenue and Customs have recently updated guidance that sets out the circumstances in which compensation payments are, or are not, connected with the termination of an employment.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested is not available as HMRC do not hold data relating to tax refunds for incorrect decisions regarding payments made for injury to feelings connected to the termination of employment.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 03/02/2020 13:37:39 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1173886

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2020
	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, how many pubs have a rateable value of under £100,000.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	9136
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>As at 31 March 2019, there were 38,790 non-domestic properties in the Rating List in England and Wales with a Rateable Value of under £100,000 that are classified as public houses.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 03/02/2020 13:32:50 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1234071

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Shipping: Tax Allowances
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans his Department has to inform UK seafarers who have been unable to work due to covid-19 travel restrictions that they may face a tax bill as a result of not qualifying for the Seafarers Earnings Deduction.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	89830
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2020 answer text <p>The Seafarers Earnings Deduction (SED) offers a 100 per cent reduction in income tax on maritime employment income for UK and EEA resident seafarers who have a qualifying period of time absent from the UK. The qualifying period must be made up of at least 365 days, but return visits to the UK during that time up to a maximum of 183 consecutive days can count towards the qualifying period. This is among the most generous reliefs available to seafarers worldwide.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government has introduced a broad range of support to help meet this challenge. This includes the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme and mortgage holidays for homeowners and landlords.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance is available on GOV.UK for seafarers to check whether they are eligible for SED and what steps they need to take to claim, including a worksheet which seafarers can use each year to determine their eligibility.</p><p> </p><p>As with other areas of tax policy, the Government is keeping this under review in light of the pandemic.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/09/2020 14:48:07 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1234069

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Insolvency
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the return of HMRC preferential creditor status on (a) the willingness of retail banks to extend credit and loans, and (b) the ability of retail banks to renew the facilities of existing borrowers.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	89829
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2020 answer text <p>The recent legislative change gives HMRC second preferential creditor status for certain taxes. This change ensures that when a business enters insolvency, more of the taxes paid in good faith by its employees and customers, but held temporarily by the business, go to fund public services as intended, rather than be distributed to other creditors.</p><p>This change is not expected to have a significant impact on financial institutions, the lending market or wider economy. This measure is forecast to raise up to £220 million a year. To put this into perspective, bank lending to small and medium-sized businesses alone in 2019 was £57 billion.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/09/2020 14:49:58 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1234066

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Business: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what conditions on (a) environmental performance, (b) treatment of employees, (c) continuation as a going concern, (d) tax practices, (e) corporate behaviour including the use of share buybacks and dividend payments and (f) executive remuneration are imposed on companies receiving support through the (a) Coronavirus Job Retention scheme, (b) Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan scheme, c) Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan scheme and (d) COVID-19 Corporate Financing Facility.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	89828
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government support measures are well-targeted at businesses most in need, bearing in mind the need to act very quickly to deliver this unprecedented package. The OBR has said that that the positive actions the Government have taken “should…help to limit any long-term economic ‘scarring’, by keeping workers attached to firms and helping otherwise viable firms stay in business.”. The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme in particular, has supported more than 1.2 million firms to furlough 9.6 million jobs. We expect everyone to act responsibly and in the spirit of these packages, and only claim and use support as intended. In addition:</p><p>Under the Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS), borrowers are required to restrict dividend payments, which means they are only allowed to make dividends payments which were a) declared before the CLBILS loan was taken out, b) are in keeping with similar dividends payments made in the preceding 12 months, and c) do not have a material negative impact on the borrower’s ability to repay the loan. In addition to restrictions on dividends payments, firms borrowing more than £50m will be required to agree to not make dividend payments or share buybacks, and to restrictions on pay and bonuses for senior management. These restrictions remain in place until the loan has been repaid.</p><p>Issuers participating in the Covid Corporate Financing Facility (CCFF) are required to commit to restraint on their capital distributions (including dividends and share buybacks) and on senior pay. This applies to all commercial paper (CP) maturing after 19 May 2021. Issuers will be required to provide a letter of commitment to HM Treasury in relation to this if a) an increase in an issuer's CCFF limit, over and above that suggested by the issuer’s investment rating, is requested and approved, and/or b) a CCFF transaction is entered into which involves CP maturing on or after 19 May 2021. HM Treasury reserves the right to publish this letter, should it become aware that the terms of the letter have not been complied with.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 17/09/2020 10:37:58 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1173652

	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	Retail Trade: Business Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many retail businesses have a rateable value of under £51,000.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	8458
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>As of 31 March 2019, there were 467,040 non-domestic properties in the Rating List in England and Wales with a Rateable Value of under £51,000 that are classified as part of the retail sector.</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 published update to the above statistics is planned for July 2020.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 30/01/2020 11:58:31 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1173626

	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	Minimum Wage: Non-payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) current and (b) former employees have contacted the national minimum wage unit in relation to alleged non-compliance by their employer in each month in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	8455
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government is determined that everyone who is entitled to the National Minimum Wage (NMW) receives it.</p><p> </p><p>All businesses, irrespective of size or business sector, are responsible for paying the correct minimum wage to their staff.</p><p> </p><p>If anyone thinks they are not receiving at least the minimum wage, they can contact Acas, in confidence, on 0300 123 1100 or submit a query online using the link <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pay-and-work-rights-complaints" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pay-and-work-rights-complaints</a> .</p><p> </p><p>The Government has more than trebled annual funding for minimum wage enforcement since 2014, providing a total budget of £26.3m in 2018-19. The additional investment has enabled a significant expansion of resources dedicated to enforcing the NMW.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides a breakdown of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff working in NMW enforcement, by month, for the last 3 years.</p><p> </p><p>Other staff across HMRC also contribute to enforcing the NMW, including lawyers, technical advisors and those specialising in criminal investigations. These staff are not included in these numbers.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2016-2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-2019</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>256</p></td><td><p>388</p></td><td><p>403</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>257</p></td><td><p>389</p></td><td><p>399</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>395</p></td><td><p>402</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>269</p></td><td><p>394</p></td><td><p>419</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>271</p></td><td><p>396</p></td><td><p>418</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>279</p></td><td><p>395</p></td><td><p>424</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>288</p></td><td><p>394</p></td><td><p>424</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>287</p></td><td><p>393</p></td><td><p>438</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>321</p></td><td><p>390</p></td><td><p>435</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>409</p></td><td><p>421</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>346</p></td><td><p>415</p></td><td><p>424</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>352</p></td><td><p>412</p></td><td><p>429</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC do not specifically record data on current and former employees when logging complaints. The table below shows the total number of complaints received from workers by HMRC, for each month, for the last 3 years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2016-2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-2019</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>143</p></td><td><p>414</p></td><td><p>808</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>236</p></td><td><p>310</p></td><td><p>611</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>175</p></td><td><p>299</p></td><td><p>598</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>206</p></td><td><p>454</p></td><td><p>617</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>165</p></td><td><p>341</p></td><td><p>213</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>176</p></td><td><p>342</p></td><td><p>342</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>219</p></td><td><p>501</p></td><td><p>302</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>154</p></td><td><p>626</p></td><td><p>287</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>550</p></td><td><p>331</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>174</p></td><td><p>665</p></td><td><p>266</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>313</p></td><td><p>754</p></td><td><p>297</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>465</p></td><td><p>771</p></td><td><p>252</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>2573</p></td><td><p>6027</p></td><td><p>4924</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 8454 question first answered 30/01/2020 14:15:11 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds