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1176006

registered interest
date	04/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Infrastructure: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the timetable is for the publication of the National Infrastructure Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	12270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government will be publishing the National Infrastructure Strategy alongside the Budget on 11 March.</p><p> </p><p>The Strategy will set out further details of the Government’s plan to increase investment to transform the UK’s infrastructure; and respond to the recommendations made by the National Infrastructure Commission in the National Infrastructure Assessment.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/02/2020 11:21:28 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1176018

registered interest
date	04/02/2020
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, what plans he has to increase the Lower Earning Limit in line with the primary national insurance contribution threshold.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	12375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2020 answer text <p>The Primary Threshold will increase above inflation from £166 to £183 per week. This does not affect State Pension entitlement.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has announced that the Lower Earnings Limit, the point at which employees start to build State Pension entitlement, will be increased in line with inflation from £118 to £120 per week from April 2020.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/02/2020 11:25:08 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1176101

registered interest
date	04/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Enterprise Investment Scheme
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 effectiveness of the support offered by the Enterprise Investment Scheme to the independent film industry.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	12246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2020 answer text <p>The Enterprise Investment Scheme is intended to incentivise investment in early-stage, entrepreneurial businesses seeking growth finance. The EIS is designed to apply equally across all qualifying businesses to prevent market distortions.</p><p> </p><p>As such, there has been no assessment on the application of the EIS to specific industries or sectors. In 2018/19, 3,900 companies from a range of industries used EIS to raise over £1.9 billion of capital.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises the valuable contribution of the film industry to the UK economy, which is why it also provides industry-specific support via the film tax relief. In 2018-19 alone, the film sector benefitted from over £595m worth of support, and 245 completed films had claimed film tax relief.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 12247 question first answered 10/02/2020 11:15:27 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1176102

registered interest
date	04/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Enterprise Investment Scheme: Film
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 the adequacy of the support offered by the Enterprise Investment Scheme to the independent film industry.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	12247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2020 answer text <p>The Enterprise Investment Scheme is intended to incentivise investment in early-stage, entrepreneurial businesses seeking growth finance. The EIS is designed to apply equally across all qualifying businesses to prevent market distortions.</p><p> </p><p>As such, there has been no assessment on the application of the EIS to specific industries or sectors. In 2018/19, 3,900 companies from a range of industries used EIS to raise over £1.9 billion of capital.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises the valuable contribution of the film industry to the UK economy, which is why it also provides industry-specific support via the film tax relief. In 2018-19 alone, the film sector benefitted from over £595m worth of support, and 245 completed films had claimed film tax relief.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 12246 question first answered 10/02/2020 11:15:27 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1176127

registered interest
date	04/02/2020
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 he has made of the number of people who will be subject to the 2019 Loan Charge after the implementation of the recommendations by Sir Amyas Morse.
tabling member constituency	East Antrim
tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
uin	12251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2020 answer text <p>Of the estimated 50,000 individuals affected by the loan charge, the Government currently estimates that around 11,000 will be taken out of the loan charge altogether. In addition, individuals who have settled or are settling their tax liability with HMRC will be out of scope of the charge. There is not yet a firm estimate of the number who will choose to settle and so be out of scope of the loan charge.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/02/2020 08:56:20 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

1176132

registered interest
date	04/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Employment: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the timescale is for the completion of the review of IR35 tax regulations.
tabling member constituency	Belfast East
tabling member printed	Gavin Robinson
uin	12421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2020 answer text <p>The review of the off-payroll working rules reform (also known as IR35) was announced on 7 January 2020. As set out at Budget 2018, the reform is due to be extended to medium and large organisations in all sectors from 6 April 2020. The review is looking to determine if any further steps can be taken to ensure smooth and successful implementation of the reform. The review will conclude by mid-February 2020, after which point the recommendations will be made public.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/02/2020 08:52:36 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4360 label Biography information for Gavin Robinson