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1690759

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2024
	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, what component costs were used to calculate the HMRC mileage rate in 2010; and if he will make the equivalent calculation based on today's costs.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
	tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
	uin	15129
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 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; and by self-employed drivers to claim tax relief on business mileage. The rates for cars are 45 pence per mile for the first 10,000 miles and 25 pence per mile thereafter.</p><p> </p><p>The rates are arrived at after considering a range of factors including:</p><p>• the costs of motoring per business mile for a range of cars and</p><p>mileages;</p><p>• the transport needs of business;</p><p>• the cost to the Exchequer of changing the rate; and</p><p>• the overall fiscal position.</p><p> </p><p>The AMAP rates are not mandatory, and employers can choose to pay more or less than the AMAP rate. It is therefore ultimately up to employers to determine the rate at which they reimburse their employees. Like all taxes and allowances, the Government keeps the AMAP rate under review as part of the annual Budget process.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 29/02/2024 13:37:07 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
	tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

1661388

	registered interest
	date	18/09/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Cooperatives: Economic Situation
	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 contribution of the cooperative sector to the UK economy.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
	tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
	uin	200105
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to having a thriving co-operative sector and creating a modern and supportive business environment in the UK. The Government acknowledges the vital contribution co-operatives make to the economy, serving local communities up and down the UK. The latest Co-operative and Mutual Economy Report 2023, conducted by the trade body Co-operatives UK, found that co-operatives generated a combined, annual turnover of £40.9 billion, a 3.7% increase from 2022 levels.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has taken significant steps to support the co-operative sector in recent years. For example, the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 helped cut through the legal complexity involved in running a co-operative, improving their competitiveness. Additionally, at Budget 2021, the Government announced the £150m Community Ownership Fund. This allows community groups to bid for up to £2 million matched-funding to help them buy or take over local community assets at risk of being lost and run them as community-owned businesses, supporting co-operative entrepreneurship. To date, 195 projects across the UK have benefitted from the fund.</p><p> </p><p>Earlier this year, the Government-supported Co-operatives, Mutuals, and Friendly Societies Act 2023 came into force, which grants HM Treasury the power to bring forward regulations to give those mutuals further flexibility in determining for themselves the best strategies for their business regarding their surplus capital.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, the Government also aims to continue to develop a modern and supportive business environment to set co-operatives and mutuals up for success. The Government has commissioned the Law Commission to conduct reviews of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 and the Friendly Societies Act 1992. These reviews will investigate necessary changes to legislation that will help support co-operatives and friendly societies in their future growth and success.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 18/10/2023 08:36:13 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

1455105

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Food: Prices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department has taken through the Spring Statement to tackle food inflation.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
	tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
	uin	148313
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>As the global economy recovers from COVID-19, many economies are experiencing high inflation, in part due to pressures from rising energy and commodity prices, along with disruptions to global supply chains caused by a mismatch between elevated global demand and bottlenecks in supply as a result of the pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>The Government understands the pressures people are facing with the cost of living as a result of high inflation, and that a range of factors mean individuals may experience cost rises differently. Including the measures announced in the Spring Statement, the Government is providing support to families worth over £22 billion in 2022-23.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 31/03/2022 15:02:52 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

1455106

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Food Poverty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has (a) allocated and (b) spent in each year since 2015 on ending food poverty.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
	tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
	uin	148314
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>The government is providing support to families worth over £22 billion in 2022-23 to help them with the cost of living. This includes:</p><ul><li>providing the majority of households with £350 to help with rising energy bills;</li><li>helping people keep more of what they earn by cutting the Universal Credit taper rate and increasing Universal Credit work allowances, meaning that 1.7 million households will on average keep around an extra £1,000 on an annual basis;</li><li>a further rise in the National Living Wage to £9.50 an hour from April 2022. This means an increase of over £1,000 to the annual earnings of a full-time worker on the NLW.</li></ul><p>The Spring Statement goes further, with the government announcing an increase to the annual National Insurance Primary Threshold and Lower Profits Limit to £12,570, a cut to fuel duty, and an additional £500m to help with the cost of essentials through the Household Support Fund.</p><p>We have increased the value of Healthy Start Food Vouchers and we are investing over £200 million a year from 2022 to continue our Holiday Activities and Food programme which is already providing enriching activities and healthy meals to children in all English local authorities.</p><p>In total, the government will provide £250 billion of support in 22-23 through the welfare system across the UK, including £40 billion through Universal Credit and £111 billion through the State Pension.</p><p>The latest published statistics as part of DWP's Households Below Average Income publication show the percentage of households that were food insecure has fallen from 8% in 2019-20 to 6% in 2020-21.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 31/03/2022 14:31:35 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
	tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

1455116

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Cooperatives
	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 cooperative sector's contribution to the economy.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
	tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
	uin	148317
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises the value of co-operatives. It is clear they offer a different way of running a business, supporting the needs of their members and their local communities.</p><p> </p><p>Co-operatives UK, the UK’s largest industry body for co-operatives, publishes a report each year about the scale of the sector. Their 2021 report, published in December, noted that there were over 7,200 co-ops employing over 250,000 people, with a combined turnover of £39.7 billion.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 04/04/2022 13:40:25 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

1243375

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
	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 potential merits of reducing Government wage subsidies from 80 per cent to 67 per cent during the covid-19 outbreak; and what assessment he has made of the effect of implementing that reduction on people on the minimum wage.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
	tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
	uin	103594
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2020 answer text <p>Overall levels of support have been generous by international standards, including compared to countries like Germany and France, or Ireland where eligibility criteria means many companies don’t even qualify for support.</p><p> </p><p>The government has always been clear that paying 80% of normal pay through CJRS, supporting 9.6 million jobs at a level far higher than almost anywhere in the world, is simply not sustainable.</p><p> </p><p>The new Job Support Scheme (JSS) will support businesses that need it most; protecting jobs in businesses facing lower demand over the winter due to Covid-19 and helping them prepare for recovery. Where the Government has had to go further on health restrictions and close business premises in some areas, the Job Support Scheme is being expanded to protect jobs and help businesses reopen more quickly once those restrictions are lifted. The scheme will cover businesses that are legally required to close their premises as a direct result of Coronavirus restrictions set by one or more of the four governments in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>For low income households, Universal Credit provides further income protection. A working household on the Universal Credit taper will see their UC award increase by 63p for every £1 they lose in earnings (and for those households that also pay income tax and NICs, the impact on their overall income will be even smaller).</p><p> </p><p>Companies can of course top up employees’ wages, and the JSS forms just one part of a wider package of government support for individuals, including rental support, mortgage holidays, and extra funding for the welfare safety net.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 20/10/2020 16:08:29 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

1242430

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Business and Unemployment: Oldham
	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 correlation between local lockdown restrictions and (a) business survival rates and (b) unemployment in Oldham since 1 March 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
	tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
	uin	102140
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text <p>No assessment can be made on the correlation between local lockdown restrictions and business survival or unemployment rates since 1 March 2020, as business count and unemployment data at a local authority level will not be published until 2021.</p><p>The government recognises that every region and community will be feeling the impact of this crisis and remains committed to helping the unemployed return to work and supporting those most vulnerable to job losses. We will continue to work closely with local areas to make sure that individuals and businesses are directed to the right support during this difficult period.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 15/10/2020 12:03:30 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

1237033

	registered interest
	date	23/09/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what impact assessment his Department has undertaken on the ending of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme at the end of October.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
	tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
	uin	94507
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2020 answer text <p>The CJRS has helped 1.2 million employers across the UK furlough 9.6 million jobs, protecting people’s livelihoods. Many of these employments will have already been resumed. Across the whole of the UK and all ages, the number of employments furloughed has decreased from a peak of 8.9 million on 8 May to about 4.8 million on 31 July. The CJRS must be temporary and the Government must ensure people can get back to work safely and get the UK economy up and running again.</p><p> </p><p>Building on the action taken in the face of the immediate threat posed by the virus, the second phase of the Government’s response began with the targeted Plan for Jobs. The Plan places emphasis on job creation through the Kickstart scheme, a £2 billion fund to create hundreds of thousands of new, high-quality 6-month subsidised jobs for young people; as well as job protection through the Job Retention Bonus, which specifically encourages firms to keep on workers they previously furloughed. It also supports jobseekers with direct help to find work and to gain the skills they need to gain employment.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is adapting its response to the changing context, evolving as restrictions have changed. On 24 September the Government introduced a Winter Economy Plan including the new Job Support Scheme, which targets support on those businesses that need it most; focusing on those that are being affected by coronavirus and can support their employees doing some work, but that need more time for demand to recover.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 94437 question first answered 28/09/2020 13:49:17 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

1229078

	registered interest
	date	28/08/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Aviation: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what conditions were included in financial support packages through the Birch scheme to airline operators.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
	tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
	uin	82230
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2020 answer text <p>Any companies seeking support must have exhausted all other options before being considered, and any support given will be on terms that protect the taxpayer, with existing lenders and shareholders expected to contribute to and share in the financial burden. Companies seeking such support would need to agree to appropriate conditions – including those relating to tax, supplier payment terms, climate change and corporate governance.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 03/09/2020 13:51:09 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

1229724

	registered interest
	date	28/08/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Airports: Business Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish a list of rateable values for airports and ancillary uses in England.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
	tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
	uin	82233
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2020 answer text <p>Rateable values (RVs) for all rateable non-domestic properties in England are published in the rating lists. The latest RVs can be found here: <a href="https://www.tax.service.gov.uk/business-rates-find" target="_blank">https://www.tax.service.gov.uk/business-rates-find</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 03/09/2020 10:39:30 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon