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1238384

	registered interest
	date	28/09/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Working Tax Credit: Birmingham Selly Oak
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families with children received the £20 per week uplift in working tax credit basic element payments, announced on 20 March 2020, in Birmingham, Selly Oak constituency in each month since its introduction.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	95981
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2020 answer text <p>The latest available information on the number of families with children receiving Working Tax Credit at the parliamentary constituency level is for April 2020. In April 2020, the number of families with children receiving Working Tax Credit in Birmingham, Selly Oak constituency was 1,700.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-statistics-provisional-awards-geographical-analyses-december-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-statistics-provisional-awards-geographical-analyses-december-2013</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Information on following months is not readily available. The next update to this publication will provide statistics relating to December 2020 and will be available in January 2021.</p><p> </p><p>Final annual information on families with children receiving Working Tax Credits is published once a year and updated each July</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-statistics-finalised-annual-awards-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-statistics-finalised-annual-awards-2018-to-2019</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/10/2020 14:06:52 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1545468

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Financial Services: Disadvantaged
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department takes steps to help protect vulnerable customers in instances where the Financial Conduct Authority is unable to.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	95776
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government works closely together with regulators, the financial services industry and other stakeholders, to ensure that all consumers of financial services receive appropriate protection.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has a range of work underway which will improve support for vulnerable consumers, including legislating to protect access to cash through the Financial Services and Markets Bill, and piloting a No-Interest Loans scheme which aims to help consumers in vulnerable circumstances who struggle to access affordable forms of credit.</p><p> </p><p>In February 2021, the FCA published its finalised guidance for firms on the fair treatment of vulnerable customers, setting out a number of best practices (https://www.fca.org.uk/publications/finalised-guidance/guidance-firms-fair-treatment-vulnerable-customers). This applies to all firms where the FCA Principles for Business apply, regardless of sector, and in respect of the supply of products or services to retail customers. This guidance explores, among other things, how firms can understand the needs of vulnerable customers and provide targeted services for this cohort. Examples range from staff having the skills and capability to recognise and respond to the needs of vulnerable customers to product and service design, customer services, and communication.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also continually keeps the FCA’s regulatory perimeter under review, and works with the regulators to consider calls to amend the perimeter.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 01/12/2022 08:22:52 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1545359

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Non-transferable Debt Securities
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to implement the recommendations from regulation of non-transferable debt securities consultation, published in April 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	95775
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>In March 2022, the government stated in the summary of responses to its consultation on the regulation of non-transferable debt securities (NTDS) that its preferred approach was to include non-transferable securities within the scope of the reformed Prospectus Regime.</p><p> </p><p>On 19 July, the government confirmed that it will use the Future Regulatory Framework powers being taken forward in the Financial Services and Markets Bill to deliver its reforms to the Prospectus Regime. The government will lay secondary legislation to make these reforms to the Prospectus Regime as soon as possible after the Bill receives Royal Assent.</p><p> </p><p>These reforms will ensure appropriate disclosure and due diligence on offers of NTDS, in order to protect investors.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 01/12/2022 08:21:03 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1520292

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Pension Credit: Uprating
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the potential merits of uprating the eligibility threshold for pension credit in line with inflation.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	901565
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2022 answer text <p>I meet regularly with other Ministers to discuss cross-Government issues.</p><p>The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has an annual statutory duty to review benefits and pensions. Her decisions will be announced to Parliament in due course.</p><p>We understand that higher prices are affecting pensioners, including those receiving Pension Credit. Most households on Pension Credit will receive £1,500 as part of the Government’s £37 billion cost of living package. They will also benefit from the recently announced ‘Energy Price Guarantee’.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 11/10/2022 15:19:24 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1466601

	registered interest
	date	26/05/2022
	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, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on progress made on reforms to the business rates system.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	900400
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2022 answer text <p>With the conclusion of the business rates review, the Government has delivered meaningful reform and cuts worth £7 billion to business over the next five years.</p><p> </p><p>The review has implemented significant new measures to reduce the burden of business rates on firms, including a freeze in the multiplier and further relief for high street businesses during 2022-23, new support for green technology from 2022, and improvement relief from 2023. The Government is committing to more frequent revaluations, which represents significant reform of the system and will ensure that liabilities are more responsive to changing market conditions. This addresses a key ask of stakeholders for more frequent revaluations, reducing the burden of business rates to make the system fairer.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 07/06/2022 07:08:37 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1232250

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2020
	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 Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the level of business rates paid by (a) public houses and (b) other businesses with similar turnover.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	86538
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2020 answer text <p>In March the Chancellor announced a business rates holiday for the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors, irrespective of rateable value. This means that pubs in England will pay no business rates this year. Combined with Small Business Rates Relief, over 1 million ratepayers will pay no business rates in 2020-21. This is more than half of all properties in England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 15/09/2020 15:50:43 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1150202

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Redundancy Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 7 October 2019 to Question 293443 on Public Sector: Redundancy Pay, how that waiver system will operate; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	865
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>The published draft HM Treasury Directions set out circumstances where the power to relax restrictions must be exercised (“mandatory cases”) and may be exercised (“discretionary cases”). In discretionary cases, the relevant delegated authority must submit a business case to the sponsoring department for approval of the Principal Accounting Officer and the relevant Minister before submitting the business case to HM Treasury for approval. In mandatory cases, there is no requirement to send a business case to HM Treasury for approval.</p><p>The government is currently considering responses to the consultation and the consultation response will provide more detail in due course.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 864 question first answered 25/10/2019 13:14:34 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1150201

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Redundancy Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 7 October 2019 to Question 293443, on Public Sector: Redundancy Pay, what recourse is available to public servants who have not had the waiver system applied to their exit payment and wish to challenge that decision.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	864
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>The published draft HM Treasury Directions set out circumstances where the power to relax restrictions must be exercised (“mandatory cases”) and may be exercised (“discretionary cases”). In discretionary cases, the relevant delegated authority must submit a business case to the sponsoring department for approval of the Principal Accounting Officer and the relevant Minister before submitting the business case to HM Treasury for approval. In mandatory cases, there is no requirement to send a business case to HM Treasury for approval.</p><p>The government is currently considering responses to the consultation and the consultation response will provide more detail in due course.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 865 question first answered 25/10/2019 13:14:34 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1231600

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Newspaper Press: Internet
	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 whether newspapers with online subscription fees are passing the savings from the removal of VAT onto their consumers.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	84962
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government looks to businesses to pass on the benefit to customers and has encouraged them to do so. However, this is ultimately a commercial decision for businesses to make.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/09/2020 13:26:25 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1541252

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Audiobooks: VAT
	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 merits for equality for people who are visually impaired of removing of VAT on audiobooks.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	83521
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2022 answer text <p>An extension of the zero rate of VAT was introduced in May 2020 to provide consistency in approach between certain physical and digital publications. Audiobooks are already taxed consistently at the standard rate in both physical and digital format.</p><p>Providing VAT relief for audiobooks would have a fiscal cost and should be viewed in the context of over £50 billion of other requests for relief from VAT that the Government has received since the EU referendum.</p><p>Although the Government keeps all taxes under review, there are no plans to change the rate of VAT on audiobooks.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 83519 83520 question first answered 16/11/2022 14:35:12 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe