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1659998

registered interest
date	12/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Wales
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether Barnett consequential payments will be made to the Welsh Government arising from additional expenditure in England in the education sector on safeguarding buildings containing reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL10108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2023 answer text <p>As our immediate support is being funded from existing unallocated budgets there will be no additional Barnett consequentials. The devolved administrations have already received funding through the Barnett formula at Spending Review 2021.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to working collaboratively with our devolved administration counterparts on this issue, and the Barnett formula will continue to apply in the usual way to any change in UK Government departmental budgets.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 22/09/2023 13:33:08 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1659863

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Housing: Costs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to help homeowners who are struggling with rising housing costs.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL10054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2023 answer text <p><strong>The pricing of mortgages is a commercial decision for lenders in which the Government does not intervene. However, we recognise this is a concerning time for mortgage borrowers. </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>On Friday 23 June the Chancellor met with the UK’s largest mortgage lenders, UK Finance and the Financial Conduct Authority to discuss how lenders will provide support for those who encounter problems keeping up with their mortgage payments. At this meeting, lenders agreed to a new Mortgage Charter to support borrowers struggling with their mortgage payments that was published on 26 June. The Charter sets out the standards signatory lenders will adopt when helping their customers, including new flexibilities to help customers manage their mortgage payments over a short period. </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>The Charter is in addition to the significant safeguards already in place for consumers in the mortgage market. Financial Conduct Authority rules require lenders to engage individually with their customers who are struggling or who are worried about their payments in order to provide tailored support. The Government has also taken measures aimed at helping people to avoid repossession, including Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) loans, protection in the courts through the Pre-Action Protocol, and the Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service (HLPAS). </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Importantly, the Government also remains committed to providing a fair deal for renters and landlords. The Renters (Reform) Bill currently making its way through Parliament will deliver the government’s commitment to ‘a better deal for renters’ – improving the system for responsible tenants and good faith landlords. Furthermore, we remain committed to improving the supply of affordable housing, and the £11.5 billion Affordable Homes Programme will deliver thousands of affordable homes to both rent and buy right across the country. </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 25/09/2023 15:50:01 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1659869

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what are the (1) current, and (2) future, levels of the capital budget allocated to each of the devolved nations.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL10060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2023 answer text <p>The 2021 Spending Review set the largest annual block grants, in real terms, of any spending review settlement since the devolution Acts. Those settlements are still growing in real terms over the three-year spending review period, despite inflation being higher than expected.</p><p> </p><p>The Spending Review 2021 settlement provided £41 billion per year for the Scottish Government (£6 billion of which is capital funding), £18 billion per year for the Welsh Government (£3 billion capital) and £15 billion per year for the Northern Ireland Executive (£2 billion capital).</p><p> </p><p>On top of record spending review settlements, the devolved administrations are receiving an additional £4 billion over the next two years through the operation of the Barnett formula (largely from Autumn Statement 2022 and Spring Budget 2023): £1.8 billion for the Scottish Government, £1.4 billion for the Welsh Government and £0.8 billion for the Northern Ireland Executive. £1.8 billion of this has been allocated to their capital budgets (£0.8 billion for the Scottish Government, £0.7 billion for the Welsh Government and £0.3 billion for the Northern Ireland Executive). The devolved administration’s budgets are not set beyond the current spending review period.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 22/09/2023 13:34:28 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1659879

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Foreign Companies: Registration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many applications for trust information from the Trust Registration Service have been (1) successful, (2) refused because the trust is exempt, (3) refused because the gateway test is not met, (4) refused because individuals are exempt, and (5) refused for other reasons, in each year the TRS has been in operation, broken down by gateway such as a legitimate interest or offshore company.
tabling member printed	Lord Agnew of Oulton
uin	HL10013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2023 answer text <p><strong>Since the process for applying for information on the Trust Registration Service (TRS) came into force on 1 September 2022, c20 valid trust data requests have been processed. To date, no requests have been successful. </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Of the c5 legitimate interest requests processed, fewer than five of the trusts were found on the TRS and fewer than five requests were refused because the requestor did not meet the legitimate interest test criteria. Of the c15 offshore company requests processed, fewer than five of the trusts were found on the TRS.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Fewer than five requests have been refused because information on individual beneficial owners was exempt from disclosure.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>The numbers above have been rounded to the nearest five as disclosing the exact numbers would potentially disclose information held by HMRC in relation to identifiable persons. References to ‘fewer than five’ are inclusive of nil.</strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 25/09/2023 15:54:32 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton

1659880

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Foreign Companies: Registration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many trusts are registered with the Trusts Registration Service that hold UK land or property either directly or indirectly; and what is the total value of UK land and property assets held.
tabling member printed	Lord Agnew of Oulton
uin	HL10014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2023 answer text <p>I can only provide a partial answer to this question, as the Trust Registration Service does not record information on indirect holdings of land by trustees.</p><p> </p><p>Since May 2021 when the Trust Registration Service was expanded to accept registrations from non-taxable trusts, c.44,000 trusts have notified the Trust Registration Service that the trustees have acquired a direct interest in UK land on or after 6 October 2020. Of this figure, c.43,000 are UK-resident trusts and c.1,000 are non-UK resident trusts.</p><p> </p><p>Only taxable trusts, including those that registered before May 2021, are required to provide a statement of assets at the time of registration, including UK land or property. However, analysing this information to arrive at a total number and value of properties held by these trusts would carry a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 22/09/2023 13:33:37 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton

1659881

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Insurance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of people aged 55 to 66 have a National Insurance record of more than 40 years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL10015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2023 answer text <p>Information in the form requested is not readily available and could only be obtained/compiled/collated at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn grouped question UIN HL10016 question first answered 22/09/2023 13:35:01 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1659882

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Insurance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of people aged 55 to 66 have a National Insurance record of more than 35 years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL10016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2023 answer text <p>Information in the form requested is not readily available and could only be obtained/compiled/collated at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn grouped question UIN HL10015 question first answered 22/09/2023 13:35:01 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1659240

registered interest
date	07/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Nurseries: Business Rates
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the average business rates charged to nurseries in England, and (2) the cost of exempting early years providers from business rates.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Ladyton
uin	HL9975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) is responsible for valuing non-domestic property for business rates purposes. Based on VOA data from April 2023, the mean rateable value (RV) for a day nursery or play school in England is £26,400. This indicates that, before applying any relevant reliefs, an average nursery in England would pay around £13,175 in business rates for 2023-24.</p><p> </p><p>The sector has a total RV of around £320 million and represents nearly half a percent of England’s RV. The Government keeps the tax system under review.</p><p> </p><p>At Autumn Statement 2022, the Government announced a freeze to the business rates multiplier. This third consecutive freeze supports all ratepayers, including Early Years businesses, and means bills are 6% lower than without the freeze.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 14/09/2023 16:21:04 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	620 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Ladyton

1659241

registered interest
date	07/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Childcare: VAT
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the average expenditure on VAT by private, voluntary and independent childcare providers, and (2) the cost to the Treasury of zero-rating those childcare providers.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Ladyton
uin	HL9976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2023 answer text <p>VAT has been designed as a broad-based tax on consumption, and the twenty per cent standard rate applies to most goods and services. Exceptions to the standard rate have always been strictly limited by both legal and fiscal considerations.</p><p> </p><p>Ofsted-registered nurseries and childcare providers are exempt from VAT. This means they do not have to charge VAT to their customers, but it also means they cannot recover the VAT they incur on the things they buy.</p><p> </p><p>We do not hold data on irrecoverable VAT expenditure as businesses are not required to report this information to HMRC in their VAT returns.</p><p> </p><p>While we keep all taxes under review there are no plans to make changes to the VAT exemption which nurseries currently enjoy. Representations on changes to the VAT system will be considered through the normal fiscal event process.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 18/09/2023 14:25:54 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	620 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Ladyton

1659268

registered interest
date	07/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Property: Prices
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to mitigate any decrease in property prices.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL10003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2023 answer text <p>Recognising that this is a concerning time for mortgage borrowers, the Chancellor worked with mortgage lenders, UK Finance and the Financial Conduct Authority to agree a new Mortgage Charter to support borrowers struggling with mortgage payments. The Charter sets out the standards signatory lenders will adopt when helping their customers, including new flexibilities to help customers manage their mortgage payments over a short period. The Government has also taken measures aimed at helping people to avoid repossession.</p><p> </p><p>House prices are fundamentally driven by the balance of supply and demand in the market for housing.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 21/09/2023 15:28:05 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick