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1668301

	registered interest
	date	08/11/2023
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Boundary Commissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department submitted a draft Order in Council to a meeting of His Majesty in Council giving effect to new parliamentary boundaries within the four-month statutory period as provided for in section 4 of the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	754
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>Following the laying before Parliament of the four reports by the Speaker of the House of Commons on 28 June, the Secretary of State submitted on 27 October a draft Order in Council, giving effect to the new parliamentary constituencies boundaries recommendations, to the Privy Council Office, so that the Order can be considered at the next Privy Council meeting thereafter.</p> answering member constituency Redcar answering member printed Jacob Young question first answered 13/11/2023 12:57:57 answering member 4825 label Biography information for Jacob Young
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1663483

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	NHS: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether annual budget allocations have been made for 2024-25 in relation to the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	201337
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government is backing the plan with over £2.4 billion over the next five years to fund additional education and training places. This is on top of increases to education and training investment, reaching a record £6.1 billion over the next two years.</p><p>The education and training budget for 2024-25 was set at the last Spending Review and the Government is working with NHS England to finalise the budget to make sure it reflects recent pay deals.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 201338 question first answered 18/10/2023 15:13:09 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1663484

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	NHS: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether funding for the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan is coming from his Department's existing budgets.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	201338
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government is backing the plan with over £2.4 billion over the next five years to fund additional education and training places. This is on top of increases to education and training investment, reaching a record £6.1 billion over the next two years.</p><p>The education and training budget for 2024-25 was set at the last Spending Review and the Government is working with NHS England to finalise the budget to make sure it reflects recent pay deals.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 201337 question first answered 18/10/2023 15:13:09 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1656148

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Research and Development Expenditure Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Research and Development tax credit relief applicants have received repeated requests for information in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	196154
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>Research and Development tax reliefs are a vital driver of innovation, growth and productivity and are crucial to the government’s pledge to grow the economy. It’s important that these reliefs are easy to claim and are provided quickly to genuine claimants.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC does not record details of the number of additional requests for information, however, HMRC asks for information only where it is needed to support a claimant in justifying their claim.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 11/09/2023 13:29:26 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1656149

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff working on Research and Development tax relief schemes in HMRC have (a) prior experience in and (b) qualifications relevant to the technological sector.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	196155
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2023 answer text <p>HMRC does not expect staff working on Research and Development (R&amp;D tax relief schemes to be experts in the field of technology. That is not required because it is HMRC’s responsibility to ask questions to establish that the claimant understands and has correctly applied the definition of qualifying R&amp;D. HMRC are seeking to gather information to test against the requirements for eligibility.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC staff work with customers to understand the commercial context of their activities and whether they qualify for R&amp;D relief and as part of the checking process. Where HMRC deal with complex matters HMRC staff can seek technical support or specialist advice.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 06/09/2023 16:06:09 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1656150

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Research and Development Expenditure Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of HMRC's Research and Development Tax relief reform changes on the number of UK SMEs submitting applications for tax relief.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	196156
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text The Government is currently undertaking a review of R&amp;D tax reliefs, to ensure the UK remains a competitive location for cutting edge research, that the reliefs continue to be fit for purpose, and that taxpayer money is effectively targeted. A number of reforms have already been announced as part of this review.<p> </p>HMRC has considered the impacts of these measures, and these are set out Tax Information and Impact Notes published alongside any announcements.<p> </p>HMRC publishes annual statistics on the number of R&amp;D tax relief claims received: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/corporate-tax-research-and-development-tax-credit" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/corporate-tax-research-and-development-tax-credit</a> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 11/09/2023 13:31:04 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1656369

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Whisky: Excise Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer ,what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the rise in alcohol duty on the (a) growth and (b) job creation prospects of the Scotch whisky industry.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	196294
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The potential impacts of the recent changes to alcohol duty rates were published at Spring Budget in HMRC’s Tax Information and Impact Note and can be found online (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/changes-to-alcohol-duty-rates/alcohol-duty-rate-changes#summary-of-impacts).</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 11/09/2023 09:08:00 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1656370

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	217
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Whisky: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made a recent assessment of the contribution of the Scotch whisky industry to the tourism industry.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	196295
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The whisky industry is the UK’s largest single food and drink sector, accounting for 25% of the UK’s food and drink exports and 75% of Scottish food and drink exports, impacting 200 markets worldwide. The whisky sector generates £3.3 billion directly to the UK economy, and totals £5.5 billion when Gross Value Added (GVA) is added to the overall to UK Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Research by VisitScotland found that 20% of respondents stated they visited a whisky distillery on their holiday in Scotland, making it one of the top activities for overnight tourists on their trip to Scotland.</p><p>Visits to whisky distilleries in Scotland have increased by two thirds since 2010, and over 1000 people are now directly employed in tourism roles which equates to 10% of the industry’s direct employment in Scotland.</p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Sir John Whittingdale question first answered 11/09/2023 10:21:41 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1652105

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Trade Marks: Registration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the Financial Conduct Authority's procedures for ensuring that all trading names associated with a single registration are properly authorised.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	193391
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2023 answer text <p>The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is an operationally independent non-governmental body responsible for regulating and supervising the financial services industry. Although the Treasury sets the legal framework for the regulation of financial services, the FCA is responsible for developing and implementing rules, including relating to trading names. Further information on the FCA’s approach is available on its website.</p><p> </p><p>Through the Financial Services Act 2021, the government granted the FCA new powers to remove permissions from firms when they are not carrying out the regulated activities they are permitted to. The FCA has since undertaken a ‘use it or lose it’ exercise, removing firms’ permissions where they are not carrying out regulated activities.</p><p> </p><p>This has seen the FCA carry out 1,090 assessments in 2021/22 and resulted in 264 firms applying to voluntarily cancel, and a further 47 to modify, their permission to carry out regulated activities.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers regularly engage with the FCA on a range of issues while recognising that the independence of the FCA is critical to its functions.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 18/07/2023 08:13:37 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1652106

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Trade Marks: Registration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the Financial Conduct Authority's procedures for authorising the association of multiple trading names with a single registration.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	193392
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2023 answer text <p>The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is an operationally independent non-governmental body responsible for regulating and supervising the financial services industry. Although the Treasury sets the legal framework for the regulation of financial services, the FCA is responsible for developing and implementing rules, including relating to trading names. Further information on the FCA’s approach is available on its website.</p><p> </p><p>Through the Financial Services Act 2021, the government granted the FCA new powers to remove permissions from firms when they are not carrying out the regulated activities they are permitted to. The FCA has since undertaken a ‘use it or lose it’ exercise, removing firms’ permissions where they are not carrying out regulated activities.</p><p> </p><p>This has seen the FCA carry out 1,090 assessments in 2021/22 and resulted in 264 firms applying to voluntarily cancel, and a further 47 to modify, their permission to carry out regulated activities.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers regularly engage with the FCA on a range of issues while recognising that the independence of the FCA is critical to its functions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 19/07/2023 07:34:15 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray