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1134024

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Dementia: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on funding for dementia care.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	268512
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of ministerial discussions are not normally disclosed.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 01/07/2019 12:51:38 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1551984

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Carbon Emissions: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to incorporate lessons learned from the recent UK Investment Bank local lending pilots into government policy on financing Net Zero.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	111591
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2022 answer text <p>The UK Infrastructure Bank (UKIB) has a mandate to tackle climate change and support regional and local economic growth across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>UKIB has launched three pilot programmes with Transport for Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire Combined Authority, and Bristol City Council to support the development of its Local Authority Advisory Function. UKIB has processes in place to regularly review progress on these pilots and identify replicable elements of these projects, with a view to disseminating this knowledge to a wider pool of local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>The Bank is operationally independent but has developed an open dialogue with both HM Treasury and BEIS, including sharing their experiences of the development of their advisory and local lending functions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the first Strategic Steer to UKIB published in March of this year, the then-Chancellor set expectations that the UKIB should work constructively with government and institutions in each nation of the UK to maximise the impact of its investments and to develop a nuanced understanding of market characteristics, so investments can be targeted appropriately.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 21/12/2022 10:33:58 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1567474

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Small Businesses: Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps he has taken to help support small and medium-sized enterprises in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) the rest of the UK with increased costs.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	125360
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2023 answer text <p>The new Energy Bills Discount Scheme (EBDS), which is replacing the Energy Bill Relief Scheme (EBRS) from 1 April 2023, will provide eligible businesses and other non-domestic energy users, including small and medium sized businesses, across the UK with a discount on high energy bills until 31 March 2024.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government and the devolved administrations support services providing advice and help for SMEs. Businesses in Northern Ireland can find resources on <a href="https://www.nibusinessinfo.co.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.nibusinessinfo.co.uk/</a>. They can also call Invest Northern Ireland for free advisory services (0800 181 4422).</p><p> </p><p>More broadly, the Government has brought forward a number of measures which support smaller businesses over the past year. This includes cutting the cost of employment for hundreds of thousands of small businesses by increasing the Employment Allowance and helping smaller businesses access finance by extending the Recovery Loan Scheme.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 24/01/2023 13:38:10 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1604355

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Electricity Generation: Taxation
	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 potential merits of introducing an investment allowance to the Electricity Generator Levy comparable with that under The Energy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	166222
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>The Electricity Generator Levy (EGL) and the Electricity Profits Levy (EPL) are designed very differently. Unlike the EPL, the EGL is not a tax on a comprehensive measure of profit that is calculated after recognition of total revenues and costs. Instead, it is payable on the portion of revenues that exceed the long-run average for electricity prices. Rather than providing an investment allowance the government has taken into account the potential impact on investment in the design of the levy with the benchmark price, £75/MWh, being set at 1.5 times the pre-crisis level and indexed to CPI.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 21/03/2023 15:52:38 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1361105

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2021
	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 has plans for business rate reform in the next calendar year.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	58857
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2021 answer text <p>We have published the conclusion of the Business Rates Review, which sets out our plans for reform, at the Budget.</p><p> </p><p>For example, the Review announces significant new measures to reduce the burden of business rates on firms, including freezing the multiplier in 2022-23, saving ratepayers £4.6bn over the next five years. We are providing a new temporary relief worth almost £1.7 billion for eligible retail, hospitality, and leisure businesses in England. We are also providing support worth almost £750m over the next five years for businesses to improve and decarbonise their properties.</p><p> </p><p>The Review also commits to changes to improve the business rates system, through a commitment to deliver more frequent revaluations. We will deliver a 3-yearly revaluations cycle from 2023.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 27/10/2021 14:14:10 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1437713

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will delay the planned national insurance increase due to take place in April 2022 in response to the increase in fuel costs.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	134006
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>The Health and Social Care Levy will establish a long-term, sustainable source of revenue to give healthcare the extra funding needed to recover from the pandemic and to implement reform to social care as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p>The increased spending takes immediate effect this year to deliver our ambitions to tackle the NHS electives backlog, which is why we cannot delay the introduction of the Levy. The Government is committed to responsible management of the public finances and it is important that this spending is fully funded, particularly in the context of record borrowing and debt, as a result of the economic response to COVID-19.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has announced a package of support to help households with rising energy bills, worth £9.1 billion in 2022-23.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 14/03/2022 17:48:23 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1459098

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Gambling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to help ensure that gambling companies pay back any money incorrectly allocated by his covid-19 furlough policies.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	157364
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme was available to any employer providing they met the eligibility criteria.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC designed the schemes to prevent fraud, both in the eligibility criteria and the claim process itself. HMRC also put in place a series of checks on claims before they were paid, so they blocked those that were highly indicative of criminal activity.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Government and HMRC always knew they could be attractive to fraudulent behaviour and are taking tough action to tackle this. Anyone who keeps grant money, despite knowing they were not entitled to it, faces having to repay up to double the amount they received, plus interest and potential criminal prosecution.</p><p> </p><p>Where claimants have made a genuine error, HMRC are supportive and reasonable in their approach to recovering overclaimed grants. Claimants are afforded the opportunity to put things right, without fear of sanctions.</p><p> </p><p>All compliance activity is risk based and HMRC do not focus on particular sectors.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 26/04/2022 15:38:57 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1468030

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Employment Agencies: Income Tax
	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 obligations of employment agencies and umbrella companies under schedule 44, section 2 of The Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	13724
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2022 answer text <p>Most agency workers must be treated as employees for Income Tax and National Insurance contributions (NICs) purposes by the agencies that pay them. These agencies are required to make deductions of Income Tax and employee NICs, where these are due, from the workers’ pay in the same way and at the same level as with direct employees. The agencies will also be liable to pay employer NICs, where these are due, in respect of payments to the workers.</p><p>The rules for agencies do not apply to umbrella companies, which engage workers under a contract of employment. Like all employers, umbrella companies are responsible for making deductions of Income Tax and employee NICs from their employees’ pay and for paying employer NICs where they are due.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 15/06/2022 16:04:23 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1468031

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2022
	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, what estimate his Department has made of the revenue that will accrue to the Exchequer from the loan charge.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	13725
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2022 answer text <p>The Loan Charge was announced at Budget 2016 as part of a package of measures to tackle Disguised Remuneration (DR) tax avoidance. The forecast was last revised at Spring Statement 2022, with the latest estimated overall Exchequer yield of £3.4 billion for the entire package, which includes the Loan Charge.</p><p> </p><p>In September 2019, the Government commissioned an Independent Review into the Loan Charge, led by Lord Morse. The Government accepted 19 of the 20 recommendations made by the review. Changes to the Loan Charge were estimated to reduce the forecast yield by £745 million at Budget 2020.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC will go to the employer to settle the tax due or collect the Loan Charge in the first instance. Approximately 80 per cent of the £3.3 billion HMRC brought into charge through DR settlements between Budget 2016 and the end of March 2021 was from employers.</p><p> </p><p>However, HMRC will consider other options to collect the tax where collection from the employer is not possible, such as when the employer no longer exists or is based offshore.</p><p> </p><p>Following Lord Morse’s Independent Loan Charge Review in 2019, HMRC established the DR Repayment Scheme 2020 to repay voluntary payments that taxpayers had agreed to make as part of settlements concluded before changes were made to the scope of the Loan Charge. Individuals and employers had until 30 September 2021 to apply to HMRC for a refund or waiver.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC repays amounts that were paid in DR scheme settlements, and/or waives amounts of instalments due that have not yet been paid if certain conditions are met.</p><p> </p><p>As of 3 June 2022, HMRC had processed approximately 1900 applications, of which approximately 1300 had received either a repayment, a waiver, or both. Approximately 600 of the applications processed at that date were either invalid or ineligible.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 13726 13727 question first answered 15/06/2022 16:07:03 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1468032

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2022
	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, whether HMRC has received legal advice on pursuing employees and not employers on the use of the Loan Charge.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	13726
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2022 answer text <p>The Loan Charge was announced at Budget 2016 as part of a package of measures to tackle Disguised Remuneration (DR) tax avoidance. The forecast was last revised at Spring Statement 2022, with the latest estimated overall Exchequer yield of £3.4 billion for the entire package, which includes the Loan Charge.</p><p> </p><p>In September 2019, the Government commissioned an Independent Review into the Loan Charge, led by Lord Morse. The Government accepted 19 of the 20 recommendations made by the review. Changes to the Loan Charge were estimated to reduce the forecast yield by £745 million at Budget 2020.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC will go to the employer to settle the tax due or collect the Loan Charge in the first instance. Approximately 80 per cent of the £3.3 billion HMRC brought into charge through DR settlements between Budget 2016 and the end of March 2021 was from employers.</p><p> </p><p>However, HMRC will consider other options to collect the tax where collection from the employer is not possible, such as when the employer no longer exists or is based offshore.</p><p> </p><p>Following Lord Morse’s Independent Loan Charge Review in 2019, HMRC established the DR Repayment Scheme 2020 to repay voluntary payments that taxpayers had agreed to make as part of settlements concluded before changes were made to the scope of the Loan Charge. Individuals and employers had until 30 September 2021 to apply to HMRC for a refund or waiver.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC repays amounts that were paid in DR scheme settlements, and/or waives amounts of instalments due that have not yet been paid if certain conditions are met.</p><p> </p><p>As of 3 June 2022, HMRC had processed approximately 1900 applications, of which approximately 1300 had received either a repayment, a waiver, or both. Approximately 600 of the applications processed at that date were either invalid or ineligible.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 13725 13727 question first answered 15/06/2022 16:07:03 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon