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1167647

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the (a) prosperity and (b) economy of local areas in which armed forces are based of spending by (i) his Department and (ii) those armed forces in each year since 2010; and if he will place that information in the Library.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	8266
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 4 November 2019 to the hon. Members for Moray (Douglas Ross), Harrow East (Bob Blackman), Havant (Alan Mak), Angus (Kirsten Hair), Chatham and Aylesford (Tracey Crouch), Clacton (Giles Watling), West Worcestershire (Harriett Baldwin), North East Hampshire (Ranil Jayawardena) and Cheadle (Mary Robinson) to Questions 7761, 7715, 7772, 7783, 7723, 7790, 7738, 7794 and 7796.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 05/11/2019 11:54:08 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1167922

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2019
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Tax Avoidance: International Cooperation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on tackling international tax avoidance.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	900305
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary meets regularly with the Chancellor of the Exchequer to discuss a broad range of topics.</p><p>The Government is committed to tackling tax avoidance and evasion to ensure that everyone, no matter who they are, pays the right amount of tax at the right time.</p><p>Since 2010, the Government has introduced over 100 measures that clamp down on tax avoidance and evasion and has secured and protected an additional £200 billion that would have otherwise gone unpaid.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 05/11/2019 14:59:57 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1170097

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Help to Buy Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent assessment he has made of the effect of Help to Buy on the number of homes purchased by first time buyers.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	900123
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>Over 192,000 (81 per cent) of sales through Help to Buy: Equity Loan from its start in April 2013 to 30 June 2019 have been to first-time buyers.</p><p>This has helped increase the number of first-time buyers to over 350,000 in 2018 – an eleven-year annual high, an increase of 84 per cent since 2010.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 13/01/2020 17:45:32 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1171474

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2020
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Solar Power
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps she is taking to support the deployment of rooftop solar PV; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	4413
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>Low carbon electricity, including solar – whether at the household level or the national level – is central to the transition to the smart and flexible energy systems of the future.</p><p>Since 2010, we have quadrupled the electricity we generate from renewables – installing 99% of the UK’s solar capacity and over 800,000 installations – exceeding our historic projections on solar PV deployment. We now have over 13.3GW of solar capacity installed in the UK, which is enough to power over 3 million UK homes.</p><p> </p><p>The Smart Export Guarantee, which came into force on 1 January 2020, gives small scale low-carbon electricity generators, such as homes with solar panels, the right to be paid for the renewable electricity they export to the grid. Renewable generators now have a several competitive tariffs to choose from, in some cases even higher than the FIT export tariff.</p><p> </p><p>Permitted development rights have been introduced allowing the installation of solar panels up to 1 megawatt on domestic properties, schools, businesses and farm buildings without any need for planning permission.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 23/01/2020 17:01:01 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1171475

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2020
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Solar Power: Innovation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to encourage (a) innovation and (b) product development in the UK solar PV industry.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	4414
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) provides grant funding to innovative businesses in many different ways, including Innovate UK‘s SMART grants, which deliver ambitious R&amp;D innovations that can make a significant impact on the UK economy.</p><p>Through the Clean Growth Strategy, BEIS has committed £900 million of public funds to innovation, which includes £177 million to further reduce the cost of renewables.</p><p>We are also investing over £3 billion to support low carbon innovation in the UK up to 2021, to ensure that the UK continues to reap the benefits from the transition to a low carbon economy.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 23/01/2020 14:41:47 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1177470

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Ports: Infrastructure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to build infrastructure at ports for undertaking customs checks on (a) vehicles and (b) goods coming from the EU from 1 January 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	14814
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2020 answer text <p>HMRC will continue to engage with port authorities at key border locations to understand the constraints on different sites, and to discuss how to ensure that ports are operationally ready for the end of the transition period.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC will also continue to keep their plans for additional infrastructure under review, depending on what is needed as part of the future trading relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/02/2020 14:10:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1177472

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made on bringing forward legislative proposals to introduce a corporate offence of failure to prevent fraud and money laundering.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	14816
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government is considering the case for reforming the law on CCL and will publish a response to the Call for Evidence in due course.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 18/02/2020 14:06:11 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1180355

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2020
	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, what representations he has received on the scope of the forthcoming review of business rates; and if he will ensure that the review assesses the potential merits of solutions from across the business tax system.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	20536
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government has committed to a fundamental review of business rates and will set out further details in due course, including how interested groups and individuals can engage with and contribute to the review.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 20537 question first answered 04/03/2020 16:16:07 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1180356

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2020
	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, what the scope is of the forthcoming review of business rates; and what plans he has for consulting industry during that review.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	20537
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government has committed to a fundamental review of business rates and will set out further details in due course, including how interested groups and individuals can engage with and contribute to the review.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 20536 question first answered 04/03/2020 16:16:07 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1183151

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2020
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Small Businesses: Ofcom and Ofgem
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government has plans to encourage (a) Ofgem and (b) Ofcom to cooperate on producing guidance for best practice in their dealings with SMEs operating in the (i) energy, (ii) communications and (iii) other sectors.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	25700
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government wants all consumers to pay a fair price for their energy. In 2019 Ofgem launched a Strategic Review of the Microbusiness Retail Market to better understand the customer journey for microbusinesses and consider what solutions may be necessary to safeguard them as consumers. The regulator plans to publish a consultation this spring setting out its detailed policy solutions in response to the Review’s findings.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Microbusinesses display similar characteristics to domestic consumers when buying energy. Therefore, where they have exhausted their energy company’s own complaints procedure, businesses with up to 10 employees can make a complaint to the Ombudsman Services: Energy.</p><p> </p><p>Larger businesses are more likely to be able to effectively procure their energy supply, as they procure other commodities for their businesses.</p><p><br> The Communications Act 2003 places a duty on Ofcom to ensure that Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) procedures are available for domestic and small business customers (defined as up to 10 employees). All communications providers must be a member of an approved scheme, Ofcom currently approves two ADR Schemes: Ombudsman Services: Communications (OS) and the Communications and Internet Services Adjudication Scheme (CISAS).</p><p> </p><p>In 2019 Ofcom published an independent review of the two approved ADR schemes. The review found that both schemes show a high level of decision-making accuracy with regard to case acceptance or rejection, and Ofcom is satisfied that both ADR Schemes are following the requirements set out in the ADR regulations and the Communications Act.</p><p> </p><p>It is for Ofgem and Ofcom to review the evidence and to work with Government to determine whether further regulatory intervention, or other steps, are necessary to assist SMEs.</p><p> </p><p>Though there are currently no plans to offer joint guidance between Ofcom, Ofgem and the FCA, they continue to cooperate on dealing with issues affecting SMEs in their respective sectors.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng grouped question UIN 25701 25702 question first answered 12/03/2020 16:38:08 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake