Views on the VAT registration threshold are divided and the case for change has been regularly reviewed over the years.<\/p>
In 2018, the Government consulted on how the design of the VAT registration threshold could better incentivise growth. However, there was no clear option for reform.<\/p>
While the Government keeps all taxes under review, it was announced at Autumn Budget 2022 that the VAT threshold will be maintained at its current level of £85,000 until 31 March 2026.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4580", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Baroness Vere of Norbiton"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2023-11-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2023-11-21T12:00:13.717Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2023-11-07", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "VAT: Registration"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase the threshold for compulsory registration for VAT; and what plans they have to reinstate the policy of annually updating the threshold in line with inflation.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4304", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Allen of Kensington"} ], "uin" : "HL1"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1461012", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1461012/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
As set out in the 2019 \u201cHealth is Everyone\u2019s Business\u201d consultation, it is estimated that there are around 2 million employees who earn below the Lower Earnings Limit (LEL) and are therefore ineligible for Statutory Sick Pay (SSP). Of those, approximately 30% are male and 70% are female.<\/p>
<\/p>
SSP reform, including extending SSP eligibility to those earning below the LEL, was part of the \u201cHealth is Everyone\u2019s Business\u201d consultation in 2019. In the response to the consultation published in 2021, Government stated the pandemic was not the right time to introduce changes to the rate of SSP or its eligibility criteria as this would have placed an immediate and direct cost on employers at a time where many were struggling.<\/p>
<\/p>
As we learn to live with Covid-19, the Government is continuing to take a broader look at the role of SSP and is keeping the system under review.<\/p>
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1313609/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> We have interpreted the question to mean how many staff were employed by the then Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and Department for International Development (DfID) in China and Hong Kong in each of the financial years, (a) 2018, (b) 2019 and (c) 2020 and as Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) in 2021. All the figures shown are based on the headcount as at 31 March in each year. They include both UK Based Staff and Country Based Staff.<\/p> The figures below cover our Embassies and Consulates in Beijing, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Wuhan. And our Consulate General in Hong Kong.<\/p> China and Hong Kong staff numbers 2018 to 2020 as Legacy departments. Then as FCDO in 2021. <\/em><\/p> <\/p><\/td> China<\/p><\/td> Hong Kong<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Year<\/p><\/td> FCO<\/em><\/p><\/td> DfID<\/em><\/p><\/td> FCO <\/em><\/p><\/td> DfID<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2018<\/em><\/p><\/td> 230-259<\/p><\/td> 12<\/p><\/td> 60-69<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2019<\/em><\/p><\/td> 240-269<\/p><\/td> 10<\/p><\/td> 50-59<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2020<\/em><\/p><\/td> 250-279<\/p><\/td> 11<\/p><\/td> 50-59<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p><\/td> China<\/p><\/td> Hong Kong<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Year<\/p><\/td> FCDO<\/em><\/p><\/td> FCDO<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2021<\/p><\/td> 260 - 289<\/p><\/td> 40 -49<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>"}
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