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1127720

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Renewable Energy: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of public funding for renewable energy since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	911018
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to investing in renewable energy and our support has enabled the UK to become a world leader in clean growth with the fastest emissions reduction on a per person basis than any other G7 nation.</p><p> </p><p>We will spend £4.5 billion between 2016 and 2021 to support the development of renewable and low carbon heating through the Renewable Heat Incentive.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also encouraging private sector innovation and £92 billion of private funding has been invested in clean energy in the UK since 2010.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 21/05/2019 13:43:49 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1581594

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Bakeries: Business Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which type of bakeries fall within the higher (a) discount and (b) relief rate for business rates.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	134057
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>At Autumn Statement 2022, the Government announced a package of changes and tax cuts worth £13.6 billion over the next five years. This includes an increased 75 per cent relief for retail, hospitality and leisure (RHL) properties, up to a cash cap of £110,000 per business for 2023-24.</p><p> </p><p>This is a tax cut worth over £2 billion for around 230,000 RHL businesses, to support the high street and protect small shops. This support builds on the previous temporary 50 per cent RHL scheme announced at Autumn Budget 2021, as well as the unprecedented £16 billion of relief provided to the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors throughout the pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>Local Authorities determine eligibility for the 2023-24 scheme with regard to Government guidance which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/business-rates-relief-202324-retail-hospitality-and-leisure-scheme-local-authority-guidance" target="_blank"><em>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/business-rates-relief-202324-retail-hospitality-and-leisure-scheme-local-authority-guidance</em></a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 135262 135352 question first answered 02/02/2023 14:14:34 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1186566

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Food Supply: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has plans to introduce tax breaks to enable food producers in financial distress as a result of the covid-19 outbreak to main food supplies.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	32218
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government has provided enhanced support to the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors given the acute impacts of COVID-19 on those sectors. A range of measures to support all businesses has been made available, including the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan scheme, and the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to help firms continue to keep people in employment. HMRC have also set up a dedicated COVID-19 helpline to help those in need, and they may be able to agree a bespoke Time to Pay arrangement.</p><p> </p><p>This is the right response at the right time. As the wider economic picture becomes clearer, the Government will do whatever it takes to get the nation through the impacts of COVID-19, and the Government stands ready to announce further action wherever necessary.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 32217 question first answered 24/03/2020 15:28:31 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1603642

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Business Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to reform business rates at the Spring Budget.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	163849
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2023 answer text <p>At Autumn Statement 2022, the Government announced a package of changes and tax cuts worth £13.6 billion over the next five years. The package contains new measures to reduce the burden of business rates, including a freeze in the multiplier, extended relief for high street businesses, and targeted support for small businesses.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the 2020 Business Rates Review, the Government committed to more frequent revaluations from 2023, which represents significant reform of the system and will ensure that liabilities are more responsive to changing market conditions. The Government is also permanently scrapping downwards caps from Transitional Relief, so that businesses will see the full benefit of falling bills immediately, meeting a key business ask. Alongside the Government’s commitment to more frequent revaluations this represents significant reform and will make the system fairer and more responsive for all ratepayers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 16/03/2023 16:16:51 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1587250

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Iron and Steel: Imports
	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 effectiveness of a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism in ensuring that imported steel is subject to similar carbon taxes to UK steel.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	148601
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2023 answer text <p>The government committed to consult on this issue, and intends to do so in the spring.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2022-05-16/hcws26" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2022-05-16/hcws26</a></p><p>The Government recognises the role that steel plays within the UK economy and is working with industry on its decarbonisation options.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 23/02/2023 18:06:14 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1605579

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Business Rates: Reform
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade on the potential merits of reforming business rates in the period since the Spring Budget.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	169256
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>At Autumn Statement 2022, the Government announced a package of changes and tax cuts worth £13.6 billion over the next five years, including:</p><ul><li>a freeze to the business rates multiplier for 2023-2024, a tax cut worth £9.3 billion over the next 5 years, meaning all bills are 6 per cent lower than without the freeze;</li><li>an increased 75 per cent relief for retail, hospitality and leisure (RHL) properties, up to a cash cap of £110,000 per business for 2023-24. This is a tax cut worth over £2 billion for around 230,000 RHL businesses, to support the high street and protect small shops;</li><li>an Exchequer funded Transitional Relief scheme worth £1.6 billion to protect an estimated 700,000 ratepayers facing bill increases due to increases in rateable value. The Government has announced that it will permanently scrap ‘downwards caps’ which had restricted falling bills in previous schemes. This will benefit around 300,000 ratepayers who will see their full bill decrease from April 2023.</li><li>Over £500 million of support over the next three years with a new Supporting Small Business scheme. This will cap bill increases to £50 per month (£600 per year) for businesses losing some or all of their Small Business or Rural Rate Relief due to the revaluation.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Treasury Ministers regularly engage with other Government departments and external stakeholders on a range of issues.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 23/03/2023 17:34:30 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1565597

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2023
	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, when he plans to respond to the letter from the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on funding for British Steel.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	119983
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p>The Chancellor engages regularly with the Secretary of State for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Security of State for Levelling up, House and Communities on a range of matters. It would not be appropriate to comment on commercial discussions.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 16/01/2023 17:13:02 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1248391

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2020
	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, when he plans to publish the report on the Government's implementation of Loan Charge changes following the Independent Loan Charge Review.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	110798
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) plan to report to Parliament on the implementation of Loan Charge changes following the Independent Loan Charge Review by the end of 2020.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/11/2020 16:21:21 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1245553

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Employee Ownership
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value was of shares issued through Share Incentive Plans by (a) partnership, (b) matching (c) free and (d) dividend shares in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	106984
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2020 answer text <p>Share Incentive Plans (SIPs) is a tax-advantaged employee share scheme offered by the Government.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC publishes annual statistics on Employee Share Schemes, including the value of shares, which are available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employee-share-schemes-statistics#national-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employee-share-schemes-statistics#national-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the value of awarded shares for the last four years by type of share. Figures for 2014-15 are not available due to the introduction of the Employment Related Securities service.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1- Initial value of SIP shares by share type (£m)</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>SIP – initial value of awarded shares <strong>(£m)</strong></p></td><td><p>Free shares</p></td><td><p>Partnership shares</p></td><td><p>Matching shares</p></td><td><p>Dividend shares</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14-15</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15-16</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>510</p></td><td><p>310</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16-17</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>430</p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17-18</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18-19</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>310</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 02/11/2020 11:57:27 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1641869

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Ceramics: Exports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value was of exports of UK-manufactured ceramic products in each year since 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	187626
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2023 answer text HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) is responsible for the collection and publication of data on imports and exports of goods to and from the UK. HMRC releases this information monthly, as a National Statistic called the Overseas Trade in Goods Statistics (OTS), which is available via their dedicated website (<a href="http://www.uktradeinfo.com/" target="_blank">www.uktradeinfo.com</a>). From this website, it is possible to <a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/trade-data/ots-custom-table/" target="_blank">build your own data tables</a> based upon bespoke search criteria. However, it should be noted that HMRC does not hold data regarding the manufacture of those exported goods.<p> </p><p> </p><p>Classification codes (according to the Harmonised System) are available to assist you in accessing published trade statistics data in the <a href="https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/find_commodity" target="_blank">UK Trade Tariff.</a> Goods moving from the UK are identified by an eight-digit commodity code. These are publicly available from the UK Trade Tariff at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/trade-tariff" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/trade-tariff</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Ceramics can be classified under a number of commodity codes depending on the item produced. The classification codes in <a href="https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/chapters/69" target="_blank">chapter 69</a> are used for ceramic products other than porcelain and china. However, there are other Tariff chapters that may also contain ceramic in them.</p><p> </p><p>The value of ceramics exported from the UK since 2019 is available from the above uktradeinfo website. As referenced above, the online data available does not distinguish where the ceramics are manufactured. <br> <br> The Office for National Statistics do publish statistics on <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/manufacturingandproductionindustry/bulletins/ukmanufacturerssalesbyproductprodcom/2021results" target="_blank">UK manufacturers’ sales by product (latest available 2021)</a>, of which Division 23 SIC(07) 2341 to (07)2349 may be of interest. However, these statistics do not differentiate between domestic and export sales.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 08/06/2023 13:40:06 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson