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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1551983/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The 2023-24 Local Government Finance Settlement provides an increase in Core Spending Power for local authorities of around 9%, making available almost £5 billion in additional funding, demonstrating how Government stands behind councils up and down the country. As democratically elected organisations, local authorities are responsible for managing their budgets and making spending decisions that reflect their priorities.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is responsible for stewardship of the local government system and is committed to ensuring that funding allocations for councils are based on an up-to-date assessment of their needs and resources.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4051", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for John Glen"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2022-12-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor for the Exchequer, whether he will commit to bringing forward a support package for local authorities to be able to adapt and protect communities against the impacts of climate change.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4131", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jim Shannon"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jim Shannon"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1551984", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1551984/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<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>"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2022-12-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Carbon Emissions: Finance"}
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      ], "questionText" : "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.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4131", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jim Shannon"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jim Shannon"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1552058", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1552058/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government is committed to growing the UK\u2019s economy by making the most of our Brexit freedoms to boost UK businesses, which is why the Government is aiming to cut £1 billion of red tape for UK businesses and ease regulatory burdens.<\/p><p>The Government has provided approximately £8.4 million to UK Businesses through the SME Brexit Support Fund. This has enabled over 4,100 businesses to pay for practical support to adjust to new customs and VAT rules when trading with the EU. All businesses can get answers to practical questions about exporting to Europe by accessing the Government\u2019s Export Support Service via GOV.UK.<\/p><p>The UK/EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) provides for a range of customs cooperation between the UK and EU, including on simplifying and modernising our customs procedures, facilitating transit movements, and ensuring that traders are clear on how to move goods smoothly between our respective borders. UK officials across departments regularly meet traders to solicit feedback and, where businesses are facing customs barriers when exporting the EU, these are raised with EU counterparts under established channels.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4399", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Victoria Atkins"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2022-12-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "UK Trade with EU"}
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Article 103 of UK/EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement, what assessment he has made of the steps taken by the European Union to reduce the time and costs for (a) all businesses and (b) small and medium-sized enterprises since that agreement came into effect.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/177", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Gareth Thomas"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Gareth Thomas"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1552084", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1552084/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>An estimate of the cost of the Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) tax relief is not available.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>While a REIT is exempt from corporation tax on the income and gains of its property rental business, it is subject to a requirement to distribute its income to its investors, and these distributions are subject to a withholding tax. For UK investors these distributions are taxable as profits of a UK property rental business.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The regime collects the appropriate tax from the investors rather than the REIT and, as a result, there is no comparison between the taxation of a REIT and a standard UK company.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4399", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Victoria Atkins"}
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Victoria Atkins"}
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        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2023-01-09T13:51:38.557Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Property: Investment Trusts"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of real estate investment trusts in each of the last six financial years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4797", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for James Murray"}
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      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Ealing North"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "James Murray"}
      ], "uin" : "111736"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1552085", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1552085/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>An estimate of the cost of the Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) tax relief is not available in these ways.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>While a REIT is exempt from corporation tax on the income and gains of its property rental business, it is subject to a requirement to distribute its income to its investors, and these distributions are subject to a withholding tax. For UK investors these distributions are taxable as profits of a UK property rental business.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The regime collects the appropriate tax from the investors rather than the REIT and, as a result, there is no comparison between the taxation of a REIT and a standard UK company.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4399", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Victoria Atkins"}
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        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Louth and Horncastle"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Victoria Atkins"}
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        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2023-01-09T13:49:38.857Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"}
      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2022-12-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Property: Investment Trusts"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the Real Estate Investment Trust tax relief for UK single company Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and REIT groups within the (a) FTSE 100 index and (b) FTSE 250 index in each of the last six financial years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4797", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for James Murray"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Ealing North"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "James Murray"}
      ], "uin" : "111737"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1552178", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1552178/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Chancellor regularly engages with his Cabinet colleagues and stakeholders on a range of issues.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The Treasury has previously carried out a consultation on introducing a levy on tobacco manufacturers and importers and published its response in September 2015. It is available at the following link: <a href=\"https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/464795/PU1814_Tobacco_Levy_final_v3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/464795/PU1814_Tobacco_Levy_final_v3.pdf<\/a><\/p><p> <\/p><p>Following the consultation, the Government decided not to introduce a tobacco levy. However, all taxes are kept under constant review.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4519", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for James Cartlidge"}
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "James Cartlidge"}
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        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2022-12-21T10:40:38.81Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2022-12-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Tobacco: Taxation"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) relevant stakeholders on the potential merits of introducing a polluter pays levy on the tobacco industry.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4633", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Paul Girvan"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "South Antrim"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Paul Girvan"}
      ], "uin" : "111506"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1552179", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1552179/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The precise operation of the schemes varies from country to country.<\/p><p>HMRC and HMT have contacted a number of other countries regarding their drink deposit return schemes. All of these countries operate their deposit return scheme differently and as such there is a variety of approaches in how they go about accounting for VAT on their schemes. Some countries charge VAT on the deposit at the same rate as the drink itself and others treat the deposit as outside the scope of VAT.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4399", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Victoria Atkins"}
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Victoria Atkins"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds on the VAT rates of deposit return schemes operated in non-UK countries.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/155", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Geraint Davies"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Swansea West"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Geraint Davies"}
      ], "uin" : "111507"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1552224", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1552224/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The data requested is not straightforward to provide as HMRC do not report this data internally in the form requested. As such, the information cannot be provided within the timeframe without incurring disproportionate cost.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>In July 2022 HMRC came under a significant attack from VAT registration fraudsters and we saw the number of registrations being sent to HMRC increase to unprecedented levels.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>To deal with this issue a number of measures were urgently put in place to protect genuine customers and to stop the increase in fraudulent activity. These measures entailed additional security checks that meant that some genuine customers were caught in the new processes to ensure the authenticity of the registration being made. HMRC does understand the frustrations from agents and businesses, and are working to ensure all genuine registrations are processed as quickly as possible.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>HMRC aims to turnaround most VAT registrations within 40 working days and is currently meeting that service level agreement, although some cases do take longer due to additional compliance checks or complexity.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Due to the high numbers of new registrations being submitted to HMRC during the summer, HMRC did not always meet the service standard over that time period.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4726", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Penn"}
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        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2023-01-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2023-01-04T12:21:43.123Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "VAT: Registration"}
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      }
      ], "questionText" : "To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Harlech on 14 December (HL3897), what proportion of VAT registration applications received in (1) June, (2) July, (3) August, and (4) September, had been dealt with by 30 November; and what were the equivalent figures in 2021.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/2671", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Harris of Haringey"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1552225", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1552225/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>In July 2022 HMRC came under a significant attack from VAT registration fraudsters and we saw the number of registrations being sent to HMRC increase to unprecedented levels. To deal with this issue a number of measures were urgently put in place to protect genuine customers and to stop the increase in fraudulent activity. These measures entailed additional security checks that meant that some genuine customers were caught in the new processes to ensure the authenticity of the registration being made. HMRC understands the frustrations from agents and businesses and are working to ensure all genuine registrations are processed as quickly as possible.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Due to the high numbers of new registrations being submitted to HMRC during the summer, HMRC did not always meet their service standard over that time.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>HMRC has received representations from individuals and organisations regarding timescales for registering customers for VAT. Where representations are made, HMRC has and will continue to work with individuals and businesses to overcome any challenges they are facing where possible.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>HMRC works hard to be open and transparent, particularly with business and agent representative bodies who HMRC meet regularly. HMRC have also, this year, stepped up their transparency by explaining processing times to agents through the HMRC Service Dashboard on GOV.UK.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4726", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Penn"}
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Baroness Penn"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Harlech on 14 December (HL3897), what representations they have received about the length of time it takes for VAT registrations to be processed.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Harris of Haringey"}
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