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1304381

registered interest
date	19/03/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) pensioner and (b) other people who apply for credit without a comprehensive credit rating have fair access to finance.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	172108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government believes that a consumer without a comprehensive credit rating should have fair access to credit.</p><p> </p><p>To support those struggling to access credit, in 2018, the Government announced the winners of its £2 million Rent Recognition Challenge. The winners offer apps for renters to record and share their rent payment data, helping boost their credit score. Further, since 2019, the Government has provided £96 million to Fair4All Finance to increase the financial resilience and wellbeing of people in vulnerable circumstances through improving availability of fair and accessible financial products and services.</p><p> </p><p>For consumers struggling to access credit, Credit Reference Agencies can advise consumers to add a Notice of Correction (of up to 200 words) to their credit report explaining any special circumstances, and to explain how their situation has now changed or improved. The content of the Notice should be taken into account alongside the information on the consumer’s report.</p><p> </p><p>To support pensioners, those in receipt of Pension Credit may be able to apply for Budgeting Loans available through DWP’s Social Fund. These are interest-free loans, which are repayable from benefit awards and are designed to help with intermittent expenses that are considered difficult to budget. Those in receipt of Universal Credit can access new claim advances at the beginning of their claim should they have upfront costs. There are also budgeting or change of circumstances advances, available throughout a Universal Credit claim, should someone encounter unexpected one-off expenses.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 29/03/2021 12:29:57 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1301895

registered interest
date	11/03/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Social Media
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials in (a) his private office and (b) the wider Department have been allocated to the production and promotion of online content for use on social media in (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20 and (c) 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	167284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2021 answer text <p>There are no officials in private office allocated to the production and promotion of online content. The digital capability in communications team is not wholly devoted to social media but also deals with content production for other purposes such as design and photography. With that caveat the number of civil servants for whom this is a part of their role for the relevant years is:</p><p> </p><p>2018-19: 4</p><p>2019-20: 5</p><p>2020-21: 6 ( and 1 vacancy)</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 18/03/2021 16:56:34 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1289038

registered interest
date	23/02/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Foreign Companies: France
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support his Department can provide to UK-based, French-owned companies who no longer benefit from French research and development tax credits for UK-based work.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	157261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2021 answer text <p>Firms within the charge to UK corporation tax, which undertake qualifying R&amp;D, may be able to claim R&amp;D tax reliefs via the Research and Development Expenditure Credit (RDEC) or the Small and medium sized enterprises (SME) R&amp;D Relief.</p><p> </p><p>Combined, these reliefs provided £5.1 billion of support to nearly 60,000 businesses in 2017-18.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 03/03/2021 13:45:35 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1284711

registered interest
date	08/02/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Wines: Excise Duties
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 of reducing wine duty to support the UK's wine industry.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	150911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2021 answer text <p>Alcohol duties are kept under review and the merits of a change to wine duty is considered at each fiscal event. Announcements about any changes to wine duty will be made in the usual way at the next Budget.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 11/02/2021 17:36:06 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1281256

registered interest
date	27/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials in their Department were dedicated to their Department's responsibilities associated with the delivery of the Industrial Strategy in (a) 2017, (b) 2018, (c) 2019, (d) 2020 and (e) 2021.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	144804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2021 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is responsible for the overall delivery of the Industrial Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 04/02/2021 15:51:14 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1259702

registered interest
date	09/12/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Stamp Duty Land Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans in place to support sellers who miss the deadline for stamp duty relief as a result of buyers unexpectedly withdrawing from a property transaction.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	127618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2020 answer text <p>The temporary relief was designed to stimulate immediate momentum in a property market where property transactions fell by as much as 50 per cent during the COVID-19 lockdown in March. This momentum in the property market will also support the jobs of people whose employment relies on custom from the property industry, such as retailers and tradespeople.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to monitor the market. As the relief was designed to provide an immediate stimulus to the property market, the Government does not plan to extend this relief.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 18/12/2020 12:34:43 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1225772

registered interest
date	16/07/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Economic Situation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish guidance on the support available under his economic recovery plan for (a) mothers, (b) lone parents, (c) survivors of domestic abuse and (d) refugees.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	75420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government has listened to charities and the Domestic Abuse Commissioner about the pressures the sector faces and is providing extra funding for charities which support victims and their children. The Home Office launched an awareness campaign in April called #YouAreNotAlone, in order to raise the profile of domestic abuse victims during COVID-19 and signpost victims to the support services available.</p><p> </p><p>£76 million of support announced in May is helping the most vulnerable in society, including domestic abuse victims, through:</p><ul><li>£10 million from MHCLG for charities providing safe accommodation, such as refuges.</li><li>£2 million from the Home Office for national and other non-local charities providing support to victims of domestic abuse in the community. The fund was opened for bids for the first time on 22 May 2020, closing on 8 June, and £793,000 has now been allocated to 13 successful applicants. On 8 July, the remaining £1,207,000 of the fund was opened for further bids.</li><li>£25 million from the Ministry of Justice to help victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence in the community access support services during the coronavirus outbreak, and a further £3 million per annum investment in Independent Sexual Violence Advisors until 2022.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The Government is allowing households where there is only one adult – including people who live alone or single parents with children under 18 – to form a “support bubble” with another household.</p><p> </p><p>The Plan for Jobs package also provides support to those who have lost their jobs and DWP will ensure that support from Jobcentres and partners addresses the needs of those who are underrepresented in the labour market, such as BAME groups and lone parents.</p><p> </p><p>Through the furlough scheme, the Government has supported those who have been unable to work for childcare reasons. The Government is continuing to fund free early years entitlements, and the minimum income for Tax-Free Childcare has also been temporarily suspended for those who would have met the requirement were it not for the pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/07/2020 13:00:45 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1196345

registered interest
date	15/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Agency Workers: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review the Government's financial support packages for agency workers who (a) are unable to access the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, (b) have recently lost their employment and (c) who are ineligible to claim universal credit because they hold more than £16,000 in savings.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	47418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to protecting people’s jobs and incomes as far as possible. In March the Government announced the unprecedented Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, which has so far supported more than 7.5 million jobs and was recently extended to October. Employers can claim for employees on any type of contract, including agency workers.</p><p> </p><p>For individuals who need to rely on the safety net of the welfare state, the Government has announced a significant package of temporary measures to support them. These include a £20 per week increase to the Universal Credit (UC) standard allowance, and for renters, an increase to the Local Housing Allowance rates so that the UC housing element covers the cheapest third of local rents.</p><p> </p><p>In order to ensure that support is targeted at families most in need, households with capital, such as savings, above £16,000 will be ineligible for UC. In such cases, it is likely that they will have alternative means of financial support.</p><p> </p><p>Individuals who have lost their jobs may be entitled to other welfare support. If they have made sufficient National Insurance contributions, they may be eligible for new style Jobseeker’s Allowance, which does not take savings into account. More information is available at</p><p><a href="https://www.understandinguniversalcredit.gov.uk/employment-and-benefits-support/" target="_blank">www.understandinguniversalcredit.gov.uk/employment-and-benefits-support</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/05/2020 20:05:09 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1194724

registered interest
date	11/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to extend the provisions of section 75 of the Consumer Credit Act to cover creditors that are third-parties.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	45394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2020 answer text <p>Section 75 of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 usually only applies when there is a direct transactional relationship between the debtor (the consumer), the creditor (the credit card provider), and the supplier of goods and services.</p><p> </p><p>If a credit card is used to pay for something through a third-party intermediary service, for example a payment services provider, the conditions in section 75 may not be met.</p><p> </p><p>This aims to strike the right balance between consumer protection and proportionate burdens on business, and the Government does not intend to extend the liability of a creditor with respect to suppliers with which it has no relationship or arrangement.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 19/05/2020 10:51:37 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1191816

registered interest
date	29/04/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business Rates: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to allow local authorities to extend covid-19 business rates relief for 2020-21 tax year to English language centres.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	41573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2020 answer text <p>The Government has provided enhanced support to the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors through business rates relief given the direct and acute impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on those sectors.</p><p> </p><p>A range of further measures to support all businesses, including those not eligible for the business rates holiday, such as English language centres, has also been made available. For example, the Government has launched the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to help firms keep people in employment, the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme offering loans of up to £5 million for SMEs, and is deferring VAT payments for this quarter.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will consider any further financial assistance necessary to help businesses get through this period.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/05/2020 15:51:50 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones